Prayers and Meditations — §846
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 846 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
SE expanded to “and my Master”
SE expanded to “Thou bearest witness”
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
SE expanded to “in Thy days”
SE expanded to “have been sent down”
This form usually rendered as “incessant”, “continual” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered صَفْوَتِكَ (ṣafwatik), تَرادُفِ (taráduf), بَلاياكَ (baláyák), وَتَتابُعِ (watatábuʿ), قَضاياكَ (qaḍáyák), وَتَوالِي (watawálí) as “upon Thine elect, continual, the successive, the incessant”
SE rendered تَرادُفِ (taráduf), بَلاياكَ (baláyák), وَتَتابُعِ (watatábuʿ), قَضاياكَ (qaḍáyák), وَتَوالِي (watawálí) as “continual, the successive, the incessant”
This form usually rendered as “incessant” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وَتَتابُعِ (watatábuʿ), قَضاياكَ (qaḍáyák), وَتَوالِي (watawálí), رزاياكَ، (rzáyáka،), حَيْثُ (ḥayth), ضَاقَتْ (ḍáqat) as “the successive, the incessant, became too strait”
This form usually rendered as “became”, “troubled”, “can” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “who”, “seized”, “taken” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they were encompassed”
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “changes”, “tokens” (37 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “side”, “direction”, “created” (34 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in every land”
SE rendered وَآثارُ (wáthár), خَشْيَتِكَ (khashyatik), الأَقْطارِ، (al-ʾaqṭári،), وَسُدَّتْ (wasuddat) as “the signs, Thy fear, were shut against”
SE expanded to “were shut against”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “thou” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “garden of their”
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
SE expanded to “Thy bountiful favors”
This form usually rendered as “wilt” (1 occurrences)
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed
This form usually rendered as “wilt” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they who are devoted”
literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy generosity”
SE expanded to “have recognized Thee”
This form usually rendered as “holiness”, “holy”, “most” (158 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou cease to rain”
SE expanded to “such as desire Thee”
SE expanded to “this very moment”
SE expanded to “all created things”
SE rendered المُمْكِناتِ (al-mumkinát), وَعِنايَتَكَ (waʿináyatak), أَحاطَتْ (ʾaḥáṭat) as “all created things, Thy loving-kindness”
SE expanded to “heaven and all that”
SE rendered مَفْتُوحَةً (maftúḥahan), وَجْهِ (wajh), عِبادِكَ، (ʿibádika،), تَزالُ (tazál), نَسَماتُ (nasamát), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik) as “were open, the faces of, and, the gentle winds, of Thy grace”
SE expanded to “of Thy creatures”
This form usually rendered as “favor”, “most”, “generosity” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
SE expanded to “upon Thy people”
SE rendered جارِيَةً (járíahan), بَرِيَّتِكَ (baríratik), وَأَهْلِ (waʾahl), مَمْلَكَتِكَ، (mamlakatika،) as “were showered, upon Thy people, the dwellers of Thy realm”
SE expanded to “dwellers of Thy realm”