Prayers and Meditations — §402
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 402 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَهُمْ عَلَى الاصْطِبارِ فِي حُبِّكَ ثُمَّ أَشْهِدْهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَ لَهُمْ خَلْفَ سُرادِقِ عِصْمَتِكَ لِيُسْرِعُنَّ إِلى القَضآءِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَيَسْتَبِقُنَّ البَلآءَ فِي حُبِّكَ، أَوْ فَأَظْهِرْ رايَاتِ نُصْرَتِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُمْ مُقْتَدِرًا عَلَى أَعْدائِكَ لِيَظْهَرَ سُلْطانُكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارُكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Help them through Thy strengthening grace, I beseech Thee, O my God, to suffer patiently in their love for Thee, and unveil to their eyes what Thou hast decreed for them behind the Tabernacle of Thine unfailing protection, so that they may rush forward to meet what is preordained for them in Thy path, and may vie in hasting after tribulation in their love towards Thee. And if not, do Thou, then, reveal the standards of Thine ascendancy, and make them to be victorious over Thine adversaries, that Thy sovereignty may be manifested unto all the dwellers of Thy realm, and the power of Thy might demonstrated amidst Thy creatures. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §265: entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seekerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: By the righteousness of God!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
aid 28% assist 14% graciously 12% thou 9% concord 9% may 9% unity 7% unanimously 5% fellowship 4% unitedly 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: weld togethergleaningsGWB §178: understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: at variance withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Thou didst, through Thy strengthening grace, enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §6: joining handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: and fellowshipgleaningsGWB §596: firmly established
This form usually rendered as “patience”, “resignation”, “forbearance” (13 occurrences)
patience 23% resignation 15% forbearance 8% long-suffering 8% fortitude 8% bear 8% tarry 8% delayed 8% suffer 8% peace 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: forbearancefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §569: have patiently sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: patient andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: waitedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My forbearance
SE expanded to “their love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §122: Loverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: in my love for Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
This form usually rendered as “unveil” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: viewedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §381: are manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: I recognize, moreover,tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: differencesgleaningsGWB §348: changeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beneathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: the signs of dissension appeared amongst themwill-and-testamentW&T §17: hath opposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: opposegleaningsGWB §491: disobeyed theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the enemy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §661: within the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: Sanctuarytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §656: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of the Tabernacle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to be puregleaningsGWB §534: one to defend or to protectkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: inviolabilityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: chastitywill-and-testamentW&T §2: pricelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of mine integritygleaningsGWB §591: an inviolable security
SE expanded to “may rush forward”
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “god’s” (27 occurrences)
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: passedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §296: Divine decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: irrevocably ordained by Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
This form usually rendered as “vie” (1 occurrences)
hath 41% surpassed 15% preceded 11% all-encompassing 7% can 4% surpasseth 4% before 4% have 4% encompasseth 4% encompassed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: hast surpassed themgleaningsGWB §200: can ever excel themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: worthierprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hadstthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §485: that were before theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: grasp
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §254: the tribulations We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: fell a preyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: calamitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: affliction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: inclinationsfire-tabletFire §29: the bannersgleaningsGWB §594: an ensignkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: this other traditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: the ensignswill-and-testamentW&T §2: flourishingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ensign ofgleaningsGWB §445: the ensign
This form usually rendered as “help”, “succor”, “assist” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: extended Me his aidfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §690: assistancekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: render Us any assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and triumphthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §63: as ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: settablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: powergleaningsGWB §16: sovereign aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: Thine own sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: layeth lowgleaningsGWB §426: King of Kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: the empiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createthfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §457: Who hath created youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: own creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: created thingsgleaningsGWB §489: doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: whatsoever He desirethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: know notfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §558: the tokenskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the domainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: such as have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
