Prayers and Meditations — §248
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 248 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبِي حِينَئِذٍ قَدْ فَدَيْتُ نَفْسِي لِمَظاهِرِ نَفْسِكَ وَأَنْفَقْتُ رُوحِي لِبَدائِعِ مَطالِعِ جَمالِكَ، كأَنِّي فَدَيْتُ رُوحِي لِرُوحِكَ وَذاتِي لِذاتِكَ وَجَمالِي لِجَمالِكَ وَأَنْفَقْتُ كُلَّ ذلِكَ فِي سبِيلِكَ وَسَبِيلِ أَوْلِيائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By the glory of Thy might, O Thou my Well-Beloved! To have sacrificed my life for the Manifestations of Thy Self, to have offered up my soul in the path of the Revealers of Thy wondrous Beauty, is to have sacrificed my spirit for Thy Spirit, my being for Thy Being, my glory for Thy glory. It is as if I had offered up all these things for Thy sake, and for the sake of Thy loved ones.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glorygleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §419: the God of glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §36: of the lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: to Thy loved onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
SE expanded to “To have sacrificed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §109: a sacrifice unto Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: be a sacrifice untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: yieldedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §56: as a sacrifice forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: by GodgleaningsGWB §362: breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: in Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: any one
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
SE expanded to “to have offered up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: maliciousfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §480: Bestowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: surrenderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast yieldedthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: joyfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §367: in a spirit of perfect fellowshipkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: delightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: and quietethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wondrousgleaningsGWB §546: How wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: melodiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: through the wondrous potencytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §286: the most marvelous
This form usually rendered as “daysprings”, “dawning-places”, “exponents” (58 occurrences)
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: ignorancefire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §161: manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: awareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: the manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §233: and beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: And it came to pass thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: I swear by Thy Beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
This form usually rendered as “entire”, “may”, “complete” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §92: Ancient of Dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: His own Beingwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: beinggleaningsGWB §327: the mystery ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
SE expanded to “and for the sake”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §574: the footstepskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: path
SE expanded to “of Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: His loved onesgleaningsGWB §278: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Turn Thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: of Thy guardianshipthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §467: Governor
