Prayers and Meditations — §89
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 89 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كَمْ مِنْ مَخْمُودٍ يا إِلهِي اشْتَعَلَ مِنْ نَارِ أَمْرِكَ، وَكَمْ مِنْ راقِدٍ انْتَبَهَ مِنْ حَلاوَةِ نِدَائِكَ، كَمْ مِنْ غَرِيبٍ اسْتَوْطَنَ فِيْ ظِلِّ سِدْرَةِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ، وَكَمْ مِنْ ظَمْآنٍ أَرادَ كَوْثَرَ الحَيَوانِ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Many a chilled heart, O my God, hath been set ablaze with the fire of Thy Cause, and many a slumberer hath been wakened by the sweetness of Thy voice. How many are the strangers who have sought shelter beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness, and how numerous the thirsty ones who have panted after the fountain of Thy living waters in Thy days!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguished
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: I adjure thee by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §379: Holykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: is Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “hath been set ablaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flamefire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §175: blazedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: burningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: hath set me ablazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: burneth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §312: hell firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: of the undying fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: itstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: afiregleaningsGWB §551: a smoldering fire
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: those that are fast asleepgleaningsGWB §86: will ye sleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: the bedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: slumbererepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asleep
This form usually rendered as “roused”, “wakened” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §643: might be roused from their slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: do soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §588: sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthrallingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §629: Thy most sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How sweet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: The voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §83: Summoner raised His voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thine enthralling calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: proclaim
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the strangerfire-tabletFire §18: a foreign landgleaningsGWB §160: reachethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: subtleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: I am a strangertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: banishmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: of exilewill-and-testamentW&T §35: my exile
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
shadow 60% beneath 15% shelter 8% shade 7% through 2% unto 2% faith 2% face 2% sheltering 2% overshadowed 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §587: in the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: the face ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: even as a shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §517: beneath your shadow
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the TreegleaningsGWB §193: Treeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: the Sadratu’lprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Burning BushgleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’l
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §385: without peer or equalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy oneness
gleaningsGWB §594: the thirstyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: thirsty onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: thirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: thirstyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: one sore athirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: athirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: He who was athirstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: thirsty one
This form usually rendered as “will”, “hath”, “seeketh” (40 occurrences)
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: the everlasting streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: the living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cup
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: to liveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §633: which is life indeedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeedgleaningsGWB §76: life indeed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: The following daygleaningsGWB §439: dailykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the days of Jesusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: their lives longtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: days
