Prayers and Meditations — §312
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 312 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِهًا إِلى أَنْوارِ جَمَالِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الفَقِيرُ قَدْ تَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ غَنائِكَ وَهَرَبْتُ عَنِ الظُّلْمَةِ وَالغَفْلَةِ إِلى بَوارِقِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ أَشْكُرُكَ بِدَوامِ مَلَكُوتِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِكَ لَيَكُونُ قَليلاً عِنْدَ عَطَاياكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am but a poor creature, O my Lord! Behold me clinging to the hem of Thy riches. I have fled from darkness and from waywardness unto the brightness of the light of Thy countenance. Were I—and to this Thy glory beareth me witness—to render thanksgiving unto Thee, through the whole continuance of Thy kingdom and the duration of the heaven of Thine omnipotence, I would still have failed to repay Thy manifold bestowals.
Translation Notes
SE rendered ِهًا (ihan), أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), جَمَالِكَ، (jamálika،) as “brightness of the light, Thy countenance”
SE expanded to “brightness of the light”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: light can comparefire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §23: envelopkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: of all lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: splendors of the glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ornament togleaningsGWB §233: and beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Lords
SE expanded to “a poor creature”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosityfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hem
SE expanded to “of Thy riches”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the richgleaningsGWB §449: take the placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: sea of wealthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: true wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all-possessing,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung
SE expanded to “I have fled”
SE rendered غَنائِكَ (ghanáʾik), وَهَرَبْتُ (waharabt), الظُّلْمَةِ (aẓ-ẓulmah), وَالغَفْلَةِ (wálghaflah) as “of Thy riches, I have fled, from waywardness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: oppressorsfire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §363: unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: transgressions committedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He Whom the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: darkness
waywardness 27% wayward 13% forgetfulness 13% strayed 7% careless 7% path 7% turneth 7% hath 7% failed 7% grievously 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: waywardgleaningsGWB §73: of their heedlessnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: deprivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: from waywardnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: most negligentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have saidgleaningsGWB §35: perversity
SE rendered وَالغَفْلَةِ (wálghaflah), بَوارِقِ (bawáriq), أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), وَجْهِكَ، (wajhika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik) as “from waywardness, glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: flashgleaningsGWB §552: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: splendorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: the swiftness of lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: effulgencethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: a mere cupful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: glory offire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §365: inestimablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: sublimethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “render thanksgiving unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: render thanksfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §319: the thankfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and to yield Thee thankstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: so long aswill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
SE expanded to “of Thy kingdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §119: Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: and the Rulertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §311: His dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: are the heavenstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (69 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I would still have failed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: essencefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §483: beforekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §548: Thou art Hetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered وَجَبَرُوتِكَ (wajabarútik), لَيَكُونُ (layakún), قَليلاً (qalíláan), عَطَاياكَ، (ʿaṭáyáka،) as “the heaven, I would still have failed, Thy manifold bestowals”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the summitfire-tabletFire §42: independencegleaningsGWB §461: a littlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: some mean price.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: Who art the Sourcethe-hidden-wordsHW §91: handfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: exceedethfire-tabletFire §47: fewness
SE expanded to “Thy manifold bestowals”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: of bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: Thy manifold bestowalsthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy favorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy graciousness
SE rendered عَطَاياكَ، (ʿaṭáyáka،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “Thy manifold bestowals”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Dealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
