Prayers and Meditations — §119
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 119 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ خُلِقَتِ الإِصْباحُ وَأُرْسِلَتِ الأَرْياحُ وَمُوِّجَتِ البِحارُ وَزُيِّنَتِ الأَشْجارُ بِالأَثْمارِ وَالأَرْضُ بِالأَنْهارِ بِأَنْ تَنْصُرَ أَحِبَّائَكَ بِجُنُودِ الغَيْبِ وَالشَّهادَةِ، ثُمَّ أَغْلِبْهُمْ عَلَى الَّذِينَ بَغَوْا فِيْ أَرْضِكَ وَهَتَكُوا حُرْمَتَكَ وَكَفَرُوا بِآياتِكَ وَنَقَضُوا مِيثاقَكَ وَنَبَذُوا أَحْكامَكَ وَقامُوا بِالمُحارَبَةِ إِلى أَنْ جَعَلُوا أُسارَى أَهْلَكَ وَحَبَسُوا مَظْهَرَ ذاتِكَ وَمَطْلَعَ كيْنُونَتِكَ فِيْ أَخْرَبِ البِلادِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give praise to Thee, O Lord my God! I entreat Thee by Thy Name through which Thou didst cause the dawn to appear, and the winds to blow, and the seas to surge, and the trees to bring forth their fruits, and the earth to be beautified with its rivers, that Thou wilt aid all them that are dear to Thee with both Thy visible and invisible hosts. Render them, moreover, victorious over all those who have so rebelled in Thy land, and dishonored Thy name, and disbelieved in Thy signs, and broken Thy Covenant, and cast behind their backs Thy laws, and have to such an extent risen up against Thee, that they carried into captivity Thy kindred, and flung the Manifestation of Thy Self into prison, and immured Him Who is the Dayspring of Thine Essence in the most desolate of cities.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I give praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory tofire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §190: Glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: Glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Godhoodfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §293: from the Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We beseechgleaningsGWB §467: by askingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: was questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: to appearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §467: such as seek the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: is His namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §630: bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy names.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “created”, “hath” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created thingsfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §584: human racekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: the world and all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: raisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: dayfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §210: at dawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: resplendent mornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: Every morning I wakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: until the morningfire-tabletFire §22: Light
SE rendered خُلِقَتِ (khuliqat), الإِصْباحُ (aṣ-ṣbáḥ), وَأُرْسِلَتِ (waʾursilat), الأَرْياحُ (ar-ryáḥ), وَمُوِّجَتِ (wamúmijat), البِحارُ (al-biḥár) as “didst cause, the dawn, the winds, the seas to surge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath been sentgleaningsGWB §725: His chosen Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: sendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let a breath pass over metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: sent down
This form usually rendered as “moveth” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “seas to surge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the oceangleaningsGWB §652: surgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: to surgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: surgethgleaningsGWB §684: surgingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: the restlessnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing
SE expanded to “the seas to surge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the OceangleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: fluiditywill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceansgleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: have We adornedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §608: adorningkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: Seize the timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: attiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: “Adorn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruitsgleaningsGWB §264: fruit of My Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: to bring forth their fruitstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §109: of its fruitingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: yield your fruitgleaningsGWB §657: effects
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the worldfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §295: in the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: “The whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: country
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: DaygleaningsGWB §478: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the streaming riverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and the crystal streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: its streamsgleaningsGWB §70: daytimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with its rivers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to aidfire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §277: furtherkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: render Us any assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: potency of Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
SE rendered بِالأَنْهارِ (biálʾanhár), تَنْصُرَ (tanṣur), أَحِبَّائَكَ (ʾaḥibbáʾak), بِجُنُودِ (bijunúd), الغَيْبِ (al-ghayb) as “its rivers, wilt aid, with both, invisible hosts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: My love for Himfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §16: the loved ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §95: such as lovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: of the hostsgleaningsGWB §517: with the hosts ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of that hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: all the hoststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: of these hostsgleaningsGWB §445: the forcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our host
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §52: Unknowablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: disappearedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: disappearancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hath beheld
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: suffered martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §685: revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: of Martyrsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: have testifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
SE expanded to “Render them, moreover, victorious”
ascendancy 34% all-subduing 26% prevailed 6% all-conquering 6% all-compelling 6% victorious 6% render 6% hath 6% paramount 3% triumphing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §132: triumphingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: the All-Subduingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: prevailedgleaningsGWB §537: the All-Compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: vanquishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: our subjection to
SE expanded to “have so rebelled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the things which beseemed themgleaningsGWB §621: their lustskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: seek outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: becometh notthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: as it is meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §568: acted insolentlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: iniquity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: hath been rent in twaingleaningsGWB §650: any shame or humiliationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: exposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: dishonorgleaningsGWB §216: profaneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and dishonoredgleaningsGWB §507: violatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the Cleaver
SE rendered أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), وَهَتَكُوا (wahatakúá), حُرْمَتَكَ (ḥurmatak), وَكَفَرُوا (wakafarúá), بِآياتِكَ (biáyátik) as “Thy land, dishonored Thy, disbelieved in, Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: deprivethgleaningsGWB §214: sanctitykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: Deny notthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: utterly deprived
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe notgleaningsGWB §150: denounced Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: believe not inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: have deniedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: deniedgleaningsGWB §297: ye believe notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: an infidel
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: through His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §376: signs of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: and acknowledged Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the violationgleaningsGWB §687: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §17: Seditionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: who have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §47: they that have broken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: Testamentfire-tabletFire §41: the CovenantgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy Covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Covenantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: CovenantgleaningsGWB §687: pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: to Thy Covenant
SE expanded to “cast behind their backs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Thou hast set asidegleaningsGWB §524: ye have refusedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and castepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: hast castgleaningsGWB §432: forsakethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: forsookepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou wouldst have not castgleaningsGWB §629: that have forsaken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: all sovereigntygleaningsGWB §253: whose judgments are in conformitykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: the Ordainertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §22: conclusively
SE rendered وَنَبَذُوا (wanabadhúá), أَحْكامَكَ (ʾaḥkámak), وَقامُوا (waqámúá), بِالمُحارَبَةِ (biálmuḥárabah) as “cast behind their backs, Thy laws, against Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: the depths offire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §372: sayingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: have waitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
This form usually rendered as “conflicts”, “war”, “conflict” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: wargleaningsGWB §620: contend notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: to assailprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: risen up against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: contendedgleaningsGWB §296: contended with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: foughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: to assail him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hath exaltedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §55: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: to blot outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §501: exileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: as captivegleaningsGWB §718: enslave
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: they that dwellfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §58: “Put awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: the hand of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: their oppressorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: children
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: were they imprisonedgleaningsGWB §221: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: shut upthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prisongleaningsGWB §718: imprisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: imprisoned
SE expanded to “Manifestation of Thy Self”
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: make manifestfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §710: hath revealed Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: Manifestations ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: into the evidences oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
SE rendered أَهْلَكَ (ʾahlak), وَحَبَسُوا (waḥabasúá), مَظْهَرَ (maẓhar), ذاتِكَ (dhátik), وَمَطْلَعَ (wamaṭlaʿ), كيْنُونَتِكَ (kynúnatik) as “Thy kindred, flung the, Manifestation of Thy Self, immured Him, Dayspring of Thine Essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: EssencegleaningsGWB §126: the Divine Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: my whole beingwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §536: by My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selves
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
SE expanded to “Dayspring of Thine Essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: Be yegleaningsGWB §358: could have manifestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: thou mayestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: hath ever been found worthytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
most 38% desolate 13% havoc 6% laid 6% separation 6% expense 6% rob 6% can 6% destroyed 6% desolation 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: were laid wastegleaningsGWB §545: can never destroykitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: breakerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: havocgleaningsGWB §211: so desolateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the most desolategleaningsGWB §319: separationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: most desolate
