Prayers and Meditations — §466
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 466 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ٍ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ما نُزِّلَ فِي البَيانِ، إِذًا تَرَى يا إِلهِي ما ارْتَكبُوا فِيْ أَمْرِكَ، وَبِمَا اكتَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ يَنُوحُ مِنْ ظُلْمِهِمْ سِدْرَةُ أَمْرِكَ وَسُكَّانُ سُرَادِقِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَأَهْلُ مَدَائِنِ أَسْمَائِكَ، لَمْ أَدْرِ يا إِلهِي بِأَيِّ حُجَّةٍ قَامُوا عَلَى الظُّلْمِ وَبِأَيِّ بُرْهَانٍ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْ مَطْلَعِ آياتِكَ، أَسئَلُكَ يا مَالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفَاطِرَ السَّمآءِ بِأَنْ تُؤَيِّدَهُمْ عَلَى الإِنْصَافِ فِي أَمْرِكَ، لَعَلَّ يَجِدُونَ عَرْفَ قَمِيصِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَيَتَوَجَّهُونَ إِلى أُفُقِ الَّذِيْ فِيهِ أَضَاءَ أَنوارُ طَلْعَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ إِنَّهُمْ ضُعَفآءُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou dost consider, therefore, O my God, how they have transgressed against Thy Cause, and beholdest what their hands have wrought in Thy days. They have so grievously wronged me that the Lote-Tree of Thy Revelation moaneth, and the inmates of the Tabernacle of Thy majesty and the dwellers of the cities of Thy names lament. I know not, O my God, for what reason they have risen up to oppress me, and by what proof they have turned aside from Him Who is the Dayspring of Thy signs. I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Creator of the heavens, to aid them to act equitably in Thy Cause, that haply they may discover the sweet smell of the robe of Thy mercy, and set their faces towards the horizon that shineth with the brightness of the light of Thy face. Weak are they, O my Lord, and Thou art the Lord of strength and power. They are but paupers, and Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most Generous.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “when”, “god”, “before” (161 occurrences)
when 21% god 15% before 13% estimation 12% sight 12% thereupon 8% whom 6% through 6% possession 4% belong 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: in the estimationgleaningsGWB §693: his possessionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: contumaciousthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: UsgleaningsGWB §468: the sight of
SE rendered عِنْدِهِ (ʿindih), نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), البَيانِ، (al-bayáni،), تَرَى (tará) as “Thee, Thou dost consider”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: even asgleaningsGWB §583: shall descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: be afflictedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
SE rendered عِنْدِهِ (ʿindih), نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), البَيانِ، (al-bayáni،), تَرَى (tará) as “Thee, Thou dost consider”
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
SE expanded to “Thou dost consider”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: that thou mayest beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: art hidden from all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: gazedgleaningsGWB §78: they behold
SE expanded to “they have transgressed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: committed thatgleaningsGWB §300: have wittingly brokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: hath unitedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: let the angelic spirits enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: perpetratedgleaningsGWB §467: followed his lusts
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 §168: at the commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §224: to His commandmentskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: summonstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
This form usually rendered as “things” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §36: such waterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: inasmuch asthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §292: for the thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: what
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: had wroughtgleaningsGWB §239: ye shall have donekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: acquiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wroughtgleaningsGWB §319: benefitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: earngleaningsGWB §506: for your doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: have wrought
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §636: to the carekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: hand aretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §581: With the hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: long agogleaningsGWB §244: The days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: these dayswill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §27: Day.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of the day
SE expanded to “They have so grievously wronged”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: a pitch-black corridorfire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §507: oppressorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of crueltythe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: oppressed ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: upon the Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: blaze of the Bushprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §168: unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: desolatefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §724: of serpentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: abide withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: I am stilltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: The inmates
سُرَادِقِ
literal: pavilion; pavilion, tent; pavilion/tabernacle
SE expanded to “of the Tabernacle”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: the all-glorious Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §34: the veil
SE expanded to “of Thy majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: great a bountygleaningsGWB §504: inconceivably mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: So deepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: swear by the greatness of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §174: most potent
SE expanded to “and the dwellers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: peoplefire-tabletFire §41: amonggleaningsGWB §111: the learnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the people of the Bayánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the dwellerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: childrenwill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious ones
SE expanded to “of the cities”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the CitygleaningsGWB §247: in the Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the everlasting Citiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: citiesgleaningsGWB §558: that Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: citadelsgleaningsGWB §555: from the City
SE expanded to “of Thy names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the Most Great Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §411: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: to Thy Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
SE rendered مَدَائِنِ (madáʾin), أَسْمَائِكَ، (ʾasmáʾika،), أَدْرِ (ʾadr), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بِأَيِّ (biʾayy) as “of the cities, of Thy names, my God, for what reason”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: have come intogleaningsGWB §338: accomplishmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: How mysteriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: understanding heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: possessethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: oceanepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know not
SE expanded to “for what reason”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: signsgleaningsGWB §537: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: howepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Most Mighty SigngleaningsGWB §384: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and by whatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a signgleaningsGWB §609: the verses
SE rendered أَدْرِ (ʾadr), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بِأَيِّ (biʾayy), حُجَّةٍ (ḥujjahin), قَامُوا (qámúá), الظُّلْمِ (aẓ-ẓulm) as “my God, for what reason, they have risen up, that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: testimoniesgleaningsGWB §585: the testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: their only argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy testimonythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: argumentwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: testimonygleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs
SE expanded to “they have risen up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the peoplefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: walked steadfastlykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath raised me uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: tokensgleaningsGWB §140: nakednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: luminous evidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy testimonywill-and-testamentW&T §53: by conclusive proofsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: soughtgleaningsGWB §109: proofskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: and
SE expanded to “they have turned aside”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Who is the TruthgleaningsGWB §689: too criticalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: They caviledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: have caviledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: turneth you aside
SE expanded to “Who is the Dayspring”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: becoming knownfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §161: revealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: luminousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: Revealer of Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE expanded to “of Thy signs”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §320: a testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the verse itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §214: imploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §511: their realmskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: supreme dominiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “and the Creator”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §423: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: have broken my fasttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the true FaithgleaningsGWB §300: regarding the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
SE expanded to “to aid them”
aid 36% assist 24% strengthened 8% assisted 8% enable 4% strengthen 4% hath 4% graciously 4% hast 4% confirmeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §610: hath aidedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: Aid themthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §112: to enableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to aid them
SE rendered تُؤَيِّدَهُمْ (tuʾayyidahum), الإِنْصَافِ (an-nṣáf), أَمْرِكَ، (ʾamrika،), لَعَلَّ (laʿall) as “to aid them, Cause, that haply”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: justicegleaningsGWB §466: justkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: withthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: to judge equitablygleaningsGWB §67: discerning and fair-mindedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: is it fairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: fair
SE expanded to “they may discover”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: existethfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §370: being thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the recognition ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: discoveredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: OFwill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: acquaintedgleaningsGWB §286: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the renownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: the sweet savorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledge
SE expanded to “of the robe”
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE expanded to “and set their faces towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldgleaningsGWB §286: created thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: the Dayspring
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “chased”, “burning” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: illumined with their lightfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §80: lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: will illuminatethe-hidden-wordsHW §33: its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: illuminedfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §198: shineth
SE expanded to “brightness of the light”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the splendorsfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §504: shed illuminationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: of all lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: been illuminedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: LordsgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Lordship
This form usually rendered as “indeed” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: reported to havegleaningsGWB §414: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: that theyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: I trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: they sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: howepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: verily
SE expanded to “Weak are they”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: powerless to weakengleaningsGWB §308: diminishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: all weaknessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the weakgleaningsGWB §35: limitedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: wretched creature
