Prayers and Meditations — §722
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 722 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
نِيْ وَأَنِيْنِيْ وَعَجْزِيْ وَفَقْرِيْ وَفاقَتِيْ وَضُرِّيْ وَمَسْكَنَتِي، وَعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّ البُكآءَ مَنَعَنِيْ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَارْتَفَعَ نَحِيبُهُ عَلَى شَأْنٍ تَحَيَّرَتْ بِهِ الثَّكْلى وَمَنَعَها عَنْ بُكائِها وَزَفَراتِها، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou knowest, and seest, and hearest, O my Lord, that before every tree I am moved to lift up my voice to Thee, and before every stone I am impelled to sigh and lament. Hath it been Thy purpose in creating me, O my God, to touch me with tribulation, or to enable me to manifest Thy Cause in the kingdom of Thy creation?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nowgleaningsGWB §2: Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: likewise, recognizewill-and-testamentW&T §36: I call upon TheegleaningsGWB §2: to recognize thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Since Thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: for they aregleaningsGWB §235: “There
SE rendered نِيْ (ní), وَأَنِيْنِيْ (waʾaníní), وَعَجْزِيْ (waʿajzí) as “Thee, to sigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cangleaningsGWB §259: are powerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: weariedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: are impotentwill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy powerlessnessgleaningsGWB §449: to frustrate His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacity
SE rendered نِيْ (ní), وَأَنِيْنِيْ (waʾaníní), وَعَجْزِيْ (waʿajzí), وَفَقْرِيْ (wafaqrí) as “Thee, to sigh”
poor 46% poverty 29% paupers 6% destitute 6% passages 4% destitution 3% misery 3% matter 1% subject 1% perversity 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: subjectgleaningsGWB §366: destitutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poverty-strickenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: desolate soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §132: of povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the poorgleaningsGWB §228: perversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: poverty
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §619: the troublekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and the malicetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §644: ills and troubles
SE rendered وَمَسْكَنَتِي، (wamaskanatí،), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the wretchedfire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §324: stillnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: dwellestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the wretched creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cities of Thy justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hardfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §374: and exalted be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: to Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §154: weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my bitter wailingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepethgleaningsGWB §453: heavens weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weepgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weep
SE rendered البُكآءَ (al-bukáʾ), مَنَعَنِيْ (manaʿaní) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented megleaningsGWB §449: to hinderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: stilltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hath deterred me
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: “Praise beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: exaltationfire-tabletFire §47: hast causedgleaningsGWB §655: be hoistedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: firmly establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thou didst lift uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: hath risen
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §408: honor destinedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: exaltationthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §314: statureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: Such are
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: perplexedgleaningsGWB §78: are lost in bewildermentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: marvelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: stand aghastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: astoundedgleaningsGWB §321: amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: bewildermentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: have perplexed
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered وَزَفَراتِها، (wazafarátihá،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: groansepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her LordgleaningsGWB §686: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Lords
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §259: questionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §337: questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
