Prayers and Meditations — §476

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 476 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَخْرِجْ مِنْ شَفَتَيْ مَشِيَّتِكَ كَلِمَةً وَسَخِّرْ بِها مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُلِّها، إِلى مَتَى يا إِلهِي تَنْظُرُ وَتَصْبِرُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ كُلَّ الجِهاتِ وَكادَ أَنْ تَنْعَدِمَ آثارُكَ فِي

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Unseal the lips of Thy will, O my Lord, and let a word proceed therefrom that shall subject unto itself the world and all that is therein. How long shalt Thou behold these things and tarry, O my God? Darkness hath enveloped the whole earth, and Thy tokens are ready to be blotted out throughout Thy realm.

Translation Notes

رَبِّ

rabb r-b-b → “lord”

literal: Lord; lord

lord 93% god 3% creator 1% one 1% art 1% none 1% ruler 1% thou 1% ‘lord 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your Lord gleaningsGWB §285: Lord thy God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lord prayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured

فَأَخْرِجْ

faʾakhrij kh-r-j → “have” Distinctive

literal: go out; exit; outside

This form usually rendered as “draw”, “"begone”, “unseal” (7 occurrences)

draw 25% “begone 25% unseal 25% left 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: release gleaningsGWB §64: departed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: and banished them tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: hastened forth the-hidden-wordsHW §104: issue will-and-testamentW&T §25: expel epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: went forth out

شَفَتَيْ

shafatay sh-f-h → “lips”

literal: lips; lip

lips 80% mouth 20%

gleaningsGWB §299: thy lips prayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: mouth gleaningsGWB §583: lips prayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: my lips

مَشِيَّتِكَ

mashíhatik sh-y-ʾ → “will”

literal: will

will 70% desire 7% daystar 4% might 4% own 4% purpose 4% primal 4% potency 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: willing gleaningsGWB §709: of His Will kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing a prayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: Thou dost tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desireth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everything epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Will

كَلِمَةً

kalimahan k-l-m → “word”

literal: word; words

word 54% words 21% through 8% most 3% every 3% one 3% hath 2% sayings 2% third 2% divinity 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair not fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining word gleaningsGWB §100: speech kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: by a word tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic word will-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistles epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: One Who conversed

وَسَخِّرْ

wasakhkhir s-kh-r → “subject”

literal: subdue; mockery; to mock

imposed 50% subject 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast subjected gleaningsGWB §670: to subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: scoff prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: Thou epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: Subdue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: subjected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: imposed laws

الأَرْضِ

ar-rḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; earth/land; land

earth 72% land 12% world 6% whole 2% men 2% all 2% heaven 2% upon 1% desolate 1% plain 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the land fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §202: this world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: on Thy earth the-hidden-wordsHW §98: realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earth fire-tabletFire §3: on gleaningsGWB §124: soil

كُلِّها،

kullihá، k-l-l → “and all that is therein”

literal: all; every; all, every

SE expanded to “and all that is therein”

all 62% whole 5% every 5% combined 5% successive 5% one 5% over 5% days 5% wholly 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: day gleaningsGWB §4: and every way kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyone kitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: one and prayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: with his whole being tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: be the-hidden-wordsHW §13: naught will-and-testamentW&T §40: utterly

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: God; divine; god

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestial gleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §23: is of God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of God gleaningsGWB §204: her God

تَنْظُرُ

tanẓur n-ẓ-r → “behold”

literal: look; looking

look 40% behold 20% “look 10% thou 10% consider 10% eye 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: Observe thou fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §100: with kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Vision kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: gazing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: seat of Thine effulgent glory tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation

وَتَصْبِرُ

wataṣbir ṣ-b-r → “tarry”

literal: patience; be patient; patient

patience 35% patient 20% fortitude 10% long-suffering 8% tarry 8% forbearance 6% have 4% endure 4% resignation 4% wait 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Wait fire-tabletFire §40: to bear and endure gleaningsGWB §408: endure patiently kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitude prayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: denied myself every manner the-hidden-wordsHW §7: tarry not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy patience gleaningsGWB §670: the negligent

أَخَذَتِ

ʾakhadhat ʾ-kh-dh → “have” Distinctive

literal: take; seize

This form usually rendered as “laid”, “hath”, “clung” (22 occurrences)

laid 17% hath 17% clung 8% fell 8% seized 8% partake 8% covenanted 8% afflicted 8% overcome 8% gripped 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: clung fire-tabletFire §15: overcome gleaningsGWB §63: cling, with kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: have refused to seek prayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: stirred up tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: choose tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou the-hidden-wordsHW §1: We

الظُّلْمَةُ

aẓ-ẓulmah ẓ-l-m → “darkness”

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

tyranny 31% cruelty 15% darkness 15% oppression 13% injustice 8% iniquity 5% wrongs 5% unjustly 3% manifest 3% unjust 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the victim of oppression fire-tabletFire §2: the darkness gleaningsGWB §243: a sore injustice kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: ungodly the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §54: this prisoner epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: this Wronged One

الجِهاتِ

al-jihát j-h-h

literal: direction; direction, side; direction/side

SE rendered أَخَذَتِ (ʾakhadhat), الظُّلْمَةُ (aẓ-ẓulmah), الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), وَكادَ (wakád), تَنْعَدِمَ (tanʿadim) as “enveloped, Darkness, ready to be blotted out, are”