Prayers and Meditations — §207
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 207 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ وَفَّقْتَهُ يا إِلهِي بِالتَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْها وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ مَحْرُومًا عَنْها بِما اكتَسَبَتْ يَداهُ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَالَّذِيْ سَرُعَ إِلَيها وَفازَ بِها فَدَى نَفْسَهُ فِي سَبِيْلِكَ شَوْقًا لِجَمالكَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَيْكَ خالِصًا عَمَّا سِواكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Some, O my God, Thou didst, through Thy strengthening grace, enable to approach it, while others Thou didst keep back by reason of what their hands have wrought in Thy days. Whoso hath hasted towards it and attained unto it hath, in his eagerness to gaze on Thy beauty, yielded his life in Thy path, and ascended unto Thee, wholly detached from aught else except Thyself.
Translation Notes
SE rendered النَّاسِ (an-nás), وَفَّقْتَهُ (waffaqtah), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “enable, O my God”
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
aid 28% assist 14% graciously 12% thou 9% concord 9% may 9% unity 7% unanimously 5% fellowship 4% unitedly 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: estranged from UsgleaningsGWB §552: attainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: Assist Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §53: helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fittethgleaningsGWB §414: He may graciously vouchsafe His grace
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §161: the providence of the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: them that have near access to Godfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §700: them that shall be brought nigh unto Uskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who seek to draw nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §577: and numberedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and make me abletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: deprivegleaningsGWB §569: suffer them not to be deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: deprived themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: deprived ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: utterly deprived
SE expanded to “their hands have wrought”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §319: benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: perverse doingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: professionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wroughtgleaningsGWB §462: your doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: pursuingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: their deeds
SE rendered مَحْرُومًا (maḥrúman), عَنْها (ʿanhá), اكتَسَبَتْ (iktasabat), يَداهُ (yadáh), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik), وَالَّذِيْ (wálladhí) as “others, it, their hands have wrought, in Thy days, Whoso”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §448: nor the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his doorwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §465: your mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
SE expanded to “in Thy days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: their timegleaningsGWB §627: in Thy Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: His last daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the day-time
SE expanded to “and attained unto it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: blissfulgleaningsGWB §299: thou hast attainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: will attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: and attainedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: will distinguish
This form usually rendered as “laid”, “hath”, “offered” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §272: Fail not to offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: as a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: sacrificedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: a sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy SelfgleaningsGWB §680: self and passionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: to themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: him that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: straightgleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy way
شَوْقًا
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
This form usually rendered as “longing”, “yearning”, “desire” (27 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in his eagerness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §708: joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: panteth after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
SE expanded to “to gaze on Thy beauty”
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: BeneficentgleaningsGWB §67: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: visageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: in the contemplation of Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
SE expanded to “and ascended unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee upgleaningsGWB §202: cause them to attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: and ascendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: settingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: his ascent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: are wholly devoted to Theefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §572: Disencumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: they who are devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithful
سِواكَ
literal: other than; other-than; other than, except
SE expanded to “aught else except Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §616: and fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: aught else except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: else but HimgleaningsGWB §211: established His seat
