Prayers and Meditations — §630
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 630 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما أَخَذَنِيْ عَرْفُ عِنايَتِكَ وَقَلَّبَتْنِيْ نَفَحاتُ رَحْمَتِكَ إِلى شَطْرِ أَلْطافِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَشْرِبْنِي مِنْ أَنامِلِ عَطائِكَ الكَوْثَرَ الَّذِيْ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ انْقَطَعَ عَمَّا سِواكَ طائِرًا فِي هَوآءِ انْقِطاعِكَ وَناظِرًا إِلى شَطْرِ رَأْفَتِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْنِيْ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ مُسْتَعِدًّا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give praise to Thee, O my God, that the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness hath enraptured me, and the gentle winds of Thy mercy have inclined me in the direction of Thy bountiful favors. Make me to quaff, O my Lord, from the fingers of Thy bounteousness the living waters which have enabled every one that hath partaken of them to rid himself of all attachment to any one save Thee, and to soar into the atmosphere of detachment from all Thy creatures, and to fix his gaze upon Thy loving providence and Thy manifold gifts.
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §610: Render thankskitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Praise be to Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §343: All glory
SE expanded to “hath enraptured me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: ComprehendgleaningsGWB §3: the most learned of menkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: standard of their own knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: hath borne witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: men of understanding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: of My loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §31: bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: divine mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “transformed”, “have” (3 occurrences)
transformed 50% have 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changedgleaningsGWB §618: shall causekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: all his affectionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §47: breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: the sweet savorswill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §28: the fragrancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: inhaled the breaths
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: will show them mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §655: of the tender mercieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: Thy graciousness and mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: upper chambergleaningsGWB §405: throneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: turning in the directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: faces towardsgleaningsGWB §470: uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: throughout Thy dominionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §416: My court
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §569: of Thy manifold blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §137: providence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §380: believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord yourtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy Lord
SE expanded to “Make me to quaff”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bounteousnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy generosity
SE expanded to “the living waters”
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: waters that are lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: fountain
SE expanded to “to rid himself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: detachgleaningsGWB §186: claim to be associatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: and rid metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: renunciation
This form usually rendered as “except”, “all”, “any” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §662: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: to any one buttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §211: established
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: desirefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §414: the immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Inmost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: any evil or corrupt desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desire
SE expanded to “to fix his gaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the Most Sublime Visionfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §293: Look notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: under the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: fixingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §20: OF
رَأْفَتِكَ
literal: compassion; compassion, mercy; mercy, compassion
This form usually rendered as “tender”, “compassion”, “loving” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy manifold gifts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §569: and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: Thy bestowalswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §53: Bounty
SE rendered وَمَواهِبِكَ، (wamawáhibika،), رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْعَلْنِيْ (fájʿalní) as “Thy manifold gifts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: is madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §196: hath establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: Thou didst ordainthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: allow not
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
SE rendered الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), مُسْتَعِدًّا (mustaʿiddan) as “”
few 25% capacity 25% number 10% counteth 10% reckon 5% manifold 5% several 5% “prepare 5% immeasurable 5% multiplicity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: manifoldgleaningsGWB §99: of numberkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: and counteth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: have multipliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: yearswill-and-testamentW&T §7: slanderousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: a number of yearsgleaningsGWB §119: capacity
