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،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §347: of Divine Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: immeasurably glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God possessethfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: By the righteousness of God!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: All these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §104: servitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: the Adoredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §676: upon Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloisters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Drink your fillgleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fillkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Give her to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Let me quaffgleaningsGWB §200: drain it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §73: the drunkennessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: dregsgleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the winegleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine of
SE expanded to “Thy tender mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §519: Have mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §466: the eye ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: from the handwill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §585: mine handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §201: such a bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouring of bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: Thy gracious providencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
This form usually rendered as “savor” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: that Divine sustenancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: shall be the foodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: enable me to tastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: foodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: the savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: tableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: and fed mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: nourish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: for His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: O Thou the Best-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the days of My lifegleaningsGWB §689: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: praygleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: the questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seekerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: to appear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: empty nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: arrayed withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessiblegleaningsGWB §550: repel him awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: from the Most Highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: are powerless to resisttablet-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 §244: obscure
This form usually rendered as “sorrows”, “sorrow”, “sorrowful” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: tribulationfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §650: chagrined and sorrowfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: shall not be put to grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou grievewill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §259: Our presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would rise towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the hostsgleaningsGWB §169: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: whose heroismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: all the hoststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: of the hostsgleaningsGWB §277: powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: heedless onesgleaningsGWB §476: escapekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: erring and waywardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have failed to recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: the heedlessgleaningsGWB §35: perversity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §360: for the sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the pathstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the path
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pleasing unto Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §172: goodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: submissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: and Thy good-pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: them that are contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: content
supply 75% sustainest 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: touchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: feed mewill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: nourish themselvesgleaningsGWB §581: sufficekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: partaken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: virtuegleaningsGWB §69: the Unconditionedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: preferableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: for the chosen oneswill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: best advantagegleaningsGWB §563: the pious
SE expanded to “Thou dost possess”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethgleaningsGWB §181: commonly possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: pertaineth unto Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: all that thou possessest
This form usually rendered as “enabled”, “raise”, “ascended” (4 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §115: the depthskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the loftiest summitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: ascend beyondthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: the exalted heightsgleaningsGWB §364: ascendedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: can never hope to ascendgleaningsGWB §556: heights
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §20: excellencekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: championedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: stirred uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
This form usually rendered as “perceiveth”, “seen”, “seeth” (21 occurrences)
perceiveth 17% seen 17% seeth 8% reflecting 8% beholding 8% can 8% unseen 8% doth 8% maketh 8% assigneth 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: that thou mayest beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §703: findkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: He appeareththe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the other Mirrors
This form usually rendered as “even” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §572: cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: the sheltering shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: beneath Thy shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: beneath the shadowgleaningsGWB §378: under the shadow
This form usually rendered as “ever”, “can”, “vanisheth” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §248: drawing closerkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: draw me ever nearertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
eye 31% penetrating 13% sight 13% discernment 6% keen 6% carefully 6% outward 6% mine 6% both 6% gaze 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Who seethgleaningsGWB §96: perceivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: our sighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: do thou seeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: sightgleaningsGWB §327: mature contemplation
