Prayers and Meditations — §427
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 427 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِهِمْ حُبًّا لِجَمَالِكَ، وَاهْتَزَّهُمْ أَرْياحُ شَوْقِكَ إِلى مَقامٍ انْقَطَعُوا عَنْ كُلِّ نِسْبَةٍ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، وَحارَبَهُمْ طُغَاةُ عِبادِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَأَخْرَجُوهُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ الدِّيارِ وَجَعَلُوهُمْ أُسَارَى بِأَيادِي الفَجَرَةِ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَالكَفَرَةِ مِنْ أَشْقِيآءِ أَهْلِ أَرْضِكَ، إِلى أَنْ أَدْخَلُوْهُمْ فِي هذا المَقامِ الَّذِيْ لَنْ يُوجَدَ أَرْدَى مِنْهُ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَأَخَذَتْهُمُ البَلايا عَلَى شَأْنٍ يَبْكِي السَّحَابُ عَلَيهِمْ وَيَنُوحُ الرَّعْدُ لِلْقَضَايا الَّتِيْ مَسَّتْهُمْ فِي حُبِّكَ وَرِضَائِكَ، وَأَنْتَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
These, O my God, are Thy servants who, for love of Thy beauty, have forsaken their homes, and been so stirred up by the gentle winds of their desire for Thee that they have sundered every tie in Thy path. Such of Thy servants as dwell in Thy land and have transgressed against Thee have assailed them, and banished them from Thy cities, and made them captives, and delivered them into the hands of workers of iniquity among Thy people and the perverse amidst the wicked doers in Thy realm. And finally, they were made to abide in this place with which no other place, however loathsome, in all Thy dominion, can compare. They were seized with such trials that the clouds weep over them and the thunder groaneth by reason of the manifold tribulations that have afflicted them in their love for Thee and for the sake of Thy pleasure.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “for love of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §555: His loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: the Object of the adorationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: thou lovest Me not
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: AmonggleaningsGWB §616: His Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: beauty, of the Moonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: or from meditatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
SE expanded to “been so stirred up”
transports 15% stirred 15% shaken 15% vibrateth 8% have 8% trembleth 8% throw 8% whispering 8% therein 8% hath 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been quickenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §56: whispering breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: the murmur
SE expanded to “of their desire for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn forfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §424: in longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: irrepressible yearningsthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: above all elsefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §396: rankkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: promulgatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: bade me arisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE expanded to “they have sundered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: renunciationgleaningsGWB §4: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will detach ourselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fade
relationship 22% related 15% kinship 11% ascribed 7% charges 7% have 7% attributed 7% accusations 7% impute 7% kindred 7%
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: wargleaningsGWB §441: ravaged by warprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: againstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: conflictgleaningsGWB §296: contended withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: risen up against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: conflictsgleaningsGWB §636: your neighbor
SE expanded to “Such of Thy servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: errorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: mischief of the rebelliouswill-and-testamentW&T §48: misbelievedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: the oppressorswill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: Such of Thy servantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have transgressed
SE rendered طُغَاةُ (ṭugháh), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), مَمْلَكَتِكَ، (mamlakatika،), وَأَخْرَجُوهُمْ (waʾakhrajúhum) as “Such of Thy servants, servants, in Thy land, and banished them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: layethgleaningsGWB §425: of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Governortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “and banished them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: abandonedgleaningsGWB §699: leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: have abandonedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: describe
SE expanded to “and made them captives”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §55: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: set methe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath made thee
SE rendered الدِّيارِ (ad-díár), وَجَعَلُوهُمْ (wajaʿalúhum), أُسَارَى (ʾusárá), بِأَيادِي (biʾayádí), الفَجَرَةِ (al-fajarah) as “Thy cities, and made them captives, into the hands, workers of iniquity”
gleaningsGWB §169: from his chainsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: a captivegleaningsGWB §501: exileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: were made captivesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were ensnaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: in bondageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: captives
SE expanded to “into the hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §167: hold within My graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: presencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §184: at the hands
SE expanded to “workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impious who murdered and pillagedgleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: workers of iniquityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: daybreakgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: dawntide
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “repudiated”, “misbelief” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny notgleaningsGWB §221: have repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: deniedgleaningsGWB §464: condemn Us
SE rendered أَشْقِيآءِ (ʾashqíáʾ), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), أَرْضِكَ، (ʾarḍika،), أَدْخَلُوْهُمْ (ʾadkhalúhum) as “the wicked doers, in Thy realm, they were made to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §584: the dwellers on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: allthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbilá
SE expanded to “they were made to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: “EntergleaningsGWB §634: and enteredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: egressprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: caused Him to dwellthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: leading partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: meddlegleaningsGWB §240: shall be made to enter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §253: disregard and neglectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: independent existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: to discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
This form usually rendered as “however” (1 occurrences)
وَأَخَذَتْهُمُ
literal: take; take/seize; seize
This form usually rendered as “who”, “carried”, “taken” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “They were seized”
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with such trials”
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §74: a fresh calamitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: oppressed and afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: every manner of adversitythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trials
SE rendered وَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (waʾakhadhathum), البَلايا (al-baláyá), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يَبْكِي (yabkí), السَّحَابُ (as-saḥáb), عَلَيهِمْ (ʿalayhim) as “They were seized, with such trials, that, weep, the clouds, over them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §567: low estatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: that Ithe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: the assaultsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: a detachment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §453: heavens weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weeptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepethgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weepgleaningsGWB §292: weepeth sore
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: These thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §640: intervening cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veil
This form usually rendered as “rest”, “wronged”, “upon” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thatgleaningsGWB §635: to aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: to recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Upon himgleaningsGWB §256: Our trials
This form usually rendered as “thirst”, “thunder” (2 occurrences)
trials 11% tribulations 11% troubles 11% vicissitudes 11% assaults 11% ordeal 11% divers 11% all 11% manifold 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happenedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §631: fulfillkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: the troublesthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilled
SE expanded to “have afflicted them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: touchgleaningsGWB §619: that hath befallenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: to be touchedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: if thou art overtakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: trials afflict theegleaningsGWB §636: the handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have afflicted themthe-hidden-wordsHW §53: come
وَرِضَائِكَ،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §362: good pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: and contented thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: was satisfied
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضَائِكَ، (wariḍáʾika،), وَأَنْتَ (waʾant) as “their love, for the sake of”
3 occurrences in corpus
