Prayers and Meditations — §274
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 274 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَعَنْ وَرآءِ هؤلآءِ اعْتَرَضَ عَلَيَّ ذَوُو قَرابَتِي بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنِّي أَحْبَبْتُهُمْ وَاخْتَرْتُ لَهُمْ ما اخْتَرْتُ لِنَفْسِيْ، وَلَمَّا وَجَدُونِي فِي السِّجْنِ ارْتَكبُوا فِي حَقِّي ما لا ارْتَكبَ أَحَدٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I was, moreover, opposed by mine own kindred, although, as Thou knowest, they were dear to me and I had desired for them that which I had desired for mine own self. These are the ones who, when learning that I had been cast into prison, perpetrated against me what no man else on earth had perpetrated.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backsgleaningsGWB §28: beyond themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: behind their backsgleaningsGWB §385: beyond itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreoverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy back
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: disbelieversgleaningsGWB §362: these faithless soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: defectiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: such as have turned aside
SE rendered هؤلآءِ (hʾláʾ), اعْتَرَضَ (iʿtaraḍ), ذَوُو (dhawú), قَرابَتِي (qarábatí) as “These, opposed”
SE rendered اعْتَرَضَ (iʿtaraḍ), ذَوُو (dhawú), قَرابَتِي (qarábatí) as “opposed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: nearer accessfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §83: his kindredkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: is at hand.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: all that have drawn nigh unto Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My knowledgefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §64: All-Knowing.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: certain knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: understanding hathtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
love 50% beloved 16% loved 14% well-beloved 6% best-beloved 4% dear 3% thou 2% who 2% all 1% lover 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: of My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §486: unto His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dear Onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
This form usually rendered as “preferrest”, “choice”, “had” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: UnrestrainedgleaningsGWB §47: Preferrest thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: and I had desired for themthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of brevityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creationgleaningsGWB §3: inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: Thy choicethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Prefer
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
SE expanded to “mine own self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the OnegleaningsGWB §25: them whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: resideth withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: by Thy Selftablet-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 §254: for thyself
This form usually rendered as “learning” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: witnessedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §190: findeth itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His own Selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: Fashionertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the prison-citygleaningsGWB §225: captivitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Our prisongleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Houseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: I am a captive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Him that rideth upongleaningsGWB §227: followethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: that which their hands have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §118: have entered withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: committedgleaningsGWB §621: They that followkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: accomplish
SE rendered السِّجْنِ (as-sijn), ارْتَكبُوا (irtakbúá), حَقِّي (ḥaqqí), ارْتَكبَ (irtakb), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun) as “prison, perpetrated, man”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: for a serious endgleaningsGWB §176: one truekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: theythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: One True God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §604: His most august Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: no man elsetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §570: a man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: countryfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §202: this worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: this earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: and on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earth
