Prayers and Meditations — §858
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 858 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ثُمَّ انْظُرْنِيْ يا إِلهِي بِلَحَظاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ ثُمَّ اغْفِرْ جَرِيْراتِي وَجَرِيراتِ أَحِبَّتِكَ الَّتِيْ حالَتْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ إِنْزالِ نَصْرِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ، ثُمَّ كَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئاتِ الَّتِيْ احْتَجَبَتْ بِها وُجُوهُنا عَنْ مُلاحَظَةِ أَنْوارِ شَمْسِ أَلْطافِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَتَحْكُمُ كَيْفَ تَشآءُ لا تُسْئَلُ عَمَّا شِئْتَ بِسُلْطانِكَ وَلا تُرَدُّ عَمَّا قَضَيْتَ بِقَضائِكَ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَزِيْزُ القادِرُ الحَيُّ الرَّؤُوفُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Cast, then, upon me, O my God, the glances of Thy mercy, and forgive me my trespasses and the trespasses of them that are dear to Thee, and which come in between us and the revelation of Thy triumph and Thy grace. Cancel Thou, moreover, our sins which have shut off our faces from the splendors of the Daystar of Thy favors. Powerful art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou ordainest what Thou willest, and art not asked of what Thou wishest through the power of Thy sovereignty, nor canst Thou be frustrated in whatsoever Thou prescribest through Thine irrevocable decree. No God is there save Thee, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, the Ever-living, the Most Compassionate.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §224: that are known to none except Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: wiped outgleaningsGWB §549: demonstratedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: beheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §40: peruse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: found outgleaningsGWB §381: recognize
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: Most Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §519: Have mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: Thine immeasurable mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: latefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to forgiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: revealedst Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardonfire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
This form usually rendered as “sins”, “mighty”, “grievous” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “me my trespasses”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the misdeedsgleaningsGWB §665: own shortcomingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: and the trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my sinsgleaningsGWB §257: your trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: me my trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my wrong-doingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: and grievous trespasses
SE expanded to “them that are dear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: kindnessfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: and as a token of your lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: dear onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My loverwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
SE expanded to “come in between”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our stategleaningsGWB §482: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: Wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: in such a statetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §8: In whatsoever condition he may be
This form usually rendered as “between” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “revealed”, “revealing”, “send” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: send downgleaningsGWB §583: shall descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: that have streamed forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and inflicttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: they have helpedfire-tabletFire §47: championsgleaningsGWB §690: assistancekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assistingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §393: of Thy victorythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% holy 5% bounteousness 5% generosity 5%
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “infidel”, “misbelief” (41 occurrences)
unbelief 24% infidel 17% misbelief 14% repudiated 10% infidels 10% rejected 7% cancel 7% impiety 3% denounced 3% disbelieveth 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe notgleaningsGWB §464: condemn Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: and repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: O ye unbelievers!gleaningsGWB §163: of the infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbelief
This form usually rendered as “misdeeds”, “evil”, “iniquity” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have shut off”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: curtainsgleaningsGWB §130: failed to recognize Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: intervening veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: obstacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thewill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: veils interposed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: turningfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §405: with minds that are wholly centered in Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: mine eyes benttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE rendered وُجُوهُنا (wujúhuná), مُلاحَظَةِ (muláḥaẓah), أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), أَلْطافِكَ، (ʾalṭáfika،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “our faces, splendors, of, the Daystar, Thy favors, Powerful”
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: a brilliant lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §49: All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: light.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: the light it sheddeth proceedeth out oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleamingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: by the sungleaningsGWB §357: Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: noon-tide sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the sunlightgleaningsGWB §35: Sun ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: these termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: and the Luminary
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §340: choicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §170: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §679: light and untrammeledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Mystery
This form usually rendered as “powerless”, “almighty”, “can” (39 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: through the powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §627: Whose power pervadethkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of His providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: the weight of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: be in thy power
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We wishgleaningsGWB §302: none elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: what Thou willesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy wisdomgleaningsGWB §288: Divine wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the letter of the law of the Gospelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to exercisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §22: conclusively
This form usually rendered as “wert”, “art” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §301: thy questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: was questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: to beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I beseech TheegleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
SE expanded to “power of Thy sovereignty”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: KinggleaningsGWB §217: Thou Who art the Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: the Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: through the power of a sovereignty
This form usually rendered as “inflicting”, “let”, “canst” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: an outcastgleaningsGWB §537: Repeatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: contemptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: wilt Thou turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §6: confutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: refutinggleaningsGWB §493: reprehensiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: reprobate
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “ordained” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happenedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §607: hath decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: requirementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: destined for themthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy mightgleaningsGWB §489: He exaltethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: wilt cherish
living 29% ashamed 14% abashed 7% self-subsistent 7% sense 7% filled 7% liveth 7% immortal 7% hath 7% ever-living 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: My existence would havefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §379: the dayskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: livethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: for the regenerationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
الرَّؤُوفُ
literal: compassion; compassion, mercy; compassion/tenderness
This form usually rendered as “most” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §60: kindlinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: loving providencewill-and-testamentW&T §35: compassiongleaningsGWB §109: meeknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: Thy compassionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: Thy tender merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: the Most Compassionate
