Prayers and Meditations — §665
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 665 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O Divine Providence”
3 occurrences in corpus
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered پروردگارا (prúrdgárá), تباه (tbáh), كارى (kárى), گناهكارى (gnáhkárى), عدم (ʿdm), پرهيزكارى (prhízkárى) as “O Divine Providence, wicked, sinful, intemperate”
3 occurrences in corpus
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered پروردگارا (prúrdgárá), تباه (tbáh), كارى (kárى), گناهكارى (gnáhkárى), عدم (ʿdm), پرهيزكارى (prhízkárى), مقعد (mqʿd), صدق (ṣdq), ميطلبيم (míṭlbím) as “O Divine Providence, wicked, sinful, intemperate, “seat of, truth,”, seek”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “pray”, “still” (10 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “attainment”, “attain” (30 occurrences)
SE expanded to “long to behold”
SE rendered صدق (ṣdq), ميطلبيم (míṭlbím), لقاى (lqáى), مليك (mlík), مقتدر (mqtdr), ميجوئيم، (míjúʾím،), امر (imr), امر (imr), تواست (túást), حكم (ḥkm), تو (tú) as “truth,”, seek, long to behold, King, Omnipotent, command, It is Thine to, all sovereignty, Thee”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “commandment” (182 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pondering”, “shouldst” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “very essence of”
This form usually rendered as “every”, “renown”, “art” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cast”, “throws”, “cause” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered از (iz), جهان (jhán), بر (br), اندازد (indázd), محو (mḥú), نمايد، (nmáyd،), يك (yk), نسيم (nsím), از (iz), نسائم (nsáʾm), يوم (yúm), ظهورت (ẓhúrt) as “from, world, banish, blot out, a single, breath, breezes, Day, Revelation”
This form usually rendered as “breeze”, “sweet”, “single” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “robe”, “fresh”, “ornament” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered بخلعت (bkhlʿt), تازه (tázh), مزيّن (mzízn), فرمايد، (frmáyd،) as “attire, fresh, adorn”