Prayers and Meditations — §388
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 388 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَما أَلَذَّ بَلائَكَ فِي مَذَاقِيْ وَما أَعَزَّ قَضَائَكَ فِي نَفْسِيْ، عُدِمَتْ كيْنُونَةٌ تَفِرُّ مِنْ سَطْوَةِ المُلُوكَ حِفْظًا لِنَفْسِها فِي أَيَّامِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ مَنْ شَرِبَ كَوْثَرَ عَطاياكَ لا تُجْزِعُهُ البَلايا فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَلا تَمْنَعُهُ الرَّزايا عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How sweet to my taste is the savor of woes sent by Thee, and how dear to my heart the dispositions of Thy providence! Perish the soul that fleeth from the threats of kings in its attempt to save itself in Thy days! I swear by Thy glory! Whoso hath quaffed the living waters of Thy favors can fear no trouble in Thy path, neither can he be deterred by any tribulation from remembering Thee or from celebrating Thy praise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered أَلَذَّ (ʾaladhdh), بَلائَكَ (baláʾak), مَذَاقِيْ (madháqí) as “woes, taste”
This form usually rendered as “trials”, “savor”, “tests” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievouslyfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: fell a preyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: every tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: their woes
This form usually rendered as “most”, “more”, “how” (24 occurrences)
most 58% more 8% how 8% precious 4% inestimable 4% high-minded 4% priceless 4% dignitaries 4% all-powerful 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glorygleaningsGWB §717: influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: effulgenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemed
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: upon yougleaningsGWB §20: The very breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: of His Godhoodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: with him who
nothingness 26% lack 14% utter 12% nothing 12% evanescent 10% perish 7% ignorance 5% failure 5% want 5% non-existence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nonegleaningsGWB §119: utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: ignoranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: to its non-existencewill-and-testamentW&T §5: towards destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: innocencegleaningsGWB §588: Let them be reduced to nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: lack of
This form usually rendered as “quintessence”, “utter”, “essence” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: wastgleaningsGWB §210: had chosen thee alone to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: could haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: quintessencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: thou wouldst fleegleaningsGWB §138: would flee in consternationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: alternativeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: place to flee toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fled awaygleaningsGWB §463: and wouldst flee for refugekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: And I fledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: fled
ascendancy 25% powers 13% awful 13% dominion 13% authorities 6% sovereignty 6% influence 6% threats 6% crushing 6% assaults 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §314: authoritieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: overpowering mightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominiongleaningsGWB §534: from His vehement powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: at Whose dreadful majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: I have no control overgleaningsGWB §466: of the Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: the whole of that landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and the kingdomstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy realm
protection 22% protect 19% guard 14% security 8% protected 8% preservation 8% watch 6% shield 6% safeguarding 6% about 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §16: the protectiongleaningsGWB §300: guardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: attempt to savetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in those daysgleaningsGWB §689: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: On the day whenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: my daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: drinkethgleaningsGWB §78: They drinkkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: hast drunkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: hath quaffedthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §299: that hast drained
كَوْثَرَ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to quaff the living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: through the living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §4: generositygleaningsGWB §631: munificencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: givingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §66: is My gift to theewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §97: doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path of
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented megleaningsGWB §498: can deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: may shut them outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: debarred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trialsgleaningsGWB §162: woes and trials Thou hast destined for myselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: calamitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: any tribulationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: trialsgleaningsGWB §724: afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversitiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: affliction
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 §206: statedgleaningsGWB §508: numberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: the remembrance oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “celebrating Thy praise”
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 §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: and the glory wherewith Thou glorifiestwill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondary
