Prayers and Meditations — §259
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 259 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عُوا عِبادَكَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ عَلَى كُلِّ ذلِكَ أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنِيْ وَأَحِبَّتِي لإِعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ ثُمَّ أَثْبِتْنا عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يَمْنَعُنا شَيْءٌ مِنْ مَكارِهِ الدُّنْيا وَشَدائِدِها عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
For all these things I offer thanksgiving unto Thee, O my Lord! I implore Thee to assist me and them that love me to magnify Thy Word, and to endow us with such strength that the ills of this world and its tribulations will be powerless to hinder us from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues. Powerful art Thou to do all things; resplendent art Thou above all things.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheldgleaningsGWB §222: not refusekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: from harmingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: prevented
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: them that serve Himfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: have gathered and preyedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the comprehension of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE rendered التَّوَجُّهِ (at-tawajjuh), إِلَيْكَ، (ʾilayka،), رَبِّ (rabb), لَكَ (lak) as “my Lord, unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: wholly for the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §568: Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: and set her facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE rendered إِلَيْكَ، (ʾilayka،), رَبِّ (rabb), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “my Lord, unto Thee, thanksgiving”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: LordgleaningsGWB §380: the Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: O my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: All-praise totablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §610: Render thanks
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §356: We beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: aidgleaningsGWB §414: vouchsafe His gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inconsistentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: Thou wilt aid uswill-and-testamentW&T §6: joining handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: toward UsgleaningsGWB §10: peacekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: according to our
SE expanded to “and them that love me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §724: Our friendskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: Thy Causetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “exaltation”, “glorify” (34 occurrences)
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who conversed with Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: the wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: With everytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My words
This form usually rendered as “have”, “endow” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestablegleaningsGWB §238: have written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: have been inscribedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: set firmthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: writ and recordedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: established
SE rendered كَلِمَتِكَ (kalimatik), أَثْبِتْنا (ʾathbitná), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يَمْنَعُنا (yamnaʿuná), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun) as “Thy Word, endow us, hinder, things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §197: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: exaltationthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §605: suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the manifold evidences
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turngleaningsGWB §300: certain eventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: Thou choosesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoever
This form usually rendered as “evils”, “ills”, “extreme” (3 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §460: abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: illsgleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: abhorrentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: abhorrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: may be abhorrent unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme of adversity
have 21% grievous 14% tribulations 11% hath 11% waxed 7% severe 7% intensity 7% will 7% trials 7% tribulation 7%
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: chargesgleaningsGWB §315: dwell upon themkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: of the remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “virtues” (71 occurrences)
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: to celebrate Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: muse on Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
