Prayers and Meditations — §411
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 411 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ما ظَهَرَ مِنْهُ حُبًّا لِنَفْسِكَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْهُ عَلَى كَلِمَتِكَ العُلْيَا، ثُمَّ أَنْطِقْهُ بِثَنآءِ نَفْسِكَ وَاحْشُرْهُ مَعَ المُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُهَيْمِنُ العَزِيزُ المُخْتارُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Deign, then, to accept, O my God, from Thy servant the things which he hath shown forth in his love for Thee. Fortify him, then, that he may cling to Thy most exalted Word, and to unloose his tongue to celebrate Thy praise, and cause him to be gathered unto such of Thy people as are nigh unto Thee. Thou art He within Whose grasp is the empire of all things. There is no God but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Unconstrained.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath shown forth”
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be recognizedfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §195: unveiledkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Them Who are the Manifestationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “in his love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §667: the belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: soulstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “self” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: neither Myself nor My lifegleaningsGWB §448: thine heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inclinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: for Whose saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
SE expanded to “that he may cling”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: isfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §118: consummatekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supremeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: with such steadfastnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE expanded to “Thy most exalted Word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §286: nonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: crieth outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronounce
SE rendered اسْتَقِمْهُ (istaqimh), كَلِمَتِكَ (kalimatik), العُلْيَا، (al-ʿulyá،), أَنْطِقْهُ (ʾanṭiqh), بِثَنآءِ (bithanáʾ) as “that he may cling, Thy most exalted Word, unloose his tongue, Thy praise”
This form usually rendered as “speak”, “hath”, “declare” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “unloose his tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: extollingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
resurrection 19% have 19% gathered 13% “resurrection 13% assembled 6% will 6% spiritual 6% day 6% shall 6% cause 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will gathergleaningsGWB §287: the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “judgment,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and gatherest together all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: gatheredgleaningsGWB §77: have We gathered togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: gathered together
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: of Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
SE rendered المُقَرَّبِينَ (al-muqarrabín), بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), قَبْضَتِكَ (qabḍatik) as “nigh, Thy people, Whose grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: graspgleaningsGWB §303: yield upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy graspgleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: were made to expire
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (133 occurrences)
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Lord of Strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §480: extentkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: by Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §706: pervadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: and the Sovereign ProtectorgleaningsGWB §61: that transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: the self-sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §32: the ruler
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 §150: precious in my estimationfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §402: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: I swearthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Almighty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessinggleaningsGWB §690: shall be betterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: of Thy bestowalsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosestgleaningsGWB §592: Unrestrained
