Prayers and Meditations — §709
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 709 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَصْبَحْتُ يا إِلهِي بِفَضْلِكَ وَأَخْرُجُ مِنَ البَيْتِ مُتَوَكِّلاً عَلَيْكَ وَمُفَوِّضًا أَمْرِيْ إِلَيْكَ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَماءِ رَحْمَتِكَ بَرَكَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ ثُمَّ أَرْجِعْنِيْ إِلى البَيْتِ سالِمًا كما أَخْرَجْتَنِيْ مِنْهُ سالِمًا مُسْتَقِيمًا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have risen this morning by Thy grace, O my God, and left my home trusting wholly in Thee, and committing myself to Thy care. Send down, then, upon me, out of the heaven of Thy mercy, a blessing from Thy side, and enable me to return home in safety even as Thou didst enable me to set out under Thy protection with my thoughts fixed steadfastly upon Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I have risen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: different peoplefire-tabletFire §2: morngleaningsGWB §680: through the morning-lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: break of dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: each daybreakthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: dayfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning light
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “by Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: as a token ofgleaningsGWB §30: the bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: Thy gracious providencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
This form usually rendered as “draw”, “"begone”, “unseal” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: “BegonegleaningsGWB §588: Step outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: spring forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: quittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: looked outthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: banished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Most Great HousegleaningsGWB §480: their homesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: that same housegleaningsGWB §545: housesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §38: to the Universal House
put 20% trust 20% officials 13% representatives 7% wholly 7% placed 7% confidently 7% who 7% should 7% resign 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: put your trustgleaningsGWB §395: him who willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: resignwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: placed My trustgleaningsGWB §264: confidently abidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: They should putepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: put thy reliance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: OurgleaningsGWB §729: with himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: exalted be HegleaningsGWB §217: Thy tribulation
SE rendered عَلَيْكَ (ʿalayk), وَمُفَوِّضًا (wamufawwiḍan), أَمْرِيْ (ʾamrí), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), فَأَنْزِلْ (faʾanzil) as “in Thee, committing myself, to Thy care, Send down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §712: of His Faithkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: hast commandedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: asgleaningsGWB §91: descentkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: homeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hast revealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
This form usually rendered as “waters” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: blessed andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: watersthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Treeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: \‘Blessed, therefore, bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: sacredwill-and-testamentW&T §27: draweth Divine increaseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §96: glorified
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: MegleaningsGWB §409: in the sight of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: that which Thou dost possessthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §17: of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the thingsgleaningsGWB §278: Who holdeth
SE expanded to “enable me to return”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: turngleaningsGWB §686: is to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: applicableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: againsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §38: Unto the Most Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn aside
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: resignationgleaningsGWB §264: acceptedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: submissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: in safetywill-and-testamentW&T §8: wholly resignedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: heartgleaningsGWB §466: that profess your faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: recognized
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered سالِمًا (sáliman), مُسْتَقِيمًا (mustaqíman) as “under Thy protection”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: that they may shakefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §63: attainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: championedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: violentlytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
