Prayers and Meditations — §381
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 381 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَمْ أَكنْ مَمْنُوعًا عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَلَوْ أَحَاطَتْنِي البَلايا مِنْ كُلِّ الأَشْطَارِ كُلُّ أَعْضَائِيْ وَجَوارِحِيْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَرِضَائِكَ وَيُلْقَى عَلَى التُّرابِ أَمامَ عَيْنَيْكَ يا لَيْتَ عِبادَكَ ذاقُوا ما ذُقْتُ مِنْ حَلاوَةِ حُبِّكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy glory beareth me witness! Nothing whatsoever can withhold me from remembering Thee, though all the tribulations of the earth were to assault me from every direction. All the limbs and members of my body proclaim their readiness to be torn asunder in Thy path and for the sake of Thy pleasure, and they yearn to be scattered in the dust before Thee. O would that they who serve Thee could taste what I have tasted of the sweetness of Thy love!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §199: all-compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: the excellence of Whose glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
This form usually rendered as “indeed”, “can” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: \‘begleaningsGWB §236: believed Thee to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: all mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: what had been forbidden themgleaningsGWB §23: hindered themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: prevent them from attaining untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: may not be 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
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: sayingsgleaningsGWB §700: the words he utterethkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: Even as He hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §759: Adoredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
أَحَاطَتْنِي
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “assault”, “which”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §373: comprehendeth all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: shedding illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: hath been establishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassing
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the afflictionsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: ordealthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chambergleaningsGWB §296: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §636: Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §405: proceeding out of the throne ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the nationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: limb of My bodygleaningsGWB §527: restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bodywill-and-testamentW&T §38: those of Englandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: the restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: the memberswill-and-testamentW&T §17: membersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: member
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my body
This form usually rendered as “pleaseth”, “whatsoever”, “willeth” (18 occurrences)
pleaseth 29% whatsoever 14% willeth 7% desireth 7% what 7% asketh 7% doth 7% pleaseth.” 7% would 7% seek 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for Thy desiregleaningsGWB §300: your desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: in conformity with Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: soughtgleaningsGWB §270: decidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seek
This form usually rendered as “cleft”, “torn” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of renunciationgleaningsGWB §134: cease from flowingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: such as are rid of all attachment to any one but Thyselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: absolutegleaningsGWB §203: unceasingly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §9: for its sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy way
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 §229: so to name Himfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §564: as shall be acceptable in His sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: resigned to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §46: Thou hast irrevocably decreedthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: countenanced
This form usually rendered as “yearn”, “deliver” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: the Divine Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §291: admittance into the court of His presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Attainment unto such presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: deliver unto themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §168: upon the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: groundthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: dust-heapepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the earthgleaningsGWB §122: pertaining to the world of matterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: their resting-place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: in My presencefire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §151: of Mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: of nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: assigned to UsgleaningsGWB §562: is but a reflection ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: Itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have made
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “among”, “people” (184 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worshipfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §387: those that serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: this peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: they who serve Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §127: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthrallingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: of My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §603: kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: they who are dear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
