Prayers and Meditations — §362
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 362 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ هؤُلآءِ عِبَادٌ دَخَلُوا مَعَكَ فِي هذا السِّجْنِ الأَعْظَمِ وَصَامُوا فِيهِ بِما أَمَرْتَهُمْ فِي أَلْواحِ أَمْرِكَ وَصَحائِفِ حُكْمِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ما يُقَدِّسُهُمْ عَمَّا يَكرَهُهُ رِضائُكَ لِيَكُونُوا خالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ،
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 §7: O LordgleaningsGWB §606: and to this thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: supremacytablet-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 §157: your Lord
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), هؤُلآءِ (hʾuláʾ), عِبَادٌ (ʿibádun), دَخَلُوا (dakhalúá), مَعَكَ (maʿak) as “Lord, These are Thy servants, have entered, with Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worshipfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §200: My servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: His people?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: is Thy servanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: enterethgleaningsGWB §43: embracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: entered thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: gained admittancethe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: He that entereth thereingleaningsGWB §240: shall be made to enter
SE expanded to “the Most Great Prison”
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: the prison-citygleaningsGWB §184: My imprisonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: hath been shut up in the prison-townwill-and-testamentW&T §4: that Prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the prisongleaningsGWB §658: suffering imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: prison-house
SE rendered مَعَكَ (maʿak), السِّجْنِ (as-sijn), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), وَصَامُوا (waṣámúá) as “with Thee, the Most Great Prison”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfectgleaningsGWB §305: most mysteriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: the greatestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: to Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the Most Great
SE rendered السِّجْنِ (as-sijn), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), وَصَامُوا (waṣámúá), أَمَرْتَهُمْ (ʾamartahum) as “the Most Great Prison, hadst commanded them”
SE expanded to “hadst commanded them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: commandethfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §605: obligationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: calamitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: commandment to declare Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thine
tablets 69% tablet 7% holy 4% scriptures 4% books 4% pages 4% incomparable 2% tablets.… 2% writings 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §289: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: “Tabletprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: therefore manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: Lawh-igleaningsGWB §598: clear
SE expanded to “and the Books”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: scripturesgleaningsGWB §586: Scrollkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: chroniclesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy ScripturesgleaningsGWB §347: Sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: epistlesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: the Repositories
SE expanded to “of Thy behest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: perspicuousgleaningsGWB §396: by wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: unnumbered mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Shouldst Thou regardtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the firm and conclusive
SE expanded to “Send down, therefore”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: flowgleaningsGWB §135: showeredkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: madeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: are sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth
SE expanded to “will thoroughly purge them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctifygleaningsGWB §330: transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have sanctified themselves
This form usually rendered as “abhorreth”, “may”, “abhorrent” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that Thou abhorrest”
SE rendered يُقَدِّسُهُمْ (yuqaddisuhum), يَكرَهُهُ (yakrahuh), رِضائُكَ (riḍáʾuk), لِيَكُونُوا (líakúnúá), خالِصًا (kháliṣan), لِوَجْهِكَ (liwajhik) as “will thoroughly purge them, that Thou abhorrest, that they may be, wholly devoted, to Thee”
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 §240: Be not willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §192: hath desired for youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: which shall please Thee.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: to please Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: them that are contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: willing
SE expanded to “that they may be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: I was indeedgleaningsGWB §469: might bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: we have becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: Thou hast been clothedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: sincerefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §680: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: and they who are devoted to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essence
This form usually rendered as “sake”, “face”, “upon” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §338: hath turned his face towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: the facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
وَمُنْقَطِعًا
literal: detachment; detached
This form usually rendered as “rid”, “detached”, “wholly” (50 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and may detach themselves entirely”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barredgleaningsGWB §255: are detached from all else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: such as are rid of all attachment to any one but Thyselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: withdrewgleaningsGWB §490: cut off
SE expanded to “from all except Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: from all except TheegleaningsGWB §246: none but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: from all things except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: from anyone beside Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothing
