Prayers and Meditations — §401
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 401 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْنَ رَاياتُ نَصْرِكَ الَّتِيْ وَعَدْتَها فِي أَلْواحِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لا يُصْبِحُونَ أَحِبَّائُكَ إِلاَّ وَيَرَوْنَ كَأْسَ البَلآءِ فِي مُقابَلَةِ وُجُوهِهِمْ بِمَا آمَنُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ، وَلَوْ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّكَ أَرْحَمُ بِهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَما ابْتَلَيْتَهُمْ إِلاَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy glory is my witness! At each daybreak they who love Thee wake to find the cup of woe set before their faces, because they have believed in Thee and acknowledged Thy signs. Though I firmly believe that Thou hast a greater compassion on them than they have on their own selves, though I recognize that Thou hast afflicted them for no other purpose except to proclaim Thy Cause, and to enable them to ascend into the heaven of Thine eternity and the precincts of Thy court, yet Thou knowest full well the frailty of some of them, and art aware of their impatience in their sufferings.
Translation Notes
SE rendered نَصْرِكَ (naṣrik), وَعَدْتَها (waʿadtahá) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: victoriousfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §125: victorieskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: help Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Help him
SE rendered وَعَدْتَها (waʿadtahá), أَلْواحِكَ، (ʾalwáḥika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik) as “Thy glory is my witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: according to His promisegleaningsGWB §451: he threatenethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: promise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: the Pledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: timegleaningsGWB §424: promisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: threatenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: and the
SE rendered أَلْواحِكَ، (ʾalwáḥika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), يُصْبِحُونَ (yuṣbiḥún) as “Thy glory is my witness, each daybreak”
tablets 88% scriptures 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: hath shedgleaningsGWB §424: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: in symbolic languageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: ofgleaningsGWB §677: Tablets.…
SE expanded to “Thy glory is my witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is itfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §134: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: precious in my estimation
SE expanded to “they who love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §203: great love for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: myprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: O Thou my Well-Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
This form usually rendered as “see”, “regard”, “may” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “wake to find”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the unseenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: naught may be discoveredthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: seegleaningsGWB §77: We see
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §410: a fresh tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the sufferingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: acceptedfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §300: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: submitted to His truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: set his face towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: wholly for the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §499: on whatever will ensurekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: contemplatetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE expanded to “they have believed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: My beliefgleaningsGWB §461: believer’.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: believe inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have been trusted by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: TrusteesgleaningsGWB §530: have already recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: believing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §48: and the signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: by His signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: spiritual leadersfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §665: their attainmentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the leaders of their faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: I know full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
This form usually rendered as “have”, “more”, “mercy” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast a greater compassion”
SE expanded to “their own selves”
own 41% themselves 31% souls 10% proper 3% themselves.” 3% selves 3% uttered 3% hearts 3% within 3% lives 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: someonegleaningsGWB §448: thine heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Thine own Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: His trustwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
