Prayers and Meditations — §582
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 582 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ اعْتَرَفْتُ بِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلى شاطِئِ تَوْحِيدِكَ مُعْتَرِفًا بِفَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمُذْعِنًا بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَآمِلاً عَفْوَكَ وَغُفْرانَكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَزيزُ الغَفُورُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am, O my God, Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have recognized Thy truth in Thy days, and have directed my steps towards the shores of Thy oneness, confessing Thy singleness, acknowledging Thy unity, and hoping for Thy forgiveness and pardon. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest; no God is there beside Thee, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §123: the Divinity Itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §668: your neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: this servanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Abdi’llah
SE expanded to “and the son”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: sonsgleaningsGWB §454: the descendantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and the sonthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §17: beginningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: her songleaningsGWB §154: Son of Man
SE expanded to “I have recognized”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognizegleaningsGWB §102: them that are initiatedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: who hath recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: that thou mayest be acquainted with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: This is the daygleaningsGWB §66: “On this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: itsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: my daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this day
SE expanded to “have directed my steps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: have turned towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §62: Draw nearkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: of the pastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: turned towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “of Thy oneness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: unitefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §99: acknowledge the unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: uniqueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §66: with Whom no partners can be joinedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: unity,—Itablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
gleaningsGWB §361: acknowledgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: acknowledged Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: bear witness theretoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: acknowledgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: recognizingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: confess
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §602: aspirationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: longingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: mine only Hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: OF DESIREepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of my hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflect
SE expanded to “for Thy forgiveness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy forgivenessgleaningsGWB §257: forgivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: forgivenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: remittedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: wholesomenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §66: “All forgivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: through Thy forgiveness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: to forgive Himfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §412: O Thou that forgivestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: Forgive me, then,will-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Ever-Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
SE expanded to “Powerful art Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all thingsgleaningsGWB §492: as it pleaseth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: my pleasuretablet-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
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glorygleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thou hast exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorified
