Prayers and Meditations — §297

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 297 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

الأَبْهی، أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِ اشْتَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الأُمُورُ وَأَحَاطَهُمْ أَهْلُ الفُجُورِ فَأَرْسِلْ مِنْ سَمَاءِ أَمْرِكَ جُنُودَ غَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

They are sore pressed with cares, O my Lord, and are encompassed about by the wicked. Send down, therefore, from the heaven of Thy behest Thine invisible hosts, that, holding aloft the ensigns of Thy victory, they may help them in Thy land, and may shield them against Thine adversaries.

Translation Notes

الأَبْهی،

al-ʾabhí، b-h-w → “all-glorious”

literal: glory; most glorious; most-glorious

all-glorious 63% most 12% glorious 7% abhá 7% effulgent 5% immortality 2% glory 2% brightest 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glory gleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities the-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glory will-and-testamentW&T §14: Abhá epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-Glorious gleaningsGWB §30: the All-Glorious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: effulgent

رَبِّ

rabb r-b-b

literal: Lord; lord

SE rendered الأَبْهی، (al-ʾabhí،), رَبِّ (rabb), اشْتَدَّتْ (ishtaddat), عَلَيْهِمُ (ʿalayhim) as “O my Lord, sore pressed, with cares”

lord 93% god 3% creator 1% one 1% art 1% none 1% ruler 1% thou 1% ‘lord 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity gleaningsGWB §149: of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Ruler tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord

اشْتَدَّتْ

ishtaddat sh-d-d → “have” Distinctive

literal: become; became; severe

This form usually rendered as “sore”, “fiercely” (2 occurrences)

sore 50% fiercely 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: waxed more severe gleaningsGWB §306: severe kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: woes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: would fill prayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: sore pressed tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: affliction the-hidden-wordsHW §122: ye are will-and-testamentW&T §3: intense

عَلَيْهِمُ

ʿalayhim ʿ-l-y → “upon”

literal: upon; on

rest 20% wronged 20% upon 20% unto 20% fall 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to exalt gleaningsGWB §256: that wronged Us kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner had the-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §59: upon you epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: unto gleaningsGWB §532: of My words

أَمْرِكَ

ʾamrik ʾ-m-r → “thy behest”

literal: command; cause

cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His behest fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §39: His commandments kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counsel prayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: prescribed unto Him tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summoned the-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause

وَأَحَاطَهُمْ

waʾaḥáṭahum ḥ-w-ṭ → “encompassed about”

literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed

encompassed 38% hath 14% have 12% all-encompassing 10% compassed 7% envelop 6% embraced 5% pervaded 4% enveloped 2% all-embracing 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: surround fire-tabletFire §20: whisperings gleaningsGWB §137: all-embracing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: encompassed the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: conceived the-hidden-wordsHW §98: beset will-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me round epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared on

أَهْلُ

ʾahl ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; people, folk; people/inhabitants

people 41% peoples 29% dwellers 5% men 4% mankind 4% ye 4% concourse 4% infidel 4% inhabitants 3% denizens 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: all the peoples gleaningsGWB §329: exponents kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: ye peoples prayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people of the-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERS will-and-testamentW&T §34: devoted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the people of the Bayán

الفُجُورِ

al-fujúr f-j-r

literal: dawn; wicked; burst forth

SE rendered وَأَحَاطَهُمْ (waʾaḥáṭahum), أَهْلُ (ʾahl), الفُجُورِ (al-fujúr), فَأَرْسِلْ (faʾarsil), سَمَاءِ (samáʾ) as “encompassed about, the wicked, Send down, the heaven”