Prayers and Meditations — §268
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 268 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَلَوْ أَنْتَ تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي فِي مَحَلِّ الَّذِيْ لا يُسْمَعُ مِنْ أَرْجاءِهِ إِلاَّ تَرجِيعُ الصَّدَى وَسُدَّتْ فِيهِ عَلَى وُجُوهِنا أَبْوابُ الرَّخاءِ وَنَكُونُ فِي ظاهِرِ الأَمْرِ فِي الظُّلُماتِ الدَّهْمآءِ، وَلكِنَّ نَفْسِي اشْتَعَلَتْ فِي حُبِّكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا تَسْكُنُ نارُ حُبِّها وَلَهِيبُ شَوْقِها تَنْطِقُ بِأَعْلَى الصَّوْتِ بَيْنَ العِبادِ وَتَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْكَ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Though—as Thou beholdest me, O my God—I be dwelling in a place within whose walls no voice can be heard except the sound of the echo, though all the gates of ease and comfort be shut against us, and thick darkness appear to have compassed us on every side, yet my soul hath been so inflamed by its love for Thee, that nothing whatsoever can either quench the fire of its love or abate the consuming flame of its desire. Lifting up its voice, it crieth aloud amidst Thy servants, and calleth them, at all times and under all conditions, unto Thee.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “seest” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §49: Canst thou discoverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: Look Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: unveiled to thine eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: thy Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §568: of the Creatorkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: hearingfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §29: for having enabled me to hearkenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: ear to hearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: and catchtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §631: suppliantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hopeth
This form usually rendered as “sound” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: returnedgleaningsGWB §669: describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “return”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: enable me to returnthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: Return thenwill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou hadst returnedgleaningsGWB §42: Refer
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: to visitfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §504: Him Whose facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: directing his stepstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §174: instrumentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: at the doorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the doorgleaningsGWB §387: His doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: out of Thy door
This form usually rendered as “affluence”, “ease” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “will”, “such”, “shall” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: begleaningsGWB §503: in thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: that will enable himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thou desirest
SE rendered الرَّخاءِ (ar-rakháʾ), وَنَكُونُ (wanakún), ظاهِرِ (ẓáhir), الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), الظُّلُماتِ (aẓ-ẓulumát) as “ease, appear, side, darkness”
wronged 55% darkness 12% tyranny 8% oppressors 5% cruelty 5% oppressor 4% oppression 3% have 3% injustice 3% iniquity 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: who was wrongedfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §196: deal unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §34: hath wrought the most glaring cruelty upon Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: the oppressor
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: thine own selfgleaningsGWB §273: I Myselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: with him who
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “kindled”, “grew” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flamefire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §71: glowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: glow with the hottest flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: which Thou hast enkindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: It is Our wish and desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: Thy tendernesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My loverwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
SE rendered اشْتَعَلَتْ (ishtaʿalat), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), تَسْكُنُ (taskun), نارُ (nár), حُبِّها (ḥubbihá) as “inflamed, love, that, quench, fire”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §115: tokenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: manifold tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: poisefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §338: who are the inmates ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: was lostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §88: all wretchednesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §48: quiet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §551: latterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: itstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hell
This form usually rendered as “abate” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §71: undyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: or abate the consuming flamegleaningsGWB §118: consumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: hotter and hotterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: ragethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: glowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: the consuming power of its flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervorfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §311: great longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: they whose souls pant after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: that which the Tongue of Testimony hath spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §635: Proclaimkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: speaktablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §548: and all honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and strongerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and can aidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitudefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §657: all them that serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: and the Object of my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: summonethgleaningsGWB §216: calleth upon Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: adjurationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who call ontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: these idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: And nowgleaningsGWB §406: in close associationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: And yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: come in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment
