Prayers and Meditations — §554
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 554 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ مِنْ نارِ حُبِّكَ اشْتَعَلَ أَفْئِدَةُ المُوَحِّدِينَ، وَبِأَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ اسْتَضائَتْ وُجُوهُ المُقَرَّبِينَ، فَما أَعْذَبَ يا إِلهِي كَوْثَرَ عِرْفانِكَ وَما أَحْلَى يا مَحْبُوبِيْ سِهامَ الأَشْقِيآءِ فِي حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ فَما أَلَذَّ سَيْفَ المُشْرِكِينَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the fire of Whose love hath set ablaze the hearts of them who have recognized Thy unity, and the splendors of Whose countenance have illuminated the faces of such as have drawn nigh unto Thy court. How plenteous, O my God, is the stream of Thy knowledge! How sweet, O my Beloved, is the injury which, in my love for Thee, and for the sake of Thy pleasure, I suffer from the darts of the wicked doers! How pleasing are the wounds which, in Thy path and in order to proclaim Thy Faith, I sustain from the swords of the infidels!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Graciousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §102: Divinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: immensely exalted art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §161: the providence of the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §494: O ye the beloved ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: to Thy loved onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
SE expanded to “hath set ablaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: burnethfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §131: feedeth the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: burnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: which Thou hast enkindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thine heartgleaningsGWB §453: the soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §11: and quickened the soulsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: heartsgleaningsGWB §537: the minds
SE expanded to “them who have recognized”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of such as have acknowledged Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §573: truly believe in Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: anyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: any onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: No lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §124: these resplendent Lightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: with the splendorstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My presencefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §503: thou wouldst completely ignore themkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: with my face turned towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
SE expanded to “such as have drawn”
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: is at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §217: my kindredkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: well-nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: them that have near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “how” (1 occurrences)
chastisement 26% tormented 20% torment 20% punishment 9% chastise 6% fresh 6% torments 6% afflictions 3% terror 3% tribulation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: punishmentgleaningsGWB §281: freshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: sufferingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: chastiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: terrorgleaningsGWB §614: refreshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: a painful punishment.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How plenteous
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: the watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cup
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: acquaintgleaningsGWB §669: know Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: their fragrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §591: the sweetestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthrallingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §127: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How sweet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the darts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §658: condemned as wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those people of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: the workers of iniquitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §110: their oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dealt wickedly
وَرِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “pleasure”, “good”, “good-pleasure” (55 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and for the sake”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: contentmentfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desire notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: submissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: surrender my willthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: countenanced
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy swordgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: bladesgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the swordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: swords
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §387: associationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: the partners they join with himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: joined partners with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §634: ungodliness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §598: Causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a path leadingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious belief
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%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: The Commander of the Faithfulfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §237: have I been instructedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: episodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: Thy commandmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
