Prayers and Meditations — §563
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 563 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ْنَعَنِيْ عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ لِخِيْرَةِ عِبادِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاكْشِفْ غِطَاءَ عَيْنِيْ لأرَى ما أَرَدْتَهُ لِبَرِيَّتِكَ وَأُشاهِدَ آثارَ قُدْرَتِكَ فِي مَظاهِرِ صُنْعِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْذِبْنِي بِآياتِكَ الكُبْرى ثُمَّ أَنْقِذْنِيْ مِنْ غَمَراتِ النَّفْسِ وَالهَوی، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِيْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ المُسْتَعانُ، أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Remove the veil from mine eyes, O my Lord, that I may recognize what Thou hast desired for Thy creatures, and discover, in all the manifestations of Thy handiwork, the revelations of Thine almighty power. Enrapture my soul, O my Lord, with Thy most mighty signs, and draw me out of the depths of my corrupt and evil desires. Write down, then, for me the good of this world and of the world to come. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there but Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is sought by all men.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: forbadgleaningsGWB §63: have succeeded in deflectingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: deprive themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: been powerless to hinder themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me
SE expanded to “Thine almighty power”
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: The greater yourfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §215: thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thine irrevocable purpose ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: what ye prefergleaningsGWB §183: hath drainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: righteousthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §71: the righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §611: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy Lord
This form usually rendered as “clear”, “remove” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “veil” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §34: the facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: and mine eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §18: is appointed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §412: The mirrorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: behold themthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethgleaningsGWB §611: the seen
SE expanded to “Thou hast desired”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of the willgleaningsGWB §460: Seek yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: Thy desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §532: What I have wished
لِبَرِيَّتِكَ
literal: creation; creation/creatures; creatures
This form usually rendered as “people” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §155: Through Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §156: healedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recovery
This form usually rendered as “find”, “must”, “compelled” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: marksgleaningsGWB §550: remnantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: revelationswill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §441: The evidenceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signs
manifestations 69% exponents 10% manifestation 6% embodiments 5% who 2% such 2% revealers 2% revelations 1% any 1% dispensations 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: appearfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §612: I revealed Myselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: literalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: and were they to unveiltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: craftsgleaningsGWB §286: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: “creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of Thine everlasting handiworkthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I made theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: forgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: revelations of Thine handiworkgleaningsGWB §154: arts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: ecstasiesfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: be drawnepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
SE expanded to “Thy most mighty signs”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §357: Manifold are the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: whattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْذِبْنِي (fájdhibní), بِآياتِكَ (biáyátik), الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), أَنْقِذْنِيْ (ʾanqidhní) as “my Lord, Enrapture, Thy most mighty signs, draw me out”
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: most mightygleaningsGWB §240: for having disdainfully rejectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: His grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
SE expanded to “draw me out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: mere impulsefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §25: corrupt desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: worldlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the breaththe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: BookgleaningsGWB §73: in the Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: holy scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: in numerous books
SE expanded to “world to come”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §705: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: elsewhereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §629: the nextprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of this worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: willinggleaningsGWB §317: thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: Thou choosesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
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 §161: Strongfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: The power of Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Mighty
SE expanded to “Whose help is sought”
SE rendered العَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), المُسْتَعانُ، (al-mustaʿánu،), رَبِّ (rabb), لَكَ (lak) as “the All-Glorious, Whose help is sought”
5 occurrences in corpus
