Prayers and Meditations — §387
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 387 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ما فَدَيْتَنِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِيْ هَدَفًا لِسِهامِ البَلايا حُبًّا لِعِبادِكَ وَمَرْجِعَ القَضَايا لإِحْيَاءِ بَريَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I yield Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast offered me up as a sacrifice in Thy path, and made me a target for the arrows of afflictions as a token of Thy love for Thy servants, and singled me out for all manner of tribulation for the regeneration of Thy people.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: Prophet Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: “Magnifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §427: august
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “Thou hast offered me up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: be His sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §136: offered up as a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: a sacrifice unto thee!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: sacrificedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: a sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §9: for its sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a path leadingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the path
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “having” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and made me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adornedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: fancifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: Thou hast enshrinedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “for the arrows”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrows
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “troubles” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversityfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §211: sufferingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §526: hath grievously vexed methe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We have proved thee
This form usually rendered as “love”, “loving”, “sake” (87 occurrences)
SE expanded to “as a token”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §667: hard it iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: those who profess to be Our friendsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: the love He beareth to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: servants of Godfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §683: oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: are they whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: the servants of God
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “end”, “object” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retoldgleaningsGWB §569: may returnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: fell intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: and singled me out forthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Our returngleaningsGWB §257: truly repent
judgment 10% decree 10% destiny 10% trials 10% tribulations 10% troubles 10% vicissitudes 10% assaults 10% every 10% divers 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: decreedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §569: things He hath ordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: destinyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: by reason of the manifold tribulationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
SE expanded to “for the regeneration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §279: your lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “life”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: and didst arouse metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE expanded to “of Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §362: breathe naught butprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §477: the whole world
