Prayers and Meditations — §402
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 402 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ وَارْتِقائِهِمْ إِلى جَبَرُوتِ البَقآءِ فِي جِوارِكَ وَلَكنْ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّ بَيْنَهُمْ ضُعَفآءُ يَجْزَعُونَ مِنَ البَلايا، أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَهُمْ عَلَى الاصْطِبارِ فِي حُبِّكَ ثُمَّ أَشْهِدْهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَ لَهُمْ خَلْفَ سُرادِقِ عِصْمَتِكَ لِيُسْرِعُنَّ إِلى القَضآءِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَيَسْتَبِقُنَّ البَلآءَ فِي حُبِّكَ، أَوْ فَأَظْهِرْ رايَاتِ نُصْرَتِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُمْ مُقْتَدِرًا عَلَى أَعْدائِكَ لِيَظْهَرَ سُلْطانُكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارُكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ، أَنْ أَثْبِتْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Help them through Thy strengthening grace, I beseech Thee, O my God, to suffer patiently in their love for Thee, and unveil to their eyes what Thou hast decreed for them behind the Tabernacle of Thine unfailing protection, so that they may rush forward to meet what is preordained for them in Thy path, and may vie in hasting after tribulation in their love towards Thee. And if not, do Thou, then, reveal the standards of Thine ascendancy, and make them to be victorious over Thine adversaries, that Thy sovereignty may be manifested unto all the dwellers of Thy realm, and the power of Thy might demonstrated amidst Thy creatures. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Omniscient, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: Most Great Revelationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §502: most mighty Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: in revealingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE rendered أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَارْتِقائِهِمْ (wártiqáʾihim), جَبَرُوتِ (jabarút) as “might”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
SE rendered وَارْتِقائِهِمْ (wártiqáʾihim), جَبَرُوتِ (jabarút) as “might”
ascended 20% ascend 20% ascension 13% advancement 7% ladder 7% have 7% attained 7% spiritual 7% separation 7% promotion 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: laddergleaningsGWB §311: its separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: them to scaleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: advancementgleaningsGWB §453: untilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: hath ascendedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: ascend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: the Realm of Gloryfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §427: realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the lengthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of necessity prompteth
SE rendered جَبَرُوتِ (jabarút), البَقآءِ (al-baqáʾ), جِوارِكَ (jiwárik), وَلَكنْ (walakn) as “might, Thee, O”
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Eternalfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §285: livekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and Thine omnipotence will lasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: for everlasting lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Immortality
SE rendered جَبَرُوتِ (jabarút), البَقآءِ (al-baqáʾ), جِوارِكَ (jiwárik), وَلَكنْ (walakn) as “might, Thee, O”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the realm of mightfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §728: The knowledge thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: It instructedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: that knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “among” (14 occurrences)
SE rendered بَيْنَهُمْ (baynahum), ضُعَفآءُ (ḍuʿafáʾ) as “to suffer patiently in their”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: doublegleaningsGWB §569: are weakkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: have failed to weakengleaningsGWB §182: the weaknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: tremble
SE rendered بَيْنَهُمْ (baynahum), ضُعَفآءُ (ḍuʿafáʾ), يَجْزَعُونَ (yajzaʿún), البَلايا، (al-baláyá،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “to suffer patiently in their, beseech”
impatient 21% fear 14% lament 14% cast 7% dismay 7% feel 7% weighed 7% lamentations 7% empowereth 7% alarm 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: fearfire-tabletFire §40: LamentgleaningsGWB §590: impatientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: My lamentationsgleaningsGWB §352: cast awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: empowereth me to endureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: feel impatient
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: provedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §111: sore-triedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: every tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §157: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
تُوَفِّقَهُمْ
literal: agreement; grant success; grant-success
This form usually rendered as “help” (1 occurrences)
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fittethgleaningsGWB §112: to strengthenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: hath recognizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: enablewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Graciously assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: concordgleaningsGWB §178: understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: leagued themselves
SE rendered تُوَفِّقَهُمْ (túaffiqahum), الاصْطِبارِ (aṣ-ṣṭibár), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), أَشْهِدْهُمْ (ʾashhidhum) as “Help them, love for Thee, unveil to their eyes”
patience 25% resignation 17% forbearance 8% long-suffering 8% fortitude 8% bear 8% tarry 8% denied 8% peace 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy patiencefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §47: tarrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: and patiencethe-hidden-wordsHW §142: My long-sufferingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: fortitudegleaningsGWB §569: will continue to sustain
SE expanded to “love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: For the love of Godfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: divine sweetnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best beloved
This form usually rendered as “unveil” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: diversgleaningsGWB §586: withinkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: strife and conflictprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: dividedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: diversewill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed the True Oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: differences
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §656: Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernaclestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernacle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: protectiongleaningsGWB §24: sacred and inviolable Sanctuarykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: purityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: unfailing protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §2: pricelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: dishonorgleaningsGWB §77: secure
This form usually rendered as “may”, “all”, “rush” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §275: hasten yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: hasten to meetthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §656: I have made hasteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: hath hasted
القَضآءِ
literal: decree; decree/judgment; decreed
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “destiny” (27 occurrences)
SE expanded to “meet what is preordained”
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pathgleaningsGWB §163: path of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”the-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the pathgleaningsGWB §9: for its sake
This form usually rendered as “vie” (1 occurrences)
hath 46% surpassed 16% preceded 14% have 5% encompasseth 5% excelled 3% committed 3% escaped 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3%
This form usually rendered as “help”, “succor”, “assist” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: trustworthinessfire-tabletFire §47: championsgleaningsGWB §495: aidingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to help Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: victorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of the transgressorsfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §158: a transgressorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: preparedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: those Thine enemiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §58: whatsoever else
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: KinggleaningsGWB §43: Even those Kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: through Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: above the angelsgleaningsGWB §511: their realmskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §71: the Supreme Kingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §669: creation — a creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: the Shapertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §409: things.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: as Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nothing
SE rendered العَلِيمُ (al-ʿalím), الحَكِيمُ، (al-ḥakímu،), أَثْبِتْ (ʾathbit) as “the Omniscient, the All-Wise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: incontestablegleaningsGWB §421: gravenkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: is made evidentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: make them steadfastly inclinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §1: established firmlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: established
