Prayers and Meditations — §419
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 419 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِنَفْسِكَ وَبِما أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي ناصِرًا لأمْرِكَ وَناطِقًا بِثَنَائِكَ وَمُقْبِلاً إِلى حَرَمِ عِزِّكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَمَّا سِواكَ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزْ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, by Thyself and by whatsoever is of Thee, to grant that I may help Thy Cause and speak of Thy praise, and set my heart on the sanctuary of Thy glory, and detach myself from all that pertaineth not unto Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the God of power, the God of glory and wisdom.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: and soulsgleaningsGWB §300: their proper selveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: my beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
This form usually rendered as “things” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by whatsoever is of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §82: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: by reason of whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §36: such waterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by water
SE rendered بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik), وَبِما (wabimá), عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayh), تَجْعَلَنِي (tajʿalaní) as “Thyself, by whatsoever is of Thee, I may help”
This form usually rendered as “number”, “suffer”, “set” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I may help”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §428: preparedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: suffer themthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made it
SE rendered تَجْعَلَنِي (tajʿalaní), ناصِرًا (náṣiran), لأمْرِكَ (lʾamrik), وَناطِقًا (wanáṭiqan), بِثَنَائِكَ (bithanáʾik) as “I may help, Thy Cause, and speak, of Thy praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: aid Thy Causefire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §584: who shall aidkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: risenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: Aid themwill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: help
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: Revelationfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §455: designkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: such a passtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
SE expanded to “of Thy praise”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §3: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §419: of Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §396: magnifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: reconcilefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §130: such as believedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast consentedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
sanctuary 43% forbidden 10% habitations 10% tabernacle 10% had 5% hath 5% holy 5% dishonor 5% members 5% imperishable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: bereftgleaningsGWB §381: have deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: garbprayers-and-meditationsP&M §191: methe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be deprived
SE expanded to “of Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §184: My glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of omnipotencethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Mighty
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §533: may detach yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: have renouncedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: have detachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barred
This form usually rendered as “except”, “all”, “any” (61 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §552: else savekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: shalt Thou remain seatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §559: all else but Him
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (212 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of power”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
