Prayers and Meditations — §505

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 505 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

تَرَى يا إِلهِي كَيْفَ حَالَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَمَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ ظُلْمُ المُعْرِضِينَ مِن خَلْقِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ما يُشْغِلُهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ بِأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ لِتَسْتَرِيحَ بِذلِكَ الأَرْضُ وَمَنْ عَلَيْها،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee have come in between Him in Whom Thy Godhead is manifest and Thy servants. Send down upon them, O my Lord, what will cause them to be busied with each others’ concerns. Let, then, their violence be confined to their own selves, that the land and they that dwell therein may find peace.

Translation Notes

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: thy God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §270: the truth of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: God, the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

كَيْفَ

kayf k-y-f → “how”

literal: how; how, why; how/whithersoever

how 67% why 12% wherefore 10% what 5% “how 2% into 2% whithersoever 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: How, then,gleaningsGWB §242: By what right kitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: What of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: into conformity with the-hidden-wordsHW §15: why epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: how gleaningsGWB §242: why is it, then,kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: nature

حَالَ

ḥál ḥ-w-l → “have come in” Distinctive

literal: now; state

This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)

SE expanded to “have come in”

now 63% present 6% therefore 5% consider 4% today 4% reflect 4% yet 4% state 3% behold 3% condition 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: Now, too gleaningsGWB §656: the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: Wherefore, then prayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: come in between tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not waver tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her state the-hidden-wordsHW §109: now that will-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched

عِبادِكَ

ʿibádik ʿ-b-d → “servants”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

servants 87% among 4% people 3% unto 1% upon 1% all 1% amidst 1% sincere 1% servants’ 1% ones 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adoration fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §706: complete servitude kitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: ‘Worship prayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored One tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service will-and-testamentW&T §35: me epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servants

وَمَظْهَرِ

wamaẓhar ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest

SE rendered كَيْفَ (kayf), حَالَ (ḥál), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), وَمَظْهَرِ (wamaẓhar), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), ظُلْمُ (ẓulm) as “how, have come in, servants, Him, wrongs”

manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: breathed fire-tabletFire §8: the signs gleaningsGWB §185: hath uncovered kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: attain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: by the revelation tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise

نَفْسِكَ

nafsik n-f-s → “own”

literal: self; soul; souls

thyself 27% own 22% thee 20% self 14% soul 3% unto 3% thou 3% most 3% godhead 3% himself 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: some one gleaningsGWB §376: The one true God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: homicide prayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Self tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathe will-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as these epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Whoever

ظُلْمُ

ẓulm ẓ-l-m → “wrongs” Distinctive

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)

tyranny 26% darkness 16% oppression 13% injustice 12% cruelty 10% iniquity 7% unjustly 4% wrongs 4% reason 3% such 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: pitch-black fire-tabletFire §33: through the tyranny gleaningsGWB §453: Your iniquity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscure prayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: by the wrong the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §5: deeds epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: glaring injustice

المُعْرِضِينَ

al-muʿriḍín ʿ-r-ḍ

literal: turn away; turning away

SE rendered نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), ظُلْمُ (ẓulm), المُعْرِضِينَ (al-muʿriḍín), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Him, wrongs, creatures, Lord”

have 31% such 24% froward 14% hath 7% faithless 7% disbelievers 3% turned 3% rebellious 3% reject 3% repudiate 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my repudiation gleaningsGWB §40: cavils kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: repudiate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: turned back tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns away the-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncing will-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned away epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they that have repudiated Us

خَلْقِكَ،

khalqika، kh-l-q → “creatures”

literal: creation; create; created

creatures 69% among 14% creation 5% created 4% all 3% own 3% who 1% creatures’ 1% creature 1% eyes 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: was called into being fire-tabletFire §9: the peoples gleaningsGWB §697: children of men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the peoples of the world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: is itself created tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you all epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast created

فَأَنْزِلْ

faʾanzil n-z-l → “send down”

literal: send down

send 55% hath 15% sent 9% rain 9% revealed 6% pour 4% caused 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: sent me down gleaningsGWB §583: shall also descend kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Unless an angel be sent down prayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: and at having attained tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descend the-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal

يُشْغِلُهُمْ

yushghiluhum sh-gh-l → “busied with each others’ concerns” Distinctive

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

This form usually rendered as “will”, “what” (3 occurrences)

SE expanded to “busied with each others’ concerns”

will 50% what 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: are busying themselves gleaningsGWB §573: your absorption kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: breathed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: keep me back the-hidden-wordsHW §56: Busy not thyself will-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: been busied gleaningsGWB §595: the loved ones of God

اجْعَلْ

ijʿal j-ʿ-l → “let”

literal: make; to make

grant 23% let 15% “consecrate 8% imagine 8% knit 8% strengthen 8% single 8% “dye 8% enable 8% cause 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: is fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §157: hath been made by God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: cast prayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: grant that I may tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordained the-hidden-wordsHW §33: I made will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that

بِأْسَهُمْ

biʾasahum b-ʾ-s → “wretched” Distinctive

literal: wretched

This form usually rendered as “violence” (1 occurrences)

wretched 21% ills 14% troubles 14% misery 7% harm 7% trials 7% how 7% ill 7% adversity 7% violence 7%

gleaningsGWB §255: ills kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: An ill prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: my troubles the-hidden-wordsHW §138: Vile gleaningsGWB §573: harm kitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: Wretched is that which prayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: violence gleaningsGWB §448: Wretched is

بَيْنَهُمْ

baynahum b-y-n → “between”

literal: between

SE rendered اجْعَلْ (ijʿal), بِأْسَهُمْ (biʾasahum), بَيْنَهُمْ (baynahum), لِتَسْتَرِيحَ (litastaríḥ), بِذلِكَ (bidhlik) as “Let, violence, may find peace, the”