Prayers and Meditations — §851
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 851 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
مَحَبَّتِكَ، وَعَلَى رُؤُوسِ الَّتِي ارْتَفَعَتْ عَلَى القَناةِ لإِعْلآءِ أَمْرِكَ وَارْتِفاعِ ذِكْرِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْحَمْ قُلُوبَ الَّتِيْ احْتَرَقَتْ مِنْ نارِ حُبِّكَ وَوَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ ما أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِعِلْمِكَ، سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ما قُضِيَ مِنْ أَيَّامِكَ فِي عِشْرِيْنَ مِنَ السِّنِينَ إِلى
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, O my Master! Look, then, upon the hearts which, in their love for Thee, have been transfixed by the darts of Thine enemies, and the heads which were borne on spears for the sake of the exaltation of Thy Cause and the glorification of Thy name. Have pity, then, upon those hearts which have been consumed by the fire of Thy love, and been touched by such tribulations as are known only unto Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “love for Thee”
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §451: His Well-Beloved Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: that lovertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: chief jailergleaningsGWB §498: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: chieftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: heavenwill-and-testamentW&T §25: headepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: leadershipgleaningsGWB §438: them who are in authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: leaders
spear-point 50% spears 50%
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy commandmentsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §284: enjoineth upon youkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: behesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: revealedgleaningsGWB §579: your hearer respondkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: Am I to recitetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE rendered وَارْتِفاعِ (wártifáʿ), ذِكْرِكَ، (dhikrika،), ارْحَمْ (irḥam), قُلُوبَ (qulúb), احْتَرَقَتْ (iḥtaraqat) as “glorification, name, hearts, have been consumed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: hast a greater compassiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartgleaningsGWB §541: every heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the human heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: from my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: thrown into confusion
SE expanded to “have been consumed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §36: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the firegleaningsGWB §312: hell fire
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “persecute”, “caused” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §247: of Thine arrivalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose court of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: fathominggleaningsGWB §220: hath wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attain
This form usually rendered as “knowest”, “thou”, “art” (54 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the divinesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §305: truekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: divines ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: well knowesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
سُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
SE expanded to “Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §190: Glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: All praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §597: veils
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), تَعْلَمُ (taʿlam), قُضِيَ (quḍí) as “my Master”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §301: must involvekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: of Thy judgmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My decreeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §279: your bygone dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: night seasonwill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: great daygleaningsGWB §417: blessed Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Day
SE rendered أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik), عِشْرِيْنَ (ʿishrín) as “”
twenty 50% twenty-four 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: sublimegleaningsGWB §549: longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: seattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: of Glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §64: enlightenmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: yeargleaningsGWB §441: for many a long yearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §46: loftiest mansions
