Prayers and Meditations — §399
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 399 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي يَحْتَرِقُ قَلبُ المُشْتاقِ مِنْ نَارِ الاشْتِياقِ، وَتَبْكِي عُيُونُ العُشَّاقِ مِنْ سَطْوَةِ الفِراقِ، وَارْتَفَعَ ضَجِيجُ الآمِلِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ الآفاقِ، إِنَّكَ يا إِلهِي حَفَظْتَهُمْ بِسُلْطَانِ قُدْرَتِكَ بَيْنَ الضِّدَّيْنِ، لَوْلا احْتِراقُ أَكْبَادِهِمْ وَزَفَراتُ قُلُوبِهِمْ لَيَغْر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The hearts that yearn after Thee, O my God, are burnt up with the fire of their longing for Thee, and the eyes of them that love Thee weep sore by reason of their crushing separation from Thy court, and the voice of the lamentation of such as have set their hopes on Thee hath gone forth throughout Thy dominions.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: abandonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §560: is
SE expanded to “are burnt up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §667: Burn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: burntprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: the burningwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath burnt upgleaningsGWB §576: all the while being consumedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartgleaningsGWB §485: pass overkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: and brighten their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: radiant hearts
SE expanded to “that yearn after Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §424: in longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: souls pantthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepethgleaningsGWB §490: have weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weeptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weepgleaningsGWB §154: wept
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: of Aynu’l-BaqargleaningsGWB §124: personalitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: with Thine own eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §19: chosen
SE expanded to “them that love”
powers 15% dominion 15% ascendancy 15% authorities 8% aggressor 8% awful 8% sovereignty 8% influence 8% threats 8% crushing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §80: aggressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Thine awful majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominiongleaningsGWB §534: vehement powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: dreadful majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurable is the differencefire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §174: divisionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: and dissolve asundertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §7: disruptionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Qur’án
SE expanded to “hath gone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath been lifted upfire-tabletFire §42: was plantedgleaningsGWB §232: hath been pitchedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: were made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: hath risen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the sighstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §610: hath causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaning
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “aspire”, “who” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “such as have set their hopes on Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: hopesthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: whose hopes
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “everywhere” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: orientthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldgleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creation
SE rendered الآفاقِ، (al-áfáqi،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), حَفَظْتَهُمْ (ḥafaẓtahum) as “dominions, O”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Commit it to memorygleaningsGWB §567: for the preservationkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy caretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §30: been preservedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: preserveth
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), حَفَظْتَهُمْ (ḥafaẓtahum), بِسُلْطَانِ (bisulṭán) as “O”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: the KinggleaningsGWB §200: the Ancient Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the Lord of all beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: all-conqueringtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powers
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §311: and powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: dispensations of His providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: hath been forbiddentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
الضِّدَّيْنِ،
aḍ-ḍiddayni، ḍ-d-d
literal: opposite; opposite, contrary, conflicting; opposite/contrary
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: lovedgleaningsGWB §412: of understanding heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: for them that love Theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: holy onesgleaningsGWB §91: every discerningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provinces
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: my heart within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: have meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: groansepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: have been drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: in whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: be so immersedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: foundered
