Prayers and Meditations — §605
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 605 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ذْكُرُهُ تِلْقآءَ وَجْهِكَ أَأَذْكُرُ ما وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ قَبْلُ مِنْ أَشْقِياءِ خَلْقِكَ أَوْ ما أَحَاطَنِي فِي هذِهِ الأَيَّامِ فِي سَبِيلِ رِضائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Which of my tribulations am I to recount before Thy face, O my Lord? Am I to recite before Thee what in days of old befell me at the hands of the workers of iniquity among Thy creatures, or to describe the vexations which have compassed me about in these days for the sake of Thy good pleasure?
Translation Notes
ذْكُرُهُ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Which of my tribulations”
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: remember HimgleaningsGWB §634: of God’s Remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: above-mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: to conveyfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §510: have sent down untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Divine Presence”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: to look upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunionthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §228: is turned towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to turn towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my remotenessgleaningsGWB §110: their oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: ungodlygleaningsGWB §279: the ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserable
SE expanded to “among Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creaturesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §375: who are butkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created things
SE expanded to “have compassed me about”
have 67% encompassed 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: neglectfire-tabletFire §20: whisperingsgleaningsGWB §390: all-embracing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: hath pervadedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: compassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughout
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the daysgleaningsGWB §341: This is the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the Ayyám-i-Há (the Dayswill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: long agogleaningsGWB §245: the few remaining dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His days
SE rendered الأَيَّامِ (al-ʾayyám), سَبِيلِ (sabíl), رِضائِكَ، (riḍáʾika،) as “days, Thy good pleasure”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: uprightfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: be contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: pleasure
