Prayers and Meditations — §560
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 560 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَعَلَى أَحِبَّتِي ما يَسْتَقِيمُهُمْ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُمْ أَيادِيَ أَمْرِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ لِيَنْتَشِرَ مِنْهُمْ آثارُكَ وَيَظْهَرَ سُلْطانُكَ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تُرِيْدُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ الحَمِيدُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Send down, therefore, O my Lord, upon me and upon them that love me, that which will cause us to become steadfast in Thy Faith. Enable them, then, to become the Hands of Thy Cause amongst Thy servants, that they may scatter abroad Thy signs, and show forth Thy sovereignty. There is no God but Thee, Who art powerful to do whatsoever Thou willest. Thou art, in truth, the All-Glorious, the All-Praised.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §508: the Inaccessiblekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the heightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: most exalted Pen hath ordainedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: on thee
SE expanded to “them that love me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §603: utmost kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: the New Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: their lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
This form usually rendered as “cause” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
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 §159: by His commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §613: Willkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: have bidden themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reckonfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §449: and made theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: number usthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: allow not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §508: into your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: in Whose handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rod
SE rendered أَيادِيَ (ʾayádí), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), لِيَنْتَشِرَ (líantashir), مِنْهُمْ (minhum), آثارُكَ (átháruk) as “the Hands, of Thy Cause, scatter abroad, Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §584: a companykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: Objectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: Consider nottablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
This form usually rendered as “shed” (2 occurrences)
spread 29% spreading 13% diffuse 13% noised 8% promotion 8% shed 8% diffusion 8% propagation 4% disseminate 4% resurrection 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §365: promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: be spreadwill-and-testamentW&T §52: scatteringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: disseminategleaningsGWB §261: noisedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazon
SE rendered عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), لِيَنْتَشِرَ (líantashir), مِنْهُمْ (minhum), آثارُكَ (átháruk), وَيَظْهَرَ (wayaẓhar) as “scatter abroad, Thy signs, and show forth Thy sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §383: a reflectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: tokenswill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: His signsgleaningsGWB §638: the signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signs
وَيَظْهَرَ
literal: manifestation; manifest; appear
SE expanded to “and show forth Thy sovereignty”
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: misrepresentedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §187: may be spread abroadkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “manifest”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thine own revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE rendered آثارُكَ (átháruk), وَيَظْهَرَ (wayaẓhar), سُلْطانُكَ، (sulṭánuka،), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “Thy signs, and show forth Thy sovereignty, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §613: dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: King of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Divine and sovereigntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereignty
SE expanded to “Who art powerful”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: desirethgleaningsGWB §275: to seek itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We desiregleaningsGWB §448: is His Will
SE expanded to “Thou art, in truth”
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §134: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: pricelessthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
all-praised 91% all-praised.” 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §62: “Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: and ever-blessedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
