Prayers and Meditations — §45
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 45 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الأَشْقِيآءِ، أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما وَرَدَ عَلَيْنا فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ، يا لَيْتَ قَدَّرْتَ لِظاهِرِ جَسَدِي عُمْرَ الأَوَّلِيْنَ وَالآخِرِينَ، بَلْ ما لا يُحْصِيهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ العالَمِينَ، وَنَزَّلْتَ فِيْ كُلِّ آنٍ بَلاءً جَدِيدًا فِيْ حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، وَلكِنْ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنِّي ما أَرَدْتُ إِلاَّ ما أَردْتَ وَقَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We render Thee thanks, O our Lord, for all the troubles which have touched us in Thy path. Oh, that the span of my earthly life could be so extended as to embrace the lives of the former and the latter generations, or could even be so lengthened that no man on the face of the earth could measure it, and be afflicted every day and every moment with a fresh tribulation for love of Thee and for Thy pleasure’s sake!
Translation Notes
SE rendered الأَشْقِيآءِ، (ash-shqíáʾi،), رَبِّ (rabb), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “Lord, Thee, thanks”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my remotenessgleaningsGWB §659: tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: ungodlygleaningsGWB §279: the ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-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
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §219: the All-Praisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: willesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §569: and praise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the StraightgleaningsGWB §509: the statekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: for Thy sakethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §317: means of admittance
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
SE expanded to “could be so extended”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §636: a preordained measurekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: nowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: Thine ascendancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: be setfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §502: all the Dispensationskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: shone forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and didst through Him uncovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE rendered لَيْتَ (layt), قَدَّرْتَ (qaddart), لِظاهِرِ (liẓáhir), جَسَدِي (jasadí), عُمْرَ (ʿumr), الأَوَّلِيْنَ (al-ʾawwalín), وَالآخِرِينَ، (wálákhirína،) as “that, could be so extended, earthly, life, former, the latter generations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our bodiesgleaningsGWB §428: unto the whole worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the bodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: dead corpsetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: her bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §120: framewill-and-testamentW&T §13: its mortal frameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the body of mankind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: BygleaningsGWB §183: to build anewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build upthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: yearsgleaningsGWB §523: to rearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fittingfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §99: our firstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: firstgleaningsGWB §629: this present world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §629: the nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: in the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §691: otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have We set downgleaningsGWB §423: can reckonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: hast reckoned upthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: stonegleaningsGWB §684: innumerableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: reckoned
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “anyone” (82 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: one ofgleaningsGWB §103: Divine Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: othertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §485: another’s
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: comprehendedfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §554: Positivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hast ever made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: hath been sent downgleaningsGWB §463: hath been promisedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: caused manna to descendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have descendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
affliction 33% tribulation 17% incalculable 8% affliction.… 8% trials 8% ordeal 8% world’s 8% woe 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: afflictionfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: with such trialsthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievously
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §665: well is itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: of them thattablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved
وَرِضائِكَ،
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 §64: was satisfiedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §172: virtuouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: with thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: his own willwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willing
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضائِكَ، (wariḍáʾika،), وَلكِنْ (walkin) as “love, pleasure’s”
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضائِكَ، (wariḍáʾika،), وَلكِنْ (walkin), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “love, pleasure’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §204: her God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: that which pleasethgleaningsGWB §248: seekerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: go awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt wishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: pleaseth
fear 63% let 8% lay 5% righteousness 5% virtue 5% god-fearing 3% integrity 3% beware 3% most 3% purity 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: Beware thatfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §571: Let God be your fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to fear God
