Prayers and Meditations — §249
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 249 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَلَوْ أَنَّ الجَسَدَ يَحْزُنُ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ بَلائِكَ وَظُهُورِ قَضائِكَ وَلكِنَّ الرُّوحَ تَسْتَبْشِرُ فِي وَرُودِها عِنْدَ شَرِيعَةِ جَمالِكَ وَنُزوُلِها فِي شاطِئِ بَحْرِ أَزَلِيَّتِكَ، هَلْ يَنْبَغِي لِلْحَبِيبِ أَنْ يُعْرِضَ عَنْ لِقاءِ المَحْبُوبِ أَوْ لِلْعاشِقِ أَنْ يَفِرَّ عَنْ لِقاءِ المَعْشُوقِ حاشا ثُمَّ حاشَا إِنَّا كُلٌّ بِكَ آمِنُونَ وَبِلِقائِكَ آمِلونَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Though my body be pained by the trials that befall me from Thee, though it be afflicted by the revelations of Thy Decree, yet my soul rejoiceth at having partaken of the waters of Thy Beauty, and at having attained the shores of the ocean of Thine eternity. Doth it beseem a lover to flee from his beloved, or to desert the object of his heart’s desire? Nay, we all believe in Thee, and eagerly hope to enter Thy presence.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: bodygleaningsGWB §199: yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: humanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: my earthlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: her bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §120: framewill-and-testamentW&T §13: its mortal frameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our bodies
This form usually rendered as “saddened”, “will”, “lest” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §591: have We revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: Him Who hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pour forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trialsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: a fresh tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: every tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: tribulations
SE rendered نُزُولِ (nuzúl), بَلائِكَ (baláʾik), وَظُهُورِ (waẓuhúr), قَضائِكَ (qaḍáʾik), وَلكِنَّ (walkinn), الرُّوحَ (ar-rúḥ) as “revelations, trials, the, Decree, yet, soul”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the stench-filledfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §522: may attain unto tranquillity and peacekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: Ghostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: the gentle windstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §103: ease
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: These glad-tidingsgleaningsGWB §352: rejoice with exceeding gladnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: heraldingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: the Heraldtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: OF MANwill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: hath announced
This form usually rendered as “having” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: touchedgleaningsGWB §491: We suffered in the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: instanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: may be kept back from themwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: befallengleaningsGWB §127: hath attainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: came to visit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: hath been set downgleaningsGWB §101: Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: of former Dispensationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: the dispensations of Thy providencewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: lawgivergleaningsGWB §44: imposed by their Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: path
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 §112: among whomgleaningsGWB §233: and beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: visageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: on the oceangleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: seagleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
everlasting 60% eternity 40%
gleaningsGWB §6: foreverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thine everlasting sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §4: ancient eternitygleaningsGWB §40: Eternalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: been eternallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine everlasting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §428: mustkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fit forgleaningsGWB §477: It well beseemeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §676: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Best-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
This form usually rendered as “flee” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: hath turned asidegleaningsGWB §97: turneth awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: spoke these words unto Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: estrangementtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: They that have turned away from Me
presence 30% divine 15% “attainment 15% attain 11% meet 7% attainment 7% behold 4% attained 4% attaining 4% “presence 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §54: Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: attainment unto the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: left ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: in
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §271: the lovers of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: love’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: the object of his heart’s desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of Love
SE rendered المَحْبُوبِ (al-maḥbúb), لِلْعاشِقِ (lilʿáshiq), يَفِرَّ (yafirr), لِقاءِ (liqáʾ), المَعْشُوقِ (al-maʿshúq) as “to, desert, heart’s, object”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fled awaygleaningsGWB §463: and wouldst flee for refugekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: flee fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: desertepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: thou wouldst fleegleaningsGWB §411: refugekitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: fleeingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: fled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: am a believergleaningsGWB §251: the faithfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: believed inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Thy peacetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: believe
This form usually rendered as “eagerly” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: hopesgleaningsGWB §465: My dearest wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: longingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: eagerly hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponder
