Prayers and Meditations — §67
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 67 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتِ المُمْكِناتِ وَبِكَرَمِكَ الَّذِيْ أَحاطَ الكائِناتِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْكَ وَلائِذًا بِحَضْرَتِكَ وَمُسْتَقِيمًا فِيْ حُبِّكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأحِبَّائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الكَرِيمُ وَالحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed the entire creation, and Thy generosity that hath embraced all created things, to cause me to turn my face wholly towards Thee, and to seek Thy shelter, and to be steadfast in my love for Thee. Write down, then, for me what Thou didst ordain for them who love Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: ofgleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §259: questionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: I imploreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §71: of the worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: the contingent worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
bounty 23% most 22% all-bountiful 13% generosity 12% favor 8% bountiful 8% generous 6% grace 2% glory 2% bounteousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Generousfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountiful favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the God of bounteousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountiful
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “hath”, “envelop” (75 occurrences)
encompassed 40% hath 16% envelop 11% pervaded 7% embraced 7% have 4% comprehend 4% all-encompassing 4% surrounded 4% surround 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughoutfire-tabletFire §20: whisperingsgleaningsGWB §259: rivalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: exercisethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hath gathered about methe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassed
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: shall befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §273: shall atone for the losskitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: and His essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered أَحاطَ (ʾaḥáṭ), الكائِناتِ (al-káʾinát), تَجْعَلَنِيْ (tajʿalaní), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَلائِذًا (waláʾidhan) as “embraced, all created things, turn my face, Thee, to seek Thy shelter”
SE expanded to “turn my face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: conversionfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §405: They whose heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: embraceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: the kindreds of thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “seek” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: hath fledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: whosoever hath repaired unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelter
SE rendered مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَلائِذًا (waláʾidhan), بِحَضْرَتِكَ (biḥaḍratik), وَمُسْتَقِيمًا (wamustaqíman), حُبِّكَ، (ḥubbika،) as “turn my face, Thee, to seek Thy shelter, and, to be steadfast, my love for Thee”
SE expanded to “to be steadfast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: primarily andfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §460: fill the seatkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: waitingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
SE expanded to “my love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: affectionfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §495: the loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and for such oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §234: in the Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: books andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: writing
SE expanded to “Thou didst ordain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My willgleaningsGWB §300: certain eventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: Thou dosttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongst
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Ever-Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of pardonwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: will forgivegleaningsGWB §463: forgiven
SE rendered الغَفُورُ (al-ghafúr), الكَرِيمُ (al-karím), وَالحَمْدُ (wálḥamd) as “Ever-Forgiving, All-Bountiful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §219: the All-Praisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Magnified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §266: glorified
