Prayers and Meditations — §615
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 615 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عَلَى أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى وَبِهِ فَصَّلْتَ بَيْنَ الأَتْقِياءِ وَالأَشْقِيآءِ بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنا عَلَى ما تُحِبُّ وَتَرْضی، وَصَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي عَلَى كَلِماتِكَ وَحُروفاتِكَ وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَيْكَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلى وَجْهِكَ وَسَمِعُوا نِدائَك وإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ مالِكُ العِبادِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bless Thou, O Lord my God, Him Whom Thou hast set over Thy most excellent Titles, and through Whom Thou hast divided between the godly and the wicked, and graciously aid us to do what Thou lovest and desirest. Bless Thou, moreover, O my God, them Who are Thy Words and Thy Letters, and them who have set their faces towards Thee, and turned unto Thy face, and hearkened to Thy Call.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: amongst all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §174: exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have been cast into prisontablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
This form usually rendered as “have”, “unfolded”, “made” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §232: hath been unfoldedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: lengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: may be separatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §22: settledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
1 occurrence in corpus
وَالأَشْقِيآءِ
literal: wretchedness; misery, wretchedness; misery
SE expanded to “and the wicked”
SE rendered وَالأَشْقِيآءِ (wálʾashqíáʾ), تُوَفِّقَنا (túaffiqaná), تُحِبُّ (tuḥibb), وَتَرْضی، (watarḍí،) as “and the wicked, lovest, and desirest”
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: unitedlygleaningsGWB §661: enabledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inconsistentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou hast graciously enabledwill-and-testamentW&T §42: in no wiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fittethgleaningsGWB §112: to strengthenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: correspond
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §28: All glory be tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: prizedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
وَتَرْضی،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “remain”, “what”, “pleasure” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §172: virtuouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: be wholly dissolvedthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: content with My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willing
This form usually rendered as “reunion”, “attained”, “received” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: atfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §424: reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: in order thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: may attainthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Mustafa
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §386: other Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who conversed with Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §564: all-compelling namekitab-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 §71: conversed
letter 24% deviation 24% letters 19% word 6% single 6% contention 5% “corruption” 5% transgression 5% words 3% “perverting” 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: have pervertedgleaningsGWB §238: the work of any mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: “corruption” of the textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: by that Lettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: a wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: interpolating and falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: third LettergleaningsGWB §610: every other Letter
SE rendered كَلِماتِكَ (kalimátik), وَحُروفاتِكَ (waḥurúfátik), وَعَلَى (waʿalá), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), تَوَجَّهُوا (tawajjahúá), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk) as “Thy Words, Thy Letters, and, them who, have set, towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: honoredfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §176: most exalted Wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the most exalted—mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §302: glorifytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: former agesfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §287: ablekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: agreed uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: to seektablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: incline thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §507: perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: as shall incline their earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE expanded to “to Thy Call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §282: is callingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: crieth out to Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: calleth aloud
SE rendered وَجْهِكَ (wajhik), وَسَمِعُوا (wasamiʿúá), نِدائَك (nidáʾak), وإِنَّكَ (wʾinnak) as “Thy face, and hearkened, to Thy Call”
SE rendered نِدائَك (nidáʾak), وإِنَّكَ (wʾinnak), مالِكُ (málik) as “to Thy Call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: controlgleaningsGWB §456: the rulers and kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: Who art the Possessortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
SE rendered مالِكُ (málik), العِبادِ (al-ʿibád) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adorationfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §584: a companykitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the souls of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
