Prayers and Meditations — §139
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 139 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى عِبادَكَ أُسَرآءَ بِأَيادِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْوائِهِمْ خَلِّصْهُمْ يا إِلهِي بِسُلْطانِكَ وَقُدْرَتِكَ لِيُقْبِلُوا إِلَيْكَ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ مَظْهَرِ أَسْمَائِكَ وَصِفاتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my Lord, how Thy servants are held captive by their own selves and desires. Redeem them from their bondage, O my God, by the power of Thy sovereignty and might, that they may turn towards Thee when He Who is the Revealer of Thy names and attributes is manifested unto men.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “seest, O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of your LordgleaningsGWB §548: unfadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who is the Lord of all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: Godhood
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), أُسَرآءَ (ʾusaráʾ), بِأَيادِي (biʾayádí) as “seest, O my Lord, Thy servants, are held captive, by their own selves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §121: the mirrorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: may be discoveredthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: even as a slavefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §600: and them that serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: amidst Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
SE expanded to “are held captive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: into captivityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §501: exileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: held captivegleaningsGWB §718: enslave
This form usually rendered as “hands”, “hand”, “mercy” (58 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by their own selves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §184: at the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: into the hands ofgleaningsGWB §615: the eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands
SE rendered عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), أُسَرآءَ (ʾusaráʾ), بِأَيادِي (biʾayádí), أَنْفُسِهِمْ (ʾanfusihim), وَأَهْوائِهِمْ (waʾahwáʾihim), خَلِّصْهُمْ (khalliṣhum) as “Thy servants, are held captive, by their own selves, and desires, Redeem them”
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: those soulsgleaningsGWB §149: Beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: His divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: self
This form usually rendered as “prompted”, “own”, “things” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §362: selfish desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: interestsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: and yearning towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: OF PASSIONwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
This form usually rendered as “deliver”, “redeem” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §535: Detachkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: they who are devotedthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithful
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §544: and to this the Almighty is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
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 §145: the powersgleaningsGWB §682: resistless powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: and sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the Sháh
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
SE rendered بِسُلْطانِكَ (bisulṭánik), وَقُدْرَتِكَ (waqudratik), لِيُقْبِلُوا (líuqbilúá), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk) as “Thy sovereignty, and might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: before itfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §613: be acceptedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: acceptance of the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: Thou hadst turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered ظُهُورِ (ẓuhúr), مَظْهَرِ (maẓhar), أَسْمَائِكَ (ʾasmáʾik), وَصِفاتِكَ، (waṣifátika،) as “Thy names, and attributes”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: materialfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §300: for its occurrencekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the day of the manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Whom Thou hast called into beingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: by the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §49: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: through Whose namestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §39: and attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: an expressionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: depict that placegleaningsGWB §548: they attribute unto Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: dost ascribeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of Thine attributes.”
