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،
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
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinityfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “are burnt up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: to be burnt upgleaningsGWB §651: The fire that hath inflamedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: burntprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: hath consumed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: consumedgleaningsGWB §497: hath melted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changedgleaningsGWB §344: vast changeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: of the spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and caused me to turntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heart
SE expanded to “yearn after Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn forfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §188: the deepest longing of Mine heart iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: them who thirst to meet Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: afiregleaningsGWB §109: into firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: glow ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: my Firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: into the firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hell
This form usually rendered as “weepeth”, “thou”, “wouldst” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepeth soregleaningsGWB §619: weepethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: her own anguishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §154: weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: eyegleaningsGWB §629: their eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
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 §193: the awful majestyfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §79: the ascendancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: overpowering mightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersgleaningsGWB §512: onslaughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Thine awful majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: partingfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §411: turn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: A part of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: in separation from Whomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §17: will subvert
SE expanded to “voice of the lamentation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the voice of the lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaning
This form usually rendered as “such”, “have”, “whose” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “set their hopes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §35: Reflectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: them that have fixed their hearts upon Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: hopegleaningsGWB §602: aspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Meditate
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “all” (52 occurrences)
