Prayers and Meditations — §74
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 74 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِهَياكِلِ قُدْسِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَظَاهِرِ عِزِّ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَمَطالِعِ وَحْيِكَ وَإِلْهامِكَ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَ عِبادَكَ مِنْ هذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِيْ انْشَعَبَتْ مِنَ البَحْرِ الأَعْظَمِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَإِرَادَتِكَ، ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأَصْفِيائِكَ وَخِيْرَةِ خَلْقِكَ الَّذِينَ ما حَرَّكَتْهُمْ عَواصِفُ الافْتِتانِ عَنِ الاسْتِقامَةِ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَما مَنَعَتْهُمْ قَوَاصِفُ الامْتِحانِ عَنْ إَعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ العُلْيا الَّتِيْ بِها انْفَطَرَتْ سَمواتُ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ العَلاّم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the Manifestations of Thy transcendent unity and the Daysprings of Thine inspiration and revelation, to grant that Thy servants may not be kept back from this Divine Law which, at Thy will and according to Thy pleasure, hath branched out from Thy most great Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen ones and for the righteous among Thy creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause the tempests of trials have failed to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have been powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy most exalted Word—the Word through Which the heavens of men’s idle fancies and vain imaginations have been split asunder. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GraciousgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: these grievous “veils of glory,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Too high art Thou exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §633: the All-Glorious
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §214: imploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
embodiments 18% tabernacles 18% temples 12% beings 12% bodies 12% manifestations 6% sanctified 6% luminous 6% souls 6% all 6%
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §670: God’s holy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §35: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to the sanctitygleaningsGWB §135: sacred
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §98: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: Thy most exalted presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §116: and all-pervasive
manifestations 69% exponents 10% manifestation 6% embodiments 5% who 2% such 2% revealers 2% revelations 1% any 1% dispensations 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: seemingfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §37: to comekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §11: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blestfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §134: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: exaltthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted be His
SE rendered وَمَظَاهِرِ (wamaẓáhir), عِزِّ (ʿizz), فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik), وَمَطالِعِ (wamaṭáliʿ), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “Manifestations, Daysprings, revelation”
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: informingfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §338: fully awarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: was intended to awakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and to the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent down
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §662: inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: didst inspiregleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspiration
This form usually rendered as “debar”, “hinder”, “deter” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: withheldgleaningsGWB §641: deprivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may keep them backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheld
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the LawgleaningsGWB §477: His lawkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: Dispensationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: waterswill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: “The dispensation of JohngleaningsGWB §101: a particular Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: river of divine knowledge
SE expanded to “most great Ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of the oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §357: how vast the oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: of every seatablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceans
SE rendered انْشَعَبَتْ (inshaʿabat), البَحْرِ (al-baḥr), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), بِمَشِيَّتِكَ (bimashíhatik), وَإِرَادَتِكَ، (waʾirádatika،) as “branched out, most great Ocean, at Thy will, pleasure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §721: gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §60: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majestygleaningsGWB §495: the Most Great Name
SE expanded to “at Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §198: of the Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: Thou hast willedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: willeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: purposedgleaningsGWB §2: through the operation ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: I wish onlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not sought
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Lord of Strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §503: thekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the ruling of Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: purityfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §112: every Prophetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Whom Thou hast chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: sincerity
This form usually rendered as “good”, “better”, “best” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created mefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §457: created youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: of the worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creatures
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “failed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirredfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §324: motionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: stirred uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: moving
SE expanded to “tempests of trials”
SE rendered حَرَّكَتْهُمْ (ḥarrakathum), عَواصِفُ (ʿawáṣif), الافْتِتانِ (al-áftitán), الاسْتِقامَةِ (as-stiqámah) as “failed to shake, tempests of trials, constancy in Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: seditiongleaningsGWB §718: dissensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: commotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: of trialsgleaningsGWB §671: trialskitab-i-iqanKIQ §60: most great convulsionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the forces of mischiefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: and sedition
SE expanded to “constancy in Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: arise and render some servicefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §99: station. One is the stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: rise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: abodetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE rendered الاسْتِقامَةِ (as-stiqámah), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), مَنَعَتْهُمْ (manaʿathum), قَوَاصِفُ (qawáṣif) as “constancy in Thy Cause, powerless to hinder, tumults of tests”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
This form usually rendered as “whirlwinds”, “tumults” (2 occurrences)
whirlwinds 50% tumults 50%
SE rendered مَنَعَتْهُمْ (manaʿathum), قَوَاصِفُ (qawáṣif), الامْتِحانِ (al-ámtiḥán), إَعْلآءِ (ʾaʿláʾ), كَلِمَتِكَ (kalimatik) as “powerless to hinder, tumults of tests, magnifying, Word”
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “exaltation”, “glorify” (34 occurrences)
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: with Whomfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §353: exalted be His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified, therefore, betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: on thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §669: at His biddingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: by a wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: utter
This form usually rendered as “cleft”, “hath”, “rent” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: true naturegleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was cleft asundertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the true FaithgleaningsGWB §423: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §496: lofty heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”—oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy most excellent namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: idle fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §36: of idle fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: of my fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: imagine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: and vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §149: vain imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: his vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: taught himfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §261: knewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: shallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: the ensigns of Thy guidancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
