Prayers and Meditations — §362
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 362 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ْواحِ أَمْرِكَ وَصَحائِفِ حُكْمِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ما يُقَدِّسُهُمْ عَمَّا يَكرَهُهُ رِضائُكَ لِيَكُونُوا خالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا يا إِلهِي ما يَنْبَغِي لِفَضْلِكَ وَيَلِيقُ لِجُودِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ يا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
These are Thy servants, O my Lord, who have entered with Thee in this, the Most Great Prison, who have kept the Fast within its walls according to what Thou hadst commanded them in the Tablets of Thy decree and the Books of Thy behest. Send down, therefore, upon them what will thoroughly purge them of all that Thou abhorrest, that they may be wholly devoted to Thee, and may detach themselves entirely from all except Thyself.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: one of Our TabletsgleaningsGWB §189: the Tablets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: best establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §66: Pen of Revelation
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
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 §166: the Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §588: destinykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: my affairstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yougleaningsGWB §323: the sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: epistlesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: BooksgleaningsGWB §347: Sacred Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: Thy Tablets and Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Scriptures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: would fallgleaningsGWB §195: sentkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: stagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that which
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: - peace be upon himgleaningsGWB §395: so highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the paththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Upon himgleaningsGWB §256: Our trials
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: exaltedgleaningsGWB §359: Manifestationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: infinitely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: holygleaningsGWB §13: glory
gleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme of adversitygleaningsGWB §460: abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: repugnant untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: may be abhorrent unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: whatsoever is obnoxiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: ills
SE rendered يُقَدِّسُهُمْ (yuqaddisuhum), يَكرَهُهُ (yakrahuh), رِضائُكَ (riḍáʾuk), لِيَكُونُوا (líakúnúá), خالِصًا (kháliṣan), لِوَجْهِكَ (liwajhik) as “thoroughly purge, Thou abhorrest, that they may be, wholly, to Thee”
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 §197: praiseworthyfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §607: resignationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: obedience to Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: content
SE expanded to “that they may be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: ye befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §567: were busiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: been supremetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Set your facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §78: their own faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and every soul was directedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
وَمُنْقَطِعًا
literal: detachment; detached
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “may detach themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: of detachmentgleaningsGWB §356: that thou mayest detachkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: wholly detachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it off
SE expanded to “all except Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَنْبَغِي (yanbaghí) as “”
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَنْبَغِي (yanbaghí), لِفَضْلِكَ (lifaḍlik) as “”
SE rendered يَنْبَغِي (yanbaghí), لِفَضْلِكَ (lifaḍlik), وَيَلِيقُ (wayalíq) as “”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §547: favor and bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: of Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adornedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §704: debasethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: Thou didst ordainthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hath exalted
