Prayers and Meditations — §639
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 639 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تِكَ قَدْ بَلَغَتِ البَلايا إِلى مَقامٍ لا تُحْصى وَلا تَجْرِيْ مِنْ قَلَمِ الإِنْشآءِ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ الأسْماءِ وَفاطِرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ بِأَنْ تُؤَيِّدَنِيْ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يَمْنَعُنِي شَيْءٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَلا يَشْغَلُنِي أَمْرٌ عَمَّا أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ فِي أَلْواحِكَ، أَقُومُ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ أُعَرِّيْ رَأْسِيْ وَأَطْلَعُ مِنَ البَيْتِ صائِحًا بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَناطِقًا بِذِكْرِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ، وَإِذا قَضَيْتُ ما قَضَيْتَ وَأَدَّيْتُ ما كَتَبْتَ يَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيَّ أَشْرارُ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَيَفْعَلُونَ ما يَشاؤُونَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O Thou Who art the King of names and the Creator of earth and heaven, so to assist me by Thy strengthening grace that nothing whatsoever will have the power to hinder me from remembering Thee, or celebrating Thy praise, or to keep me back from observing what Thou hast prescribed unto me in Thy Tablets, that I may so arise to serve Thee that with bared head I will hasten forth from my habitation, cry out in Thy name amidst Thy creatures, and proclaim Thy virtues among Thy servants. Having accomplished what Thou hadst decreed, and delivered the thing Thou hadst written down, the wicked doers among Thy people would, then, compass me about and would do with me in Thy path as would please them.
Translation Notes
glory 36% all-glorious 15% almighty 9% swear 8% mighty 7% might 6% transcendent 6% exalted 5% most 4% gracious 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §640: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: to Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §457: and caused you tokitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: doctors of mature wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: attain untowill-and-testamentW&T §2: proclaimedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attained
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §255: trials and tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: anguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: manner of tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflicted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: supreme attainmentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §434: heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: These peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: Thy transcendenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
countless 67% unnumbered 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: have proceededgleaningsGWB §492: and to observe His commandmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were showeredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: may sailepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have flowedgleaningsGWB §31: sailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: enforced
SE rendered قَلَمِ (qalam), الإِنْشآءِ، (an-nsháʾi،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: PengleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: Thy most exalted Pen
SE rendered الإِنْشآءِ، (an-nsháʾi،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), مالِكَ (málik) as “I implore Thee, King”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventionwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creation
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §467: Find outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: the kingsgleaningsGWB §620: the Sovereign Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the transcendent giftstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §300: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: true FaithgleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §112: to enableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: Aid themthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §729: graciously assistprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: be assisted
SE rendered تُؤَيِّدَنِيْ (tuʾayyidaní), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun) as “assist me, hinder me, nothing whatsoever”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §314: staturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §214: stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: through Thy strengthening grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: bangleaningsGWB §685: mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: withholdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: held backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: have deterred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: WillgleaningsGWB §698: ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: things—Itablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all created things
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §279: praise ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: were to accompanyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: make fitting mention of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
SE expanded to “celebrating Thy praise”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §321: createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: glorifieth Thee and magnifiethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
This form usually rendered as “keep” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have busied themselvesgleaningsGWB §471: engrosskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: are engagedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: will keep them backthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: engagewill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: busied themselvesgleaningsGWB §441: ravaged by war
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), يَشْغَلُنِي (yashghaluní), أَمْرٌ (ʾamrun), أَمَرْتَنِي (ʾamartaní) as “celebrating Thy praise, keep me back, hast prescribed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: His CausegleaningsGWB §702: this dutykitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: her caseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: behest”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: authoritygleaningsGWB §255: His commandment
tablets 88% scriptures 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §423: Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: attestedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: originalgleaningsGWB §39: the allusions
This form usually rendered as “bared” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: topgleaningsGWB §594: diademthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the mountain-topgleaningsGWB §719: their headsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: headgleaningsGWB §163: my headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: thine head
وَأَطْلَعُ
literal: rising-place; dawning-place; countenance
This form usually rendered as “inscrutable”, “informed”, “arise” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Dawning-Placesfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §555: shine forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: failed to graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: Whose countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
This form usually rendered as “house”, “home”, “frequented” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Most Great HousegleaningsGWB §611: the Frequentedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §38: this Houseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: homegleaningsGWB §618: his chamberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspired
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: drawn tearsfire-tabletFire §47: IgleaningsGWB §83: hath criedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: a great crytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: a cryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: cry outgleaningsGWB §78: The shouttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: cried aloud
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creationfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §697: children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thou didst causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: God created thee
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “utterance” (52 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: amongst menfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §215: the hearts of His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thy peopletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “didst”, “ordained” (13 occurrences)
hast 18% didst 9% ordained 9% destine 9% accomplished 9% decreed 9% decree 9% thou 9% destined 9% whatsoever 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: elapsedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §636: irrevocably decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: the manifold tribulationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §39: and wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: Book,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: Thou hast written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: books
This form usually rendered as “leagued”, “rise”, “ye” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: ungodlyfire-tabletFire §40: the wickedgleaningsGWB §475: the wickednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: most wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the mischiefthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: the ungodlywill-and-testamentW&T §12: evilsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: Iniquities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and the sick made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thy creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the pathgleaningsGWB §317: means of admittancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: path but the pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waysthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in Thy pathgleaningsGWB §599: systems
SE rendered يَشاؤُونَ (yasháʾún), سَبِيلِكَ، (sabílika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “please them, path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ExaltedgleaningsGWB §279: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord yourtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
