Prayers and Meditations — §322
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 322 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِمَائِكَ وَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيْ إِلى حَرَمِ إِفْضالِكَ وَكَعْبَةِ إِجْلالِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْنِي عَنْ دُونِكَ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْنِي عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ لأَسْتَأْنِسَ بِجَمالِكَ وَأَنْقَطِعَ عَنِ العَالَمِينَ وَأَقُولَ فِي كُلِّ حيِنٍ أَنِ الحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العالَمِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the sanctuary of Thy gracious favors and the adored tabernacle of Thy glory. Purify me of all that is not of Thee, and strengthen me to love Thee and to fulfill Thy pleasure, that I may delight myself in the contemplation of Thy beauty, and be rid of all attachment to any of Thy creatures, and may, at every moment, proclaim: “Magnified be God, the Lord of the worlds!”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidengleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaiden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: “MoregleaningsGWB §295: have revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: God hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Iepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: thenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We have beenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: hast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hast set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §567: the eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: set my face towardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
sanctuary 43% forbidden 10% habitations 10% tabernacle 10% had 5% hath 5% holy 5% dishonor 5% members 5% imperishable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: covering cast over mine honorgleaningsGWB §216: thy sanctitykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: spiritually destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Sanctuary
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounteousness 10% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% favors 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: His Divine GracegleaningsGWB §406: of His gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and bountiful favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: object of the adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: the adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adoration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: begleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: great their name.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: honorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §60: and Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: majesticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: Thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: GodhoodgleaningsGWB §149: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §532: cleanseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and didst sanctify Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §644: to sanctifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: Purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse it
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
SE expanded to “not of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: from the comprehension of othersgleaningsGWB §6: besides Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of aught else but Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: withoutgleaningsGWB §621: every defilement
strengthen 50% keep 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the purpose of servingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §235: My glorious stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: risen up againsttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: love notfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §640: them that love Him,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: love towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best beloved
وَرِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desire notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: and Thy pleasure!”the-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleased
لأَسْتَأْنِسَ
literal: intimacy, fellowship; to delight/take comfort; companion
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 §182: fairest and most comelygleaningsGWB §594: an ornamentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: is a more gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
SE expanded to “be rid of all attachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: fragments ofgleaningsGWB §662: detacheth himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will detach ourselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barred
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: hidden and preserved knowledgefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §261: knewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: clericsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
This form usually rendered as “say”, “declare”, “describe” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: by Thy wordgleaningsGWB §2: extolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “thanks”, “praise”, “all” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: praise totablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…
