Prayers and Meditations — §832
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 832 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يَا إِلَهَ الْوُجُوْدِ وَمَالِكَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُوْدِ تَرَى عَبَرَاتِي وَزَفَرَاتِي وَتَسْمَعُ ضَجِيْجِي وَصَرِيْخِي وَحَنِينَ فُؤآدِي وَعِزَّتِكَ اجْتِرَاحَاتِي أَبْعَدَتْنِي عَنِ الْتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْكَ وَجَرِيرَاتِي مَنَعَتْنِي عَنِ الْوُرُوْدِ فِي سَاحَةِ قُدسِكَ. أَيْ رَبِّ حُبُّكَ أَضْنَانِي وَهَجْرُكَ أَهْلَكَنِي وَبُعْدُكَ أَحْرَقَنِي. أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَوْطِيءِ قَدَمَيْكَ فِي هَذَا الْبَيْدَاءِ وَبِلَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ أَصْفِيْائِكَ فِي هَذَا الْفَضَاءِ وَبِنَفَحَاتِ وَحْيِكَ وَنَسَمَاتِ فَجْرِ ظُهُوْرِكَ بِأَنْ تُقَدِّرَ لِيْ زِيَارَةَ جَمَالِكَ وَالْعَمَلَ بِمَا فِي كِتَابِكِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Lord of all being and Possessor of all things visible and invisible! Thou dost perceive my tears and the sighs I utter, and hearest my groaning, and my wailing, and the lamentation of my heart. By Thy might! My trespasses have kept me back from drawing nigh unto Thee; and my sins have held me far from the court of Thy holiness. Thy love, O my Lord, hath enriched me, and separation from Thee hath destroyed me, and remoteness from Thee hath consumed me. I entreat Thee by Thy footsteps in this wilderness, and by the words “Here am I. Here am I” which Thy chosen Ones have uttered in this immensity, and by the breaths of Thy Revelation, and the gentle winds of the Dawn of Thy Manifestation, to ordain that I may gaze on Thy beauty and observe whatsoever is in Thy Book.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lord of all being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God hathfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §299: I swear by Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: God forbid!—orprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered إِلَهَ (ʾilah), الْوُجُوْدِ (al-wujúd), وَمَالِكَ (wamálik), الْغَيْبِ (al-ghayb) as “Lord of all being, Possessor of all things, invisible”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: nothingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §253: disregard and neglectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: of the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Begettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: will be in vainwill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Possessor of all things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: kingsgleaningsGWB §706: for all the dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: their allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: Him Who is the Lord
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the invisiblegleaningsGWB §235: things unseen,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: the seentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §93: Invisibles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: borne witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §14: esteemingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: your witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: and would attesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: gazefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §354: every mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: None is therethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: His advice
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
SE expanded to “sighs I utter”
sighs 75% lamentations 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and lamentationswill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: with a sore lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: its ragingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: We, verily, hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §568: beheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: to incline their earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: wailingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
This form usually rendered as “wailing” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: crygleaningsGWB §619: their lamentation and weepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wailingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: such a cryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: cry outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the criestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: utteredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cried out to Him again for help
وَحَنِينَ
literal: lamentation; lamentation, yearning; groaning, longing
voice 23% lamentation 15% cry 15% moans 8% groaneth 8% lamenting 8% lamentations 8% sighing 8% groaning 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentationgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: crygleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: voice of His lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the voice of the lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamenting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §117: heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: thoughtsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: in the hearts of mengleaningsGWB §506: your souls
SE expanded to “By Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessedgleaningsGWB §1: of Thy majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: sublimesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: is the Almighty
This form usually rendered as “trespasses” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: within my limbs
SE expanded to “have kept me back”
after 48% when 14% remoteness 12% far 7% then 5% notwithstanding 3% since 3% subsequent 3% future 3% subsequently 3%
SE expanded to “from drawing nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: approachingfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §684: closer tokitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: nearerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: all that have drawn nigh unto Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my wrong-doinggleaningsGWB §665: own shortcomingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: to his evil doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mighty sinsgleaningsGWB §257: your trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: my mighty sinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the misdeedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: and grievous trespasses
SE expanded to “have held me far”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: have deterredgleaningsGWB §663: would have the power to deter theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: deter Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: to be deprived
This form usually rendered as “attaining”, “fathoming”, “reaching” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §212: the things that have befallen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: sore-triedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: in the passagegleaningsGWB §619: that have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recorded
SE rendered مَنَعَتْنِي (manaʿatní), الْوُرُوْدِ (al-wurúd), سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), قُدسِكَ (qudsik), رَبِّ (rabb), حُبُّكَ (ḥubbuk) as “have held me far, from the court, Thy holiness, Lord, Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the shore of the seagleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: at the court
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the HolygleaningsGWB §564: cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: of transcendent holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Holy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: GodhoodgleaningsGWB §392: unto thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §17: for His sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: those who are dear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “separation from Thee”
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: the exilesfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §29: my remoteness from Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Our withdrawalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: remoteness from Thy courttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: migrated
SE expanded to “hath destroyed me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: perishethfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §137: tormented and to perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: your fateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: hast destroyedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: the path of destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: Deadly
SE expanded to “hath consumed me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are consumedgleaningsGWB §497: hath meltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: consumed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to be consumedgleaningsGWB §456: to be consumed with grief
SE expanded to “I entreat Thee”
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered أَسْأَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِمَوْطِيءِ (bimawṭíʾ), قَدَمَيْكَ (qadamayk), الْبَيْدَاءِ (al-baydáʾ) as “I entreat Thee, by Thy footsteps, wilderness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: with the footstepsfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §684: stepskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: God’s imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: through Thy presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: immemorialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “wilderness” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: It is their dutygleaningsGWB §709: It behoovethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: must needsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §53: be no morewill-and-testamentW&T §25: must beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: behoovethgleaningsGWB §146: needeth
وَبِلَبَّيْكَ
literal: at your service; here am i; here-am-i
SE expanded to “by the words “Here”
SE expanded to “Thy chosen Ones”
SE expanded to “by the breaths”
sweet 26% breezes 18% fragrances 14% breaths 13% breath 11% fragrance 11% breeze 2% perfume 2% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §111: sweet fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: gentle windswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §116: a breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the breezesgleaningsGWB §152: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: one breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: fragrancesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: breezegleaningsGWB §212: the Breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: breaths
dayspring 35% morning 12% dawn 12% dawning 12% daybreak 6% dawning-light 6% break 6% dawning-place 6% daystar 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the DayspringgleaningsGWB §281: gushedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: to the people of iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: workers of iniquityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: daybreakgleaningsGWB §44: wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: dawning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: man-madefire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §122: revealed glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: the lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: in the face of the revelations oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: give forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: in accordance withfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §508: the All-Compellingkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: what a host ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thine authoritytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: be in thy power
SE expanded to “may gaze on”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: befittedgleaningsGWB §210: visit itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: machinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: gazed onwill-and-testamentW&T §6: slanderously falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: visitorgleaningsGWB §215: visiteth theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: gaze
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §416: the Beneficentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: to gaze on Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
This form usually rendered as “act”, “work”, “deeds” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: praiseworthy deedsgleaningsGWB §74: their hands have wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: the doings of mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §15: that are men of actionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: evil deeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: TabletgleaningsGWB §234: in the Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: this Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: write us downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Sacred Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: writing
