Prayers and Meditations — §477
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 477 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ يا إِلهِي عَمَّا ذَكرْتُ لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ وَعِنْدَكَ مِنْ خَفِيَّاتِ الأُمُورِ ما لا عِنْدَ غَيْرِكَ، إِذَا أَتَى الوَعْدُ تُظْهِرُ ما تُرِيْدُ وَتُسَخِّرُ كَيْفَ تُحِبُّ، لَيْسَ لَنا أَنْ نُرِيدَ إِلاَّ ما أَنْتَ أَرَدْتَ لَنا، عِنْدَكَ عِلْمُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ تَعْلَمُ عاقِبَةَ الأُمُورِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحَقُّ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Forgive me, O my God, for what I have spoken, for Thou art the One that knoweth all things, and in Thee are wrapped up the secrets that are hid from all else except Thyself. When Thy promise shall come to pass, Thou wilt manifest what Thou wilt, and subdue as Thou pleasest. We should wish only what Thou hast wished for us. In Thee is the knowledge of all things, and with Thee is the issue of all things. Thou art, verily, the Truth, the Knower of things unseen.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: forgivefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §216: Forgivingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to beg Thy forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §97: to the truth of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “what I have spoken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: attributedgleaningsGWB §40: relatedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: to whom we have referredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: and the Object oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “all-wise” (121 occurrences)
SE expanded to “knoweth all things”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the worldsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §183: the whole worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: whollytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE expanded to “in Thee are wrapped up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: through the things they possessgleaningsGWB §440: human perversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: such as stubbornly oppose Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: unto the things which belong unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: concealgleaningsGWB §121: concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: passed beyond the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: the secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: unseenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: it is no secretgleaningsGWB §618: the mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Our decreefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §125: whatsoever commandmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: Thou hast bidden me observetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: others than Myselffire-tabletFire §27: of Thine avenging wrathgleaningsGWB §475: turned away from theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: saveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with any one exceptthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: foewill-and-testamentW&T §2: all things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: camegleaningsGWB §78: hath been manifestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: He bestoweth His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: giventhe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: HourgleaningsGWB §424: is fulfilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: should come down to them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: according to His promisegleaningsGWB §37: foretoldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: the hour thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou didst promiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thy pledgegleaningsGWB §26: promiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: promise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: Thy promise
This form usually rendered as “raise”, “thou”, “appear” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as seek TheegleaningsGWB §188: after your own desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: what Thou wiltthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: hath had no desire exceptgleaningsGWB §270: decidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: imposed lawsgleaningsGWB §670: be empowered to subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: scoffed atprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: with scornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: SubduegleaningsGWB §580: can subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: scoffprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: hast subdued
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §435: loving-kindnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: and is to be lovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
SE rendered وَتُسَخِّرُ (watusakhkhir), كَيْفَ (kayf), تُحِبُّ، (tuḥibbu،), لَيْسَ (lays), لَنا (laná), نُرِيدَ (nuríd) as “subdue, as, pleasest, us, wish”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: is given the rightgleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: not beengleaningsGWB §167: Accuse Me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: They have noneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is not
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: pleasethgleaningsGWB §202: I have never aspired afterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: Iprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and in conformity with Thy desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §17: purposethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: might desire itgleaningsGWB §67: hast sought
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: thinggleaningsGWB §302: none elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: willeth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: Thy desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “issue” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: to thatgleaningsGWB §707: God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: about Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: with God
This form usually rendered as “things”, “invisibles”, “secret” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §96: He Who is everlastingly hiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: disappearancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the invisiblegleaningsGWB §11: of things unseen
