Prayers and Meditations — §286
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 286 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لَمَّا هَدَيْتَهُمْ إِلى بابِ فَضْلِكَ لا تَطْرُدْهُمْ بِعِنايَتِكَ، وَلَمَّا دَعَوْتَهُمْ إِلى أُفُقِ أَمْرِكَ لا تَمْنَعْهُمْ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الخَبِيرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Now that Thou hast guided them unto the door of Thy grace, O my Lord, cast them not away, by Thy bounty; and now that Thou hast summoned them unto the horizon of Thy Cause, keep them not back from Thee, by Thy graciousness and favor. Powerful art Thou to do as Thou pleasest. No God is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Informed.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: LordsgleaningsGWB §491: No, by Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
SE expanded to “Thou hast guided them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: directeth your stepsgleaningsGWB §226: rightly guidedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: a guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: and led meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: guide them arightgleaningsGWB §493: His guidancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: inspired
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bettergleaningsGWB §358: most distinguishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: God’s holy graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: His mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
This form usually rendered as “drive”, “driven” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “cast them not away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive them not awaygleaningsGWB §464: reject Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: outcastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §461: Thrust not awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: cast Him out from their midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Cast not away
SE expanded to “by Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: loving-kindness andfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §125: Divinekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §286: by Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My providencewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE expanded to “Thou hast summoned them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: entreatgleaningsGWB §671: shall profess himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pretensionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: whom Thou hast summonedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: Him that summoned herthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: wear the guise ofwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Most Sublime Horizonfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §401: sourcekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: dawning-placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §34: all regions
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: at the commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §470: under any conditionkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: Nothing whatsoeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: through Thy decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
SE rendered أُفُقِ (ʾufuq), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), تَمْنَعْهُمْ (tamnaʿhum), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَكَرَمِكَ، (wakaramika،) as “the horizon, Thy Cause, by Thy graciousness, and favor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We have forbidden yougleaningsGWB §127: most exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: ceasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: kept backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Debar
بِجُودِكَ
literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Thy graciousness”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §34: downpourgleaningsGWB §547: favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: the showerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of My generosityfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: Vineyardfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §578: the Benevolentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: loving kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: who can deal bountifully with metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “to do as Thou pleasest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: thatgleaningsGWB §693: have willedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: Thy purposetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir), تَشآءُ (tasháʾ), إِلهَ (ʾilh), العَلِيمُ (al-ʿalím), الخَبِيرُ (al-khabír) as “Powerful, to do as Thou pleasest, the Omniscient, the All-Informed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Godhoodfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §568: of the Creatorkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who knowethfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §188: if ye know itkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: know it notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: all the world’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
all-informed 43% all-wise 14% who 14% informed 9% all-knowing 6% omniscient 3% understanding 3% observant 3% all-perceiving.”… 3% all-wise.” 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: is informedgleaningsGWB §527: the All-Wisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: warningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: apprisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: have been laid upthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: I was unawareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Who is informed of allgleaningsGWB §219: have We given
