Prayers and Meditations — §413
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 413 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
اجْتَذَبْتَ قُلُوبَ الأَصْفِيآءِ عَلَى شَأْنٍ انْقَطَعُوا فِي حُبِّكَ عَمَّا سِواكَ، وَأَنْفَقُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَرْواحَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَحَمَلُوا فِي حُبِّكَ ما لا حَمَلَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا أَمَةٌ مِنْ إِمائِكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى مَدْيَنِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَرَدْتُ بَدائِعَ أَلْطَاف
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art He Who, through a word of Thy mouth, hath so enravished the hearts of Thy chosen ones that they have, in their love for Thee, detached themselves from all except Thyself, and laid down their lives and sacrificed their souls in Thy path, and borne, for Thy sake, what none of Thy creatures hath borne.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: transportepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heartgleaningsGWB §84: a radiant heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: transmutethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: mine own heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: chosenfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §126: exalted Attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: and Thy chosen onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: chosen ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §197: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: that Ithe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §711: Such must be thy steadfastnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the tokens
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §310: severed fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: rid us of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: withdrew
SE expanded to “love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §552: lovingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: Thou pleasesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §211: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: everything except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: other than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §552: else save
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expendfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §666: hath offered upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: call to self-sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: have giventhe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thou mayest drawwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: generous
This form usually rendered as “own”, “themselves”, “souls” (61 occurrences)
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 §125: one persongleaningsGWB §448: thine heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Whom Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: joyfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §70: for your soulskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: imperishable fragrance ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are tranquilizedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: with My spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hath enduredgleaningsGWB §312: sufferedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: and bodily enduranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: willing to bearwill-and-testamentW&T §52: forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: bornegleaningsGWB §98: Bearers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §137: Nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §682: All-Glorious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mengleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
SE rendered أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَمَةٌ (ʾamahun) as “none, creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §279: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My Lord
SE rendered بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَمَةٌ (ʾamahun) as “creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: nationgleaningsGWB §561: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: Apostleshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: ingleaningsGWB §180: unlettered Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: adherentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: before
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaiden
SE rendered إِمائِكَ (ʾimáʾik), تَوَجَّهْتُ (tawajjaht) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: gonefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hath not been directedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the Great CitygleaningsGWB §558: that Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: citygleaningsGWB §73: of the cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the CitiesgleaningsGWB §230: native city
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: purposedgleaningsGWB §250: hath purposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: still seektablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: wishgleaningsGWB §211: eagerly seek
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: IncomparablegleaningsGWB §281: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: new and everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: a firethe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: WondrousgleaningsGWB §569: the wonders
bounty 18% bounties 9% providence 9% god 9% manifold 9% favors 9% most 9% favours 9% divine 9% loving-kindness 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §59: His most gracious favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: blessingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §694: bountiful favor
