Prayers and Meditations — §323
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 323 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْ رِزْقِي جَمالَكَ وَشَرابيْ وِصالَكَ وَأَمَلِي رِضائَكَ وَعَمَلِيْ ثَنَائَكَ وَأَنِيسِي ذِكْرَكَ وَمُعِينِيْ سُلْطانَكَ وَمُسْتَقَرِّي مَقَرَّكَ وَوَطَنِي المَقَامَ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ مُقَدَّسًا مِنْ حُدُوداتِ المُحْتَجِبِينَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Let my food, O my Lord, be Thy beauty, and my drink the light of Thy presence, and my hope Thy pleasure, and my work Thy praise, and my companion Thy remembrance, and my aid Thy sovereignty, and my dwelling-place Thy habitation, and my home the seat which Thou hast exalted above the limitations of them that are shut out as by a veil from Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §122: sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-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 §165: Divine
SE expanded to “Thou hast exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hath exaltedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §63: as ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: to number metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
food 67% sustaining 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §381: sustaineth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: Upon him was also bestowed a portion ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: and supply themwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: nourish themselvesgleaningsGWB §195: hath nourished your soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: drunk
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: the fairest and most comely of womengleaningsGWB §38: partiallykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: none of whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: Thy Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
SE expanded to “my drink the light”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: drinkethgleaningsGWB §78: They drinkkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: and caused him to partakethe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §233: quaffeth
SE expanded to “of Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will have been brought face to face withfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §135: hath linkedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: unionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: enabletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: the joy of reunion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §465: My dearest wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: OF DESIREepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: this aspirationgleaningsGWB §602: aspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: ponder upon
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §688: wisheskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: which shall please Thee.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: content with My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: was satisfied
This form usually rendered as “act”, “deeds”, “what” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: That which was donegleaningsGWB §480: and dealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: work aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: men’s doingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walkwill-and-testamentW&T §15: that are men of actionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: perpetrated such acts
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: perceivedgleaningsGWB §358: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: attached and weddedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: delighted herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: I desire communion with theewill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: soulgleaningsGWB §412: the characteristics that distinguish man’s station
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: for Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §247: as a warningkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: citedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: be mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: assisted bygleaningsGWB §510: helperkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: assistethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Whose help is sought by all menwill-and-testamentW&T §40: associatesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SuccorergleaningsGWB §598: helpers
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: excellethgleaningsGWB §474: his kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of the Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: through the sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the power
dwelling-place 50% home 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the SpotgleaningsGWB §506: in the presence of Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: confess His claimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: have testifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: and there I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
home 50% dwelling-place 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a homefire-tabletFire §43: the landgleaningsGWB §513: his own countrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: abodesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: to his most exalted homethe-hidden-wordsHW §78: landwill-and-testamentW&T §3: andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the Most Sublime Habitation
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
SE rendered المَقَامَ (al-maqám), جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah), مُقَدَّسًا (muqaddasan), حُدُوداتِ (ḥudúdát), المُحْتَجِبِينَ (al-muḥtajibín) as “the seat, Thou hast exalted, limitations, of them that are”
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: AqdasgleaningsGWB §679: inviolablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: is immeasurably exalted abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint Paul
limitations 47% limitation 11% bounds 11% limits 5% principle 5% dictates 5% traditions 5% established 5% any 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: steelgleaningsGWB §708: limitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the thirdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: limitations imposedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confined
This form usually rendered as “shut”, “obscured”, “who” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: veiling yourselvesgleaningsGWB §314: deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: obscuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: them who are shut out as by a veil from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thewill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: veils interposed
