Prayers and Meditations — §617
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 617 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “far from me”
SE expanded to “tribulation upon tribulation”
SE rendered عَنِّي (ʿanní), الشَّدائِدَ (ash-shadáʾid), بِكُلِّها (bikullihá), أَحاطَتْنِي، (ʾaḥáṭatní،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “Be Thou, tribulation upon tribulation, hath gathered about me, my God”
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
SE expanded to “hath gathered about me”
This form usually rendered as “evils”, “ills”, “extreme” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered بِنَفْسِيْ (binafsí), المَكارِهَ (al-makárih), بِأَسْرِها (biʾasrihá), أَخَذَتْنِيْ، (ʾakhadhatní،), وَمِنْ (wamin), زُلالِ (zulál) as “to myself, the extreme of adversity, hath come upon me, Out of, the pure milk”
This form usually rendered as “am”, “hath”, “upon” (3 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of Thy loving-kindness”
SE expanded to “give me to drink”
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
SE expanded to “all mine adversaries”
SE expanded to “with one consent”
SE expanded to “have fallen upon me”
This form usually rendered as “when”, “god”, “before” (161 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy majesty”
This form usually rendered as “before”, “brought”, “when” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “face to face with”
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “appear”, “raise” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the signs”
SE expanded to “of Thy glory”
SE rendered تَظَهُّرِ (taẓahhur), آياتِ (áyát), عِزِّكَ (ʿizzik), فَاحْفَظْنِيْ (fáḥfaẓní), الذِّلَّةَ (adh-dhillah), بِأَكْمَلِها (biʾakmalihá) as “the revelation, of the signs, of Thy glory, wretchedness, grievously”
This form usually rendered as “grievously” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thine Eternity”
SE rendered فَأَطْعِمْنِيْ (faʾaṭʿimní), الضَّعْفَ (aḍ-ḍaʿf), بِأَلْطَفِها (biʾalṭafihá), قَرُبَتْنِي، (qarubatní،), وَمِنْ (wamin), كُؤُوسِ (kuʾús) as “nourish me, uttermost weakness, hath overtaken me, From the, cups of”
This form usually rendered as “hath” (1 occurrences)
literal: compassion; compassion, mercy; mercy, compassion
This form usually rendered as “tender”, “compassion”, “loving” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “manifold” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “of Thine omnipotent sovereignty”
SE rendered وَمِنْ (wamin), سَنادِسِ (sanádis), سُلْطانِ (sulṭán), رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ (rubúbíbatik), فَاخْلَعْنِيْ (fákhlaʿní) as “With the, broidered robe, of Thine omnipotent sovereignty, attire me”
SE rendered الافْتِقارَ (al-áftiqár), بِجَوْهَرِها (bijawharihá), عَرَّتْنِيْ (ʿarratní), وَعِنْدَ (waʿind), تَغَنِّي (taghanní) as “poverty, hath altogether despoiled me, Lulled by, the cooing”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hath” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sung”, “cooing”, “sweetness” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the Dove”
literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting
SE expanded to “of Thine Eternity”
This form usually rendered as “suffer” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “blackest” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have befallen me”
SE expanded to “of Thy countenance”
SE expanded to “cause me to abide”
SE expanded to “fear and trembling”
This form usually rendered as “violently” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “crushed” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “restlessness” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “leviathan’s”, “leviathan” (2 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “doomed” (1 occurrences)