Prayers and Meditations — §494
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 494 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا إِلهِي مَن شَرِبَ مِن كَأْسِ الَّتِيْ تَدُورُ بِهَا يَدُ رَحْمَتِكَ يَنْقَطِعُ عَنْ دُونِكَ وَيَنْجَذِبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْهُ عِبادُكَ الَّذِينَ رَقَدُوا فِي مِهَادِ الغَفْلَةِ وَالنِّسْيَانِ، وَيَتَوَجَّهُونَ إِلى شَطْرِ آيَتِكَ الكُبْرَى وَلا يُرِيدُونَ مِنكَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلا يَطْلُبُونَ إِلاَّ ما قَدَّرْتَ لَهُمْ مِنْ قَلَمِ قَضَائِكَ فِي لَوحِ تَقْدِيرِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The power of Thy might beareth me witness! Whoso hath drunk of the cup which the hand of Thy mercy hath borne round will strip himself of all things except Thee, and will be able, through a word of his mouth, to enrapture the souls of such of Thy servants as have slumbered on the bed of forgetfulness and negligence, and to cause them to turn their faces toward Thy most Great Sign, and seek from Thee naught else except Thyself, and ask of Thee only what Thou hast determined for them by the pen of Thy judgment and hast prescribed in the Tablet of Thy decree.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), شَرِبَ (sharib) as “Thy, drunk”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy glorygleaningsGWB §184: My glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: of all dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: The glory of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: as a mark of honor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §224: that are known to none except Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §78: They drinkkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: have drunk fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: and make me able to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: drinkethgleaningsGWB §89: are they that quaff it
SE expanded to “hath borne round”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: countriesfire-tabletFire §18: landgleaningsGWB §652: to rain down upon thee their giftskitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: divestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: Thy citiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: remotewill-and-testamentW&T §23: Dispensationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of cities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: graspgleaningsGWB §627: in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: Theewill-and-testamentW&T §13: Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §410: mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Most Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: Thine immeasurable mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE rendered تَدُورُ (tadúr), يَدُ (yad), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), يَنْقَطِعُ (yanqaṭiʿ), دُونِكَ (dúnik), وَيَنْجَذِبُ (wayanjadhib) as “hath borne round, hand, Thy mercy, except Thee, will be able”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it offgleaningsGWB §476: can ever touch or hurt theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: be stayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and be so detachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §299: the emblems of true detachment.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §575: Unlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: to aught else except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: from all except TheegleaningsGWB §702: Without it
This form usually rendered as “drawn”, “will” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: rapturefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: be attractedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonegleaningsGWB §654: the Lode Star of my soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: stirred
SE expanded to “word of his mouth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: from the lipskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: Moses, He Who held converse withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: through the wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressedfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §298: O My servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: ‘Worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: before Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: passers-by
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the slumbergleaningsGWB §86: will ye sleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: slumbererepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: those that are fast asleep
waywardness 27% wayward 13% forgetfulness 13% would 7% strayed 7% careless 7% error 7% stray 7% trespasses 7% turneth 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: careless onegleaningsGWB §452: of them that have strayed far from Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: erring and waywardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: forgetful they may becomethe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: waywardgleaningsGWB §73: of their heedlessness
This form usually rendered as “oblivion”, “negligence” (4 occurrences)
oblivion 75% negligence 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Have ye forgottengleaningsGWB §85: If ye have been careless ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: ignoredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: forgetfulnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: it cannot be forgottengleaningsGWB §575: but forget to follow itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: a thing forgottenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: have forgotten
SE expanded to “to turn their faces”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: wouldst set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §405: with minds that are wholly centered in Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: their faces are settablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §296: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: every directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §78: to attain the court ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: and turned my face in the direction ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chamber
SE expanded to “Thy most Great Sign”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: signs andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: only one verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: and acknowledged Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
SE rendered وَيَتَوَجَّهُونَ (wayatawajjahún), شَطْرِ (shaṭr), آيَتِكَ (áyatik), الكُبْرَى (al-kubrá), يُرِيدُونَ (yurídún) as “to turn their faces, toward, Thy most Great Sign, and seek from Thee”
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
SE expanded to “and seek from Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: soughtgleaningsGWB §636: He hath refused to reservekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: what Thou didst desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as seek TheegleaningsGWB §532: What I have wishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seek
SE expanded to “ask of Thee only”
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: All-Powerfulfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §636: preordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: the dispensationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: Thou hast ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: by Thy PengleaningsGWB §281: of Whose Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy penwill-and-testamentW&T §54: to appear asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pensgleaningsGWB §719: Our Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: to Thy most exalted Pen
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “dispositions” (35 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy judgment and”
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: judgefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §489: or will ordain in the futurekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: such will it beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: Thou hadst decreedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
tablet 79% lawh 4% tablets 4% lawh-i 2% communications 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% most 2% mystic 2% tablet” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: a perspicuous TabletgleaningsGWB §664: the Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: implicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: the TabletgleaningsGWB §230: hath been unfolded
