Prayers and Meditations — §422

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 422 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

بِأَنْ تُصَبِّرَ البَهآءَ فِي هذِهِ المُصِيْباتِ الَّتِيْ فِيها نَاحَتْ أَهْلُ مَلإِ الأَعْلَی، وَبَكَتْ أَهْلُ جَنَّةِ المَأْوَی، وَأَخَذَتْ كُلَّ الوُجُوهِ غُبارُ الصَّفْرآءِ فِي هذا الحُزْنِ الَّذِيْ أَحَاطَ عِبادَ الَّذِينَ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلى شَطْرِ اسْمِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلى لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُتَعَالِ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ، فَيا إِلهِي كُلُّ العِبَادِ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

And now I implore Thee, by the eternity of Thy Self, to enable me to be patient in these tribulations which have caused the Concourse on high to wail and the denizens of the everlasting Paradise to weep, and through which all faces have been covered with the tawny dust provoked by the anguish that hath seized such of Thy servants as have turned towards Thy Name, the Most Exalted, the Most High. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Inaccessible, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.

Translation Notes

تُصَبِّرَ

tuṣabbir ṣ-б-r → “endured”

literal: patience; patient; be patient

endured 33% patience 17% patiently 17% therefrom 17% long-suffering 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: endured with gleaningsGWB §489: and We patiently endure tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: therefrom will-and-testamentW&T §48: my long-suffering epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My patience epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: endured patiently

البَهآءَ

al-baháʾ b-h-w → “all-glorious” Distinctive

literal: glory

This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)

glory 82% faith 9% splendor 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lights gleaningsGWB §30: the All-Glorious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glory the-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glory will-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Glories epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-Glorious gleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glory

المُصِيْباتِ

al-muṣíbát ṣ-y-b → “fall” Distinctive

literal: befall; befall/strike

This form usually rendered as “tribulations” (1 occurrences)

fall 13% woes 13% tribulations 13% adversity 13% wilt 13% befall 13% tribulation 13% distress 13%

gleaningsGWB §451: fall upon prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: tribulations the-hidden-wordsHW §51: adversity befall thee will-and-testamentW&T §35: tribulation gleaningsGWB §619: the woes the-hidden-wordsHW §51: wilt thou attain will-and-testamentW&T §49: distress the-hidden-wordsHW §53: befall

نَاحَتْ

náḥat n-w-ḥ → “to wail”

literal: lament; lamentation

lamented 25% wail 25% groan 17% have 17% sigh 8% groaned 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: which fire-tabletFire §47: wailing gleaningsGWB §339: shall bemoan kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhorted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: to groan will-and-testamentW&T §5: lamenting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: maketh My heart fire-tabletFire §47: Dost

أَهْلُ

ʾahl ʾ-h-l → “concourse” Distinctive

literal: people; people, folk; people/inhabitants

This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (130 occurrences)

people 41% peoples 29% dwellers 5% men 4% mankind 4% ye 4% concourse 4% infidel 4% inhabitants 3% denizens 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the people gleaningsGWB §689: the Concourse on high would kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: its people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the denizens the-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERS will-and-testamentW&T §34: devoted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: people

مَلإِ

malʾ m-l-ʾ → “concourse”

literal: assembly/people; concourse

concourse 37% people 25% ye 12% celestial 6% inmates 4% believers 4% followers 4% chiefs 4% ones 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich ones gleaningsGWB §638: people of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoples gleaningsGWB §188: Followers of Muḥammad kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people

الأَعْلَی،

al-ʾaʿlay، ʿ-l-w → “on high”

literal: highest; exalted

most 45% high 18% glory 10% loftiest 6% exalted 6% highest 5% supreme 4% all-glorious 3% heights 2% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: into the fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §126: is One kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the most exalted—may prayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: rest upon Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noble

وَبَكَتْ

wabakat b-k-y → “to weep”

literal: weep; weeping/crying

heavens 50% weep 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepeth gleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weep prayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weep tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tears epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weep gleaningsGWB §154: wept prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weep gleaningsGWB §292: weepeth sore

جَنَّةِ

jannah j-n-n → “paradise”

literal: paradise; garden; madness

paradise 74% garden 7% loftiest 4% madness 4% all-highest 4% heaven 4% blissful 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Garden gleaningsGWB §212: of Paradise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: folly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradise the-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly home will-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heart epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most Sublime gleaningsGWB §674: abandonment

المَأْوَی،

al-maʾaway، ʾ-w-y → “repose”

literal: refuge

1 occurrence in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Repose

وَأَخَذَتْ

waʾakhadhat ʾ-kh-dh

literal: take; seize

SE rendered أَهْلُ (ʾahl), جَنَّةِ (jannah), المَأْوَی، (al-maʾaway،), وَأَخَذَتْ (waʾakhadhat), الوُجُوهِ (al-wujúh), غُبارُ (ghubár) as “denizens, Paradise, everlasting, faces, dust”

laid 17% hath 17% clung 8% fell 8% seized 8% partake 8% covenanted 8% afflicted 8% overcome 8% gripped 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: laid hold fire-tabletFire §16: made captive gleaningsGWB §250: have devised kitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: to lay violent hold prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: O my God tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: choose tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou the-hidden-wordsHW §64: come upon thee

الوُجُوهِ

al-wujúh w-j-h → “faces”

literal: face

faces 33% face 17% snow-white 17% all 17% radiant 8% countenances 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: turning towards fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §466: transferred Our residence kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turn prayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: of Thy countenance tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of the the-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine

غُبارُ

ghubár gh-b-r → “dust”

literal: dust; with-dust

dust 80% clouds 10% darkened 5% have 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: dust fire-tabletFire §30: the gleaningsGWB §74: The dust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: have caused fire-tabletFire §35: darkened gleaningsGWB §173: clouds gleaningsGWB §677: dust of vain desires gleaningsGWB §493: dust of

الصَّفْرآءِ

aṣ-ṣafráʾ ṣ-f-r → “yellowed” Distinctive

literal: yellow; yellowed

This form usually rendered as “tawny” (1 occurrences)

yellowed 20% empty 20% faded 20% tawny 20% have 20%

fire-tabletFire §34: yellowed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: empty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §516: have withered away prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: tawny prayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Faded

الحُزْنِ

al-ḥuzn ḥ-z-n → “that”

literal: grieve; sorrow; grief

SE rendered غُبارُ (ghubár), الصَّفْرآءِ (aṣ-ṣafráʾ), الحُزْنِ (al-ḥuzn), أَحَاطَ (ʾaḥáṭ), عِبادَ (ʿibád) as “dust, tawny, that, hath seized, servants”

sorrow 28% grief 17% sadness 11% sorrows 11% saddened 6% would 6% sadden 6% tribulation 6% despondency 6% anguish 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: sadden fire-tabletFire §12: Sorrows gleaningsGWB §712: either pain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondency prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: that tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: affliction the-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou grieve epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grief

أَحَاطَ

ʾaḥáṭ ḥ-w-ṭ → “hath seized”

literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed

encompassed 40% hath 16% envelop 11% pervaded 7% embraced 7% have 4% comprehend 4% all-encompassing 4% surrounded 4% surround 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: envelop fire-tabletFire §20: whisperings gleaningsGWB §259: rival kitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: besieged prayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: hemmed in the-hidden-wordsHW §98: beset will-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroad epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassing

عِبادَ

ʿibád ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

servants 34% men 30% people 21% man 3% all 3% peoples 3% unto 2% who 2% serve 2% mankind 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the faithful fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §289: of men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: to prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with such of Thy servants tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service the-hidden-wordsHW §3: of others will-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant

الَّذِينَ

adh-dhín l-dh-y → “that”

literal: those who; who

SE rendered الحُزْنِ (al-ḥuzn), أَحَاطَ (ʾaḥáṭ), عِبادَ (ʿibád), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), تَوَجَّهُوا (tawajjahúá), شَطْرِ (shaṭr) as “that, hath seized, servants, as, have turned, towards”