Prayers and Meditations — §692
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 692 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْ رِزْقِي جَمالَكَ وَشَرابِي وِصالَكَ وَأَمَلِي رِضائَكَ وَعَمَلِي ثَنائَكَ وَأَنيْسِيْ ذِكْرَكَ وَمُعِينِيْ سُلْطانَكَ وَمُسْتَقَرِّي مَقَرَّكَ وَوَطَنِي المَقامَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ مُقَدَّسًا مِنْ حُدُوداتِ المُحْتَجِبِينَ وَإِنَّكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O my Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action, and remembrance of Thee my companion, and the power of Thy sovereignty my succorer, and Thy habitation my home, and my dwelling-place the seat Thou hast sanctified from the limitations imposed upon them who are shut out as by a veil from Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §585: and the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord yourtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord
food 67% sustaining 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: bestowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Providerwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §688: sustaining gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: sustenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: Supply us
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §233: quaffethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Drink your fillgleaningsGWB §57: quaff your fill. Drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinking
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: thefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §299: thou touchestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets and chosen Onesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy courttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: the joy of reunionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: and
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: hopingthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my utmost Hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my hope
رِضائَكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
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 §240: Be not willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §621: of His good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: and acceptable unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: Man’s actionsgleaningsGWB §345: are now currentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: what else have we doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: and observetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §29: them that act accordinglyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: deeds
SE expanded to “praise of Thee”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §117: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: extollingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §396: magnifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §69: and My companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §323: companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §441: No two menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him betake himself
SE expanded to “remembrance of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: reportedgleaningsGWB §3: the holiest of saintskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: set forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to extoltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: by the aidgleaningsGWB §598: helperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: unassistedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Whose help is soughtwill-and-testamentW&T §40: associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy helperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistance
SE expanded to “power of Thy sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kingsgleaningsGWB §632: all sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: ascendancy of Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powers
This form usually rendered as “dwelling-place”, “home” (2 occurrences)
dwelling-place 50% home 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: confessedgleaningsGWB §177: roots have been implantedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: unto the seattablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
home 50% dwelling-place 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: his native landfire-tabletFire §43: the landgleaningsGWB §699: his homekitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: abodesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hasteningthe-hidden-wordsHW §78: landwill-and-testamentW&T §3: andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the Most Sublime Habitation
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: arise and render some servicefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §99: station. One is the stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: sojourned inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and resolvedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Purge and sanctifygleaningsGWB §330: transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: infinitely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §387: unknowable
limitations 38% limitation 13% bounds 13% limits 6% principle 6% traditions 6% earthly 6% established 6% any 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: steelgleaningsGWB §286: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: discernmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: restricted by such limitationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sharper
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: covering cast over mine honorgleaningsGWB §148: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obscure their understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: shut him out fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: “Suffer not yourselves togleaningsGWB §287: the dense veilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: unveiled
SE rendered حُدُوداتِ (ḥudúdát), المُحْتَجِبِينَ (al-muḥtajibín), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “the limitations, veil”
