Prayers and Meditations — §463
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 463 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلَيْكَ وَأَقُولُ يا قَوْمِ فَانْظُرُوا بِمَا عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ آياتِ اللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ وَبِما نُزِّلَ مِنْ سَمَاءِ المَشِيَّةِ وَالاقْتِدَارِ يَعتَرِضُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَيُعْرِضُونَ عَنْكَ بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّ كُلَّ كَلِمَةٍ مِنْ كَلِمَاتِ الَّتِيْ خَرَجَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I know, O my Lord, neither their reasoning with which they have acknowledged Thee and believed in Thy signs, nor their argument whereby they have repudiated Thy sovereignty. Every time I call them to Thee and say: “O people! Consider the utterances of the Lord your God which are in your possession and those that have been sent down from the heaven of His will and power,” they cavil at Thee, and turn their backs to Thee, though—as Thou art aware—each of the words that have gone out of the mouth of Thy will sheddeth the fragrance of the breaths of Thy mercy.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: repliedgleaningsGWB §257: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: absurdity of their sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thou didst say—andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the Most Sublime Stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §78: arisingkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: In another senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: raise me uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE expanded to “in your possession”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethgleaningsGWB §440: human perversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: through the shiningthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: in the estimationgleaningsGWB §266: into mine hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §157: in His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: acquaintedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: Thy tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-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 §188: Lords
SE rendered آياتِ (áyát), اللَّهِ (al-lah), رَبِّكُمْ (rabbikum), وَبِما (wabimá), نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), سَمَاءِ (samáʾ), المَشِيَّةِ (al-mashíhah) as “signs, God, the Lord your, sent down, the heaven, will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §395: the soft-flowing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §36: such waterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: the water
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: descendedgleaningsGWB §428: the very eyekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: hath descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have descendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nothinggleaningsGWB §635: anything whatsoeverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: and every description of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turn
power 65% might 11% potency 5% divine 3% sovereignty 3% greatness 3% mighty 3% almighty 3% omnipotence 3% strength 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: authorityfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §135: had been definitely foreordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: indomitable strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: by Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my protestsgleaningsGWB §150: deniedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: opponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they that have repudiated Us
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: againstgleaningsGWB §51: His sovereignty upon theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the paththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: upon theegleaningsGWB §66: from
This form usually rendered as “recognizing” (2 occurrences)
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §28: and beyondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §532: fear of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §155: from the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: apparentfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §174: world.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: world and all thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronouncefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §346: spokekitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: with such wordstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Him Who conversed
SE rendered كَلِمَةٍ (kalimahin), كَلِمَاتِ (kalimát), خَرَجَ (kharaj) as “the words, have gone out”
SE expanded to “have gone out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: alterethgleaningsGWB §308: concealed from menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: expelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: have set outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: banished
