Prayers and Meditations — §20
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 20 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِحَبْلِ عِنايَتِكَ وَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، قَدِّرْ لِي وَلأَحِبَّتِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ، ثُمَّ ارْزُقْهُمْ مِنَ النِّعْمَةِ المَكْنُونَةِ الَّتِيْ قَدَّرْتَها لِخِيرَةِ البَريَّةِ، أَيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness, and clung to the hem of Thy mercy and favors. Do Thou ordain for me and for my loved ones the good of this world and of the world to come. Supply them, then, with the Hidden Gift Thou didst ordain for the choicest among Thy creatures.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ExaltedgleaningsGWB §152: heavenlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: none other Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
SE expanded to “hath held fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: every tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cord of my hopegleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cord
SE expanded to “of Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §29: bestowed upon me Thy bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: by ‘asking’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hem
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §273: My mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy loving-kindnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §657: sweetnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: of Thy bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: attentivewill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §284: God
SE expanded to “Do Thou ordain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: through the mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §300: preordained measurekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: through Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “and for my loved ones”
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §597: heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: soulstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §663: choose to treadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: unconstrained powerthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §69: the Unconditioned
SE expanded to “of this world”
SE expanded to “world to come”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §99: our lastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: etc.…)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §305: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: latter generationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §17: partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: bestowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: and nourished mewill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: partake of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: Supply me
This form usually rendered as “favor”, “favors”, “bounty” (25 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the Hidden Gift”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: bountygleaningsGWB §558: delightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: “Yeaprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thy bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Happy art thougleaningsGWB §70: the delightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: the Hidden Gift
SE rendered ارْزُقْهُمْ (irzuqhum), النِّعْمَةِ (an-niʿmah), المَكْنُونَةِ (al-maknúnah), قَدَّرْتَها (qaddartahá) as “Supply them, the Hidden Gift, Thou didst ordain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §612: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hidden
البَريَّةِ،
literal: creation; creation/creatures; creatures
This form usually rendered as “men”, “mankind”, “through” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “among Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §155: Through Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §156: healedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: all Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: Briefly
