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، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا العَطْشانُ فَأَشْرِبْنِي مِنْ كَوْثَرِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَنَا
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 §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §13: celebrationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: Greatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Praised be Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §668: setkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: God but their own desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §372: himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: such servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
SE expanded to “and the son”
This form usually rendered as “set”, “have”, “hath” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: upper chambergleaningsGWB §282: the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Thy manifold bountiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: faces towardsgleaningsGWB §591: the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: HimgleaningsGWB §726: direction
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: have We commandedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §469: matterkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: and of Thy Revelationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §18: every true believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: absolute faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: will be persuadedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: be persuadedgleaningsGWB §397: assure him
SE expanded to “in Thy oneness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §669: exalted and indivisible Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: they who adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: who understandgleaningsGWB §137: may be revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the sagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: enabled me to recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: discovered their fragrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Onefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §384: singlenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the All-Highest Paradise
gleaningsGWB §361: acknowledged His truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: acknowledged Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: testifyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: acknowledgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: recognizingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: submit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §35: Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the Lord of all beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: potency of Thine exalted mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereignty
SE expanded to “and the power of”
power 34% might 32% omnipotence 9% dominion 8% through 4% potency 4% sovereign 4% overpowering 2% strength 2% hand 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Ponder a whilefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §214: exaltationkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: influentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §163: the God oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “place” (96 occurrences)
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of the GrandeurgleaningsGWB §404: transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How bewilderingly mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: greatgleaningsGWB §476: highest good
SE expanded to “Thy majesty and glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My glorygleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §60: and Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and of majesty
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (155 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I ask Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: I imploreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: through Thy Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §496: lofty heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: to Thy namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
SE expanded to “was cleft asunder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the CreatorgleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: the Fashionertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: hath been cleft asundergleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
SE expanded to “was rent in twain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: hath torngleaningsGWB §78: are cleft asunderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: blossomsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was rent in twaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: wind-flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §36: their mischiefepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: rent asunder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §584: the dwellers on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: heaven and on earththe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §250: world
6 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mountain of iniquityfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §395: every mountainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mountaingleaningsGWB §718: foundationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: mountains
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the hostsgleaningsGWB §314: refused to allowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: keeping them backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: was powerless to deter Me
This form usually rendered as “onrushing”, “blowing”, “fierce” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingfire-tabletFire §29: onrushing galesgleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to waftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: stirringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: onrushing windsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: fierce winds
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
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: Thou hastfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
This form usually rendered as “far”, “suffer”, “remove” (5 occurrences)
وَإِفْضالِكَ،
literal: grace; grace/favor; grace, favor
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “bountiful”, “gracious” (24 occurrences)
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounteousness 10% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% favors 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bettergleaningsGWB §204: Our loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: and bountytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE rendered قُرْبِكَ (qurbik), وَإِفْضالِكَ، (waʾifḍálika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Thy nearness, and bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her LordgleaningsGWB §389: Lord of all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: my Godtablet-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 §30: is our Lord
SE rendered وَإِفْضالِكَ، (waʾifḍálika،), رَبِّ (rabb), العَطْشانُ (al-ʿaṭshán), فَأَشْرِبْنِي (faʾashribní) as “and bounty”
SE rendered العَطْشانُ (al-ʿaṭshán), فَأَشْرِبْنِي (faʾashribní) as “”
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 §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: the watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: living waters
SE rendered كَوْثَرِ (kawthar), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَأَنَا (waʾaná) as “”
