Prayers and Meditations — §442
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 442 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَفَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنا قُوَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَقُدْرَةً مِنْ لَدُنْكَ لِنَسْتَقِيمَ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَنَنْصُرَكَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَوِّرْ أَبْصَارَنَا بِأَنْوارِ جَمَالِكَ وَقُلُوبَنا بِأَنْوارِ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَعِرْفَانِكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْنا مَعَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ وَفَوْا بِمِيثَاقِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَبِحُبِّكَ انْقَطَعُوا عَنِ العَالَمِينَ، وَإِنَّكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Our limbs, our members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and oneness. Send down upon us Thy strength and power, that we may become steadfast in Thy Faith and may aid Thee among Thy servants. Illumine our eyes, O my Lord, with the effulgence of Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the splendors of Thy knowledge and wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who have fulfilled their pledge to Thy Covenant in Thy days, and who, through their love for Thee, have detached themselves from the world and all that is therein.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: fellowshipfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §669: exalted and indivisible Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: essential unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: in Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: One, the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §2: of onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: alone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: downgleaningsGWB §463: hath been promisedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: caused manna to descendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: the Inflictortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strengthgleaningsGWB §390: ascendancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: of Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: endowed with a potency superiorgleaningsGWB §404: vitality
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: is withgleaningsGWB §282: My gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: pertaineth unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: dost possessgleaningsGWB §468: the sight of
divine 29% who 18% unto 12% part 6% decreed 6% one 6% future 6% inherently 6% consequences 6% wisdom 6%
SE expanded to “may become steadfast”
people 28% station 26% arise 15% self-subsisting 8% connection 5% resurrection 4% steadfast 4% have 4% such 3% may 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §135: He hath arisen to proclaimkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: conditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: they have risen uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §196: a soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: these peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: for Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my LordgleaningsGWB §149: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: might
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lightsfire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §725: unfading splendorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of the splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
SE expanded to “of Thy beauty”
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 §47: Divine Countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the adored Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: Thy Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: fearful heartgleaningsGWB §228: in travailkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: inner hearingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and the soulsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: men’s hearts
SE expanded to “of Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: who understandgleaningsGWB §115: comprehensionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: thou wouldst seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have acknowledgedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: promoting the knowledge
SE expanded to “Write us up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: the booksgleaningsGWB §631: Forgivekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: books andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: Thou didstthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: written
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: will payfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §168: of fidelitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: have fulfilled their pledgetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: Whereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: unto the righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
SE expanded to “to Thy Covenant”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the DaygleaningsGWB §627: in Thy Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: these dayswill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: whereongleaningsGWB §245: the few remaining dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: today
SE expanded to “through their love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Itablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
SE expanded to “have detached themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fadegleaningsGWB §310: cut into pieceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: and rid metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: completely detached
SE expanded to “world and all that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: in the worldfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §150: most learnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: laws and teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: of all Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
SE rendered انْقَطَعُوا (inqaṭaʿúá), العَالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “have detached themselves, world and all that”
