Prayers and Meditations — §295
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 295 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي قَدْ كادَ أَنْ يَصْفَرَّ ما نَبَتَ فِي رِضْوانِ عِزِّ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ فَأَيْنَ أَمْطارُ سَحَابِ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَعَرَّتْ أَغْصانُ سِدْرَةِ وَحْدَانِيَّتِكَ مِنْ حُلَلِ العِزَّةِ وَالعِرْفانِ، فَأَيْنَ رَبِيعُ أَلْطافِكَ وَمَوَاهِبِكَ، قَدْ تَوَقَّفَتْ فُلْكُ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى بَحْرِ الإِمْكانِ فَأَيْنَ أَرْيَاحُ جُودِكَ وَإِحْسَانِكَ، وَأَحَاطَتْ سِرَاجَ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ أَرْياحُ النِّفَاقِ مِنْ كُلِّ الآفَاقِ أَيْنَ زُجَاجَةُ حِفْظِكَ وَإِكرامِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Faded now is all that erstwhile flourished in the Paradise of Thy transcendent oneness, O my God! Where are the rain-giving clouds of Thy mercy? Shorn are the branches of the Tree of Thy unity of the vesture of Thy majesty and wisdom; where is the springtime of Thy gifts and bounties? Motionless lies the Ark of Thy Cause on the sea of Thy creation; where are the winds of Thy grace and favors? Encompassed on every side is Thy Lamp by the tempests of discord blowing from every land; where is the globe of Thy graciousness and protection?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divinefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §610: unto the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), كادَ (kád), يَصْفَرَّ (yaṣfarr), نَبَتَ (nabat) as “O my God, Faded, flourished”
This form usually rendered as “faded” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all” (1 occurrences)
paradise 46% garden 15% tabernacle 8% heaven 8% peerless 4% good-pleasure 4% most 4% everlasting 4% unto 4% celestial 4%
gleaningsGWB §634: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: acquiescence to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: in Thine all highest Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the celestial paradisegleaningsGWB §287: the good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of divine favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: gardenthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: towards His paradise
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glorygleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: most excellenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §251: His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: showersfire-tabletFire §4: rainsgleaningsGWB §484: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: rain downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: made to raingleaningsGWB §282: the showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: and of the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: the overflowing rains
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: and the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: pityfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §627: of Mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: O Thou Who art the Most Mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “shorn” (1 occurrences)
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: this TreegleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahákitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the Bushprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’l
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the harmonizingfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §99: must needs be one and the samekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of divine Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: that have recognized Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “ornaments”, “vestures”, “vesture” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Lawful is itgleaningsGWB §650: to its abodekitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homethe-hidden-wordsHW §75: dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §25: resolvedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: anothergleaningsGWB §357: a direct evidence
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognize” (144 occurrences)
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledgegleaningsGWB §567: acknowledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: ignoranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Make knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the fragrance
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §547: the refinementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: those irreproachable and purest Symbolsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §327: subtle Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the overflowings of Its bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §299: the Most Powerfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: bountieswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty
This form usually rendered as “motionless” (1 occurrences)
hesitate 22% hesitated 17% discover 13% hesitation 9% established 9% stand 9% would 9% place 4% such 4% remain 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: be acquaintedfire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen haltgleaningsGWB §103: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: is writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: would not hesitateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hesitatedgleaningsGWB §210: stand thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: comprehend
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 §266: upon the seagleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and the ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the seasgleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
This form usually rendered as “all”, “world”, “entire” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §148: of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: the lordship of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: abodewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: Placeless
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bountiful”, “through” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: pleasinggleaningsGWB §473: Be bounteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: through Thy graciousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: or womangleaningsGWB §579: kindlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: favour
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassedfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §191: spread throughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: shedding illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: have encompassed them on every sidethe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: hath comprehended
SE rendered وَأَحَاطَتْ (waʾaḥáṭat), سِرَاجَ (siráj), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), أَرْياحُ (ʾaryáḥ), النِّفَاقِ (an-nifáq) as “Encompassed, Lamp, tempests, discord”
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §507: No one of themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Thy majestytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anygleaningsGWB §311: any man
malice 27% sedition 27% discord 14% maliciously 9% dissensions 9% malicious 5% dissension 5% hearts 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: sacrificedfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §666: hath offered upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: seditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and seditionthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §10: their maliceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: malicious
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “all” (52 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: protectedgleaningsGWB §567: for the preservationkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: Shield ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
This form usually rendered as “protection”, “favors” (2 occurrences)
protection 50% favors 50%
