Prayers and Meditations — §852
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 852 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْ بَلَغَ الزَّمانُ إِلَى الحِينِ وَوَرَدَ عَلَى أَصْفِيائِكَ فِي هذِهِ المُدَّةِ البَعِيْدَةِ ما لا يُحْصى بِالبَيانِ وَلا يُذْكَرُ بِاللِّسانِ، بِحَيْثُ ما وَجَدُوا مَوْطِنَ أَمْنٍ وَلا مَقْعَدَ صِدْقٍ، إِذًا يا إِلهِي بَدِّلْ خَوْفَهُمْ بِظُهُوراتِ أَمْنِكَ وَأَمانِكَ وَذُلَّهُمْ بِسُلْطانِ عِزِّكَ وَفَقْرَهُمْ بِمَلِيكَ غَنائِكَ وَاضْطِرابَهُمْ بِبَدائِعِ اسْتِقْرارِكَ، وَهُبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نَسَماتِ عِزِّكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بِدائِعِ عِنايَتِكَ ما يُغْنِيْهِمْ عَنْ دُوْنِكَ وَيَنْقَطِعُهُمْ عَمَّا سِواكَ لِيَظْهَرَ سُلْطانُ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَلِيكُ فَضْلِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ، أَما تَنْظُرُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى دُمُوعِ الَّتِيْ جَرَتْ عَلَى خُدُودِ أَحِبَّتِكَ؟
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All laud and honor to Thee, O my God! Thou well knowest the things which, for a score of years, have happened in Thy days, and have continued to happen until this hour. No man can reckon, nor can any tongue tell, what hath befallen Thy chosen ones during all this time. They could obtain no shelter, nor find any refuge in which they could abide in safety. Turn, then, O my God, their fear into the evidences of Thy peace and Thy security, and their abasement into the sovereignty of Thy glory, and their poverty into Thine all-sufficient riches, and their distress into the wonders of Thy perfect tranquility. Vouchsafe unto them the fragrances of Thy might and Thy mercy, and send down upon them, out of Thy marvelous loving-kindness, what will enable them to dispense with all except Thee, and will detach them from aught save Thyself, that the sovereignty of Thy oneness may be revealed and the supremacy of Thy grace and Thy bounty demonstrated.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “proclaim”, “culminated”, “attained” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: sincerityfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §477: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: Saintsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and didst choose Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: clear
This form usually rendered as “lifted”, “witness”, “time” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: assistgleaningsGWB §347: considerable lapse of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: all this timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: that shadoweth all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: with the claywill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: ExtendedgleaningsGWB §289: His Pen
SE rendered المُدَّةِ (al-muddah), البَعِيْدَةِ (al-baʿídah), يُحْصى (yuḥṣى), بِالبَيانِ (biálbayán) as “this time, reckon”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Subsequently, thisfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §606: next tokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: We beheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: been far removedwill-and-testamentW&T §2: passingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: after Me
SE rendered يُحْصى (yuḥṣى), بِالبَيانِ (biálbayán), يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar), بِاللِّسانِ، (biálllisáni،) as “reckon, tell, any tongue”
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “remember”, “remembered”, “describe” (25 occurrences)
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
SE rendered يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar), بِاللِّسانِ، (biálllisáni،), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), وَجَدُوا (wajadúá), مَوْطِنَ (mawṭin), أَمْنٍ (ʾamnin) as “tell, any tongue, could obtain, no shelter, in safety”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: with suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will cease
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: created thingsfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §511: The Great Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: holy beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: discoveredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: OFwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “habitation”, “abodes” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: their own nativefire-tabletFire §43: the landgleaningsGWB §513: his own countrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: no shelterthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: shelterwill-and-testamentW&T §3: andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the Most Sublime Habitation
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “believed”, “security” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: believergleaningsGWB §496: trusteeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy protectionthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and secureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: faithgleaningsGWB §473: that which hath been committedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: believeth
SE rendered مَوْطِنَ (mawṭin), أَمْنٍ (ʾamnin), مَقْعَدَ (maqʿad), صِدْقٍ، (ṣidqin،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “no shelter, in safety, any refuge, O my God”
truth 64% truthfulness 16% applicable 5% uprightness 2% hath 2% manifest 2% truthful 2% sincerity 2% truly 2% absolute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: acknowledgegleaningsGWB §341: acknowledgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: obviouslyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §8: approved and confirmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: is the truthgleaningsGWB §39: it would speak the truth
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بَدِّلْ (baddil), خَوْفَهُمْ (khawfahum), بِظُهُوراتِ (biẓuhúrát) as “O my God, their fear, the evidences”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: that turnestgleaningsGWB §470: alterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: was turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter notwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: barter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: full of feargleaningsGWB §246: fearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: unmovedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: terriblegleaningsGWB §246: am afraidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: ceased to affright
This form usually rendered as “revelations”, “manifestations”, “revelation” (95 occurrences)
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the revelation thereoffire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §319: are made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: expoundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: evidencestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
wretchedness 50% abasement 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: disgracegleaningsGWB §184: over My abasementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: destitutionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: baserwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: abasementgleaningsGWB §672: of wretchedness and misery
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominiongleaningsGWB §536: the Monarchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of the Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: almighty powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the Sháh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strongfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: Thy glory is my witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: wilt cherish its excellence
poor 46% poverty 29% paupers 6% destitute 6% passages 4% destitution 3% misery 3% matter 1% subject 1% perversity 1%
This form usually rendered as “king”, “angels”, “lord” (30 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thine all-sufficient riches”
king 24% angels 20% lord 16% ruler 12% sovereign 8% kingship 4% transcendent 4% overruling 4% all-sufficient 4% supremacy 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: kingsgleaningsGWB §273: angel!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the land wherein they dwelltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “will enable them to dispense”
riches 27% rich 22% wealth 20% all-possessing 12% independent 7% enrich 3% enriched 2% all 2% wealthy 2% dispense 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the richgleaningsGWB §481: affluent fortunekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: richprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this poortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all-possessing,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung
This form usually rendered as “agitation”, “shaken”, “distress” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: hath struck terror intogleaningsGWB §102: perplexedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their distresstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §3: scourged
This form usually rendered as “perfect” (1 occurrences)
seat 20% established 14% acknowledged 13% habitation 11% confessed 8% hath 8% have 8% place 6% confess 6% ordained 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: and bountieswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §195: All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: bountiful favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the gift
This form usually rendered as “rest”, “wronged”, “upon” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “breeze”, “gentle”, “breezes” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breezegleaningsGWB §692: breath of the breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the musk-laden breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: the gentle windsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: breathgleaningsGWB §152: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: galesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and the gentle winds
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: it hath been sent downgleaningsGWB §198: hath it been sent downkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: fallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: hath celebratedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that which
SE rendered عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim), بِدائِعِ (bidáʾiʿ), عِنايَتِكَ (ʿináyatik), يُغْنِيْهِمْ (yughníhim), دُوْنِكَ (dúnik) as “upon them, Thy marvelous loving-kindness, will enable them to dispense, with all except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: Spiritualfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §161: of Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: manifold favoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: of Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: divine mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
SE expanded to “with all except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: for thy neighborgleaningsGWB §457: nothingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: besideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: any one except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: foreign togleaningsGWB §298: no one else besides Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §476: touch or hurtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: rid himselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: renunciation
This form usually rendered as “except”, “all”, “any” (61 occurrences)
SE expanded to “from aught save Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §118: imprintedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: but Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: to any one buttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §349: else but Him
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §584: of no onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: one ofgleaningsGWB §667: the undying Fire
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: of the gracegleaningsGWB §204: Our loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE rendered وَمَلِيكُ (wamalík), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَإِفْضالِكَ، (waʾifḍálika،), أَما (ʾamá), تَنْظُرُ (tanẓur), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “the supremacy, Thy grace, Thy bounty, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: that whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: all elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: the thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: of thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: concerning that whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: as
SE rendered فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَإِفْضالِكَ، (waʾifḍálika،), أَما (ʾamá), تَنْظُرُ (tanẓur), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “Thy grace, Thy bounty, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: “Regard yefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §18: have been waitingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: discriminatingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: mindfultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: turn your eyes
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), دُمُوعِ (dumúʿ) as “God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: tearsgleaningsGWB §410: weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: their tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: tears cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: tears of every manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and by the tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tears they shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: the tears
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), دُمُوعِ (dumúʿ), جَرَتْ (jarat) as “God”
SE rendered جَرَتْ (jarat), خُدُودِ (khudúd) as “”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered جَرَتْ (jarat), خُدُودِ (khudúd), أَحِبَّتِكَ؟ (ʾaḥibbatika؟) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §723: approvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: love Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
