Prayers and Meditations — §631
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 631 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لِلْقِيامِ عَلَى خِدْمَتِكَ وَالإِقْبالِ إِلى كَعْبَةِ أَمْرِكَ وَجَمالِكَ، لَوْ تُرِيدُ فَاجْعَلْنِيْ نَباتَ رِياضِ فَضْلِكَ لِتُحَرِّكَنِيْ أَرْياحُ مَشِيَّتِكَ كَيْفَ تَشآءُ بِحَيْثُ لا يَب
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve Thee and to set myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and of Thy Beauty. If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “resurrection”, “arose” (82 occurrences)
arise 52% resurrection 19% arose 8% arisen 6% rise 6% purpose 2% risen 2% determination 2% proclamation 2% dedicateth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: that mostfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §311: the soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His supreme ascendancytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: servicegleaningsGWB §205: seek diligently to servekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servantswill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §419: servingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §108: esteemed and honoured friend
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “having” (42 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to set myself towards”
turn 26% turned 16% having 11% setting 11% recognizing 11% return 5% acknowledged 5% conversion 5% direct 5% disinclined 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: fixed onfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §300: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: have turned untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: I have turned myselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: the adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: object of the adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: the adored tabernacle
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
SE expanded to “of Thy Beauty”
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: othersgleaningsGWB §233: and beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: that immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “wish”, “days” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as seek TheegleaningsGWB §275: attainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: is totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thou wishestgleaningsGWB §703: desiring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §426: and ordained you to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: mine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecrate
SE expanded to “to grow as”
SE expanded to “in the meadows”
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the very essence of gracegleaningsGWB §196: tender mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE expanded to “may stir me up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: movefire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §17: follow in His waykitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Movertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: moving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: Faithful Spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §522: may attain unto tranquillitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: OF SPIRIT
SE expanded to “of Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleasethgleaningsGWB §295: to anything whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy Will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §338: characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: whithersoeverthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: HowgleaningsGWB §374: how much lessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: into conformity with
SE expanded to “in such wise that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will ceaseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and will
SE rendered مَشِيَّتِكَ (mashíhatik), كَيْفَ (kayf), تَشآءُ (tasháʾ), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَب (yab) as “of Thy will, into conformity with, Thy pleasure, in such wise that”
eternity 23% everlasting 18% immortality 16% eternal 14% immortal 7% imperishable 6% remained 5% incorruptible 5% ever-abiding 5% live 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Everlastingfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §680: undyingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: the continuance of lifetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: imperishableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endureth
