Prayers and Meditations — §368
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 368 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
رِفِينَ لا أُرِيدُ الحَيوةَ إِلاَّ لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ وَمَا أَرَدْتُ البَقَآءَ إِلا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by Thy glory, O Thou the Best Beloved of the worlds and the Desire of all such as have recognized Thee! The one reason I wish to live is that I may reveal Thy Cause, and I seek the continuance of life only that I may be touched by adversity in Thy path.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sublimegleaningsGWB §641: His holy courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: supreme distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: hath been honoredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: honoured me with Thy footstepswill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: honoredgleaningsGWB §358: noblest
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “what”, “seeketh” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: wishgleaningsGWB §699: determinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: in conformity with Thy willtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: wishedgleaningsGWB §460: Seek ye
SE rendered رِفِينَ (rifín), أُرِيدُ (ʾuríd), الحَيوةَ (al-ḥayúh), لإِظْهارِ (lʾiẓhár), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “glory, to live, that I may reveal, Thy Cause”
gleaningsGWB §244: in this, your vain lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of lifegleaningsGWB §239: lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living watersgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: life indeed
SE expanded to “that I may reveal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: proclaimfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §293: may be indubitably manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: revelation of Thy countenancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “have” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: torrentgleaningsGWB §300: hath pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: go awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and wisdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: determined
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endurethfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §57: everlasting lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: abiding testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: the endlessnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Eternity
