Prayers and Meditations — §409
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 409 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ يا إِلهِي قَبِلْتَ كُلَّ الضَّرَّاءِ لِمَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ لِيَصِلُنَّ عِبادُكَ إِلى ذُرْوَةِ فَضْلِكَ وَما قَدَّرْتَ لَهُمْ فِي أَلْواحِ القَضآءِ بِجُودِكَ وَأَلْطافِك، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ يَفْدُونَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ لَيَكُونُ قَلِيلاً عِنْدَ عَطَاياكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou hast, verily, O my God, suffered Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine own Self to be afflicted with all manner of adversity in order that Thy servants may ascend unto the pinnacle of Thy gracious favor, and attain unto that which Thou hast, through Thy providence and tender mercies, ordained for them in the Tablets of Thine irrevocable decree. The glory of Thy might beareth me witness! Were they, every moment of their lives, to offer up themselves as a sacrifice in Thy path, they would still have done but little in comparison with the manifold bestowals vouchsafed unto them by Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: thy Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §302: there was no creature to know Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of divine mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “would”, “didst”, “hast” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: before itfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §275: eternal in the pastkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: before.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: and turned towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “hardships”, “distress” (10 occurrences)
tribulations 20% hardships 10% distress 10% troubles 10% tribulation 10% trouble 10% ills 10% sufferings 10% adversity 10%
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had occurredfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §203: had enveloped theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: leading the life ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: that I may revealtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: passionsgleaningsGWB §240: your own desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy Self
This form usually rendered as “order”, “can” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §118: the means of accesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: attainingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy meetingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: and in thy adoration of Himfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §166: Ikitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: ‘Worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: the onestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: all men
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “loving-kindness”, “tender” (118 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy gracious favor”
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: great bountygleaningsGWB §196: tender mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
tablets 69% tablet 7% holy 4% scriptures 4% books 4% pages 4% incomparable 2% tablets.… 2% writings 2%
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §455: Eventually he committedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: accidentallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: all manner of tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
بِجُودِكَ
literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through Thy providence”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: downpourgleaningsGWB §35: manifold bountieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: the showerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My loving-kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of My generosityfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “loving-kindness”, “gifts” (65 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and tender mercies”
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: these bountiesgleaningsGWB §192: purgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: favoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: manifold favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §59: the favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the overflowings of Its bounty
SE expanded to “glory of Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glorygleaningsGWB §494: unfading glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §419: the God of glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: as a mark of honor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: offered Myself upfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: a sacrifice unto thee!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: yieldedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §49: Martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: be not ofgleaningsGWB §573: and be ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: they would still have donetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: of bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositygleaningsGWB §631: munificencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: givingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy graciousnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: is My gift to theewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestow
