Prayers and Meditations — §605
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 605 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَيُّ بَلائِي أَذْكُرُهُ 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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of GodgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who is the Lord of all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Lords
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflictedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §254: the tribulations We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: ordealthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievously
This form usually rendered as “call”, “relate”, “mention” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: others remember HimgleaningsGWB §37: foretoldkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: be warnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: Thou art rememberedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §67: We reveal to theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Divine Presence”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Judgmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to set myself towards Theefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §273: whose facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: Thy Selftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have touchedgleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: what hath befallenwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the things which have befallen HimgleaningsGWB §652: sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: heaped
SE expanded to “workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §312: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dealt wickedlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §658: condemned as wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those people of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: the wicked doers
SE expanded to “among Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §489: the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: that hath been createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: of Makers
SE expanded to “have compassed me about”
have 67% encompassed 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §259: rivalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: “authority”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: hath been establishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared on
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: This is the daygleaningsGWB §347: Laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: Thine own daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy waygleaningsGWB §97: doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a path leadingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the path
SE expanded to “Thy good pleasure”
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 §177: pleasing unto Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §621: of His good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: of Thy good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: and contented thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: countenanced
