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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: All-praise totablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §62: “Praise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: O Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §379: Holykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Potentfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §567: and His mighty dominionkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: through Thine irrevocable appointmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
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 §6: my KinggleaningsGWB §163: through the potency of Thy mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §27: Thy most ancient sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I beseech TheegleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: we implore Thee
تُثَبِّتَنِيْ
literal: established; establish; affirmation
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
established 21% firmly 13% steadfast 13% demonstrated 10% establish 8% firm 8% confirmed 8% demonstrate 6% affirmation 6% have 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be revealedgleaningsGWB §531: vindicating the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: sureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: it becometh incontrovertibly evidentthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: establish
SE expanded to “them that love me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §220: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: all who are deartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: wouldst not have ascribedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
SE expanded to “swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: magnified begleaningsGWB §199: all-compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: The power of Thy might beareth me witness!tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strong
This form usually rendered as “abasement”, “abased”, “wretchedness” (29 occurrences)
abasement 46% abased 13% wretchedness 8% degradation 8% ashamed 4% humbly 4% dire 4% mine 4% both 4% misery 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my basenessgleaningsGWB §481: contemptible and worthlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: abased andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: becomes abjectthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: of abasementwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Baseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: abasement ofgleaningsGWB §489: doth abase
This form usually rendered as “shut” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: shut thee not out as by a veilgleaningsGWB §680: dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: with eyes unveiledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: are shut out as by a veil from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: veiled it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon othersfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §35: these peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: men of understandinggleaningsGWB §387: His unknowable Essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: attributed unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §469: of all such as have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: seeking to know
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: through Thy Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §112: of Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: by the name oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “harm”, “can” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harmgleaningsGWB §594: blindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the manifold illstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §703: that which injureth them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §512: We fain would hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: by Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: their woesfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §488: The tribulations that have touched Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: the indignities heaped uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: vexationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
SE rendered يُجْزِعُنِيْ (yujziʿuní), بَلآءُ (baláʾ), العالَمِينَ (al-ʿálamín) as “alarm, the world’s afflictions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: taught himfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §665: the learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: naturalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: realmstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
