Prayers and Meditations — §532
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 532 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
دُمُوعَ البَهآءِ يا مَحْبُوبَ البَهآءِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ زَفَراتِ قَلْبِ البَهآءِ يا مَقْصُودَ البَهآءِ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ وَعَظَمَتِكَ وَجَلالِكَ لَوْ تُورِثُنِي الجِنانَ كُلَّها بِدَوامِ نَفْسِكَ وَإنَّهاِ تُشْغِلُنِيْ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ فِي أَقَلِّ مِنْ آنٍ أَتْرُكُها وَلَنْ أَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْها أبَدًا، أَنَا الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِيْ بِحُبِّكَ مُنِعْتُ عَنِ الدُّنْيا وَالعافِيَةِ فِيها، وَبِذِكْرِكَ قَبِلْتُ البَلايا كُلَّها، أَسْئَلُكَ يا أَنِيسَ البَهآءِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Look, then, O Thou Who art the Well-Beloved of Bahá, upon the tears he sheddeth before Thee, and behold the sighs which he uttereth, O Thou Who art his heart’s Desire! I swear by Thy might, and Thy majesty and Thy glory! Were I to inherit from Thee all the delights of Paradise, and to keep them in my possession as long as Thine own Being endureth, and were I to become, for less than a moment, careless of the remembrance of Thee, I would, of a certainty, cast them away from me and cease to consider them. I am the one, O my God, who for love of Thee hath forsaken the world and all its benefits, and willingly accepted every tribulation for the sake of Thy remembrance.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tears they shedgleaningsGWB §410: weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: their tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: tears cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and by the tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: tears of every manepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: the tears
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thine
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §342: highly meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: with Thy lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “gaze”, “look” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the Most Sublime Visionfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §418: ever regardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: waitingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: keep mine eyes directedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: groansepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: cries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thine heartgleaningsGWB §363: awaitethkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: have inclined methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: radiant hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: directgleaningsGWB §59: He Who is the Desirekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: By the termprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Aimthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted and glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §148: everlasting glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: I swear by Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glory
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “glory”, “greatness” (64 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §683: terriblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: most excellent favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: greatgleaningsGWB §523: wholly and grossly
SE expanded to “and Thy majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: exalted begleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the tokens of Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: exalted be HisgleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: of the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: Thy majesty and glory
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “inherit” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all the delights of Paradise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the GardengleaningsGWB §58: the blissful abodekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: ourselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenlygleaningsGWB §292: madness
SE rendered لَوْ (law), تُورِثُنِي (túrithuní), الجِنانَ (al-jinán), كُلَّها (kullahá), بِدَوامِ (bidawám), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), وَإنَّهاِ (waʾinnahá) as “and Thy glory, Were I to inherit, all the delights of Paradise, as long as, Thine own Being, and were I to become”
SE expanded to “as long as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: through the whole continuancewill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
SE expanded to “Thine own Being”
SE rendered بِدَوامِ (bidawám), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), وَإنَّهاِ (waʾinnahá), تُشْغِلُنِيْ (tushghiluní), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), أَقَلِّ (ʾaqall) as “as long as, Thine own Being, and were I to become, of the remembrance, for less”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: occupiedgleaningsGWB §244: ye are occupiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hast busiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: to deter themthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: engagewill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: been busiedgleaningsGWB §471: engross
SE expanded to “of the remembrance”
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 §7: wherewith to remember and praise TheegleaningsGWB §720: vauntedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: hath been recountedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to be mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
SE expanded to “cast them away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: renouncefire-tabletFire §18: been forsakengleaningsGWB §541: its perversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: abandonthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: hast thou forsaken Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: cast awayfire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned
SE rendered أَتْرُكُها (ʾatrukuhá), وَلَنْ (walan), أَتَوَجَّهَ (ʾatawajjah), إِلَيْها (ʾilayhá), أبَدًا، (ʾabadan،) as “cast them away, and cease to consider them, from me”
This form usually rendered as “towards” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وَلَنْ (walan), أَتَوَجَّهَ (ʾatawajjah), إِلَيْها (ʾilayhá), أبَدًا، (ʾabadan،), إِلهِيْ (ʾilhí) as “and cease to consider them, from me, O my God”
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: obstaclegleaningsGWB §572: and hinder youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: ceased to rain upon mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: shuttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: obscure
This form usually rendered as “all”, “wholesomeness”, “well-being” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-place of Thy forgivenessgleaningsGWB §66: “All forgivenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: remittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: well-beingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §257: forgiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: and all its benefits
This form usually rendered as “would”, “didst”, “hast” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: unto Himfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §365: embracethkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: previous toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: ere thistablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
SE rendered قَبِلْتُ (qabilt), البَلايا (al-baláyá), كُلَّها، (kullahá،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “willingly accepted, every tribulation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §358: menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Him Who was the Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §441: No two menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunion
