Prayers and Meditations — §539
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 539 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ما قَدَّرْتَ لِيْ بِأَمْرِكَ وَسْلْطانِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تُثَبِّتَنِيْ وَأَحِبَّائِي عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَأَمْرِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا إِلهِي إِنَّ الذِّلََّةَ فِي احْتِجابِ العَبْدِ عَنْكَ وَالعِزَّةَ فِي عِرْفانِهِ إِيَّاكَ، مَعَ اسْمِكَ لا يَضُرُّنِي شَيْءٌ وَمَعَ حُبِّكَ لا يُجْزِعُنِيْ بَلآءُ العالَمِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All praise be to Thee, O my God, for the things Thou didst ordain for me through Thy decree and by the power of Thy sovereignty. I beseech Thee that Thou wilt fortify both myself and them that love me in our love for Thee, and wilt keep us firm in Thy Cause. I swear by Thy might! O my God! Thy servant’s shame is to be shut out as by a veil from Thee, and his glory is to know Thee. Armed with the power of Thy name nothing can ever hurt me, and with Thy love in my heart all the world’s afflictions can in no wise alarm me.
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §610: Render thankskitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: therefore, most high praisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §163: time Thou
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: strength and of mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §586: the destinieskitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: indomitable strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: to transgresstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Upon himgleaningsGWB §684: in proportionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: roundthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: Me at the handsgleaningsGWB §326: This same relationship bindeth
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §101: a definite missionkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Command,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: serve Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: of Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §536: the Monarchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: King of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: and thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §259: questionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §214: imploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
established 20% firmly 13% steadfast 13% firm 10% demonstrate 8% demonstrated 8% affirmation 8% establish 8% have 8% confirmed 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: be demonstratedgleaningsGWB §288: inscribekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: hath reaffirmedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: been extolledthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §53: confidenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
SE expanded to “them that love me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §640: them that love Him,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: have loved Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
SE expanded to “swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §50: the Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glory
This form usually rendered as “abasement”, “wretchedness”, “abased” (29 occurrences)
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my basenessgleaningsGWB §481: abject povertykitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: abased andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: is humbledthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: abase thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the abasedgleaningsGWB §171: the misery
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: veiled fromgleaningsGWB §148: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: shut him out fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: wrapped in agleaningsGWB §532: are shut outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: obscured
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: menfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §196: a soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
This form usually rendered as “recognizing” (2 occurrences)
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §467: as well asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §572: from enteringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §532: fear of God
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: andgleaningsGWB §61: itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §124: Uncovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: fragrance of Thy praise
This form usually rendered as “"beware”, “beware” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesgleaningsGWB §363: whatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: believe notwill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Beware, bewarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: consummate verseswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: beware, beware
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §644: the tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: and acceptedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §441: distress
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §439: Please Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: none to describe Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleaseth
SE rendered اسْمِكَ (ismik), يَضُرُّنِي (yaḍurruní), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun), وَمَعَ (wamaʿ), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), يُجْزِعُنِيْ (yujziʿuní) as “Thy name, hurt, me, and, with, Thy love, alarm”
يُجْزِعُنِيْ
literal: be-impatient; to be impatient/distressed
This form usually rendered as “alarm” (3 occurrences)
impatient 21% fear 14% lament 14% cast 7% dismay 7% feel 7% weighed 7% lamentations 7% empowereth 7% alarm 7%
affliction 33% tribulation 17% incalculable 8% affliction.… 8% trials 8% ordeal 8% world’s 8% woe 8%
SE rendered يُجْزِعُنِيْ (yujziʿuní), بَلآءُ (baláʾ), العالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “alarm, the world’s afflictions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: truly learnedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §465: informed, observantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the standardsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
