Prayers and Meditations — §527
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 527 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِهِ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ لِئَلا يَمْنَعَهُمْ شَيْءٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، يَخْرُجُونَ مِنْ أَماكِنِهِمْ بِاسْمِكَ وَيَدْعُونَ الكُلَّ إِلَيْكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْ وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى غَيْرِكَ وَآذانَهُمْ عَنْ إِصْغآءِ كَلِماتِ الَّذِيْنَ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْ جَمالِكَ وَكَفَرُوا بِآياتِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Assist Thou Thy servants, O my God, to help Thy Cause, and give them to drink what will quicken their hearts in Thy realm, lest anything hinder them from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, that they may quit their homes in Thy name, and summon all the multitudes unto Thee. Guard their faces, O my God, from turning to any one save Thee, and their ears from hearkening unto the sayings of all such as have turned away from Thy beauty and repudiated Thy signs.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: radiant heartsgleaningsGWB §465: My heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: hearts of Thy dear onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: turneth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy kingdomgleaningsGWB §219: His Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Thou Who art thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasongleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed night
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §35: nor strayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: detachmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: forbad
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleasethgleaningsGWB §588: pleaseth Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: as Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
SE rendered يَمْنَعَهُمْ (yamnaʿahum), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), يَخْرُجُونَ (yakhrujún) as “anything hinder, them, extolling Thy virtues, quit”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: remember HimgleaningsGWB §375: to such wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: asked him sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “extolling Thy virtues”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: to extol Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: to extol Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
This form usually rendered as “quit” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: alterethgleaningsGWB §286: yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: hath proceeded outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: hastened forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Come ye out
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), يَخْرُجُونَ (yakhrujún), أَماكِنِهِمْ (ʾamákinihim), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), وَيَدْعُونَ (wayadʿún), الكُلَّ (al-kull) as “extolling Thy virtues, quit, in Thy name, summon, all the multitudes”
all 45% entire 16% created 11% creation 9% contingent 5% achieved 3% world 3% every 3% established 3% creatures 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §360: all that is therein.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: placesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: entire creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
SE expanded to “in Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: the Object of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §279: their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE expanded to “all the multitudes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §298: of thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: purifiedgleaningsGWB §617: cleansethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: will wash usthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: be sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §165: men!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: Purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Set your facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §466: transferred Our residencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: hath set her facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE expanded to “any one save Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: butfire-tabletFire §27: honorgleaningsGWB §106: with anyone butkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: other traditions, all otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §568: aught else except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §129: of another than Mewill-and-testamentW&T §2: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: elsewhere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: leavegleaningsGWB §486: by the leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with Thine earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leavegleaningsGWB §222: been givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: mine earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive ears
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: hearkenedgleaningsGWB §415: be attentiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: hearkeningthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: that ye may hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: heardgleaningsGWB §176: hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: heargleaningsGWB §563: recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: speakethgleaningsGWB §382: the truth of the wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: utterancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faithwill-and-testamentW&T §5: Word of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: sayingsgleaningsGWB §687: mouth proceedeth
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all such as”
SE expanded to “have turned away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: denial of TheegleaningsGWB §612: and turned awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: raised such cavilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: who hath turned aside
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §612: the Manifestation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: through Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Abhá Beauty
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: disbelievedgleaningsGWB §297: ye believe notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: unbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: and have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: forgivegleaningsGWB §84: openly refused
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §82: Our verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: the greatest of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signs
SE rendered بِآياتِكَ، (biáyátika،), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “Thy signs”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
