Prayers and Meditations — §62
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 62 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا مَنْ تَرَى وَلا تُرَى تَسْمَعُ ضَجِيجَ أَحِبَّتِكَ عَنْ كُلِّ الأَقْطارِ وَصَرِيخَ أَهْلِ وِلايَتِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ الأَشْطارِ، لَوْ يُسْأَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ بِأَيِّ جِهَةٍ ظَلَمْتُمْ هؤُلآءِ وَجَعَلْتُمُوهُمْ أُسارى فِيْ الزَّوْرآءِ وَدِيارٍ أُخْرى، هَلْ ظَلَمُوا فِيْ الأَرضِ وَهَلْ خانُوا مَعَ أَهْلِها وَهَلْ سَفَكُوا الدِّماءَ أَوْ غارُوا البِلادَ، لَيَتَحَيَّرُونَ فِيْ الْجَوابِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O Thou Who beholdest all things and art hidden from all things! From every land Thou hearest the lamentations of them that love Thee, and from every direction Thou hearkenest unto the cries of such as have recognized Thy sovereignty. Were their oppressors to be asked: “Wherefore have ye oppressed them and held them in bondage in Baghdád and elsewhere? What injustice have they committed? Whom have they betrayed? Whose blood have they spilled, and whose property have they plundered?” they would know not what to answer.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Graciousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: immeasurably high art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to lookfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §187: recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: seest himthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: thou canst behold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: have also heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §661: that thou mayest hearken untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: incline mine eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: wailingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: the voice of my lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
SE expanded to “them that love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §134: Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: them that are dear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be setwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: regionsgleaningsGWB §261: abroadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: single dropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Every dropepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: dropgleaningsGWB §404: every landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: lands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cried out to Him again for helpgleaningsGWB §619: their lamentation and weepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: and by the criestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: utteredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the crytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: such a cryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: cry out
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: strangersfire-tabletFire §22: the SyriansgleaningsGWB §178: ye that dwellkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: them who are the recognized Expounders thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: the stirrers oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
This form usually rendered as “guardianship”, “sovereignty” (2 occurrences)
guardianship 50% sovereignty 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the AuthoritiesgleaningsGWB §123: His chosen Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: but We will have Thee turn toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: them that are dear to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the LordgleaningsGWB §9: O ye lovers of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §226: inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the nationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §109: from place to placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose abodeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towards
beseecheth 50% asked 50%
transgressors 50% oppressors 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: that act unjustlyfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §243: sore injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: violenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of the oppressorthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: of this wronged servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: of this Wronged One
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “virtue”, “towards” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: handgleaningsGWB §130: It is for this reason thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: directionswill-and-testamentW&T §32: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: countrygleaningsGWB §685: created things
This form usually rendered as “held” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: appointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: suffer them nottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered هؤُلآءِ (hʾuláʾ), وَجَعَلْتُمُوهُمْ (wajaʿaltumúhum), أُسارى (ʾusárى), الزَّوْرآءِ (az-zawráʾ), وَدِيارٍ (wadíárin), أُخْرى، (ʾukhrى،) as “them, held them, in, Baghdád, elsewhere”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: into captivityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §718: enslaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: a captivegleaningsGWB §501: exile
This form usually rendered as “countries”, “land”, “cities” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “another”, “again”, “other” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the endgleaningsGWB §7: and the end of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: world to comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: Thou delayestthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: othergleaningsGWB §629: the next
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: countryfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §205: Land ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: places of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: this land
This form usually rendered as “betrayed” (1 occurrences)
treacherous 24% blood 19% disloyalty 14% deal 10% betrayed 10% dishonesty 5% khun-baha 5% deceitful 5% khán 5% traitor 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: dishonestygleaningsGWB §474: acteth treacherouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: pastureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: betrayedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: Deal not treacherously withgleaningsGWB §473: betrayed their trustwill-and-testamentW&T §8: disloyalty
This form usually rendered as “spilt”, “have”, “spilled” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §574: refrain from sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: shed notgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: all thingsgleaningsGWB §512: citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: regionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: throughout Thy realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §13: all regionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: in Thy realmsgleaningsGWB §43: kingdoms
لَيَتَحَيَّرُونَ
literal: perplexed; bewilderment; bewildered
SE expanded to “they would know not”
bewildered 19% sore 16% perplexity 13% marvel 10% perplexed 10% bewildering 6% wonder 6% strange 6% bewilderment 6% have 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: sore perplexedgleaningsGWB §362: marvelethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: have been sore perplexedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: marvelgleaningsGWB §321: wonder and amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: marvelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: marvel at
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: repliedfire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §594: an answererkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: repliesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thou hast grantedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: refutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Who art ready to answer
