Will and Testament — §32
Persian source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 32 of 59.
Source (Persian)
ربّ و رجائی و مغیثی و منائی و مجیری و معینی و ملاذی ترانی غریقاً فی بحار المصائب القاصمة للظّهور و الرّزایا المضیّقة للصّدور و البلایا المشتّتة للشّمل و المحن و الآلام المفرّقة للجمع و احاطتنی الشّدائد من جمیع الجهات و احدقت بی المخاطر من کلّ الأطراف خائضاً فی غمار الطّامّة الکبری واقعاً فی بئر لا قرار لها مضطهداً من الأعدآء و محترقاً فی نیران البغضآء من ذوی القربی الّذین اخذت منهم العهد الوثیق و المیثاق الغلیظ ان یتوجّهوا بالقلوب الی هذا المظلوم و یدفعوا عنّی کلّ جهول و ظلوم و یرجعوا ما اختلفوا فی الکتاب الی هذا الفرید الوحید حتّی یظهر لهم الصّواب و یندفع الشّبهات و تنتشر الآیات البیّنات
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O my Lord, my heart’s Desire, Thou Whom I ever invoke, Thou Who art my Aider and my Shelter, my Helper and my Refuge! Thou seest me submerged in an ocean of calamities that overwhelm the soul, of afflictions that oppress the heart, of woes that disperse Thy gathering, of ills and pains that scatter Thy flock. Sore trials have compassed me round and perils have from all sides beset me. Thou seest me immersed in a sea of unsurpassed tribulations, sunk into a fathomless abyss, afflicted by mine enemies and consumed with the flame of their hate, enkindled by my kinsmen with whom Thou didst make Thy strong Covenant and Thy firm Testament, wherein Thou biddest them turn their hearts to this wronged one, to keep away from me the foolish, the unjust, and refer unto this lonely one all that about which they differ in Thy Holy Book, so that the Truth may be revealed unto them, their doubts may be dispelled and Thy manifest Signs be spread abroad.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §156: the Lord, his Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: Godhood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: hopethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: supreme aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
This form usually rendered as “aider” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: \‘Wish ye, thengleaningsGWB §543: amongkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: yearnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: he aspirethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Hopeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Wish
This form usually rendered as “helper” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered مغیثی (mghíthí), منائی (mnáʾí), مجیری (mjírí), معینی (mʿíní), ملاذی (mládhí), ترانی (trání), غریقاً (ghríqáan), بحار (bḥár) as “Aider, invoke, Helper, Refuge, seest me, submerged, ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: by the aidgleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy helperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §437: help is imploredwill-and-testamentW&T §5: his associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: assistgleaningsGWB §409: the helpkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: unassisted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: whosoever hath repaired unto Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: hath fledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelter
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “behold” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §77: have appearedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: seest himthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to lookgleaningsGWB §187: may recognize
This form usually rendered as “submerged” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: immersionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: be so immersedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: foundered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledgefire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: by the oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the seas
المصائب
literal: calamity; calamity, affliction; calamities/afflictions
This form usually rendered as “woes”, “grievous”, “calamities” (4 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: disclosedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §466: been such askitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: human learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: that I may manifesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trialsgleaningsGWB §163: incalculable afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: any troublewill-and-testamentW&T §49: afflictionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: any tribulationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: ordealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: trials
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: became too straitwill-and-testamentW&T §34: arousedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: “oppression”will-and-testamentW&T §49: can no longer containkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: “oppression” iswill-and-testamentW&T §32: oppresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: (which literally meaneth pressure)
This form usually rendered as “breasts”, “dilated”, “shining” (19 occurrences)
breasts 36% dilated 7% shining 7% bosoms 7% bosom 7% out 7% sores 7% sicknesses 7% revelation 7% heart 7%
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: countless afflictionsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §600: affliction.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: calamitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflicted
This form usually rendered as “disperse” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “troubles”, “ills”, “most” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered المشتّتة (al-mshttth), للشّمل (llshshml), المحن (al-mḥn), الآلام (al-lám), المفرّقة (al-mfrrqh), للجمع (lljmʿ), احاطتنی (iḥáṭtní) as “disperse, gathering, ills and pains, scatter, flock, compassed me round”
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrivedfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §572: distinguish yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: variationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Whose separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the people of salvationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: differ they in reflection
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “gathered” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thy speechgleaningsGWB §440: the peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: throughoutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: compassed Him roundtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: every atomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: for all
احاطتنی
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “assault”, “encompassed”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “compassed me round”
This form usually rendered as “beset” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered الشّدائد (ash-shdáʾd), جمیع (jmíʿ), الجهات (al-jhát), احدقت (iḥdqt), بی (bí), المخاطر (al-mkháṭr), الأطراف (aṭ-ṭráf), خائضاً (kháʾḍáan) as “trials, all, sides, beset me, perils, immersed”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “perils” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: momentousgleaningsGWB §528: so bewildering and challengingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: fancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: remindedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: perilouswill-and-testamentW&T §32: perilsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: dire perilgleaningsGWB §600: and momentous
SE rendered احدقت (iḥdqt), بی (bí), المخاطر (al-mkháṭr), الأطراف (aṭ-ṭráf), خائضاً (kháʾḍáan), غمار (ghmár), الطّامّة (aṭ-ṭámmh) as “beset me, perils, immersed, sea, unsurpassed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversariesgleaningsGWB §135: withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: both theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: mine eyetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her browwill-and-testamentW&T §38: those partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: to some other placegleaningsGWB §70: in the daytime
This form usually rendered as “immersed”, “swept” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “sea” (1 occurrences)
catastrophe 50% unsurpassed 50%
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: supremegleaningsGWB §471: swell with pridekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: six times the greeting “Alláh-u-Abhá,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: involvedgleaningsGWB §99: are the recipientskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: should be effectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: beholdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: gazedthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §32: sunkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: come to pass
This form usually rendered as “ordained”, “made”, “agreed” (26 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: firefire-tabletFire §50: a firegleaningsGWB §38: the firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: firesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: of this firetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: in the Flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: through the fire of my rebelliousness
This form usually rendered as “kinsmen” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered نیران (nírán), البغضآء (al-bghḍáʾ), ذوی (dhúy), القربی (al-qrbí), الّذین (adh-dhín), اخذت (ikhdht), منهم (mnhm), العهد (al-ʿhd), الوثیق (al-wthíq) as “flame, hate, my kinsmen, whom, make, them, Covenant, strong”
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “hath”, “clung” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “others”, “some” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: covenant concerning Mine own MissiongleaningsGWB §560: In the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: cycleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the covenantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Covenantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §122: age
This form usually rendered as “strong” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Covenant and Thy Testamentfire-tabletFire §41: ofgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: Urvatu’l-Vuthqáprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy Covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §1: of His Covenantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: CovenantgleaningsGWB §687: pledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §622: regardkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: soulsgleaningsGWB §161: men’s heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: of the heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: tyrannyfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §196: deal unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: tyranny!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: his unfairnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §11: have wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: oppression
This form usually rendered as “keep” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: repelgleaningsGWB §130: decimatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: striven againstwill-and-testamentW&T §32: keep awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: defendingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: suppressionwill-and-testamentW&T §52: suddenlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: be given
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §467: as well asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §28: and beyondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §532: fear of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: former timesgleaningsGWB §703: depths of ignorancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: foolish oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: who, likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his own ignorancethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: empty thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the ignorantgleaningsGWB §155: ignorance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn asidegleaningsGWB §569: may returnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: went upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: can befittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Turn thy sightwill-and-testamentW&T §16: unto whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retold
contrary 21% behind 15% differences 15% divers 15% discord 8% difference 6% strife 6% contention 5% conflict 5% enemy 5%
book 85% kitáb-i-íqán 2% tablet 2% words 2% text 2% kitáb-i-aqdas 1% writing 1% bayán 1% divinely 1% holy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: the Kitáb-i-AqdasgleaningsGWB §609: thy written supplicationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy Book
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the One, the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §273: Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: alone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: fellowshipfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §471: of the unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: successivelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may laudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: foul beyond comparisongleaningsGWB §126: Incomparablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: likenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: such doubtswill-and-testamentW&T §14: days and nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: distrustgleaningsGWB §432: all otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: this self-same Book
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: propagationgleaningsGWB §367: the promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: be shed abroadwill-and-testamentW&T §13: diffuseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: disseminategleaningsGWB §365: promotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: shed abroad
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §318: mighty signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to reveal the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
