Prayers and Meditations — §670
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 670 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَى قاصِدِيكَ ما يُقَدِّسُهُمْ عَنْ دُونِكَ وَيُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلى نَفْسِكَ وَأَيِّدْهُمْ عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْهُمْ عَلَى صِراطِ أَمْرِكَ الَّذِيْ زَلَّ عَنْهُ أَقْدامُ المُرِيبِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَالمُعْرِضِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ العَظِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Send down, therefore, O my God, upon all that seek Thee that which will entirely strip them of all that pertaineth not unto Thee, and will draw them nigh unto Thy Self. Assist them, by Thy grace, to love Thee and to conform unto that which shall please Thee. Grant, then, that they may go straight on in the path of Thy Cause, the path wherein have slipped the footsteps of the doubters among Thy people and the froward among Thy servants. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Most Great.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: asgleaningsGWB §219: shallkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: attainedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
This form usually rendered as “who”, “such”, “all” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the Desire of their heartsgleaningsGWB §322: naturekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: have directed their stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: directed
This form usually rendered as “would”, “thoroughly”, “entirely” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §670: God’s holy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: holy and immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: acknowledgetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His holinessgleaningsGWB §122: sanctifying
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not unto Thee”
SE expanded to “will draw them nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are nighfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §590: Our well-favored oneskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: well-favouredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: as have near accesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: HimselfgleaningsGWB §287: My Self,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: their own sakestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
This form usually rendered as “aid”, “give” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §101: We strengthenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to aid themthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §396: assistedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast aided me
SE expanded to “to love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherishedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §555: of fervid lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and for such oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
SE rendered وَأَيِّدْهُمْ (waʾayyidhum), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضائِكَ، (wariḍáʾika،), اسْتَقِمْهُمْ (istaqimhum) as “Assist them, to love Thee, go straight on”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: contentmentfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §627: of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: with thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: them that are contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willing
This form usually rendered as “such”, “endue” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “go straight on”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: peoplefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §691: the Godheadkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Day of Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to speak in Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: this StraightgleaningsGWB §568: His Pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: the right way.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §85: the Straightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: straight Path
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §424: pure waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: dewdrop of the crystal watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the pure milktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: did shriek and tremblegleaningsGWB §26: crystal waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: dismayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: crystalgleaningsGWB §157: not cause you to slip
SE rendered أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), زَلَّ (zall), عَنْهُ (ʿanh), أَقْدامُ (ʾaqdám), المُرِيبِينَ (al-muríbín) as “of Thy Cause, have slipped, the footsteps, of the doubters”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §155: from theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §635: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §635: of
This form usually rendered as “feet”, “feet.’””, “rose” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the doubters”
doubt 26% doubteth 16% doubtest 11% doubter 11% doubters 11% doubted 5% evident 5% misgivings 5% suspicious.’” 5% addresseth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: doubtergleaningsGWB §555: and misgivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: as suspicious.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: idle fanciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: thereofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: doubtethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: addressethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the suspicious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thy creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
SE expanded to “and the froward”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: have turned asidegleaningsGWB §711: againstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: supplicateth
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: couldfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §426: of His sovereigntykitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §324: the God of powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted and glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §481: noble and worthy of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
SE expanded to “the Most Great”
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: great a bountygleaningsGWB §406: sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too vastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: Thy greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: Most Great RevelationgleaningsGWB §93: dominion
