Prayers and Meditations — §42
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 42 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ يا مُؤْنِسِي فِيْ وَحْدَتِي بِأَنْ تُنْزِلَ عَلَى أَحِبَّائِكَ مِنْ سَحابِ رَحْمَتِكَ ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ أَرْضِياءَ مِنْكَ وَمُقْبِلِينَ إِلَيْكَ وَمُنْقَطِعِينَ عَمَّنْ سِواكَ، ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ أَحاطَهُ عِلْمُكَ وَقُدِّرَ فِيْ كِتابِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ الَّذِيْ لا يُعْجِزُكَ شَيْءٌ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ فِيْ عُلُوِّ الرِّفْعَةِ وَالاقْتِدارِ وَسُمُوِّ العَظَمَةِ وَالاجْتِبارِ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ الْعَزِيزُ الغَفَّارُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion in my lowliness, to rain down upon Thy loved ones from the clouds of Thy mercy that which will cause them to be satisfied with Thy pleasure, and will enable them to turn unto Thee and to be detached from all else except Thee. Ordain, then, for them every good conceived by Thee and predestined in Thy Book. Thou art, verily, the All-Powerful, He Whom nothing whatsoever can frustrate. From everlasting Thou hast been clothed with transcendent greatness and power, with unspeakable majesty and glory. There is no God beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Ever-Forgiving.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We beseechgleaningsGWB §696: may questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: questioningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: I entreatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §631: Grant thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I beg
SE expanded to “Thou Who art my Companion”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: perceivedgleaningsGWB §634: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: his fellow-manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: enjoy such intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: communewill-and-testamentW&T §42: plottedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: The companionsgleaningsGWB §324: of man
This form usually rendered as “loneliness”, “lowliness” (2 occurrences)
loneliness 50% lowliness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the Onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §526: Be unitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: the mystery oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: flowgleaningsGWB §113: their messageskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: fallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: were sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §631: O Beloved of our heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: such as love Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thine ownwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: and the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §227: a cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Most Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: fancifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: to exalttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “to be satisfied”
pleasure 26% good-pleasure 20% good 17% content 9% will 7% sake 7% satisfied 6% contentment 3% willing 3% acceptable 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §361: the good pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: acceptedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §46: content with My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pleased
SE rendered أَرْضِياءَ (ʾarḍíáʾ), مِنْكَ (mink), وَمُقْبِلِينَ (wamuqbilín), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَمُنْقَطِعِينَ (wamunqaṭiʿín) as “to be satisfied, with, Thy, pleasure, and, will enable them to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: acceptablefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §219: In days gone bykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: until nowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
وَمُنْقَطِعِينَ
literal: detachment; detached; severed
This form usually rendered as “have”, “detached”, “rid” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “will enable them to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §299: have detached themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: have renounced all else but Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: and rid himself of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §682: checked
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: all else but HimgleaningsGWB §386: but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: all that is not of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: that there I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: else but HimgleaningsGWB §145: embrace
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereignkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: He Who hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: with the goodwill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessinggleaningsGWB §663: thou wouldst choose
encompassed 45% hath 17% envelop 11% pervaded 6% embraced 6% have 4% surrounded 4% surround 2% throughout 2% enveloped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared onfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §390: all-embracing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: hemmed inthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: overshadoweth
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “wisdom”, “through” (51 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Thee and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §20: well imaginedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: with the pursuit of knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: the One that knoweth all thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “whom”, “frustrate”, “can” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §196: failethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my powerlessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tree-stumpsgleaningsGWB §449: thou hast the power to frustrate His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: the sick
SE rendered يُعْجِزُكَ (yuʿjizuk), شَيْءٌ، (shayʾun،) as “God beside Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §384: God grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: Primal Willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered يُعْجِزُكَ (yuʿjizuk), شَيْءٌ، (shayʾun،), تَزَلْ (tazal) as “God beside Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §124: from the beginning that hath no beginningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: zenithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: hath, at all timesgleaningsGWB §37: even unto this day
loftiness 30% transcendent 15% exalted 11% heights 11% sublime 7% lofty 7% excellence 7% glory 4% all-glorious 4% high-minded 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: of Gloryfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §486: so eminentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the exalted beings”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: clothed withtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
sublimity 29% exaltation 12% inaccessible 12% transcendent 12% most 6% noble 6% advancement 6% promote 6% glory 6% station 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §352: all that are in heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: the sublimitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: He Who is the All-Compellingfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §427: the realm on highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: tyrannyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: Thy heavenly dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Realm of Glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of divine mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the MightygleaningsGWB §279: the pompkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: Thy great glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Ever-Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §257: wash awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to forgiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: for the exercise of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: latefire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
