Prayers and Meditations — §592
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 592 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أيْ رَبِّ زَيِّنْ ظاهِرِي وَباطِنِي بِرِداءِ أَلْطافِكَ وَعِنايَتِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْنِي عَمَّا لا يُحِبُّهُ رِضائُكَ وَأَيِّدْنِي وَأَهْلِيْ عَلَى طاعَتِكَ وَالتَّجَنُّبِ عَمَّا تَشْتَهِيْ بِهِ النَّفْسُ وَالهَوی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Attire, O my Lord, both my inner and outer being with the raiment of Thy favors and Thy loving-kindness. Keep me safe, then, from whatsoever may be abhorrent unto Thee, and graciously assist me and my kindred to obey Thee, and to shun whatsoever may stir up any evil or corrupt desire within me.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §549: His holykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educated
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: decked withfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §243: its vanitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: re-adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst deck forththe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: embellished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: In proclaimingfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §107: claimed for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: with every subsequent oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: hath been manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: secretlygleaningsGWB §391: spiritualkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: invisible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: my inner beingthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: wombepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: inwardlygleaningsGWB §710: Inner Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “hidden,”
This form usually rendered as “mantle”, “robe”, “garment” (13 occurrences)
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: these bountiesgleaningsGWB §288: the subtletieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §192: purgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the overflowings of Its bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: My loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §674: celestialkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: hidden meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: of Thy tender mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE expanded to “Keep me safe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §16: watch overgleaningsGWB §511: preserving the securitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: protect ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
This form usually rendered as “loveth”, “will”, “pleasing” (18 occurrences)
SE expanded to “abhorrent unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §432: cherishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: with Thy lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
SE rendered احْفَظْنِي (iḥfaẓní), يُحِبُّهُ (yuḥibbuh), رِضائُكَ (riḍáʾuk), وَأَيِّدْنِي (waʾayyidní), وَأَهْلِيْ (waʾahlí) as “Keep me safe, abhorrent unto Thee, graciously assist me, my kindred”
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 §171: find their satisfactionfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §656: to Thy Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: acceptedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and pleasestthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: and contented thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright
SE expanded to “graciously assist me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: graciously aidedgleaningsGWB §356: to strengthen thee with His powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: Should it failprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: to graciously enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §111: springwill-and-testamentW&T §8: may the Lord aidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: to aid theegleaningsGWB §478: and would strengthen thee
SE expanded to “to obey Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: “WillinglygleaningsGWB §563: the righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: if Thou canstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “Obeyedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: never shall be ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: canstwill-and-testamentW&T §7: obedientepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: “Obey
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
SE expanded to “desire within me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: peoplegleaningsGWB §198: Our Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: thine own self
SE rendered تَشْتَهِيْ (tashtahí), النَّفْسُ (an-nafs), وَالهَوی، (wálhawí،) as “stir up, desire within me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmospherefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §37: nethermostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: Quintessenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: the sublimitiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
