Prayers and Meditations — §454
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 454 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
مِنْ بَدَائِعِ نَعْمَائِكَ المَكْنُونَةِ بِفَضْلِكَ وَعَطائِكَ، فَيَا إِلهِي هذا أَوَّلُ أَيَّامِي قَدِ اتَّصَلَ بِأَيَّامِكَ، فَلَمَّا شَرَّفْتَنِي بِهذَا الفَضْلِ العَظِيمِ لا تَمْنَعْنِيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
These are the earliest days of my life, O my God, which Thou hast linked with Thine own days. Now that Thou hast conferred upon me so great an honor, withhold not from me the things Thou hast ordained for Thy chosen ones.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §163: having unveiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: originalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: wonders of Thine utterancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §5: majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: welfaregleaningsGWB §614: the bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: “Yeaprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Happy art thougleaningsGWB §10: blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: common herdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: the temporal benefits
SE rendered المَكْنُونَةِ (al-maknúnah), بِفَضْلِكَ (bifaḍlik), وَعَطائِكَ، (waʿaṭáʾika،), فَيَا (fayá) as “O”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §612: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hidden
SE rendered بِفَضْلِكَ (bifaḍlik), وَعَطائِكَ، (waʿaṭáʾika،), فَيَا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “O, my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: gracious favorgleaningsGWB §30: the bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: a special virtuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
SE rendered وَعَطائِكَ، (waʿaṭáʾika،), فَيَا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَوَّلُ (ʾawwal) as “O, my God, earliest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: favoredthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy favorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: vouchsafing Thy bounty
SE rendered فَيَا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَوَّلُ (ʾawwal), أَيَّامِي (ʾayyámí) as “O, my God, earliest, days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: FirstlygleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: From the inceptiongleaningsGWB §327: have attained in the past
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: when all the tribesgleaningsGWB §245: Your dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: all their lives longwill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: daysgleaningsGWB §341: This is the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Mustafafire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §250: attainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: continuallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: can give of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: to attain the presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: in
SE rendered بِأَيَّامِكَ، (biʾayyámika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), شَرَّفْتَنِي (sharraftaní), بِهذَا (bihdhá), الفَضْلِ (al-faḍl), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím) as “Thine own days, Now that, great”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: highgleaningsGWB §357: the glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: honour of acceptanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: and conferredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: honoured me with Thy footstepswill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: high placesgleaningsGWB §358: noblest
SE rendered بِأَيَّامِكَ، (biʾayyámika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), شَرَّفْتَنِي (sharraftaní), بِهذَا (bihdhá), الفَضْلِ (al-faḍl), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), تَمْنَعْنِيْ (tamnaʿní) as “Thine own days, Now that, great, withhold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who isgleaningsGWB §305: this worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Whereinwill-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: For thisgleaningsGWB §520: the thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §600: most sublimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: So deepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: MightygleaningsGWB §721: glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterrethgleaningsGWB §572: and hinder youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: are powerless to resisttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: deter
