Prayers and Meditations — §421
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 421 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َاءَ مَكْرُمَتِكَ وَأَثْوابَ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ جَعَلْتَها مُخْتَصَّةً لِنَفْسِكَ وَنَسَجَتْها أَيادِي أَلْطافِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، ثُمَّ أَشْرِبْهُم مِنْ كُأُوسِ رَحْمَتِكَ الكُبْرى مِنْ أَيادِي عُطُوفَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَسْكِنْهُمْ يا مَحْبُوبِي فِي جِوارِكَ حَوْلَ سُرادِقِ الأَبْهَی، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ فَعَّالٌ لِما تَشَاءُ، ثُمَّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِقِدَمِ ذاتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Clothe them, O my God, with the robe of Thy favor and the raiment of Thy loving providence, which Thou hast reserved for Thine own Self and woven with the hands of Thy manifold bounties and gifts. Give them, then, to drink, from the hands of Thy loving-kindness, of the cups of Thy measureless mercy. Cause them, moreover, O my Best-Beloved, to abide within the precincts of Thy court and around Thy most effulgent Tabernacle. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: “Praise beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountifulfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §217: the most Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: and generositywill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy favor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: raimentgleaningsGWB §312: rewardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: the raimenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: their garmentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: attireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the recompensegleaningsGWB §625: the mantleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: the Robe
This form usually rendered as “mercy”, “all-encompassing”, “transcendent” (136 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy loving providence”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE expanded to “Thou hast reserved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: imprisonedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: and hast caused methe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to make
SE rendered جَعَلْتَها (jaʿaltahá), مُخْتَصَّةً (mukhtaṣṣahan), لِنَفْسِكَ (linafsik), وَنَسَجَتْها (wanasajathá) as “Thou hast reserved, Thine own Self, woven”
vouchsafed 67% confined 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: specialgleaningsGWB §94: vouchsafed speciallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: specially designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thou hast endowedthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: have designedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Single me out forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: particularlygleaningsGWB §120: singled out
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §615: under the eyes ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §163: by the sword
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “gifts”, “loving-kindness” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: bountiesgleaningsGWB §288: the subtletieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: irreproachable and purest Symbolsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: attentivewill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §119: honor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §621: upon His grace and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy giftswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §569: and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: and bountiful favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the gift
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: oldgleaningsGWB §230: greet theekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: disdainfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: robe of Thy tender mercieswill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: Thy mercifulnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: of Thy tender merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: the Most Compassionate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: desolatefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §74: been tranquillizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: have soughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: all wretchednesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: wherein to abide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherishedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §415: His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: and for my loved onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee
SE expanded to “precincts of Thy court”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: roundgleaningsGWB §288: awhilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: the stateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: by Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernaclestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: the sanctuary of the tabernaclewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §34: the veil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
SE rendered حَوْلَ (ḥawl), سُرادِقِ (surádiq), الأَبْهَی، (al-ʾabhay،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), فَعَّالٌ (faʿʿálun), تَشَاءُ، (tasháʾu،) as “around, Tabernacle, most effulgent, Powerful, pleaseth Thee”
This form usually rendered as “doest”, “powerful” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: doethgleaningsGWB §486: Strive, therefore, to actkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: deeds—fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt dothe-hidden-wordsHW §154: doingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: donegleaningsGWB §492: as it pleaseth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: achievement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §479: whom He willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: and the potency oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
SE rendered فَعَّالٌ (faʿʿálun), تَشَاءُ، (tasháʾu،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “Powerful, pleaseth Thee”
SE rendered تَشَاءُ، (tasháʾu،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِقِدَمِ (biqidam) as “pleaseth Thee”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §536: by My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy Beingwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: beinggleaningsGWB §327: Living Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: innermost Essence
