Prayers and Meditations — §72
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 72 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِهُبُوبِ أَرْياحِ فَضْلِكَ وَبِمَشارِقِ وَحْيِكَ وَمَطالِعِ إِلْهامِكَ بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى مَنْ أَرادَ وَجْهَكَ ما يَنْبَغِي لِكَرَمِكَ وَإِحْسانِكَ وَما يَلِيقُ لِمَواهِبِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الفَقِيرُ فَأَدْخِلْنِي فِيْ لُجَّةِ غَنائِكَ وَأَنَا الظَّمْآنُ فَأَشْرِبْنِي كَوْثَرَ عِنايَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by the onrushing winds of Thy grace, and by them Who are the Daysprings of Thy purpose and the Dawning-Places of Thine inspiration, to send down upon me and upon all that have sought Thy face that which beseemeth Thy generosity and bountiful grace, and is worthy of Thy bestowals and favors. Poor and desolate I am, O my Lord! Immerse me in the ocean of Thy wealth; athirst, suffer me to drink from the living waters of Thy loving-kindness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §102: Divinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §240: glorified be Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §383: the hand of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: stirringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: onrushingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: the influences
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Him Who is the Spirit of Godfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §246: My soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ‘the Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: tempeststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a breath of My own Spirit
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: knowledgegleaningsGWB §101: have caused to excelkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: God’s holy graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: His mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
This form usually rendered as “who” (1 occurrences)
dayspring 21% hath 12% shining 12% shineth 11% dawning-place 10% east 8% shone 8% shed 6% shine 6% daysprings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: are raysfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §406: nor even to makekitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: will ariseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of Revelation
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §219: inscrutablekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: the manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Inspire then my soulgleaningsGWB §662: will, no doubt, inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: Inspire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §607: mentionedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: heardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: Send down, thentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
This form usually rendered as “will”, “hath”, “seeketh” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: desirestgleaningsGWB §275: him that seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: I attemptthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for Thy desiregleaningsGWB §499: hast no desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: departurefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §548: the exertionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to set their affections upon ittablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §620: would be unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: beseemeth themgleaningsGWB §544: paramount duty iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemeth
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
SE expanded to “and bountiful grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: MuhsingleaningsGWB §702: upright and praiseworthykitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: bountywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: good deedsgleaningsGWB §257: do goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: which of you excel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §72: well beseemeth its stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and beseemed notthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: unworthygleaningsGWB §481: is unworthy ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: well beseem
This form usually rendered as “gifts”, “favors”, “bounties” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §299: the Most Powerfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the plenteousness of Thy giftswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: \‘The All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: bounties vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: gift
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its LordgleaningsGWB §45: Heaven-sentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His Lord
SE expanded to “Poor and desolate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: this particular imputationgleaningsGWB §366: destitutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poor?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: is poor and desolatethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: My poorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: mattergleaningsGWB §151: to this themekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poverty-stricken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: He that entereth thereingleaningsGWB §459: attempted to meddlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: Hast thou enteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were permittedthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Shouldst thou enter thereingleaningsGWB §634: and entered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-SufficinggleaningsGWB §408: with the richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: by Thy richestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: wealthy manwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
gleaningsGWB §594: the thirstyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: one sore athirstthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: thirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: athirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: thirstyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: thirsty onesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: He who was athirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: thirsty one
This form usually rendered as “give”, “let”, “make” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “suffer me to drink”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fillkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: where to quench their thirst.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: give me to drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §467: given to
كَوْثَرَ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: after the living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters
