Prayers and Meditations — §387
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 387 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ُحاتُ الفُجَّارِ وَلا شُبُهاتُ الأَشْرارِ، لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ما فَدَيْتَنِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِيْ هَدَفًا لِسِهامِ البَلايا حُبًّا لِعِبادِكَ وَمَرْجِعَ القَضَايا لإِحْيَاءِ بَريَّتِكَ، وَما أَلَذَّ بَلائَكَ فِي مَذَاقِيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I yield Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast offered me up as a sacrifice in Thy path, and made me a target for the arrows of afflictions as a token of Thy love for Thy servants, and singled me out for all manner of tribulation for the regeneration of Thy people.
Translation Notes
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered شُبُهاتُ (shubuhát), الأَشْرارِ، (ash-shrári،), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “I yield Thee, thanks”
SE rendered الأَشْرارِ، (ash-shrári،), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “I yield Thee, thanks, my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: evilfire-tabletFire §40: the wickedgleaningsGWB §475: the wickednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: most wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the mischiefthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: the ungodlywill-and-testamentW&T §12: evilsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: ungodly
SE expanded to “I yield Thee”
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §401: of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: I give praisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §343: All glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §51: could be sacrificedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: to offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §49: Martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: offered Myself upfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §472: right coursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: My sake.’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waysthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §4: is barred
SE expanded to “and made me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: may be assignedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adorned
6 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dart
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §184: or the tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: oppressed and afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: wrong Thou hast sufferedthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: incalculable afflictions
SE expanded to “as a token of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §555: of fervid lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: may be abhorrenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
SE expanded to “for Thy servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: othersfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §215: the hearts of His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: these peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the comprehension of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “object”, “target” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: to returngleaningsGWB §449: Cast awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: “return,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: targettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Turn thy sightwill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: turn
This form usually rendered as “trials”, “tribulations”, “troubles” (9 occurrences)
trials 11% tribulations 11% troubles 11% vicissitudes 11% assaults 11% ordeal 11% divers 11% all 11% manifold 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §455: committedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and redeemthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hath it been decreed
This form usually rendered as “regeneration”, “regenerate”, “sake” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: Livingfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §286: mouthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: have quickenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE expanded to “of Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are healedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creation
SE rendered لإِحْيَاءِ (lʾiḥyáʾ), بَريَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), أَلَذَّ (ʾaladhdh), بَلائَكَ (baláʾak) as “for the regeneration, of Thy people, of tribulation”
SE rendered بَلائَكَ (baláʾak), مَذَاقِيْ (madháqí) as “of tribulation”
