Prayers and Meditations — §284
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 284 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي لَوْ لَمْ تَكنِ البَلايا فِي سَبِيلِكَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ يُسَرُّ قَلْبِي فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَلَوْلا سَفْكَ الدِّمآءِ فِي حُبِّكَ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَحْمَرُّ وُجُوهُ أَصْفِيائِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ طِرازُ وُجُوهِ مُحِبِّيكَ دَمُ الَّذِيْ يَجْرِي مِنْ جِباهِهِمْ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ فِي حُبِّكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
But for the troubles that touch me in Thy path, O my God, how else could my heart rejoice in Thy days; and were it not for the blood which is shed for love of Thee, what else could tinge the faces of Thy chosen ones before the eyes of Thy creatures? I swear by Thy might! The ornament that adorneth the countenance of Thy dear ones is the blood which, in their love for Thee, floweth out of their foreheads over their faces.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَوْ (law), تَكنِ (takn), البَلايا (al-baláyá) as “O my God, how else could my, troubles that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §270: the truth of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE rendered فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَوْ (law), تَكنِ (takn), البَلايا (al-baláyá), سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik) as “O my God, how else could my, troubles that, Thy path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: and hiddengleaningsGWB §286: days to comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: and His essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §52: that thou mayest become
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §498: which We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: the indignities heaped uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §512: to be tried by manifold adversitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: approachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leading
SE rendered البَلايا (al-baláyá), سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik), بِأَيِّ (biʾayy), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), يُسَرُّ (yusarr), قَلْبِي (qalbí), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik) as “troubles that, Thy path, rejoice, Thy days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: He willethgleaningsGWB §636: any share whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: through Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: MysterygleaningsGWB §672: into the joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the headsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: consciencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Rejoicest
SE rendered يُسَرُّ (yusarr), قَلْبِي (qalbí), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik) as “rejoice, Thy days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heartgleaningsGWB §118: mine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: Thy heart’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: transformed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the daysgleaningsGWB §39: nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the “Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sheddinggleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §574: refrain from sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §507: have shed
SE expanded to “love of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the Best-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §667: hard it iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: of them that lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
This form usually rendered as “dye”, “tinge” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: Crimsonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: assesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: with metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: of the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §10: dyed crimsonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: and crimsonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: tingeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: dye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §29: and hast directed towards me Thy stepskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: consider themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
SE expanded to “eyes of Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: but a creationfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §352: men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: to raise uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: of men
SE expanded to “I swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: glory ofgleaningsGWB §195: resistlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: hath exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: with the ornament ofgleaningsGWB §438: beneficialkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the adornmentgleaningsGWB §426: glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hath flowed outgleaningsGWB §170: impartedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: will beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: hath been made to flowtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: knoweththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: utteredwill-and-testamentW&T §5: audaciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: streamed
1 occurrence in corpus
