Prayers and Meditations — §424
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 424 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ما غَفَلْتُ فِي أَدآءِ خِدْمَتِكَ، فَانْظُرْ إِلى بُحُورِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ وَإِلى ما يَلِيقُ لِجَلالِكَ وَعَفْوِكَ وَيَنْبَغِي لأَلْطَافِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Look not on my state, O my God, nor my failure to serve Thee, nay rather regard the oceans of Thy mercy and favors, and the things that beseem Thy glory and Thy forgiveness and befit Thy loving-kindness and bounties. Thou art, verily, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Translation Notes
SE rendered غَفَلْتُ (ghafalt), أَدآءِ (ʾadáʾ), خِدْمَتِكَ، (khidmatika،) as “to serve Thee”
heedlessness 35% waywardness 26% negligence 18% evil 3% erred 3% human 3% “deprivation 3% error 3% wayward 3% neglect 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: heedless onegleaningsGWB §111: failed to perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and banishthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: neglectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my waywardnessgleaningsGWB §73: of their heedlessness
SE rendered غَفَلْتُ (ghafalt), أَدآءِ (ʾadáʾ), خِدْمَتِكَ، (khidmatika،), فَانْظُرْ (fánẓur) as “to serve Thee, Look not on my”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “to serve Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: servicegleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently to servekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: servantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servantswill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: servegleaningsGWB §480: that serve theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: went
SE expanded to “Look not on my”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: unto every beholderfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §188: anticipatekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: waiteth in expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: to fix our gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §20: OF
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the seasfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
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 §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §547: the refinementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: fullest adornmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §358: most excellent
This form usually rendered as “governor” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: setgleaningsGWB §353: authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and Thy loved oneswill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §412: of understanding heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: endowed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §492: and beseemeth thy sovereigntykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: what can truly befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §486: befittethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §27: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and of majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §47: majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: great their name.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: and Thy majesty
SE expanded to “and Thy forgiveness”
forgiveness 83% dawning-place 17%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §257: forgivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: remittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: and forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-place of Thy forgivenessgleaningsGWB §66: “All forgivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: and Thy forgiveness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §570: it beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §620: becomethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: of
This form usually rendered as “gifts”, “favors”, “bestowals” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §621: upon His grace and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: and favors,—Iwill-and-testamentW&T §56: the giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: giftswill-and-testamentW&T §53: Bounty
SE rendered لأَلْطَافِكَ (lʾalṭáfik), وَمَواهِبِكَ، (wamawáhibika،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), الغَفُورُ (al-ghafúr), الْكَرِيمُ (al-karím) as “Thy loving-kindness, and bounties, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgive mefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §257: wash awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of forgivenessgleaningsGWB §375: We implore pardon
SE expanded to “the Most Generous”
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: generosityfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §463: the All-Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountiful
