Prayers and Meditations — §697

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 697 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

يا إِلهِي اسْمُكَ شِفائِي وَذِكْرُكَ دَوائِي وَقُرْبُكَ رَجَائِيْ وَحُبُّكَ مُؤْنِسِيْ وَرَحْمَتُكَ طَبِيبِيْ وَمُعِيْنِيْ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُعْطِ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

Translation Notes

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “my god”

literal: God; divine; god

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: God gleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of God gleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy

شِفائِي

shifáʾí sh-f-y → “my healing”

literal: healing; healing, cure; healer

healing 61% healer 17% balm 6% deliverance 6% heal 6% restored 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balm kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: deliverance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the healer prayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy healing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: healing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Heal Thou prayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicine

وَذِكْرُكَ

wadhikruk dh-k-r → “remembrance of thee”

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

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 §122: charges gleaningsGWB §663: celebrating His praise kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckoned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to here prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: the remembrance of Thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeth the-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name

دَوائِي

dawáʾí d-w-y → “hundred” Distinctive

literal: two-hundred; medicine/remedy

This form usually rendered as “remedy” (1 occurrences)

hundred 20% salve 20% whose 20% healing 20% remedy 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: hundred prayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a salve prayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose trial prayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my remedy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: healing medicine

وَقُرْبُكَ

waqurbuk q-r-b → “nearness to thee”

literal: nearness; near

SE expanded to “Nearness to Thee”

nearness 46% presence 25% whose 7% drawing 7% sanctuary 4% ocean 4% approach 4% draw 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: nearly fire-tabletFire §3: ocean gleaningsGWB §571: may tempt kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: well-favoured prayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: causest to draw nigh tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favoured the-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee

رَجَائِيْ

rajáʾí r-j-w → “my hope”

literal: hope; hope, desire; hope/desire

hope 29% heart’s 21% supreme 14% wish 14% desire 7% thou 7% aspiration 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire fire-tabletFire §4: Longing gleaningsGWB §627: in the hope kitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: All hope the-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearneth will-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desire epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration

وَحُبُّكَ

waḥubbuk ḥ-b-b → “love for thee”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

SE expanded to “love for Thee”

love 92% thou 1% loveth 1% own 1% thee 1% whose 1% tenderness 1% have 1% bear 1% woe 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Well-Beloved fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §134: Best-Beloved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest most prayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: and them that love me tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I long tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved

مُؤْنِسِيْ

muʾnisí ʾ-n-s → “my companion”

literal: companion

companion 80% solace 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: man gleaningsGWB §337: commune prayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: solace the-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companion gleaningsGWB §620: of man prayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my solace the-hidden-wordsHW §93: life

وَرَحْمَتُكَ

waraḥmatuk r-ḥ-m → “thy mercy”

literal: mercy; merciful

mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: His mercy fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §40: plenteous mercies kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: infinite mercy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: of mercy tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace

طَبِيبِيْ

ṭabíbí ṭ-b-b → “physicians” Distinctive

literal: physician; healer

This form usually rendered as “healing” (1 occurrences)

physicians 18% physician 18% ignorant 18% healer 18% true 9% unskilled 9% healing 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: physician gleaningsGWB §74: the true Physician prayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: the Healer the-hidden-wordsHW §107: healer epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: physicians gleaningsGWB §74: unskilled practitioners prayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: ignorant physicians

وَمُعِيْنِيْ

wamuʿíní ʿ-w-n → “my succor”

literal: helper; help; assistance

aid 33% succorer 33% succor 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assist gleaningsGWB §409: the help kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: intervened and prayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Whose help is sought will-and-testamentW&T §5: his associates epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: assisted by gleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy helper kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: assisteth

الدُّنْيا

ad-dunyá d-n-w → “this world”

literal: world; world/this life

world 78% things 5% life 5% earth 4% world’s 1% desire 1% nothing 1% earthly 1% worldly 1% “the 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in its gleaningsGWB §595: mortal man kitab-i-ahdAhd §1: of the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: or low prayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: the lowliest the-hidden-wordsHW §105: OF epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: world gleaningsGWB §227: on things of the earth

وَالآخِرَةِ

wálákhirah ʾ-kh-r → “world to come”

literal: other

SE expanded to “world to come”

world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding gleaningsGWB §705: others kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: rest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: next gleaningsGWB §527: every prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: etc.…)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world

وَإِنَّكَ

waʾinnak ʾ-n-n → “thou, verily”

literal: indeed/verily

thee 43% thou 29% verily 14% since 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: now gleaningsGWB §2: And if prayers-and-meditationsP&M §534: for Thou will-and-testamentW&T §36: not to gleaningsGWB §82: We prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Since Thou hast will-and-testamentW&T §36: I call upon Thee gleaningsGWB §235: “Verily

المُعْطِ

al-muʿṭ ʿ-ṭ-y → “the all-bountiful”

literal: bounty

great 40% all-bountiful 20% all-bounteous 10% most 10% bountiful 10% bounteousness 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy bounty gleaningsGWB §355: describe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: we bestow prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: bounteousness the-hidden-wordsHW §3: gift epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: conferred gleaningsGWB §464: bestowed upon Us kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: give

الحَكِيمُ

al-ḥakím ḥ-k-m → “the all-wise”

literal: wisdom; wise

all-wise 79% wisdom 5% all-wise.” 3% wise 3% sages 2% embodiments 2% ḥakím 2% name 2% shall 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: judge gleaningsGWB §592: and doeth kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: fundamental and binding prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: ruleth over thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be tested the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations

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