Prayers and Meditations — §352
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 352 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنِّي فَوَعِزَّتِكَ أُحِبُّ ضُرِّيْ وَضُرَّ أَحِبَّائِي فِي سَبِيْلِكَ وَلكِنْ صَعْبٌ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيْهِمْ بِأَنْ يَسْمَعُوا مِنْهُمْ مِنَ الاعْتِراضِ وَالإِنْكارِ ما يَرْجِعُ إِلى نَفْسِكَ المُخْتارِ، إِلى مَ يا إِلهِي اسْتَوَيْتَ عَلَى عَرْشِ الصَّبْرِ وَالاصْطِبارِ؟ تَكَلَّمْ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنَ القَهْرِ يا مَنْ لا تُدْرَكَ بِالأَبْصارِ، إِنَّ الرَّحْمَةَ مَحْبُوبٌ لِلْمُخْلِصِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَالنَّقْمَةَ لِلْمُشْرِكينَ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ما يُوقِنُنَّ بِهِ عَلَى قَهْرِكَ وَقَهَّارِيَّتِكَ وَيَعْرِفُنَّ قُدْرَتَكَ وَاقْتِدارَكَ، وَلَوْلا تَنْصُرُ يا إِلهِي أَحِبَّتَكَ فَانْصُرْ نَفْسَكَ وَذِكْرَكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy glory beareth me witness! I delight in mine own afflictions and in the afflictions which they who love me suffer in Thy path. Neither I nor they, however, are able to bear such affronts and reproaches as are uttered by Thine enemies against Thy Self, the Unrestrained. How long shalt Thou remain seated, O my God, on the throne of Thy forbearance and patience? Speak Thou Thy word of wrath, O Thou Whom no eyes can see! Well-beloved is Thy mercy unto the sincere among Thy servants, and well-beseeming Thy chastisement of the infidels among Thine enemies. Send down upon them, therefore, O my Lord, that which will unmistakably reveal unto them the fury of Thy wrath and the ascendancy of Thy power, and will enable them to recognize the weight of Thy might and the greatness of Thy strength. If Thou refusest, O my God, to aid them that love Thee, assist Thou, then, Thine own Self and Him Who is Thy Remembrance.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the Almighty, thegleaningsGWB §279: the pompkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §437: Most Powerfultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: More precious is it than
This form usually rendered as “love”, “cherish”, “loved” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §13: the belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: who love Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harmgleaningsGWB §469: the burden of Our woekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and the malicetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will harmgleaningsGWB §501: the affliction from which I suffer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path ofgleaningsGWB §598: Causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: any other waytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: none cangleaningsGWB §404: Perplexingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: highly perplexingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: are able to bearwill-and-testamentW&T §6: more severekitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sorely tryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: abstrusekitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: bewilderingly abstruse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Give earfire-tabletFire §37: have heardgleaningsGWB §490: Let thine ear be attentivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: I heartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “protest”, “denial”, “objections” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: repudiationgleaningsGWB §362: these faithless soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: They caviledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: and turn their backstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: protested
denial 21% denied 17% repudiated 13% reject 13% deny 8% faithlessness 8% rejected 8% order 4% question 4% deniest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: in order to repudiategleaningsGWB §593: of the denierskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: deniestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: disbelievedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieved inepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: deniethgleaningsGWB §361: faithlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: denials
SE rendered الاعْتِراضِ (al-áʿtiráḍ), وَالإِنْكارِ (wálʾinkár), يَرْجِعُ (yarjiʿ), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), المُخْتارِ، (al-mukhtári،) as “affronts, reproaches, Thy Self, Unrestrained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: return unto HimgleaningsGWB §293: Repeatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: leave behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: and singled me out forthe-hidden-wordsHW §87: sink back towill-and-testamentW&T §25: must be referredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn asidegleaningsGWB §449: of them that have truly repented and returned
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: selfgleaningsGWB §243: your judgmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: with each others’ concernstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: his own accord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §509: surely, be a manifest advantagekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: have chosenwill-and-testamentW&T §8: be the well-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: best advantagegleaningsGWB §439: profitable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divinefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §385: two Godskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “shalt”, “didst” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §589: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: no one except Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: else but HimgleaningsGWB §302: anyone besides Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §118: realities ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §210: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thrones
This form usually rendered as “patience”, “patient”, “long-suffering” (26 occurrences)
patience 50% patient 13% long-suffering 8% patiently 4% seemly 4% resignation.… 4% endure 4% forbearance 4% steadfastness 4% endue 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: long-sufferingfire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §255: they that are patientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: be forbearingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: My long-sufferingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: patience
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §376: can believekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: Moses, He Who held converse withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: through a word of Thy mouthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “fury”, “violence”, “tormented” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “taketh”, “can”, “attain” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: eyes togleaningsGWB §118: mine eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: will ye not thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the eyes of all mentablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: All-SeeinggleaningsGWB §393: eyes to perceive
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Most Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §655: of the tender mercieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §67: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §233: the sincere lovers of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: entirely devotedthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wholly for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitudefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §196: a soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: the servantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to worship Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creatures
This form usually rendered as “vengeance”, “wrath”, “great” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: chastisementfire-tabletFire §10: of Thy vengeancegleaningsGWB §256: of avengerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: are the fire of vengeanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: of trialswill-and-testamentW&T §17: vengeanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: revengergleaningsGWB §189: wrath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §387: associationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: the partners they join with himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: as have repudiated Thy truththe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who dost associate a partner with GodgleaningsGWB §397: they who have joined partners with God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §385: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Thy Divine andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: were revealedgleaningsGWB §295: have caused My Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: were sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: be well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §519: that believe in Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: embraced the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: to be assuredthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: believinggleaningsGWB §705: the certain truth
This form usually rendered as “discover”, “will”, “may” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: confessedgleaningsGWB §127: know hiskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: they who aspire to know Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: their fragrance
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: they assistedfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §690: assistancekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: render Us any assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: help Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §105: utteranceskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: citedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: descriptiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
