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، أَيْ رَبِّ
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: how couldgleaningsGWB §453: Why, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: whithersoeverthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §197: how much moreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Pen,—how much more
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §69: the Unconditionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: dominionthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosestgleaningsGWB §183: hath drained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: eyesgleaningsGWB §101: distinctkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: by Thine eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
مُشْتاقِيْكَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “them that long for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearnfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §424: in longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: with vehement 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 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: discernfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §174: divisionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: of the Muhammadan Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: scattered themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §7: disruptionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the Qur’án
SE expanded to “lie down to rest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the stench-filledfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §417: instilleth assurancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: imperishable fragrance ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: minetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: Abide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pitchedgleaningsGWB §362: couchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their couchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: my couchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: beddinggleaningsGWB §362: carnal desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: my pillowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: bed
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §673: Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thine ardent lovers tothe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the loverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: loversgleaningsGWB §555: passionate devotion
مُضْطَرِبَةٌ
literal: disturbed; be disturbed; agitation
This form usually rendered as “tremble”, “perplexed”, “confusion” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: tempestuous galesgleaningsGWB §86: are sore vexedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: unto my perplexitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: perturbed
SE expanded to “their remoteness from Thy presence”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: fromfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §680: banishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: that hath forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: abandoned their homestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: accompanied
SE rendered مُضْطَرِبَةٌ (muḍṭaribahun), هَجْرِكَ، (hajrika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “sore vexed, their remoteness from Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: ofgleaningsGWB §163: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-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 §157: your Lord
