Prayers and Meditations — §495
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 495 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَى أَحِبَّتِكَ ما يُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلَيْكَ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ المُسْتَعَانُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Send down, then, O my God, through Thy Most Great Name, upon Thy loved ones what will, under all conditions, draw them nearer unto Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all men.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “through Thy Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: is His namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §323: of the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: of Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), فَأَنْزِلْ (faʾanzil), أَحِبَّتِكَ (ʾaḥibbatik) as “through Thy Most Great Name, Send down, Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: even asgleaningsGWB §607: mentioned and describedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pourtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §202: of God, my Well-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: the New Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: hearts of Thy dear onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desire
SE expanded to “draw them nearer unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: are nigh untofire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §618: them who have drawn nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: well nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: them that enjoy near accesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee
SE rendered أَحِبَّتِكَ (ʾaḥibbatik), يُقَرِّبُهُمْ (yuqarribuhum), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “Thy loved ones, draw them nearer unto Thee, conditions, Thou art, verily”
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: AnswergleaningsGWB §113: their acts and mannerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Reflect thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: all Thy companytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the Almightyfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §206: valuekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: “power,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: Thine immutable purposetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy powerfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §199: all-compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Almighty
SE expanded to “Whose help is implored”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: assisted bygleaningsGWB §409: the helpkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: to befriendwill-and-testamentW&T §5: his associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy helperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: assisteth
