Prayers and Meditations — §330

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 330 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

إِذًا يا إِلهِي فَانْظُرْ إِلَيْهِ بِلَحَظَاتِ رَأْفَتِكَ ثُمَّ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى مُحِبِّيهِ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ قَدَّرْتَهُ فِي سَمآءِ مَشيَّتِكَ وَلَوْحِ قَضَائِكَ ثُمَّ انْصُرْهُمْ بِنَصْرِكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُتَعالِ العَزِيزُ الجَبَّارُ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Look down, then, upon Him, O my God, with the eye of Thy tender mercy, and send down upon Him and upon those that love Him all the good Thou didst ordain in the heaven of Thy will and the Tablet of Thy decree. Aid them, then, with Thy succor, for Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the All-Compelling.

Translation Notes

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “o my god”

literal: god; divine; o god

SE expanded to “O my God”

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: to God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §97: to the truth of God Himself kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: God, the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

فَانْظُرْ

fánẓur n-ẓ-r → “look”

literal: look; looking

look 29% consider 21% gaze 11% behold 11% contemplate 7% eyes 7% “look 4% “witness 4% know 4% ponder 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: perceiveth fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §18: have been waiting kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: fixed on tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

بِلَحَظَاتِ

bilaḥaẓát l-ḥ-ẓ

literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration

SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), فَانْظُرْ (fánẓur), إِلَيْهِ (ʾilayh), بِلَحَظَاتِ (bilaḥaẓát), رَأْفَتِكَ (raʾafatik), أَنْزِلْ (ʾanzil) as “O my God, Look, Him, tender mercy, send down”

glance 40% eye 20% eyes 20% glances 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: wiped out gleaningsGWB §132: regarded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: realized prayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: for the purpose of discerning the-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §40: peruse it epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to behold gleaningsGWB §213: eyes

رَأْفَتِكَ

raʾafatik r-ʾ-f → “tender mercy”

literal: compassion; compassion, mercy; compassion/tenderness

tender 50% compassion 25% loving 25%

gleaningsGWB §109: meekness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: tender mercy will-and-testamentW&T §35: compassion gleaningsGWB §60: kindliness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: Thy tender mercies prayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: loving providence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: the Most Compassionate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: Thy compassion

أَنْزِلْ

ʾanzil n-z-l → “send down”

literal: send down

send 55% hath 15% sent 9% rain 9% revealed 6% pour 4% caused 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: sent down gleaningsGWB §113: their messages kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: spoken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: Send down, therefore tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: grades the-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent

مُحِبِّيهِ

muḥibbíh ḥ-b-b → “those that love him”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

SE expanded to “those that love Him”

loved 50% love 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Well-Beloved fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §667: hard it is kitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: and my Beloved tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §3: best beloved will-and-testamentW&T §38: that love

خَيْرٍ

khayrin kh-y-r → “good”

literal: good; better; choice

good 50% better 20% best 11% chosen 7% righteous 4% virtue 3% what 3% preferred 1% blessing 1% goodly 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosest gleaningsGWB §252: best kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is good kitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: He Who hath the authority prayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: just will-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferred gleaningsGWB §69: the Unconditioned

قَدَّرْتَهُ

qaddartah q-d-r → “thou didst ordain”

literal: power; powerful

SE expanded to “Thou didst ordain”

power 44% thou 30% might 8% dominion 3% omnipotence 2% through 2% didst 2% divine 2% ordained 2% hast 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: capable fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §16: through the power of kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power have prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and the power of Thy might tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not the-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined

وَلَوْحِ

walawḥ l-w-ḥ → “tablet”

literal: tablet; tablets

tablet 97% mighty 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Tablets gleaningsGWB §598: clear kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: symbolic language prayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: and the Tablet tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Books will-and-testamentW&T §7: document epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: Lawh gleaningsGWB §347: shed

قَضَائِكَ

qaḍáʾik q-ḍ-y → “of thy decree”

literal: decree; decree/judgment; decreed

SE expanded to “of Thy decree”

decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: decreed fire-tabletFire §29: of destiny gleaningsGWB §580: God’s irrevocable decree kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is ended kitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: Such is His decree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: Thou prescribest the-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decree will-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement

انْصُرْهُمْ

inṣurhum n-ṣ-r → “aid”

literal: aid

aid 22% help 20% triumph 15% victory 14% succor 8% assist 5% helpers 4% ascendancy 4% helper 4% aided 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: Help fire-tabletFire §29: Champion gleaningsGWB §532: the victory kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can render kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumph prayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: Render, then, victorious the-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victory will-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance

المُتَعالِ

al-mutaʿál ʿ-l-w → “the most exalted”

literal: highest; exalted; high

SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”

most 66% inaccessible 13% all-highest 6% god 4% almighty 4% exalted 2% eminent 2% glory 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Most Sublime fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §548: All hail kitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: shall be proclaimed.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: Most High.”tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising high the-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high will-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One

العَزِيزُ

al-ʿazíz ʿ-z-z → “the all-glorious”

literal: mighty; glory; might

all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorified gleaningsGWB §199: all-compelling kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: Thine own might tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparable the-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glory will-and-testamentW&T §4: endeared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is it

الجَبَّارُ

al-jabbár j-b-r → “the all-compelling”

literal: might; might/omnipotence; dominion

all-compelling 43% tyrant 14% who 14% all-compelling!” 14% restorer 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the heaven fire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realm gleaningsGWB §311: His dominion kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppression prayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: unseen tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaven the-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominion will-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted

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