Prayers and Meditations — §36
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 36 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي هذا عَبْدُكَ الَّذِيْ شَرِبَ خَمْرَ رَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ أَيادِي فَضْلِكَ وَذاقَ طَعْمَ حُبِّكَ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَسْمائِكَ الَّتِيْ لا تَمْنَعُهَا الأَحْزانُ عَنِ الشَّغَفِ فِيْ حُبِّكَ وَالنَّظَرِ إِلى وَجْهِكَ، وَلا يَمْنَعُهُمْ جُنُودُ الغافِلِينَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ رِضائِكَ بِأَنْ تَرْزُقَهُ خَيْرَ ما عِنْدِكَ وَعَرِّجْهُ إِلى المَقامِ الَّذِيْ يَرَى الدُّنْيا كَظِلٍّ يَمُرُّ فِيْ أَقْرَبِ مِنْ لَمْحِ البَصَرِ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْهُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! This is Thy servant who hath quaffed from the hands of Thy grace the wine of Thy tender mercy, and tasted of the savor of Thy love in Thy days. I beseech Thee, by the embodiments of Thy names whom no grief can hinder from rejoicing in Thy love or from gazing on Thy face, and whom all the hosts of the heedless are powerless to cause to turn aside from the path of Thy pleasure, to supply him with the good things Thou dost possess, and to raise him up to such heights that he will regard the world even as a shadow that vanisheth swifter than the twinkling of an eye.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Praised be Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §4: Far, farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Immensely exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: resoundtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the veilsgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
SE expanded to “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §191: God’s
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: My servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §706: complete servitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §299: that hast drainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinkingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: quaff continuallythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: quaffgleaningsGWB §78: They drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §73: the drunkennessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomgleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the wine
SE expanded to “Thy tender mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE rendered شَرِبَ (sharib), خَمْرَ (khamr), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), أَيادِي (ʾayádí), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَذاقَ (wadháq), طَعْمَ (ṭaʿm) as “hath quaffed, the wine, Thy tender mercy, Thy grace, tasted, the savor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §448: thine own handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: by the handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §459: your hands
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bestgleaningsGWB §541: grace, andkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and the virtuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: AssayergleaningsGWB §363: rapturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of ecstatic delightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: tastethwill-and-testamentW&T §10: quaff my fillgleaningsGWB §555: of longing desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: it profferedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Make them taste
This form usually rendered as “savor” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §28: All glory be tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §592: be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: I imploreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §337: questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We pray
SE expanded to “embodiments of Thy names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §112: of Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: inaccessible heightstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarrethgleaningsGWB §686: transcendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were kept backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you out
SE rendered تَمْنَعُهَا (tamnaʿuhá), الأَحْزانُ (al-ʾaḥzán), الشَّغَفِ (ash-shaghaf), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik) as “hinder, rejoicing, Thy love”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “beholding”, “because” (98 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: Observe thoufire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §352: them that perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: can such expectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: mindfultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
SE expanded to “all the hosts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the hostsgleaningsGWB §63: the multitude of the hostskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: heroismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: all the hostswill-and-testamentW&T §1: by the Hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: is a powerful forcegleaningsGWB §434: nationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §620: have been led astraykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: wayward thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: from waywardnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: most negligentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: waywardgleaningsGWB §35: perversity
رِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
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 §41: pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-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 §197: praiseworthy
supply 67% sustainest 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: treasuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: nourishwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §581: suffice to enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: sustenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §764: and to supply me
SE expanded to “Thou dost possess”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: that which ye possessgleaningsGWB §585: that ye possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: they themselvesthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §17: of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thou possessestgleaningsGWB §293: your possession
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: that mostfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §316: environmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: risen up againsttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
This form usually rendered as “would”, “seeth”, “beholding” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “he will regard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §163: of the visionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: is in His estimationthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou seest megleaningsGWB §77: We see
SE expanded to “as a shadow”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: clouds,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: Thy shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §533: sheltered beneath the shadow
This form usually rendered as “ever”, “sweet”, “vanisheth” (3 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
eye 29% penetrating 14% discernment 7% keen 7% carefully 7% outward 7% perceive 7% sight 7% moment 7% eyes 7%
SE rendered لَمْحِ (lamḥ), البَصَرِ، (al-baṣari،), احْفَظْهُ (iḥfaẓh) as “the twinkling, an eye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: protect megleaningsGWB §636: can never profanekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: to guardtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §36: shield them fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: protect thee
