Prayers and Meditations — §366
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 366 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَانْصُرْ أَمْرَكَ وَاخْذُلْ أَعْدائَكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لَنا خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحَقُّ عَلاَّمُ الغُيُوبِ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Render Thy Cause victorious, O my Lord, and abase Thou Thine enemies. Write down, then, for us the good of this life and of the life to come. Thou art the Truth, Who knoweth the secret things. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §302: none to recognize His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: \‘Lord
This form usually rendered as “help”, “assist”, “arise” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Render Thy Cause victorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: helpingfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §584: who shall aidkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: single-handedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §393: of Thy victorythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), فَانْصُرْ (fánṣur), أَمْرَكَ (ʾamrak), وَاخْذُلْ (wákhdhul), أَعْدائَكَ، (ʾaʿdáʾaka،) as “Lord, Render Thy Cause victorious, abase, Thine enemies”
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessinggleaningsGWB §252: bestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: He Who hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: good thingwill-and-testamentW&T §28: be their well-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: bettergleaningsGWB §592: Unrestrained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the lattergleaningsGWB §615: subsequentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: at lastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: Thou delayestthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: ensuinggleaningsGWB §573: The “life to come,” on the other hand,
This form usually rendered as “world”, “primal”, “first” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: primefire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §125: primitivekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: the interpretation thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: Ever sincethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: absolutegleaningsGWB §707: God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: fundamentalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: clearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: the one true God
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “knower”, “sign” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §486: and taught theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §93: Invisibleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: of the Invisiblesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: immemorialtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §280: withdrawn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: there is none other Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgive mefire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §650: “the Ever-Forgiving”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §159: Forgive, then,will-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: will forgivefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: generosityfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountiful favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: the One Who is of great bounteousnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
