Prayers and Meditations — §489
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 489 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مَنْ يَذْكُرُكَ إِلاَّ هؤلآءِ وَتَراهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، وَمِنْهُمْ يا إِلهِي مَنْ سُفِكَ دَمُهُ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَرَجَ عَنْ دِيارِه مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى مَقَرِّ عَرْشِكَ وَمُنِعَ عَنِ الدُّخُولِ فِي فِنآءِ عَظَمَتِكَ، وَمِنْهُمْ فِي السَّلاسِلِ وَالأَغْلالِ وَمِنْهُمْ بَيْنَ أَيادِيْ الفُجَّارِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou knowest, O my God, that none can be found on the face of the earth to remember Thee except them. Thou seest how the oppressors among Thy creatures have laid hold on them. Some, O my God, have shed their blood in Thy path, others have abandoned their homes and set their faces towards the seat of Thy throne, and were hindered from stepping into the court of Thy great glory, while still others have been cast into prison and are at the mercy of the workers of iniquity.
Translation Notes
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §28: the countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: setting their faces towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Call Thou to remembrancegleaningsGWB §251: warnkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: been recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: beheldfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §163: of the visionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Thou didst reveal unto methe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: to regardgleaningsGWB §432: eclipseth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §619: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: in Whose handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §475: to the mercy
oppressors 27% act 18% oppressor 18% unjust 9% have 5% every 5% wrongdoers 5% tyranny.” 5% tyranny!” 5% people 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: wronged onesfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §447: of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: darksomeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: the cruelty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: virtuesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §551: renounce the peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: were created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: amongst His creatures
This form usually rendered as “others”, “some” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §574: sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: releasegleaningsGWB §339: the separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: explain.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: have gone outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: hastened forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: departure
This form usually rendered as “land”, “countries”, “cities” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: paradedgleaningsGWB §334: fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: kept remoteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: hath been made to revolvethe-hidden-wordsHW §98: CITYwill-and-testamentW&T §23: Dispensationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §117: cycle
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: the mercy seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §51: the seatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throne
SE expanded to “and were hindered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §450: prevail against itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: deprive themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: will deprivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterreth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: hath enteredgleaningsGWB §257: have been calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: egressprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: gained admittancethe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: leading partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: ingleaningsGWB §43: refused to embrace
This form usually rendered as “door”, “perisheth”, “court” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §448: My death and utter annihilationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: survivethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perishgleaningsGWB §250: bring to naught
SE expanded to “Thy great glory”
SE rendered وَمِنْهُمْ (waminhum), السَّلاسِلِ (as-salásil), وَالأَغْلالِ (wálʾaghlál), وَمِنْهُمْ (waminhum) as “while still others, prison”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: fettersgleaningsGWB §164: enviouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: maliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: and fettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: through his malicegleaningsGWB §163: my treacherous enemieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: malevolentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of their envy
SE expanded to “the workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impious who murdered and pillagedgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: the dawning-placeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: workers of iniquity
