Prayers and Meditations — §502
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 502 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَوْلاهُ بِما يَسْتأْنِسُ البَهآءُ وَيَفْرَحُ قَلْبُ البَهآءِ، بِذِكْرِكَ جُعِلْتُ غَنِيًّا مِنْ ذِكْرِ العالَمِينَ وَبِحُبِّكَ لا أَجْزَعُ عَنْ ضُرِّ الظَّالِمِينَ، فَأَرْسِلْ يا إِلهِي عَلَى أَحِبَّتِي ما تَفْرَحُ بِهِ قُلُوبُهُمْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give thanks to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast suffered me to remember Thee. What else but remembrance of Thee can give delight to my soul or gladness to my heart? Communion with Thee enableth me to dispense with the remembrance of all Thy creatures, and my love for Thee empowereth me to endure the harm which my oppressors inflict upon me.
Translation Notes
SE rendered لَوْلاهُ (lawláh), يَسْتأْنِسُ (yastʾanis), البَهآءُ (al-baháʾ) as “give delight, my soul”
4 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “give” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §594: Be unjust to no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him betake himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §441: No two menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: comfortersthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
This form usually rendered as “gladness”, “cheered”, “rejoicing” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: joyfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §594: a joyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are cheeredwill-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: gladgleaningsGWB §250: Delight notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a fountain of gladness.”
SE expanded to “to my heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: transformedgleaningsGWB §439: convulsionskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: of the heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their hearts
SE expanded to “remembrance of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “made” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §428: preparedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: from me the Divine fragrancethe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordaineth
SE expanded to “to dispense with”
all-possessing 37% rich 33% dispense 7% afford 3% self-sufficient 3% all 3% can 3% independent 3% truth 3% enrich 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §479: His treasureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: independenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: may be enrichedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §13: Be thou contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the rich
SE expanded to “of all Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: arts and sciencesfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §152: all knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of Thy hidden knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE expanded to “and my love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §654: my Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Thy Friendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desire
This form usually rendered as “fear”, “feel”, “lamentations” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §644: the tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the manifold illstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §619: the trouble
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 §128: victims of oppressionfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §713: the Birds of Darknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: hath been darkenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors before
This form usually rendered as “sent”, “send”, “hath” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the Apostle (Muḥammad)gleaningsGWB §148: an Apostlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: Thou didst send metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the Apostle
