Prayers and Meditations — §401
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 401 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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 لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ وَارْتِقائِهِمْ إِلى جَبَرُوتِ البَقآءِ فِي جِوارِكَ وَلَكنْ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ ضُعَفآءُ يَجْزَعُونَ مِنَ البَلايا،
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 expanded to “Thy glory is my witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §494: unfading glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: The power of Thy might beareth me witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pomp
This form usually rendered as “each” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: until the morningfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §127: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: resplendent mornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: wakened this morningthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: mornfire-tabletFire §27: lamps
SE expanded to “they who love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: love of Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: It is Our wish and desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: their lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “see”, “recognize” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: a dreamfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §134: reflecting naught else butkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: I have sustainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: lo
SE expanded to “cup of woe”
SE expanded to “hast afflicted them”
tribulations 20% afflictions 18% tribulation 17% trials 9% woes 7% affliction 7% afflicted 7% woe 6% troubles 5% adversity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrowsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §67: have so sorely afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: fell a preyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: was castthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: afflictions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hath turned untofire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §676: comekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in the breasts of the faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: hath embracedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §381: have turned wholly towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §525: have turned towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they might believegleaningsGWB §151: embraced His Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: believingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and trusted onestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trustedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: am a believer
SE expanded to “and acknowledged Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: signs andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: one versetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the distinguished divinesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §174: world.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: knowledge—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “have”, “more”, “let” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §60: Our loving providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §526: overruledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE rendered أَرْحَمُ (ʾarḥam), بِهِمْ (bihim), أَنْفُسِهِمْ (ʾanfusihim), ابْتَلَيْتَهُمْ (ibtalaytahum) as “greater compassion, on them, hast afflicted them”
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your naturegleaningsGWB §615: My whole lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: With every fleeting breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His own Self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: that from him may be manifestedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §153: transitorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: welleth outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: hast revealedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE expanded to “to enable them to ascend”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: couldst thou ascend thereuntogleaningsGWB §394: promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: them to scaleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: advancegleaningsGWB §115: to have attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: scaleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: have ascended
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: dominionfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §267: oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: tyrannyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the Restorertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of necessity prompteth
eternity 32% immortality 23% everlasting 17% long 6% immortal 6% eternal 4% throughout 4% incorruptible 2% unfading 2% establishment 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath persistedfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §708: the Ever-Abidingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: all that which remainethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: the endlessnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: of immortal life
SE expanded to “precincts of Thy court”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himselfgleaningsGWB §5: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: within the precincts of Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the gemwill-and-testamentW&T §2: pearlepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitive
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “over” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: too conspicuousfire-tabletFire §38: ExpoundergleaningsGWB §286: from My mouthkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: that which hath been mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: and revealeth the clear tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: unnerve MegleaningsGWB §404: is dying outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: uttermost weaknessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the weakgleaningsGWB §479: all are helplessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: these helpless onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: double
This form usually rendered as “art” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: fearfire-tabletFire §40: LamentgleaningsGWB §590: Be not impatientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: My lamentationswill-and-testamentW&T §5: plaintivegleaningsGWB §352: cast away their fearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: can in no wise alarm me
