Prayers and Meditations — §391
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 391 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي لَوْلا البَلايا فِي سَبِيلِكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَظْهَرُ مَقاماتُ عاشِقِيكَ، وَلَوْلا الرَّزَايا فِي حُبِّكَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تُبَيَّنُ شُئُونُ مُشْتاقِيكَ، وَعِزَّتِكَ أَنِيسُ مُحِبِّيكَ دُمُوعُ عُيُونِهِمْ وَمُؤْنِسُ مُرِيدِيكَ زَفَراتُ قُلُوبِهِمْ وَغِذَاءُ قاصِدِيكَ قَطَعاتُ أَكْبادِهِمْ، وَما أَلَذَّ سَمَّ الرَّدى فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَما أَعَزَّ سَهْمَ الأَعْدآءِ لإِعْلآءِ كَلِمَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glory to Thee, O my God! But for the tribulations which are sustained in Thy path, how could Thy true lovers be recognized; and were it not for the trials which are borne for love of Thee, how could the station of such as yearn for Thee be revealed? Thy might beareth me witness! The companions of all who adore Thee are the tears they shed, and the comforters of such as seek Thee are the groans they utter, and the food of them who haste to meet Thee is the fragments of their broken hearts.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §633: the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: Praise be unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
SE rendered سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَوْلا (lawlá), البَلايا (al-baláyá), سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik) as “Glory, God, But for, tribulations, path”
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 §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §67: afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: manifold trialsthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “appear”, “raise” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: My manifestationfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §562: of Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: not beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: the manifold tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
station 32% stations 21% exalted 11% concerning 5% most 5% mission 5% honor 5% glory 5% environment 5% various 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: occasionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §505: steadfastkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: risentablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
4 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trialsgleaningsGWB §163: incalculable afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversitieswill-and-testamentW&T §49: afflictionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: trialsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: ordealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: any tribulationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: any trouble
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §203: great love for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: the New Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: divine sweetnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
This form usually rendered as “what”, “sign”, “most” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a signgleaningsGWB §384: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: wonders of Thine utterancesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His signsgleaningsGWB §609: the versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: or theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: For whatgleaningsGWB §537: verses
SE rendered الرَّزَايا (ar-razáyá), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), بِأَيِّ (biʾayy), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), تُبَيَّنُ (tubayyan), شُئُونُ (shuʾún), مُشْتاقِيكَ، (mushtáqíka،) as “trials, love, how, revealed, as yearn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §408: may pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: the entire creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: passagesfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §223: the Most Manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §667: All-Seeingthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §45: set forth clearly
SE rendered بِأَيِّ (biʾayy), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), تُبَيَّنُ (tubayyan), شُئُونُ (shuʾún), مُشْتاقِيكَ، (mushtáqíka،), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik) as “how, revealed, as yearn, Thy might”
state 15% manifold 15% changes 10% station 10% rank 10% tokens 10% glory 10% excellence 10% distinction 5% worldly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §402: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: of Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: as a mark of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §548: fellowshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §620: of manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: tears of every mangleaningsGWB §410: weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and by the tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: tears cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: their tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tears they shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: the tears
SE rendered أَنِيسُ (ʾanís), مُحِبِّيكَ (muḥibbík), دُمُوعُ (dumúʿ), عُيُونِهِمْ (ʿuyúnihim), وَمُؤْنِسُ (wamuʾnis), مُرِيدِيكَ (murídík) as “companions, who adore, tears, comforters, as seek”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the eyesgleaningsGWB §30: thine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: their eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §33: with Thine eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: disciplesgleaningsGWB §250: hath purposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: Thou hast desiredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §492: thou desirest to achieve
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: my sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §555: the seeker’s heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: rid methe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heart
SE expanded to “who haste to meet”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: aimgleaningsGWB §674: wing his flightkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Goalthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: their hearts’ Desire
detachment 19% rid 18% detached 18% renunciation 12% have 10% wholly 6% cease 5% detach 5% severed 5% cut 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §202: can conceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: be rid of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: detach
SE rendered وَغِذَاءُ (waghidháʾ), قاصِدِيكَ (qáṣidík), قَطَعاتُ (qaṭaʿát), أَكْبادِهِمْ، (ʾakbádihim،) as “food, who haste to meet, fragments”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: my heart within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the souls
SE rendered قَطَعاتُ (qaṭaʿát), أَكْبادِهِمْ، (ʾakbádihim،), أَلَذَّ (ʾaladhdh) as “fragments”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: poisonfire-tabletFire §34: the poisoninggleaningsGWB §672: bitternesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: of its venomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and the poisonouswill-and-testamentW&T §17: poisonedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the bitternessgleaningsGWB §551: a deadly poison
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the darts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: their common foefire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §158: a transgressorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: preparedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: all mine adversariesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §52: enemies of God
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: third wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §556: wondrous utteranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: by Thy wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: One Who conversed
