Prayers and Meditations — §187
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 187 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لِمَنْ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْكَ ما يَجْعَلُهُ مُسْتَقِيمًا عَلَى أَمْرِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا تَحْجُبُهُ أَوْهامُ المُشْرِكينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَلا كَلِماتُ المُعْرِضِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُهَيْمِنُ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Do Thou ordain, moreover, for every one who hath turned towards Thee what will make him steadfast in Thy Cause, in such wise that neither the vain imaginations of the infidels among Thy creatures, nor the idle talk of the froward amidst Thy servants will have the power to shut him out from Thee. Thou, verily, art the Help in Peril, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath turned towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: of oldfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §275: Let himkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: inadmissibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: and turned towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: of her own handiworkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: numbertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: connectionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §38: in another placekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: people,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: and hast endued me with Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE rendered مُسْتَقِيمًا (mustaqíman), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), تَحْجُبُهُ (taḥjubuh), أَوْهامُ (ʾawhám), المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín) as “steadfast, Cause, that, shut him out from Thee, vain imaginations, infidels”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neitherfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §376: valuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: the manifold revelationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the people
SE expanded to “shut him out from Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: shut thee not out as by a veil from HimgleaningsGWB §314: deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: deprive them of recognizingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: obstacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: Suffer not yourselves to be shut out as by a veil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: imaginedfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §684: the imaginations which your hearts have devisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §270: the infidelskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: commonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: joined partners with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who dost associate a partner with GodgleaningsGWB §634: ungodliness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: characteristicsfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §489: the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: hence I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast created
This form usually rendered as “words”, “utterances”, “sayings” (134 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: breathefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §346: spokekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: at the varying utterancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: Thine utterancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
have 31% such 24% froward 14% hath 7% faithless 7% disbelievers 3% turned 3% rebellious 3% reject 3% repudiate 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: protested againstgleaningsGWB §257: let him turn asidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: fierce oppositionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: had broken off fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: O thou who hast withdrawn thyself from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of Godfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: towards His servantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: This servant of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: amongst men
SE expanded to “Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §7: pervadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §600: Protectorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §632: to extend His protection unto all created thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: aweepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadoweth
