Prayers and Meditations — §385
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 385 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَبَلَغَ الأَمْرُ إِلى مَقَامٍ جَعَلوا أَهْلِيْ وَأَحِبَّتِيْ أُسارَى فِي أَرْضِك ومَنَعُوا أَحِبَّائَكَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى وَجْهِكَ وَالإِقْبالِ إِلى شَطْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَبِما فَعَلُوا ما سَكنَتْ نارُ أَنْفُسِهِمْ إِلى أَنْ جَعَلُوا مَظْهَرَ جَمَالِكَ وَمُنْزِلَ آياتِكَ أَسِيرًا وَأَدْخَلُوهُ فِي حِصْنِ العَكَّا وَمَنَعُوهُ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، وَلكِنَّ الغُلامَ ما مُنِعَ عَمَّا أُمِرَ بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَمِنْ أُفُقِ البَلآءِ يَنْطِقُ وَيُنادِي مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، وَيَدْعُوهُمْ إِلى سَمآءِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشَطْرِ عِنايَتِكَ، وَيُنَزِّلُ فِي اللَّيالِي وَالأَيَّامِ آياتِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَبَيِّناتِ عَظَمَتِكَ، لِيَنْجَذِبَ بِها أَفْئِدَةُ بَرِيَّتِكَ لِيُقْبِلُنَّ مُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ أَنْفُسِهِم ْ إِلَيْكَ، وَيَهْرُبُنَّ مِنْ افْتِقَارِهِمْ إِلى سُرادِقِ غَنائِكَ، وَيُسْرِعُنَّ مِنْ ذُلِّهِمْ إِلى فِنآءِ عِزِّكَ وَاعْتِزازِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Hostility waxed so intense that my kindred and my loved ones were made captives in Thy land, and they that are dear to Thee were hindered from gazing on Thy beauty and from turning in the direction of Thy mercy. This hostility failed to cause the fire that burned within them to subside. The enemy finally carried away as captive Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy beauty and the Revealer of Thy signs, and confined Him in the fortress-town of ‘Akká, and sought to hinder Him from remembering Thee and from magnifying Thy name. Thy servant, however, could not be restrained from carrying out what Thou hadst bidden Him fulfill. Above the horizon of tribulation He hath lifted up His voice and He crieth out, summoning all the inmates of heaven and all the inhabitants of the earth to the immensity of Thy mercy and the court of Thy grace. Day and night He sendeth down the signs of Thine omnipotent power and revealeth the clear tokens of Thy majesty, so that the souls of Thy creatures may be drawn towards Thee, that they may forsake themselves and turn unto Thee, and may flee from their misery and seek the tabernacle of Thy riches, and may haste away from their wretchedness into the court of Thy majesty and glory.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “attained”, “caused”, “great” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Hostility waxed so intense that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We have been informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §558: inscrutablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: more eloquent thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: be made aware oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: bade Mefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §170: at the bidding ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: summonsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: as bidden by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: My way
SE rendered وَبَلَغَ (wabalagh), الأَمْرُ (al-ʾamr), مَقَامٍ (maqámin), جَعَلوا (jaʿalúá), أَهْلِيْ (ʾahlí), وَأَحِبَّتِيْ (waʾaḥibbatí) as “Hostility waxed so intense that, made, kindred, loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen up against Usfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §103: standpointkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: in momentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: keep me steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §449: and made theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: to suffer metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the proudfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §692: thesekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: only those who are initiated into the divine mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: the inmatestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §17: for His sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: Whose providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §718: enslaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were ensnaredgleaningsGWB §501: exile
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §87: and the whole earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: grovellingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: country
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterrethgleaningsGWB §159: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: will deprivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We have forbidden you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: visitedfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §84: All faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: I have set my facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “all”, “"and” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: before itfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §391: recognized His Manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: kindredsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chambergleaningsGWB §282: the presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: every directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §109: from place to placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: unto Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards Him
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 §97: of My mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §650: “the All-Merciful”kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: the Most Compassionatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “have”, “doings”, “act” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “stilled”, “have”, “subside” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: calmlyfire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §213: God’s pledge of securitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: occupyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: wretched creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §48: quiet
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: MegleaningsGWB §173: he thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: no other thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: Alone and unaidedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: within themselves
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: been manifestedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §467: that the truth might be distinguishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: literallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: as a signtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: give forth
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §669: readilykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou didst send downgleaningsGWB §160: declinethkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: descendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: sendest downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: “EntergleaningsGWB §320: regresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: and to assist them whose hopes are set on Thee to enter intothe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: alonggleaningsGWB §486: that He may aid thee to immerse thyself
stronghold 55% fortress-town 10% within 10% tower 7% fortress 7% captivity 3% sanctuary 3% bulwark 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: a bulwarkthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §12: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tower of strengthgleaningsGWB §490: a stronghold
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 §381: explainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: quotingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: how to make mention of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
وَثَنائِكَ،
literal: praise; praise, commendation
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “extol”, “celebrate” (71 occurrences)
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise TheegleaningsGWB §646: your praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: with Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: of Thy praisegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: when face to face withgleaningsGWB §397: is with Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: when compared withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with Whom
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: testedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §254: the tribulations We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: the troubles that touch methe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to declarefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §595: from Whose lips have gone outkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: will speaktablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
This form usually rendered as “calleth”, “crieth”, “cry” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: calleth aloudfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §405: Heraldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: proclaim
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: and of heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §59: His most excellent nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: He Who is the Most Great Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ), وَالسَّمآءِ، (wálssamáʾi،), وَيَدْعُوهُمْ (wayadʿúhum), سَمآءِ (samáʾ), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik) as “earth, heaven, mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will continue to call upon HimgleaningsGWB §584: and summonkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: adjurationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: and callingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: wear the guise ofwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: of My loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §105: mysterieskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: tender mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE expanded to “and night He”
night 88% night-season 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the night-seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
SE rendered وَيُنَزِّلُ (wayunazzil), اللَّيالِي (al-layálí), وَالأَيَّامِ (wálʾayyám), آياتِ (áyát), قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik), وَبَيِّناتِ (wabayyinát) as “sendeth, and, signs, power, tokens”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the daysgleaningsGWB §548: Days ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: in Thy daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: for the Great Day
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
This form usually rendered as “clear”, “manifest”, “proofs” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: supremegleaningsGWB §375: All-Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: comparative potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: abovethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: grievous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §555: ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: Enrapture himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: that they may draw himgleaningsGWB §233: which have causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: carried away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: and Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §195: God, your Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §48: people
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “forsake themselves and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: rid of all attachmentgleaningsGWB §311: absolute detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: sublime renunciationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: is debarred fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath severedgleaningsGWB §700: forgoeth all created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: this mattergleaningsGWB §366: destitutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: destitute soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: a poor creaturethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: poor,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: mattergleaningsGWB §228: its plightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: that poor man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §34: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §58: Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: and the tabernacle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy richesgleaningsGWB §405: independent of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: wealth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of Thy wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all-possessing,”will-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
This form usually rendered as “may”, “all” (4 occurrences)
wretchedness 50% abasement 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: abasementgleaningsGWB §184: My abasementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: shall be abasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this lowly onethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: abasewill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: dishonorgleaningsGWB §672: of wretchedness and misery
This form usually rendered as “perisheth”, “into”, “surviveth” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: diethgleaningsGWB §680: covetouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: signifiethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: this evanescent soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §129: reduced to utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: everlasting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: magnified begleaningsGWB §244: the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §437: Most Powerfultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted
