Prayers and Meditations — §808
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 808 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لِبَلَائِكَ الْفِدَاءُ أَسْئَلُ اللّهَ بِكَ وَبِالَّذِينَ اسْتَضَائَتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ مِنْ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ وَاتَّبَعُوا مَا أُمِرُوا بِهِ حُبًّا لِنَفْسِكَ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ السُّبُحَاتِ الَّتِي حَالَتْ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَيَرْزُقَنِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدرُ الْمُتَعالِي الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
May my spirit be a sacrifice to the wrongs Thou didst suffer, and my soul be a ransom for the adversities Thou didst sustain. I beseech God, by Thee and by them whose faces have been illumined with the splendors of the light of Thy countenance, and who, for love of Thee, have observed all whereunto they were bidden, to remove the veils that have come in between Thee and Thy creatures, and to supply me with the good of this world and the world to come. Thou art, in truth, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “adversities”, “whose”, “wrongs” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §498: We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: the trialsthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: tribulations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: yieldedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: offered up for themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: Sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §592: be askedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%
This form usually rendered as “illumined”, “have” (2 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §210: glory hath irradiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: been illuminedgleaningsGWB §530: envelopedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: sheddethgleaningsGWB §530: its radianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: have been illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: shinethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: hath shone brightly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §562: all menkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: and set their facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: illuminedfire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §156: beaming with lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: illumined and inspiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Luminoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: followestgleaningsGWB §245: Walk notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: bear allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: successive tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §49: compassedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: followgleaningsGWB §713: from the wiles
SE expanded to “they were bidden”
SE expanded to “for love of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: and as a tokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: in my love for Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “self” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: its own selfgleaningsGWB §668: the fallenkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: their own sakestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
SE rendered حُبًّا (ḥubban), لِنَفْسِكَ (linafsik), يَكْشِفَ (yakshif), السُّبُحَاتِ (as-subuḥát), حَالَتْ (ḥálat) as “for love of Thee, soul, the veils, come in between”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: these grievous “veils of glory,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Glorified, glorified betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §13: celebration
SE expanded to “come in between”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: It is nowgleaningsGWB §222: vicinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: Whereforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: through Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world was calledfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §35: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst create metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creatures
SE expanded to “and to supply me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereign Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: unconstrained powerthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosestgleaningsGWB §697: thorns
SE expanded to “of this world”
SE expanded to “and the world to come”
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 §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §573: “life to come,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of this worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §257: or of the futureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: of the nextepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
exalted 29% most 14% far 14% inaccessible 10% above 10% comprehend 5% immensely 5% transcendent 5% glorious 5% immeasurably 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to proclaimfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §389: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: the all-glorioustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
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 §102: Almightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §116: sanctity and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would—I swear by Thy glory—declarethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §569: ask forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: O Thou Who forgivestwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of forgivenessgleaningsGWB §375: We implore pardon
SE expanded to “the Most Compassionate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: canopy of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: Have mercy, then, upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
