Prayers and Meditations — §65
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 65 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ قَدْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى شَطْرِ أَمْرِكَ مُوقِنًا بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمُعْتَرِفًا بِفَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمُذْعِنًا بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ وَمُقِرًّا بِعَظَمَتِكَ وَإِجْلالِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ انْفَطَرَتِ السَّماءُ وَانْشَقَّتِ الأَرْضُ وَانْدَكَّتِ الجِبالُ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَنِي عَنْ هُبُوبِ أَرْياحِ رَحْمَتِكَ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ وَلا تُبْعِدَنِي عن شاطئِ قُرْبِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might, and confessing the greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee, by Thy name through which the heaven was cleft asunder, and the earth was rent in twain, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold from me the breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy days, nor to suffer me to be far removed from the shores of Thy nearness and bounty.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: immeasurably exalted 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 §150: O my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: Call of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: God”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “Thy servant and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankindfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §578: faithful servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: Such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: amongst men
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), عَبْدُكَ (ʿabduk), وَابْنُ (wábn), عَبْدِكَ (ʿabdik), تَوَجَّهْتُ (tawajjaht) as “my God, son, the, have set my face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: builtgleaningsGWB §272: mine own sonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: scionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: and the sonthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §5: Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with the childrengleaningsGWB §272: “My son
SE expanded to “have set my face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §568: Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: direct his facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chambergleaningsGWB §470: uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: to seekepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their Capital
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §1: assured as I amkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: Shouldest thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: is persuadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: be well assuredgleaningsGWB §682: your belief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the Onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §381: The true believer in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: conception of Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: for the purpose of recognizinggleaningsGWB §200: that comprehend this truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the acknowledgment of theirtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: confessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §251: His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: aloneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: one kinggleaningsGWB §593: and rebelled against His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the potencytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: Sháh
SE expanded to “power of Thy might”
power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “spot” (95 occurrences)
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the placegleaningsGWB §668: regardkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: confess His claimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the confession of theirtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: AzimgleaningsGWB §606: first and foremostkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: too weighty and pregnantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: to Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: magnified begleaningsGWB §374: magnified be His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: majestic powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and of majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: sublimegleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: and the excellence of Thy majesty
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (186 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §301: thy questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Thee
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
SE expanded to “was cleft asunder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: true naturegleaningsGWB §696: to be cleft asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken the Fastthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the CreatorgleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”
SE rendered انْفَطَرَتِ (infaṭarat), السَّماءُ (as-samáʾ), وَانْشَقَّتِ (wánshaqqat), الأَرْضُ (ar-rḍ), وَانْدَكَّتِ (wándakkat) as “was cleft asunder, heaven, earth, were crushed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: rent asundergleaningsGWB §296: was cleft asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: blossomsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was rent in twaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: trialswill-and-testamentW&T §33: rebelliousnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: exertion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §202: this worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mountainfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §26: hillsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the mountaingleaningsGWB §395: every mountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: two mountains
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §686: remain unendowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: Withhold not from metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterred
This form usually rendered as “onrushing”, “blowing”, “evil” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: waftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: fierceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: which have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Him Who is the Spirit of Godfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §168: mystickitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: and quietethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: the mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §655: of the tender mercieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving providencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: each daygleaningsGWB §245: Your dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: fleeting daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the day-time
SE expanded to “to suffer me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: drawing nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §217: my kindredkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: Hastentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
وَإِفْضالِكَ،
literal: grace; grace/favor; grace, favor
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “bountiful”, “gracious” (24 occurrences)
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% holy 5% bounteousness 5% generosity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: a token of His gracegleaningsGWB §234: His gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and by Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
