Prayers and Meditations — §604
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 604 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما جَعَلْتَنِيْ هَدَفًا لِسِهامِ أَعْدائِكَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، أَشْكُرُكَ يا عَالِمَ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ وَمالِكَ الوُجُودِ بِما جَعَلْتَنِي مَسْجُونًا فِي حُبِّكَ وَسَقَيْتَنِي كَأْسَ البَلايا لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ وَإِعْلاءِ كَلِمَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَيُّ بَلائِي أَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. I offer Thee most high praise, O Thou Who art the Knower of the seen and unseen and the Lord of all being, that Thou hast suffered me to be cast into prison for love of Thee, and caused me to quaff the cup of woe, that I may reveal Thy Cause and glorify Thy word.
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “thanks”, “praise”, “all” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: and extol Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”
SE expanded to “Thou hast made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §157: by Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: to suffer methe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: adorneth
6 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: the darts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankfulfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §477: and to magnify continuallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: I offertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: be thankful
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: leaders of religionfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §545: instructionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: all creatures,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “visible” (70 occurrences)
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: unseengleaningsGWB §34: of concealmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: God, the Invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: Thine invisible Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: seengleaningsGWB §109: invisible
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath borne witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §23: glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §541: the Realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: His realmtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: possessedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §611: have foundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: recognizetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has madewill-and-testamentW&T §4: despite
مَسْجُونًا
literal: prison; imprisoned; imprisonment
This form usually rendered as “prisoner”, “imprisoned”, “imprisonment” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be cast into prison”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My prisongleaningsGWB §79: afflictive Prisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of His prison-citygleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverestwill-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisoner
SE expanded to “love of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: for His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: most deartablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
gleaningsGWB §60: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: Thou didst enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §111: cup-bearerwill-and-testamentW&T §49: drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: given me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to quaffprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are given drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: watereth
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: are but afire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §724: griefs and afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: adversitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
SE expanded to “that I may reveal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: evincedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §196: is His Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: surgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: to proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
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 §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §363: suchkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §132: idle talkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: Every timetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Most Sublime Word
SE rendered وَإِعْلاءِ (waʾiʿláʾ), كَلِمَتِكَ، (kalimatika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “glorify, Thy word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: LordshipgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its Lord
