Prayers and Meditations — §673
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 673 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَاني مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ سَقَيْتَ المُوَحِّدِينَ خَمْرَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَالمُقَرَّبِينَ كَوْثَرَ عِنايَتِكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ بِكُلِّي مُنْقَطِعًا عَنِ الأَوْهامِ وَمُقْبِلاً إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ يا مَوْلَى الأَنامِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest how I have turned myself toward Thee, and set my face in the direction of Thy grace and Thy gifts. I implore Thee, by Thy name through which Thou didst enable all them that have recognized Thy unity to partake of the wine of Thy mercy, and all such as have drawn nigh unto Thee to quaff the living waters of Thy loving-kindness, to rid me entirely of all vain imaginings, and to incline me in the direction of Thy grace, O Thou Who art the Lord of all men!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: celebratethfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §287: God, the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Lauded and glorifiedtablet-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 Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God possessethfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §41: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thou seest how”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §359: We see in Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: Thou mayest behold themthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: If ye encounter
SE expanded to “I have turned myself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: repudiatefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §197: upon themkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: they had turned toward Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered تَرَاني (tarání), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَمُتَوَجِّهًا (wamutawajjihan), شَطْرِ (shaṭr), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik) as “Thou seest how, I have turned myself, toward, in the direction, Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: proceedfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §652: Presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: all them that have set themselves towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE expanded to “in the direction”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to PersiagleaningsGWB §635: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: throughout Thy dominionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: the courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards Him
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy gracegleaningsGWB §234: of immense bounteousnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: bounteousnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §340: choicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: etherealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: of Thy manifold favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §59: the favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: questioningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I beg
SE expanded to “by Thy name”
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 §135: the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §279: their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: out of the heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “Thou didst enable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Thou hast made me to drinkgleaningsGWB §60: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: Who watereththe-hidden-wordsHW §111: cup-bearerwill-and-testamentW&T §49: make me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are given drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to quaffprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: and caused
SE expanded to “all them that have”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the Onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §331: belief in Divine unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: one ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: they who have believed in Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: dregsgleaningsGWB §383: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofgleaningsGWB §528: with prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the wine
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the God of mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §711: God, the Most Mercifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “all such as have”
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: are nigh untofire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §382: draw nearkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: well-nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: near accesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
كَوْثَرَ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
SE expanded to “quaff the living waters”
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: through the living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to quaff the living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters
SE expanded to “of Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: for perversityfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §121: Divine bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: in the senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §55: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: were madetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “utterly”, “wholly”, “all-embracing” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “entirely of all”
utterly 22% wholly 17% all-embracing 11% universal 11% entirely 11% supreme 6% all-encompassing 6% abiding 6% great 6% all 6%
SE rendered تَجْعَلَنِيْ (tajʿalaní), بِكُلِّي (bikullí), مُنْقَطِعًا (munqaṭiʿan), الأَوْهامِ (al-ʾawhám), وَمُقْبِلاً (wamuqbiláan) as “to rid me, entirely of all, to incline”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fadegleaningsGWB §124: withheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: those that have renounced the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: ceased to breathetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: countrygleaningsGWB §533: may detach yourselves
SE rendered بِكُلِّي (bikullí), مُنْقَطِعًا (munqaṭiʿan), الأَوْهامِ (al-ʾawhám), وَمُقْبِلاً (wamuqbiláan), شَطْرِ (shaṭr) as “entirely of all, to incline, in the direction”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: vain fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §611: of vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: setgleaningsGWB §471: and before His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: His Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: Thy sovereigntythe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy loved onesgleaningsGWB §439: their rulers
SE expanded to “of all men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of all menfire-tabletFire §24: the peoplegleaningsGWB §148: the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: of all mankindepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: mengleaningsGWB §696: amongst menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: people
