Prayers and Meditations — §671
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 671 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِزَفَراتِ قُلُوبِ العاشِقِينَ وَدُمُوعِ عُيُونِ المُشْتاقِينَ بِأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنِيْ مَحْرُومًا مِنْ نَفَحاتِ رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَنَغَماتِ وَرْقآءِ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ، فَيا إِلهِي أَنَا المِسْكينُ قَدْ تَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ اسْمِكَ الغَنِيِّ وَأَنَا الفانِي قَدْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِحَبْلِ اسْمِكَ الباقِي، إِذًا أَسْئَلُكَ بِنَفْسِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلى بِأَنْ لا تَدَعَنِي بِنَفْسِيْ وَهَوايَ، خُذْ يَدِي بِأَيادِي اقْتِدارِكَ وَخَلِّصْنِيْ عَنْ غَمَراتِ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ وَطَهِّرْنِيْ عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُهُ رِضاكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded and glorified art Thou, O my God! I entreat Thee by the sighing of Thy lovers and by the tears shed by them that long to behold Thee, not to withhold from me Thy tender mercies in Thy Day, nor to deprive me of the melodies of the Dove that extolleth Thy oneness before the light that shineth from Thy face. I am the one who is in misery, O God! Behold me cleaving fast to Thy Name, the All-Possessing. I am the one who is sure to perish; behold me clinging to Thy Name, the Imperishable. I implore Thee, therefore, by Thy Self, the Exalted, the Most High, not to abandon me unto mine own self and unto the desires of a corrupt inclination. Hold Thou my hand with the hand of Thy power, and deliver me from the depths of my fancies and idle imaginings, and cleanse me of all that is abhorrent unto Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded and glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laud Thee through Himfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §387: Far be it from His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Magnified be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §531: By the righteousness of the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: praygleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §168: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: seek
This form usually rendered as “sighs”, “groans”, “cries” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: My sighswill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: with a sore lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: and the sighs she had uttered
SE rendered أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِزَفَراتِ (bizafarát), قُلُوبِ (qulúb), العاشِقِينَ (al-ʿáshiqín), وَدُمُوعِ (wadumúʿ), عُيُونِ (ʿuyún) as “entreat, sighing, Thy, lovers, tears, shed by them that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §680: soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: whose faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: they uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §118: these longing hearts that pant after Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: passionate devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: all such as love Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true lovers
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “eye”, “springs” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shed by them that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: with any eye except His owngleaningsGWB §696: with his own eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: Thee with Thine own eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thine
المُشْتاقِينَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “long to behold Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §708: joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §52: they whose hearts yearn over Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Thee
SE rendered المُشْتاقِينَ (al-mushtáqín), تَجْعَلَنِيْ (tajʿalaní) as “long to behold Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Thou hast ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: the abject beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and make me abletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the SanctuarygleaningsGWB §569: suffer them not to be deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: deprive themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: towards the sanctuarythe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Withhold not
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §116: a breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: the sweet savorswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §47: breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §548: eternalkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: compassiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §516: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: in Thy daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the Day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: melodious voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: languageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: through the Divine sweetness of Thy melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §494: Scrollkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: the Bird of Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the Heavenly Dovewill-and-testamentW&T §53: scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: leafgleaningsGWB §235: who are the leaves thereof
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of such as have acknowledged Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §99: must needs be one and the samekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: one ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: of Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: appearfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §269: behaviorkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: of every Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: and in order to proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
SE rendered أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), وَجْهِكَ، (wajhika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “O God”
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §50: the splendors of the Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: most resplendenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleamingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE rendered وَجْهِكَ، (wajhika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “O God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inclinefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §657: in the face ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: through Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), المِسْكينُ (al-miskín) as “O God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: laid fast hold thereongleaningsGWB §176: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: seek to justify themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §595: and my hands clingingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clunggleaningsGWB §418: a faithful adherencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: clinging
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), المِسْكينُ (al-miskín), تَشَبَّثْتُ (tashabbatht) as “O God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §511: resolvekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: upheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Behold me cleaving fast towill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: taken fast holdgleaningsGWB §411: take firm hold on
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: thefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §588: or the voice of the lamentation of the denizens of heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: He Who is the Most Great Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
all-possessing 43% rich 26% independent 9% can 4% riches 4% dispense 4% all-sufficing 2% verily 2% self-sufficient 2% lofty 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sunggleaningsGWB §366: wealthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: those possessed of wealthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and all sufficient richestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: diethgleaningsGWB §375: evanescentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: vanishing mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: the thresholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: unfadingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §267: can never perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: everlasting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the firm cordgleaningsGWB §684: life-veinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: to Thy cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: CordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
SE rendered الباقِي، (al-báqí،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik) as “implore, Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of immortalityfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §674: changelesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: abidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: for everlasting life
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: upon yougleaningsGWB §135: His own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: over any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: in Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: for thine own sake
SE expanded to “Exalted, the Most High”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §133: loftinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: Far be it from His gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the exaltation oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: We have entrusted it unto theegleaningsGWB §266: Thou hast committedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: and within thee have I placedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: AbandongleaningsGWB §122: Trust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: desirefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §278: of their evil desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: of divine mightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in the atmospheretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: idlewill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Have ye clung untofire-tabletFire §16: made captivegleaningsGWB §353: to choose therefromkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: and they shall be seizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: hathtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §627: in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: handsgleaningsGWB §448: nor the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it freefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §31: pure in heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: as are wholly devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: are wholly devoted to Thee
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “vain”, “fancy” (46 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: hast deemed thyselffire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §40: vain fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: from vain imaginingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: mine own fancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: idle fancies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou who art even as nothingfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §610: vain imaginationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §155: recoveredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: hath so sanctified methe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §165: men!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: Cleanse them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hategleaningsGWB §460: abhorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: albeit the infidels abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: abhorrestthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: stop thine earsgleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: repugnant untogleaningsGWB §395: abhorreth
This form usually rendered as “good-pleasure”, “unto” (4 occurrences)
good-pleasure 50% unto 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: uprightfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §165: consentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: acquiesceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: to Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: countenanced
