Prayers and Meditations — §849
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 849 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
آياتُ حُكُومَتِكَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ، فَيا إِلهِي قَدْ ضَاقَ صَدْرِيْ وَأَخَذَنِيَ الهَمُّ وَالغَمُّ عَنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ بِما أَسْمَعُ كُلَّ ذِكْرٍ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ دُوْنَ بَدائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ، وَأَرى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ إِلاَّ ما أَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by Thy glory! My sole purpose in showing forth Thine ascendancy hath been to glorify Thy Cause, and to magnify Thy word. I am persuaded that if Thou wert to delay to send down Thy victory and to demonstrate Thy power, the signs of Thy sovereignty would assuredly perish in Thy land, and the tokens of Thy rule would be blotted out throughout Thy dominion.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §157: in His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: with the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signs
SE rendered حُكُومَتِكَ (ḥukúmatik), مَمْلَكَتِكَ، (mamlakatika،), فَيا (fayá) as “Thy rule, Thy land”
SE rendered حُكُومَتِكَ (ḥukúmatik), مَمْلَكَتِكَ، (mamlakatika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “Thy rule, Thy land”
SE rendered مَمْلَكَتِكَ، (mamlakatika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), ضَاقَ (ḍáq) as “Thy land”
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: “oppression” isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: became too straitwill-and-testamentW&T §32: oppresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: (which literally meaneth pressure)will-and-testamentW&T §34: arousedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: “oppression”will-and-testamentW&T §49: can no longer containkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: oppression
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: with the utmost endeavorfire-tabletFire §13: AnguishgleaningsGWB §699: his supreme objectivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: hath plotted darklyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: my grieftablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: griefthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: endeavorswill-and-testamentW&T §54: vigour, exertion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thine earsfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §506: Heard ye notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: have knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: inclinest Thine eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: recordedgleaningsGWB §717: of considerationkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: been recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: may magnifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §680: Who else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: unlikeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §595: savethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §505: from all else but
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §477: the wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: the creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: mysticwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §286: through
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdestfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: is in His estimationthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: seen MegleaningsGWB §78: they behold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all thingsgleaningsGWB §575: of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: willesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the will
SE rendered بَرِيَّتِكَ (baríratik), أَمَرْتَهُمْ (ʾamartahum) as “Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §621: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: all that were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
This form usually rendered as “have”, “commanded”, “bidden” (6 occurrences)
