Prayers and Meditations — §609
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 609 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ يا خالِقَ الأُمَمِ وَمالِكَ القِدَمِ بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَ إِمائَكَ فِي سُرادِقِ عِصْمَتِكَ وَكفِّرْ عَنْهُنَّ ما لا يَنْبَغِي فِي أَيَّامِكَ، فَاجْعَلْهُنَّ يا إِلهِي طاهِراتٍ مِنَ الأَرْيابِ وَالشُّبُهاتِ وَمُقَدَّساتٍ عَمَّا لا يَنْبَغِيْ لِنِسْبَتِهِنَّ إِلَيْكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ وَمُنْزِلَ الآياتِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ زِمامُ المُمْكِناتِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O Thou Fashioner of the nations and the King of eternity, to guard Thy handmaidens within the tabernacle of Thy chastity, and to cancel such of their deeds as are unworthy of Thy days. Purge out, then, from them, O my God, all doubts and idle fancies, and sanctify them from whatsoever becometh not their kinship with Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of names, and the Source of utterance. Thou art He in Whose grasp are the reins of the entire creation.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §696: may questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §518: Ye will most certainly be called upon to answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §388: the creaturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: been fixedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the followersfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §631: motherskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: spiritual leadersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the sovereign Lord of allgleaningsGWB §163: to men’s eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: O Thou Who rulest overtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: “The Kingdom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: \‘The Ancient of Daysfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §34: step forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: ancient splendortablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: pacewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: We watchedgleaningsGWB §36: the preservation of the lampkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: secureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: to shield ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
handmaidens 89% such 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaidsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: for such of Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §58: Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernaclestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §656: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: and the tabernacle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: honorgleaningsGWB §246: will I cleavekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: inviolableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: Keep us safewill-and-testamentW&T §2: pricelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: protectiongleaningsGWB §24: sacred and inviolable
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “infidel”, “misbelief” (41 occurrences)
unbelief 24% infidel 17% misbelief 14% repudiated 10% infidels 10% rejected 7% cancel 7% impiety 3% denounced 3% disbelieveth 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §44: the Manifestation of God as infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: and who have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: deniedgleaningsGWB §97: disbelievethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbelief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §637: beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becomethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §544: paramount duty iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: In these daysgleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: itsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days
This form usually rendered as “purge” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: suffer themfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §466: Imaginekitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: will enable ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: there is none other Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §619: God beareth Me witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “purge” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: be sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §617: purifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: will purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Purify thougleaningsGWB §581: that they may be cleansedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: Cleanse them
This form usually rendered as “idle” (1 occurrences)
doubt 44% doubters 16% doubteth 9% doubtest 6% doubter 6% misgivings 6% doubted 3% suspicious.’” 3% doubter.” 3% doubts 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: and doubtedgleaningsGWB §555: and misgivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: as suspicious.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the suspiciousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: a doubt thereofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: doubterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: doubter.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: of the doubters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: distrustgleaningsGWB §289: distinguishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: hath likenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: perplexingwill-and-testamentW&T §1: doubtfulnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: asgleaningsGWB §314: doubts and fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscurities
SE rendered الأَرْيابِ (ar-ryáb), وَالشُّبُهاتِ (wálshshubuhát), وَمُقَدَّساتٍ (wamuqaddasátin), يَنْبَغِيْ (yanbaghí) as “idle, doubts, becometh”
holiness 27% holy 26% sanctified 12% most 9% exalted 6% sanctity 6% sacred 5% sanctify 3% immeasurably 3% hallowed 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §359: Manifestationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: and hast caused them to be detachedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: holiness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: chargesgleaningsGWB §313: faithfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: difference that lieth between themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: to any of Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §4: attributingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: on My kinship with HimgleaningsGWB §4: are related
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: thefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §528: confessedly sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: the greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “revealer”, “revealed”, “who” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: negligiblegleaningsGWB §486: hath been decreed and written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: showers ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
This form usually rendered as “signs”, “verses”, “words” (179 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a signfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: This signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: are but the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: the graspgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: in the grasp ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: within the graspgleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: in His grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the empiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that the reinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reins
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “created” (73 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §347: worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: hath kindledthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: mortalwill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of being
