Prayers and Meditations — §410

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 410 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

إِذًا أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَهُمْ راغِبينَ إِلَيْكَ وَمُقْبِلِينَ إِلى شَطْرِ رِضاكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُتَعالِ العَزِيزُ الغَفَّارُ،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be inclined towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the direction of Thy good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.

Translation Notes

أَسْئَلُكَ

ʾasʾaluk s-ʾ-l → “i beseech thee”

literal: ask; ask/beseech

SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”

beseech 47% implore 28% entreat 15% beg 4% pray 3% ask 1% moreover 1% nevertheless 1% deal 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I implore gleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitioned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: to beg of Thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask gleaningsGWB §260: ‘Ask kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seeker prayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath sought

تَجْعَلَهُمْ

tajʿalahum j-ʿ-l → “hearts may be inclined” Distinctive

literal: make; made; to make

This form usually rendered as “suffer”, “deprive”, “numbered” (6 occurrences)

SE expanded to “hearts may be inclined”

suffer 60% deprive 20% numbered 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Make fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §138: have, moreover, ordained kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: cast prayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: hast appointed tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordained the-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have made will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that

راغِبينَ

rághibín r-gh-b → “spurred”

literal: desiring; desirable; desire

spurred 14% longing 14% excellent 14% inclined 14% yearn 14% turn 14% desirest 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: spurred him on kitab-i-ahdAhd §1: excellent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: inclined prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and to yearn the-hidden-wordsHW §3: desirest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: longing the-hidden-wordsHW §3: turn not away

وَمُقْبِلِينَ

wamuqbilín q-b-l → “their faces may be” Distinctive

literal: acceptance

This form usually rendered as “set”, “faithful”, “turn” (22 occurrences)

SE expanded to “their faces may be”

set 18% faithful 12% turn 12% such 12% who 12% have 12% hasten 6% whose 6% truly 6% turneth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: unto Him fire-tabletFire §46: go forward gleaningsGWB §503: My Previous kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: ago kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: felt disposed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: and will enable them to turn unto Thee tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon me tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss

شَطْرِ

shaṭr sh-ṭ-r → “in the direction of”

literal: direction; direction/side; direction, side

SE expanded to “in the direction of”

direction 36% towards 30% court 8% toward 7% capital 3% proceeding 3% upon 3% land 3% turning 3% source 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seat gleaningsGWB §416: towards My court kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: land prayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: direction of epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their Capital gleaningsGWB §657: the meadow prayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: every direction epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the direction

رِضاكَ،

riḍáka، r-ḍ-y → “thy good-pleasure”

literal: pleasure

good-pleasure 50% unto 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright fire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasure gleaningsGWB §688: wishes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: submission prayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: and willing submission the-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasure will-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Will epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: refuse

المُقْتَدِرُ

al-muqtadir q-d-r → “powerful”

literal: power; powerful

almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: largely fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §583: hath it been foreordained kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: for a while prayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: Thou didst ordain for them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not the-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung

تَشآءُ

tasháʾ sh-y-ʾ → “do what thou willest”

literal: will

SE expanded to “do what Thou willest”

thou 38% pleaseth 25% what 10% pleasure 10% do 5% willest 4% pleasest 3% may 3% all 1% please 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Nothing whatsoever gleaningsGWB §404: particles of matter kitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: willeth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: no one else tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desireth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everything will-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be

إِلهَ

ʾilh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; o god

god 88% lord 8% thou 3% there 1% sovereign 1% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: \‘God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §105: Call of God Himself kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mystic prayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

المُتَعالِ

al-mutaʿál ʿ-l-w → “inaccessible”

literal: highest; exalted; high

most 66% inaccessible 13% all-highest 6% god 4% almighty 4% exalted 2% eminent 2% glory 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: exalted be He fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §188: Báb kitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: the most exalted of all prayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: however learned tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising high the-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high will-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One

العَزِيزُ

al-ʿazíz ʿ-z-z → “all-glorious”

literal: mighty; glory; might

all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory gleaningsGWB §486: priceless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mighty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: what shall exalt tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparable the-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherish will-and-testamentW&T §4: endeared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, the

الغَفَّارُ،

al-ghaffáru، gh-f-r → “ever-forgiving”

literal: forgiving; forgiveness; forgive

ever-forgiving 58% thou 17% pardoner 8% forgiver 8% forgiving!” 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: may God forgive him fire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver gleaningsGWB §552: remission kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy forgiveness will-and-testamentW&T §13: vast epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the Ever-Forgiving fire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness

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