Prayers and Meditations — §517
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 517 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ ربِّ كُلٌّ مُتَرَصِّدٌ إِلى شَطْرِ جُودِكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ لا تَحْرِمْهُمْ بِإِحْسَانِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ بِسُلْطانِكَ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Their eyes, O my Lord, are expectantly turned in the direction of Thy bounty, and their faces are set towards the horizon of Thy grace. Suffer them not, through Thy bounty, to be deprived of Thy grace. Potent art Thou, by Thy sovereign might, over all things. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of your LordgleaningsGWB §233: of his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy Lord
SE expanded to “in the direction”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §726: directionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: the source ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: fromgleaningsGWB §591: proceeding fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose abodeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chamber
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: of His bountyfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §655: of Thy never-failing providencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: everlasting gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: by Thy favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “turned”, “stained” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “their faces are”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Turn, then, thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §28: turnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: who have set their faces towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
SE expanded to “towards the horizon”
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: MufaddalgleaningsGWB §569: Munificentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: all these exponents of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: by Thy bountiful gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
SE expanded to “Suffer them not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: are deprived therefromgleaningsGWB §438: cease to exertkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: preventedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: keep backthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine honor
SE expanded to “through Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: pleasinggleaningsGWB §473: that act generouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: most excellent titleswill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: or womangleaningsGWB §195: the most excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: loving-kindness
SE expanded to “Potent art Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
This form usually rendered as “sovereignty”, “power”, “through” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Thy sovereign might”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: through the power of a sovereigntygleaningsGWB §275: mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Thy kingshiptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §123: the Divinity Itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy glorygleaningsGWB §489: He exaltethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: fountain of honortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glory
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §7: pervadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: that overshadowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §568: Supreme Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §600: Protectorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadoweth
self-subsisting 79% who 8% qayyum 2% self-sufficing 2% self-subsisting!” 2% self-subsisting.” 2% above 2% self-subsisting! 2% grasp 2% set 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: I had to facefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §46: Bestir thyselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: In another passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: this positiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
