Prayers and Meditations — §277
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 277 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َّ بِإِرادَتِكَ وَلا لِي مِنْ مَشِيَّةٍ إِلاَّ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَلا يَجْرِيْ مِنْ قَلَمِي إِلاَّ ما يُنادِي بِهِ قَلَمُكَ الأَعْلَى وَما تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ لِسانِي إِلاَّ بِما نَطَقَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الأَعْظَمُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ البَقاءِ وَما تَحَرَّكْتُ إِلا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have no will but Thy will, O my Lord, and cherish no desire except Thy desire. From my pen floweth only the summons which Thine own exalted pen hath voiced, and my tongue uttereth naught save what the Most Great Spirit hath itself proclaimed in the kingdom of Thine eternity. I am stirred by nothing else except the winds of Thy will, and breathe no word except the words which, by Thy leave and Thine inspiration, I am led to pronounce.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: seekgleaningsGWB §405: promptingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: whatsoever Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: achievingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: that which pleaseth
SE rendered بِإِرادَتِكَ (biʾirádatik), لِي (lí), مَشِيَّةٍ (mashíhahin), بِمَشِيَّتِكَ (bimashíhatik) as “Thy will, desire, Thy desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: untogleaningsGWB §532: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: beforethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: his bodygleaningsGWB §326: This same relationship bindeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoevergleaningsGWB §302: elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thy primal willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleaseth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: travelethgleaningsGWB §26: hath gone forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: universally enforcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: floweth outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: maidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: flowethgleaningsGWB §662: gush out and flowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: receiveth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thywill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: my afflicted pen
This form usually rendered as “calleth”, “crieth”, “will” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: criedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §405: Divine Heraldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My voice
SE rendered يُنادِي (yunádí), قَلَمُكَ (qalamuk), الأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), تَكَلَّمَ (takallam), لِسانِي (lisání) as “voiced, Thine own exalted pen, uttereth, my tongue”
This form usually rendered as “spoke”, “breathe”, “conversing” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Him Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §14: conversingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: but a wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: words
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “spoken”, “spoke” (43 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: glorygleaningsGWB §404: potentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: greatness of Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majestygleaningsGWB §708: absolute
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: angelsgleaningsGWB §402: the sovereign Lord of allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thou Who art the Kingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: remainingfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §452: who were madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the immortal draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: live totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Immortality
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirredfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §595: through its movementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: have set in motion—fingerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: She bestirred herselfwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: moving
