Prayers and Meditations — §701
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 701 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلهِي إِلهِي كَيْفَ أَخْتارُ النَّوْمَ وَعُيُوْنُ مُشْتاقِيْكَ ساهِرَةٌ فِي فِراقِكَ، وَكَيْفَ أَسْتَريحُ عَلَى الفِراشِ وَأَفْئِدَةُ عاشِقِيكَ مُضْطَرِبَةٌ مِنْ هَجْرِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How can I choose to sleep, O God, my God, when the eyes of them that long for Thee are wakeful because of their separation from Thee; and how can I lie down to rest whilst the souls of Thy lovers are sore vexed in their remoteness from Thy presence?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O God, my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: By the righteousness of God!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of divine mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “How can I choose”
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), كَيْفَ (kayf), أَخْتارُ (ʾakhtár), النَّوْمَ (an-nawm), وَعُيُوْنُ (waʿuyún), مُشْتاقِيْكَ (mushtáqík) as “O God, my God, How can I choose, sleep, the eyes, them that long for”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: he that liethgleaningsGWB §125: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: the sleepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: asleepwill-and-testamentW&T §33: that sleepeth notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: sleep ofgleaningsGWB §316: man is asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: sleeping
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the eyesgleaningsGWB §483: thine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: to consist ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: with Thine own eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
SE expanded to “them that long for”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn forfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §1: however great its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of their longingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn after
SE expanded to “their separation from Thee”
separation 70% because 30%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: of the Qur’ánfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §122: distinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: their separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §20: breach
SE expanded to “lie down to rest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §109: Jesus, the Spirit of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the breath of lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: their spiritstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pitchedgleaningsGWB §362: carnal desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their couchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: my couchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: officialsgleaningsGWB §362: couchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: my pillowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: bed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of the human mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: Thy loved Onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: heartsgleaningsGWB §453: the souls
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §687: loverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: his heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: them who are Thy loversthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of Love
مُضْطَرِبَةٌ
literal: disturbed; be disturbed; agitation
This form usually rendered as “tremble”, “perplexed”, “confusion” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “are sore vexed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: perturbedgleaningsGWB §277: dismayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: sore-vexedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §53: sunk into
SE expanded to “their remoteness from Thy presence”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompaniedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §521: remain unenforcedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Our withdrawalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: their remoteness from Thy presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had departed
