Prayers and Meditations — §424
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 424 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي لا تَنْظُرْ إِلَيَّ وَعَلَى 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 فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), تَنْظُرْ (tanẓur) as “O my God, Look”
heedlessness 35% waywardness 27% negligence 16% erred 5% wayward 3% evil 3% blind 3% “deprivation 3% error 3% every 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: unawaregleaningsGWB §36: oblivious ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: erring and waywardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and banishthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: neglectepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for my waywardnessgleaningsGWB §655: to stray from Thy path
This form usually rendered as “serve”, “do” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: servinggleaningsGWB §723: to serve the best interests ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the servant of His thresholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servantswill-and-testamentW&T §48: might serveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: ministergleaningsGWB §598: to aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §563: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: on the oceangleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: Him Who is the All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §711: God, the Most Mercifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §694: bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: and Thy giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §340: the manifold bountieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
SE rendered رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), وَأَلْطافِكَ (waʾalṭáfik), وَإِلى (waʾilى), يَلِيقُ (yalíq), لِجَلالِكَ (lijalálik), وَعَفْوِكَ (waʿafwik) as “Thy mercy, and favors, the things that beseem, Thy glory, and Thy forgiveness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: ye who are men ofgleaningsGWB §112: all the holy Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: mastersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: falleth shortthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Saintsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy LordgleaningsGWB §278: their Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: befitting recipientsgleaningsGWB §411: beseemethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: deservethgleaningsGWB §119: worthinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: can befit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: exalted begleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: of Thy majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My glorygleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thy glory
SE expanded to “and Thy forgiveness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §66: “All forgivenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: remittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: wholesomenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §257: forgiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §71: the All-Pardoner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: beseemeth themgleaningsGWB §481: ill beseemethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §477: It well beseemeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: mercieswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §569: and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §463: will have forgiven theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: I ask pardon of Theewill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgive mefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
SE expanded to “the Most Generous”
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
