Prayers and Meditations — §364
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 364 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي تَرَى ما وَرَدَ عَلَى أَحِبَّائِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ ما مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلاَّ وَفِيهَا ارْتَفَعَ ضَجِيجُ أَصْفِيائِكَ، وَمِنْهُمُ الَّذِينَ جَعَلَهُمُ المُشْرِكُونَ أُسارَى فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَمَنَعُوهُمْ عَنِ التَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْكَ وَالوُرُودِ فِي ساحَهِ عِزِّكَ، وَمِنْهُمْ يا إِلهِي تَقَرَّبُوا إِلَيْكَ وَمُنِعُوا عَنْ لِقائِكَ، وَمِنْهُمْ دَخَلُوا فِي جِوارِكَ طَلَبًا لِلِقائِكَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَكَ سُبُحاتُ خَلْقِكَ وَظُلْمُ طُغاةِ بَرِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, O my God, what hath befallen Thy dear ones in Thy days. Thy glory beareth me witness! The voice of the lamentation of Thy chosen ones hath been lifted up throughout Thy realm. Some were ensnared by the infidels in Thy land, and were hindered by them from having near access to Thee and from attaining the court of Thy glory. Others were able to approach Thee, but were kept back from beholding Thy face. Still others were permitted, in their eagerness to look upon Thee, to enter the precincts of Thy court, but they allowed the veils of the imaginations of Thy creatures and the wrongs inflicted by the oppressors among Thy people to come in between them and Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §122: born of the substance of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: that thou mayest beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §466: He, in truth, clearly seeth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: see Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to look
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §491: We suffered in the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: came to visitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: gaineth admittancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §311: that which it hath been made to endurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attain
SE expanded to “Thy dear ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: I lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §486: unto His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: by Thy lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: daysgleaningsGWB §347: Laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the days of Jesusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that day
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: glory ofgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: glorious
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “world” (459 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: these regionsfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §135: all who are on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §816: and all who are on earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: all that is on earth
SE expanded to “hath been lifted up”
SE expanded to “voice of the lamentation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and bitter wailingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
This form usually rendered as “caused”, “numbered”, “made” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §704: It debaseth him to the level ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “by the infidels”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who dost associate a partner with GodgleaningsGWB §297: infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: my impietythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §397: they who have joined partners with God
SE rendered جَعَلَهُمُ (jaʿalahum), المُشْرِكُونَ (al-mushrikún), أُسارَى (ʾusárá), مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik), وَمَنَعُوهُمْ (wamanaʿúhum) as “were ensnared, by the infidels, Thy land, were hindered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §31: and heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: of earthly existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: Thy realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: Czar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: to be deprivedgleaningsGWB §423: shutting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: to hinder Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §628: have failed to detertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: have deterred
This form usually rendered as “draw”, “approaching”, “approach” (27 occurrences)
SE expanded to “having near access”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: as enjoy near access to Theefire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §636: and enable them to draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: offer a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: Thy nearnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the shore of the seagleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: the shores of the seakitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: at the court
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “reunion”, “countenance” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: sharefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §490: We have addressedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: the face of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: made UsgleaningsGWB §163: to instillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: Thou didst suffer them to enter intothe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: enterestgleaningsGWB §257: have been called
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitivegleaningsGWB §99: essentialkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: and within the borders of Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the gemwill-and-testamentW&T §32: my Shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseechethgleaningsGWB §555: of searchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: with no desire butprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: eagernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: and soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: its contentsgleaningsGWB §248: sought themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: object
This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)
SE expanded to “but they allowed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: timesgleaningsGWB §713: may betidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: under all conditionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §21: their manners
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “over” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the All-Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §5: far from Thy glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: immeasurably glorifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: of a goodly characterfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §426: hath created youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thou didst call into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: men
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: beyond like or equalfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §404: Wekitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: wronged and oppressedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to oppress methe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: flagrant injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: victims of oppression
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: the rebelliouswill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have transgressed against Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §155: healedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §130: arisen
