Prayers and Meditations — §128
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 128 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ قَدْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِعُرْوَةِ جُودِكَ وَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ رِداءِ مَكْرُمَتِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَحابِ كَرَمِكَ ما يُطَهِّرُنِيْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ دُونِكَ وَيَجْعَلُنِي مُقْبِلَةً إِلى قِبْلَةِ الآفاقِ الَّذِيْ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلُ النِّفاقِ الَّذِينَ نَقَضُوا المِيثاقَ وَكَفَرُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have laid hold, O my Lord, on the handle of Thy bounty, and clung steadfastly to the hem of the robe of Thy favor. Send down, then, upon me, out of the clouds of Thy generosity, what will purge out from me the remembrance of any one except Thee, and make me able to turn unto Him Who is the Object of the adoration of all mankind, against Whom have been arrayed the stirrers of sedition, who have broken Thy covenant, and disbelieved in Thee and in Thy signs.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: LordgleaningsGWB §707: By Him Who is the Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lord.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
SE expanded to “have laid hold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: seized upongleaningsGWB §655: the fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: firmly to cling untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: and make him able to hold fasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: actedgleaningsGWB §647: take thou firm holdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: cling unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: which is afflictedgleaningsGWB §199: Divestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: Urvatu’lprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: to the cordgleaningsGWB §527: hath been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: and laid hold on the handleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: impairprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: afflicted
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §569: Thy favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: the showerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: as a sign of Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My loving-kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
وَتَشَبَّثْتُ
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
SE expanded to “and clung steadfastly”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: seizedgleaningsGWB §411: take firm hold onkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: set our hearts onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and clung steadfastlywill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §396: cleave
SE expanded to “to the hem”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the hem of His robefire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §493: the hem of Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: the hem of the robethe-hidden-wordsHW §77: holdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: unto the hemgleaningsGWB §223: skirt
SE expanded to “of the robe”
SE expanded to “of Thy favor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: All-Bountifulfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §124: bountieskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: loving kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the God of bounteousnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
SE expanded to “Send down, then”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: Him Who is the RevealergleaningsGWB §219: indignities upon itkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: heardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have descendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My home
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §227: a cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §308: by the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the clouds
SE expanded to “will purge out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Purify thougleaningsGWB §637: Cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: will purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §171: freed and sanctifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: Cleanse them
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: repliedgleaningsGWB §663: celebrating His praisekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to tell usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: to glorify Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “any one except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §387: All else besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: all things save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: from anyone beside Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §621: every defilement
SE expanded to “and make me able”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: unspeakableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: to make metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: turning towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §287: endowed withkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: acknowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I have acceptedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered مُقْبِلَةً (muqbilahan), قِبْلَةِ (qiblah), الآفاقِ (al-áfáq), اجْتَمَعَ (ijtamaʿ) as “to turn, Him Who is the, against Whom have been arrayed”
SE expanded to “against Whom have been arrayed”
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: doersfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §441: its peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: the hand of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
malice 27% sedition 27% discord 14% maliciously 9% dissensions 9% malicious 5% dissension 5% hearts 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expendfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §408: bestow their riches on the needykitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and expendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thou mayest drawwill-and-testamentW&T §10: their maliceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: generous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: who have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §58: them that have broken the Covenantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath brokengleaningsGWB §687: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: is bowedwill-and-testamentW&T §1: Covenant-breakers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: Testamentfire-tabletFire §41: the CovenantgleaningsGWB §687: pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and Thy Testamentwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy TestamentgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy Covenant
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: infidelsgleaningsGWB §530: repudiate notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: an infidelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: and have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: O ye unbelievers!gleaningsGWB §531: rejectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: believed not
SE expanded to “and in Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a signfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §75: the verses of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
