Prayers and Meditations — §810
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 810 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تُقرأ مرّة كل أربع وعشرين ساعة، حين الزوال:
Shoghi Effendi Translation
To be recited once in twenty-four hours, at noon
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “To be recited”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: “PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Read ittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: read
four 67% twenty-four 33%
This form usually rendered as “twenty”, “twenty-four” (4 occurrences)
twenty 50% twenty-four 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: associated with MegleaningsGWB §338: fellowshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: have communedthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: communewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: of earthly delightsgleaningsGWB §697: mingleth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to hourgleaningsGWB §425: the Last Hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: Hourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: every other hourwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of even an hour’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: hours
SE rendered تُقرأ (tuqrʾ), مرّة (mrrh), أربع (ʾarbʿ), وعشرين (wʿshrín), ساعة، (sáʿh،), حين (ḥín), الزوال (az-zúál) as “To be recited, once, twenty-four, hours, at, noon”
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “declineth”, “eventide” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §91: will remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: dispelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: haththe-hidden-wordsHW §85: lastingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflictedgleaningsGWB §555: be dispelled
