Prayers and Meditations — §355
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 355 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِنْ إِمائِكَ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَتَوكَّلْتُ عَلَيْكَ، ثَبِّتْنِي عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يَمْنَعُنِي إِعْراضُ المُشْرِكينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَضَوْضآءُ المُنافِقِينَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! Unto Thee have I turned, and in Thee have I placed my trust. Grant that I may be so confirmed in my love for Thee, and in fulfilling that which is well-pleasing unto Thee, that neither the defection of the infidels among Thy people, nor the clamor of the hypocrites among Thy creatures, may avail to keep me back from Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidengleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaiden
SE expanded to “Unto Thee have I turned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: for the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §596: eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: have settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE rendered إِمائِكَ (ʾimáʾik), وَتَوَجَّهْتُ (watawajjaht), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَتَوكَّلْتُ (watawkkalt), عَلَيْكَ، (ʿalayka،) as “Thy handmaidens, Unto Thee have I turned, trust, in Thee”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “placed”, “thee” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: reliance upon HimgleaningsGWB §405: relianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting whollytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliancegleaningsGWB §246: have I placed My trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed my
ثَبِّتْنِي
literal: established; establish; affirmation
SE expanded to “Grant that I may be so confirmed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: establishedgleaningsGWB §531: for the purpose of vindicatingkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: have been inscribedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: imply an assertionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fillwill-and-testamentW&T §53: confidenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: demonstrate
SE expanded to “my love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherishedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §495: the loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: for the saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
وَرِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “pleasure”, “good”, “good-pleasure” (55 occurrences)
SE expanded to “well-pleasing unto Thee”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §611: am well pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: to please Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pleased
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضائِكَ (wariḍáʾik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), إِعْراضُ (ʾiʿráḍ) as “my love for Thee, well-pleasing unto Thee, keep me back from Thee, the defection”
يَمْنَعُنِي
literal: prevent; prevented; prevention
This form usually rendered as “may”, “hinder”, “turn” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “keep me back from Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: in withholdinggleaningsGWB §627: to hinder themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: hath deterredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: deter
turn 20% turned 17% denial 14% repudiation 9% rejected 9% faithlessness 9% turning 6% have 6% denials 6% renounce 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denialsgleaningsGWB §362: faithlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: rejectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: hath turned aside
SE expanded to “of the infidels”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: associate a partnergleaningsGWB §619: that have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: an act of blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: an evidence of my impietythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §270: the infidels
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: all that were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creation
sacrificed 18% sedition 18% malice 15% bestow 9% have 9% offered 6% hath 6% generous 6% maliciously 6% surrendered 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath offered himselffire-tabletFire §34: of seditiongleaningsGWB §279: would renouncekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: call to self-sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to expendthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thou mayest drawwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: malicious
