Prayers and Meditations — §515
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 515 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَلكِنَّ قُلُوبَ أَحِبَّتِكَ لا تُسَرُّ إِلاَّ مِنْ رَبِيعِ عَواطِفِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ تَخْضَرُّ الْقُلُوبُ وَتُجَدَّدُ النُّفُوسُ وَتَثْمُرُ أَشْجارُ الوُجُودِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The hearts of Thy dear ones, however, will rejoice only at the Divine Springtime of Thy tender mercies, whereby the hearts are quickened, and the souls are renewed, and the trees of human existence bear their fruits.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent dealingsgleaningsGWB §159: and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: their mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: mine own hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changed
SE expanded to “Thy dear ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §203: great love for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: of all who adore Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteriesgleaningsGWB §200: the seatskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inmost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: whose secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: mysteries
gracious 20% loving 20% tender 20% benevolent 7% most 7% mercifulness 7% loving-kindness 7% providence 7% affections 7%
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: Thy tender mercieswill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providence
This form usually rendered as “through”, “quickened” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: verdantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: are quickenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Greenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: clad with verdureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: clothedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: that through them the soil of the hearts of Thy creatures may be clad with verdure
SE expanded to “souls are renewed”
SE rendered وَتُجَدَّدُ (watujaddad), النُّفُوسُ (an-nufús), وَتَثْمُرُ (watathmur), أَشْجارُ (ʾashjár) as “souls are renewed, bear their fruits, the trees”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His own SelfgleaningsGWB §395: in his steadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: To everyoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: its own self
SE expanded to “bear their fruits”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: yield your fruitgleaningsGWB §548: for every fruitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: the fruits thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: its fruitstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: fully grownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruitsgleaningsGWB §36: of the fruit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: standethfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §473: thou canst perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: come to existprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: can findtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
