Prayers and Meditations — §279
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 279 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عِبادِكَ وَبَعِيدًا مِنْ أَحِبَّائِكَ وَأَصْفِيائِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَمْطارِ سَحابِ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ بِها أَنْبَتْتَ فِي قُلُوبِ المُوَحِّدِينَ أَوْرادَ الذِّكْرِ وَالبَيانِ وَأَزْهارَ الحِكْمَةِ وَالتِّبْيانِ بِأَنْ تَرْزُقَ عِبادَكَ وَذَوِي قَرابَتِي أَثْمارَ سِدْرَةِ فَردانِيَّتِكَ فِي هذِهِ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِيْ فِيها اسْتَوَيْتَ عَلَى عَرْشِ رَحْمانِيَّتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ لا تَمْنَعْهُمْ عَمَّا عِنْدَكَ ثْمَّ اكْتُبْ لَهُمْ ما يُصْعِدُهُمْ إِلى مَعارِجِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، ثُمَّ أَشْرِبْهُمْ كَوْثَرَ عِرْفانِكَ وَقَدِّرْ لَهُمْ خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ البَهآءِ وَمَحْبُوبُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold, then, O my God, my loneliness among Thy servants and my remoteness from Thy friends and Thy chosen ones. I beseech Thee, by the showers of the clouds of Thy mercy, whereby Thou hast caused the blossoms of Thy praise and utterance and the flowers of Thy wisdom and testimony to spring forth in the hearts of all them that have recognized Thy oneness, to supply Thy servants and my kindred with the fruits of the tree of Thy unity, in these days when Thou hast been established upon the throne of Thy mercy. Hinder them not, O my Lord, from attaining unto the things Thou dost possess, and write down for them that which will aid them to scale the heights of Thy grace and favor. Give them, moreover, to drink of the living waters of Thy knowledge, and ordain for them the good of this world and of the world to come.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: servants of Godfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §122: Servants.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: unto Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
This form usually rendered as “loved”, “dear”, “who” (43 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Best-Beloved of the nationsfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §17: for Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: lothtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: clearfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §562: goodwillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thy names and Thine attributesthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen ones
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §179: entreatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: These thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §308: by the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §640: intervening cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the clouds
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your heartsgleaningsGWB §363: lotkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: their mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: those heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the heart
SE expanded to “them that have recognized”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §440: Cleave unto thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fused and blendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: unity and onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
1 occurrence in corpus
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “abundantly”, “flowers” (2 occurrences)
abundantly 50% flowers 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: blossomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: sparklingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §24: poisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: abundantlywill-and-testamentW&T §17: Beware, bewareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: blossom aswill-and-testamentW&T §5: venom
wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: perspicuousgleaningsGWB §506: of the manifold wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the essence of Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §34: government
supply 67% sustainest 33%
SE rendered تَرْزُقَ (tarzuq), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), وَذَوِي (wadhawí), قَرابَتِي (qarábatí), أَثْمارَ (ʾathmár), سِدْرَةِ (sidrah) as “supply, servants, and my, kindred, fruits, tree”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: fruitgleaningsGWB §193: have yieldedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: fruits—the fruitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: its fruitstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: fully grownwill-and-testamentW&T §57: fruit given forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: fruit upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Tree beyond whichgleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: The blessed Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §175: the Burning Bush
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: One, the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §385: peerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: unique
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the DaygleaningsGWB §504: is this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: night seasonwill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §618: sooner or laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people
SE expanded to “hast been established”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §680: none exceptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: but Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: else but Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §118: imprinted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the MightygleaningsGWB §51: the seatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: throne ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throne
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Lords
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: was powerless to deter MegleaningsGWB §35: nor strayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: may preventtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me
SE expanded to “Thou dost possess”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
SE rendered تَمْنَعْهُمْ (tamnaʿhum), عِنْدَكَ (ʿindak), اكْتُبْ (iktub), يُصْعِدُهُمْ (yuṣʿiduhum) as “from attaining unto, Thou dost possess, aid them to scale”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all the booksgleaningsGWB §17: Tabletkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: compositionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
SE expanded to “aid them to scale”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raisedgleaningsGWB §128: ascendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: attaintablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Risewill-and-testamentW&T §58: Day of Ascensionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee upgleaningsGWB §1: ever hope to ascend
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §59: the favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: bountiesgleaningsGWB §288: the subtleties
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Drink your fillgleaningsGWB §25: and drink inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Give her to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: draughtgleaningsGWB §353: and their drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: where to quench their thirst.”
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: the living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: living fountain
knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: recognitiongleaningsGWB §126: them that comprehend its meaningkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the sagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: who hath recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: known as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §139: had been clearly foreordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereign Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thy righteous creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §476: highest good
SE expanded to “the world to come”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §705: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and of the nextepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §280: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the life to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: this present worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: formerthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstgleaningsGWB §125: early days
SE rendered خَيْرَ (khayr), الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولی، (wálʾúlí،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “good, the world to come, this world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thine
