Prayers and Meditations — §415
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 415 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا مَنْ وَجْهُكَ كَعْبَتِي وَجَمالُكَ حَرَمِي وشَطْرُكَ مَطْلَبِي وَذِكْرُكَ رَجائِي وَحُبُّكَ مُؤنِسِيْ وَعِشْقُكَ مُوجِدِيْ وَذِكْرُكَ أَنيسِيْ وَقُرْبُكَ أَمَلِي وَوَصْلُكَ غَايَةُ رَجَائِي وَمُنْتَهى مَطْلَبِيْ، أَسْئَلُكَ أَنْ لا تُخَيِّبَنِي عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ لِخِيرَةِ إِمائِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْزُقنِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Thou Whose face is the object of my adoration, Whose beauty is my sanctuary, Whose court is my goal, Whose remembrance is my wish, Whose affection is my solace, Whose love is my begetter, Whose praise is my companion, Whose nearness is my hope, Whose presence is my greatest longing and supreme aspiration! Disappoint me not, I entreat Thee, by withholding from me the things Thou didst ordain for the chosen ones among Thy handmaidens, and supply me with the good of this world and of the world to come.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath directed his stepsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §28: turnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: visiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE expanded to “object of my adoration”
gleaningsGWB §41: Ka‘bkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my LodestargleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: the object of my adorationgleaningsGWB §31: the celestial Kaabaprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Sanctuary
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: on one occasiongleaningsGWB §56: of Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: no matter how transcendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be deprivedgleaningsGWB §577: or dishonorkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: deprived themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: keep backthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: debarred
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “unto”, “upon” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §635: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: over Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §282: the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the direction
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the remembrancegleaningsGWB §508: numberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: speaking ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: remember Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hopethfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §631: suppliantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: wishthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
This form usually rendered as “love”, “whose”, “through” (137 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §164: My Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: mangleaningsGWB §594: to all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: eternal reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: I desire communion with theewill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: all mengleaningsGWB §634: amongst men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true loversfire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §673: His loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: passionate devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: in my lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §121: the Beloved Onewill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of Love
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §47: hath already breathed over theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: Notwithstandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: havetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: draweth nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §132: hour is approachingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §568: enjoy near accesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §602: aspirationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: hopingthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: OF DESIREepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of my hopegleaningsGWB §602: aspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will have been brought face to face withfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §555: that leadeth himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: linkedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy meetingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the presence of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: dupedfire-tabletFire §8: heightgleaningsGWB §725: to Him Who is the world’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the cherished desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: surely strayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a most depraved personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: dearest
This form usually rendered as “beyond”, “highest”, “immeasurable” (42 occurrences)
beyond 37% highest 15% immeasurable 7% end 7% divine 7% ended 7% supreme 7% muntaha 4% sadratu’l-muntahá 4% may 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: was questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §467: wert thou to inquire of themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Thee
تُخَيِّبَنِي
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedwill-and-testamentW&T §54: lost their causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: break not our hopesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Deny him notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: to frustrate the hopes I have setprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: not to depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me not
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “good”, “better”, “best” (90 occurrences)
handmaidens 89% such 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaids
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: nourish themselvesgleaningsGWB §581: sufficekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: partake of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: supplieth us withwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §195: hath nourished your soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: all partake of
SE expanded to “world to come”
