Prayers and Meditations — §48
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 48 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
دِيارِهِمْ شَوْقًا لِلِقائِكَ وَمَنَعَهُمُ المُشْرِكُونَ عَنْ زِيارَةِ طَلْعَتِكَ وَالطَّوافِ حَوْلَ حَرَمِ كِبْرِيائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ صَبْرًا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَسُكُونًا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants have left their homes in their longing to meet Thee, and how they have been hindered by the ungodly from looking upon Thy face, and from circumambulating the sanctuary of Thy grandeur. Pour out Thy steadfastness and send down Thy calm upon them, O my Lord! Thou art, in truth, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “in their longing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearnfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §311: great longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: souls pantthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “reunion”, “countenance” (21 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to meet Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: long to beholdfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §464: your reunion with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: face—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: when Thou art rememberedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunionthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarrethgleaningsGWB §716: failed to deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: could deter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §374: peers and partnerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: commonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: joined partners with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: joined partnersgleaningsGWB §297: infidel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: visitorgleaningsGWB §215: visiteth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: the Zíyáratprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: gazewill-and-testamentW&T §6: slanderously falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pilgrimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: recognizingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: visit
SE rendered المُشْرِكُونَ (al-mushrikún), زِيارَةِ (zíárah), طَلْعَتِكَ (ṭalʿatik), وَالطَّوافِ (wálṭṭawáf), حَوْلَ (ḥawl), حَرَمِ (ḥaram) as “the ungodly, looking upon Thy face, circumambulating, the sanctuary”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: discoverfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §108: hath shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: the Exponentstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
circumambulating 50% circle 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: circledgleaningsGWB §633: revolvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian communityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: circumambulatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce stormepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circledgleaningsGWB §406: they who lived
SE rendered زِيارَةِ (zíárah), طَلْعَتِكَ (ṭalʿatik), وَالطَّوافِ (wálṭṭawáf), حَوْلَ (ḥawl), حَرَمِ (ḥaram), كِبْرِيائِكَ، (kibríáʾika،) as “looking upon Thy face, circumambulating, the sanctuary, of Thy grandeur”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: at the present timegleaningsGWB §125: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: howprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have come intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
sanctuary 43% forbidden 10% habitations 10% tabernacle 10% had 5% hath 5% holy 5% dishonor 5% members 5% imperishable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: deprivethgleaningsGWB §214: sanctitykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: deprived of beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §191: methe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: dishonor
SE expanded to “of Thy grandeur”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most greatgleaningsGWB §665: away disdainfullykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Magnifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her LordgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its Lord
This form usually rendered as “send”, “hath”, “sent” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at its RevealergleaningsGWB §428: the very eyekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: its Revealertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: visit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: untogleaningsGWB §256: that wronged Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: theirthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Upon himgleaningsGWB §615: unto them
patience 48% patient 13% long-suffering 9% patiently 4% resignation.… 4% endure 4% must 4% forbearance 4% steadfastness 4% waited 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy long-sufferingfire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §299: them that tarrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: Thy steadfastnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: My long-sufferingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: PatientlygleaningsGWB §408: steadfast in patience
SE rendered عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim), صَبْرًا (ṣabran), عِنْدِكَ، (ʿindika،), وَسُكُونًا (wasukúnan) as “upon them, Thy steadfastness, Thy calm”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: ThereupongleaningsGWB §585: that ye possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: and all that I possessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thou possessestgleaningsGWB §474: neither trustworthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: serenityfire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §680: Quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: dwellestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: the wretched creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the wretched
SE rendered وَسُكُونًا (wasukúnan), لَدُنْكَ، (ladunka،), الغَفُورُ (al-ghafúr) as “Thy calm, the Ever-Forgiving”
divine 29% who 18% unto 12% part 6% decreed 6% one 6% future 6% inherently 6% consequences 6% wisdom 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thegleaningsGWB §259: inherently possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: unto Thee bythe-hidden-wordsHW §155: My divineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: Him Who isgleaningsGWB §286: consequenceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: divine Knowledge!”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgavefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: O Thou Who forgivestwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the ForgivinggleaningsGWB §463: forgiven
SE expanded to “the Most Compassionate”
