Prayers and Meditations — §634
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 634 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ أَنارَتِ الأَرَضُونَ وَالسَّمَواتُ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي راضِيًا بِما قَدَّرْتَهُ فِي أَلْواحِكَ بِحَيْثُ لَنْ أَجِدَ فِي نَفْسِي مُرَادًا إِلاَّ ما أَنْتَ أَرَدْتَهُ بِسُلْطانِكَ وَمَشِيَّةً إِلاَّ ما أَنْتَ قَضَيْتَهُ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy name the splendors of which have encompassed the earth and the heavens, to enable me so to surrender my will to what Thou hast decreed in Thy Tablets, that I may cease to discover within me any desire except what Thou didst desire through the power of Thy sovereignty, and any will save what Thou didst destine for me by Thy will.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: LordsgleaningsGWB §548: unfadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of Lordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His Divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §323: for any man to question his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: We entreat Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: through Thy Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §416: upon My namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: out of the heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “splendors”, “illumined” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with their lightfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §309: shinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: light ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and illuminedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: those regionsfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §222: territorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: fieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: land
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §654: having enabled mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: the abject beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: Make me abletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “satisfied”, “content”, “refuse” (24 occurrences)
satisfied 22% content 17% refuse 11% willing 11% contentment 11% pleased 6% name 6% countenanced 6% consent 6% acquiesce 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §417: their contentmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: submissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willing
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
tablets 90% scriptures 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §424: the holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: Behold howprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: Thy Scripturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: shone forth brightlygleaningsGWB §39: the allusions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: Beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §239: discoverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Verily we foundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: their Creatortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: by GodgleaningsGWB §508: your imaginations have devisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: twoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: His Godhoodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: souls
This form usually rendered as “heart’s”, “purpose”, “any” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “power of Thy sovereignty”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereignsgleaningsGWB §628: and of Thy sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: omnipotenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §384: God grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: to a stern businessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: and every description of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “ordained” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: and slewfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §440: the varying requirementskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: and every ordealthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
