Prayers and Meditations — §410
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 410 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلَيْكَ وَمُقْبِلِينَ إِلى شَطْرِ رِضاكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُتَعالِ العَزِيزُ الغَفَّارُ، ثُمَّ اقْبَلْ يا إِلهِي مِنْ عَبْدِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Grant, therefore, I beseech Thee, that their hearts may be inclined towards Thee, and that their faces may be turned in the direction of Thy good-pleasure. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “faithful”, “turn”, “set” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: formerfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §215: directeth his stepskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: futureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §410: Granttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My prisongleaningsGWB §569: unto the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §635: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the KaabagleaningsGWB §598: the whole world
pleasure 37% good 18% good-pleasure 12% content 9% satisfied 6% acceptable 4% will 4% thee 4% upright 3% contentment 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §613: acceptedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: for the sake ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: willingness
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
This form usually rendered as “pleaseth”, “thou”, “do” (75 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoevergleaningsGWB §463: things,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thou hast desiredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the will
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy powerfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: Thy most exalted presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §569: ask forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: remissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of pardonwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of forgivenessgleaningsGWB §216: Forgiving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §386: other God
SE rendered اقْبَلْ (iqbal), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), عَبْدِكَ (ʿabdik) as “Grant, Thee”
