Prayers and Meditations — §55
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 55 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كُنْتُ نائمًا فِيْ رَقْدِ الهَوى أَيْقَظْتَنِي بِنِدائِكَ الأَعْلى وَكَشَفْتَ لِي جَمالَكَ وَأَسْمَعْتَنِي آياتِكَ وَعَرَّفْتَنِي نَفْسَكَ وَأَنْطَقْتَنِي بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِي ثابِتًا فَيْ حُبِّكَ إِلى أَنْ صِرْتُ أَسِيرًا بِأَيْدِي الغافِلِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I lay asleep on the bed of self when lo, Thou didst waken me with the divine accents of Thy voice, and didst unveil to me Thy beauty, and didst enable me to listen to Thine utterances, and to recognize Thy Self, and to speak forth Thy praise, and to extol Thy virtues, and to be steadfast in Thy love. Finally I fell a captive into the hands of the wayward among Thy servants.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “slumber”, “bed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: those that are fast asleepgleaningsGWB §86: will ye sleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: all that lay asleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the slumber
This form usually rendered as “corrupt”, “desire”, “desires” (105 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmospherefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §414: the immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Inmost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: the sublimitiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §127: OF PASSIONwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
This form usually rendered as “roused”, “didst”, “hast” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §167: roused Me from My slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: “MustayqizgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath awakened meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and roused me up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §182: summonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: I cry aloudtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice calling
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “didst” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: made apparentgleaningsGWB §285: have been rent asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: rent asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: laid baretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: solveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: visiongleaningsGWB §381: were liftedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: removal
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: brieflygleaningsGWB §416: the Beneficentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: Allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
SE expanded to “didst enable me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Hearkenfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §295: ye hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: and heardtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: hear thou therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §327: that Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: revealed versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “didst” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: every man of understandinggleaningsGWB §236: unacquaintedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: to apprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: that I may recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: sweet savors
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: those soulsgleaningsGWB §283: of the fleshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: is exercised byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: for Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the One
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: have describedgleaningsGWB §372: awarekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: such termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and to extol Thy virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
SE rendered بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), وَجَعَلْتَنِي (wajaʿaltaní), ثابِتًا (thábitan), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik) as “Thy praise, to extol, to be, steadfast, Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: will set theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §577: and numberedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: to grant that I maytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “established”, “firmly”, “confirmed” (47 occurrences)
established 27% firmly 19% confirmed 12% steadfast 12% establish 8% firm 8% incontestable 4% indisputably 4% immovable 4% establisheth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: to establish the truth ofgleaningsGWB §238: have written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: unwavering constancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: truththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fill thy soulwill-and-testamentW&T §5: stand fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: dear onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: into captivityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §718: enslaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme ofgleaningsGWB §501: exile
SE expanded to “into the hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §718: Hand ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my longing handswill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §167: in Mine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: who art gone astraygleaningsGWB §382: grievously they have erredkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: our waywardnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast gone astraygleaningsGWB §8: hath strayed from its path
