Prayers and Meditations — §457
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 457 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِذِكْركَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ بُعِثَتِ المُمْكِنَاتُ وَاسْتَضَائَتِ الوُجُوهُ بِأَنْ لا تُخَيِّبَنِيْ عَمَّا عِنْدَكَ ثُمَّ أَدْخِلْنِيْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ظِلِّكَ المَمْدُودِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life, and through which all faces have been made to shine, not to frustrate the hopes I have set on the things Thou dost possess. Cause me, then, by Thy mercy, to enter beneath Thy shadow that shadoweth all things.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §301: servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: rulerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
SE expanded to “by that Remembrance of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: made mentiongleaningsGWB §102: to which We have referredkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: it is relatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and of remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “sent”, ““revelation” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have been raised to life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: raised upgleaningsGWB §560: will make manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: hath been conferredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: have been raised to lifewill-and-testamentW&T §9: shall have no pity on himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they shall be raised againgleaningsGWB §190: hath sent downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: invested
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoplesfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §35: the earth and all that dwell thereinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: The whole universethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: in existencewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: can
SE rendered بُعِثَتِ (buʿithat), المُمْكِنَاتُ (al-mumkinát), وَاسْتَضَائَتِ (wástaḍáʾat), الوُجُوهُ (al-wujúh) as “have been raised to life, all things, all faces”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: turnedfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §458: hath enveloped with its brightnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: have been illuminedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: to shed on thee its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: with the brightness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: directeth himselffire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §637: fasten your eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: we still set our facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
تُخَيِّبَنِيْ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Deny him notwill-and-testamentW&T §54: lost their causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: to frustrate the hopes I have setprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: not to depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: Shatter not the hopesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned away
SE expanded to “things Thou dost possess”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: through the things they possessgleaningsGWB §10: Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resisteth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: meddlegleaningsGWB §91: egresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: came untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let me gain admissionthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: He that entereth thereingleaningsGWB §486: take heed
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
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 §11: Most Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §673: Divine glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §526: overruledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §517: beneath your shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: shadow ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §378: under the shadow
SE expanded to “that shadoweth all things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: aided bygleaningsGWB §347: considerable lapse of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: all this timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: Whose Penthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: withwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: ExtendedgleaningsGWB §286: in the course of
