Prayers and Meditations — §782
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 782 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَعْمالَناَ بِفَضْلِكَ وَعِنايَتِكَ وَلَوْ أَنَّها لا تَلِيقُ لِعُلُوِّ شَأْنِكَ وَسُمُوِّ قَدْرِكَ يا حَبِيْبَ قُلُوبِ المُشْتاقِيْنَ وَطَبِيْبَ أَفْئِدَةِ الْعارِفِينَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنا مِنْ سَماءِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَسَحابِ إِفْضَالِكَ ما يُطَهِّرُنا عَنْ شَائِبَةِ النَّفْسِ وَالهَوى وَيُقَرِّبُنا إِلى مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ الْعَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَإِنَّكَ رَبُّ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُوْلى وَإِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ، صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي عَلَى النُّقْطَةِ الأُوْلى الَّذِيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Deign, O my God, I implore Thee, by Thy Self and by them, to accept, through Thy grace and Thy loving-kindness, the works we have performed, however much they fall short of the loftiness of Thy state and the sublimity of Thy station, O Thou Who art most dear to the hearts that long for Thee, and the Healer of the souls that have recognized Thee! Rain down, therefore, upon us from the heaven of Thy mercy and the clouds of Thy gracious providence that which will cleanse us from the faintest trace of evil and corrupt desires, and will draw us nearer unto Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy most exalted and all-glorious Self. Thou art, verily, the Lord of this world and of the next, and art powerful to do all things.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “works we have performed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: taughtgleaningsGWB §463: all thy doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Dotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolent pursuitsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: thine acts
SE expanded to “through Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: of the gracegleaningsGWB §464: and of His gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: gracious favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: Apostlefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §111: gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: particular significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: and Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: the signwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
8 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered بِفَضْلِكَ (bifaḍlik), وَعِنايَتِكَ (waʿináyatik), وَلَوْ (walaw), أَنَّها (ʾannahá), تَلِيقُ (talíq), لِعُلُوِّ (liʿulúl), شَأْنِكَ (shaʾanik) as “through Thy grace, Thy loving-kindness, however much they fall short, the loftiness, Thy state”
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
SE rendered وَعِنايَتِكَ (waʿináyatik), وَلَوْ (walaw), أَنَّها (ʾannahá), تَلِيقُ (talíq), لِعُلُوِّ (liʿulúl), شَأْنِكَ (shaʾanik), وَسُمُوِّ (wasumúm) as “Thy loving-kindness, however much they fall short, the loftiness, Thy state, the sublimity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthygleaningsGWB §435: unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §492: and beseemeth thy sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemly
loftiness 27% glory 9% sublime 9% lofty 9% excellence 9% transcendent 9% heights 9% inaccessible 9% all-glorious 5% high-minded 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: high-mindedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §497: Glorified, glorifiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the glorification oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUS
This form usually rendered as “exaltation”, “station”, “glory” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §202: all that pertaineth tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: splendorthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §46: in such wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: and the manifold revelations
sublimity 27% exaltation 13% transcendent 13% sublime 7% noble 7% advancement 7% exalt 7% all-highest 7% exalted 7% greatness 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: exaltedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §48: By Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: heaven—the heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the immensitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
This form usually rendered as “suffered”, “exaltation”, “worth” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “lover”, “beloved”, “well-beloved” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: love notfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §51: He Who is the Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: woetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulentgleaningsGWB §44: whosekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: “Heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: was stirred upthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: transformed
المُشْتاقِيْنَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “that long for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: physiciansgleaningsGWB §74: unskilled practitionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healingthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: healerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: ignorant physiciansgleaningsGWB §74: the true Physicianprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: the Healerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the ignorant physicians
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
SE expanded to “that have recognized Thee”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognizegleaningsGWB §203: living breathkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: know it
This form usually rendered as “send”, “hath”, “sent” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: revealedgleaningsGWB §288: My Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: have rainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hast revealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: - peace be upon himgleaningsGWB §615: at your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: aloudthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: the esteemedgleaningsGWB §635: and encompassed
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §640: intervening cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: These thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpourings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §192: sulliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: purge methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §581: be cleansedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: Guardthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse it
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and corrupt desires”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §313: to self and passionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: selfish desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: realitythe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: desires
SE expanded to “will draw us nearer”
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: helperfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §502: most mighty Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: coming Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: signs oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glory
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §272: the Lord, thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
SE expanded to “of the next”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §116: can have no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: finallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §295: to lastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: the latter generationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding
SE expanded to “of this world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §295: from firstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familygleaningsGWB §536: beginning that hath no beginning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the willgleaningsGWB §709: of His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: of creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleaseth
SE rendered شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), قَدِيْرٌ، (qadírun،), صَلِّ (ṣall), اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumm) as “things, powerful to do, God”
SE rendered اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumm), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), النُّقْطَةِ (an-nuqṭah) as “God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Primal PointgleaningsGWB §3: Centerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the focal centerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the PointgleaningsGWB §99: the Point ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: a different pointepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: Primal
