Prayers and Meditations — §14
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 14 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ قَدْ ذابَتْ قُلُوبُ أَصْفِيائِكَ فِيْ فِراقِكَ، وَاحْتَرَقَتْ أَكْبادُ أَحِبَّائِكَ بِنارِ الاشْتِياقِ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا فاطِرَ السَّماءِ وَمالِكَ الأَسْماءِ بِنَفْسِكَ الأَبْهى وَذِكْرِكَ العَلِيِّ الأَعْلى بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَى أَحِبَّتِكَ ما يُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلَيْكَ وَيُسْمِعُهُمْ آياتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The hearts of Thy chosen ones, O my Lord, have melted because of their separation from Thee, and the souls of Thy loved ones are burnt up by the fire of their yearning after Thee in Thy days. I implore Thee, O Thou Maker of the heavens and Lord of all names, by Thy most effulgent Self and Thy most exalted and all-glorious Remembrance, to send down upon Thy loved ones that which will draw them nearer unto Thee, and enable them to hearken unto Thine utterances.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O my LordgleaningsGWB §233: of his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-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 §208: of the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: are meltedgleaningsGWB §644: will assuredly melt awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: melteth within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: hath meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: would melt awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to melt
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: transformed MegleaningsGWB §159: and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: to any heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: the apprehension oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: turneth
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
SE expanded to “their separation from Thee”
separation 70% because 30%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: discern not betweenfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §174: divisionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: diversityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: scattered them abroadtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §17: discord
SE expanded to “are burnt up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to be consumedgleaningsGWB §667: Burn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: consumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: heattablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: fast consuming theewill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are consumedgleaningsGWB §651: The fire that hath inflamed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: my heart within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: their broken heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: reinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the souls
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: His willfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §16: the loved ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: unto my loved onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
SE expanded to “by the fire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §597: set on firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: of the formerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: Thy firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the firegleaningsGWB §551: a smoldering fire
SE expanded to “of their yearning”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn forfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §38: bereavementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: that long for Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §306: Thou hast asked Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I beseech TheegleaningsGWB §631: Grant thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §87: rentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken itthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the CreatorgleaningsGWB §300: the creation of mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §10: whose nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: by Him Who is Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy landgleaningsGWB §515: and territorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: his angelsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: Thou the Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: He Who is the King
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy most effulgent Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your naturegleaningsGWB §669: for the purposes of none other but His own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: Me
SE rendered الأَسْماءِ (as-smáʾ), بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), وَذِكْرِكَ (wadhikrik), العَلِيِّ (al-ʿalíl), الأَعْلى (al-ʾaʿlى) as “all names, Thy most effulgent Self, exalted”
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §311: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and what the profoundestthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: HE IS THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Glory of God (Bahá)gleaningsGWB §192: of Glory
SE rendered بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), وَذِكْرِكَ (wadhikrik), العَلِيِّ (al-ʿalíl), الأَعْلى (al-ʾaʿlى) as “Thy most effulgent Self, exalted”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: remembergleaningsGWB §257: remindkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: the words of praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: didst Thou glorifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: on highfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §57: heights of its loftiestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supremeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: all highesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at its RevealergleaningsGWB §31: descendedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: Send down, thentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
SE expanded to “will draw them nearer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: draweth nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §573: give you a safe approachkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: well-favouredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: will draw us nearertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
SE expanded to “and enable them to hearken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §451: Hast thou not heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: caughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE expanded to “unto Thine utterances”
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 §159: the signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: in the versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: through the influence of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
