Prayers and Meditations — §421
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 421 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَأَلْبِسْهُمْ يا إِلهِي رِدَاءَ مَكْرُمَتِكَ وَأَثْوابَ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ جَعَلْتَها مُخْتَصَّةً لِنَفْسِكَ وَنَسَجَتْها أَيادِي أَلْطافِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، ثُمَّ أَشْرِبْهُم مِنْ كُأُوسِ رَحْمَتِكَ الكُبْرى مِنْ أَيادِي عُطُوفَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَسْكِنْهُمْ يا مَحْبُوبِي فِي جِوارِكَ حَوْلَ سُرادِقِ الأَبْهَی، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ فَعَّالٌ لِما تَشَاءُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Clothe them, O my God, with the robe of Thy favor and the raiment of Thy loving providence, which Thou hast reserved for Thine own Self and woven with the hands of Thy manifold bounties and gifts. Give them, then, to drink, from the hands of Thy loving-kindness, of the cups of Thy measureless mercy. Cause them, moreover, O my Best-Beloved, to abide within the precincts of Thy court and around Thy most effulgent Tabernacle. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: with the raimentgleaningsGWB §699: array himself with the robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: apparelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Clothe themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: clothesgleaningsGWB §405: to clothe themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: attireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: attire me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §506: of the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: raimentgleaningsGWB §625: the mantleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: robetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: their garmentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: attireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the recompensegleaningsGWB §312: future rewardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: the raiment
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 §30: to have mercy upon mefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §729: will deal mercilessly with himkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Thy tender mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: adornethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: Thou hast made metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered جَعَلْتَها (jaʿaltahá), مُخْتَصَّةً (mukhtaṣṣahan), لِنَفْسِكَ (linafsik), وَنَسَجَتْها (wanasajathá) as “reserved, Thine own Self, woven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: especiallygleaningsGWB §343: hath singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: appointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Whom Thou hast singled outthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: have designedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: pour upon themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: specificallygleaningsGWB §176: only
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: none of whomgleaningsGWB §548: which every man may consciously exertkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: in one breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: by Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the One
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §40: both His handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: have laid hold onwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §658: at the hands ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “loving-kindness”, “gifts” (65 occurrences)
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 §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §327: subtle Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §284: and His giftskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §631: and Divine generosityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: the Most Generouswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §621: upon His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the plenteousness of Thy giftswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: quaff thy fillgleaningsGWB §200: drain itkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: drank to the fullthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §62: and drinketh his fill
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: cleargleaningsGWB §234: and greet and magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: superiorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: magnifying it intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §35: extreme
SE rendered الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), أَيادِي (ʾayádí), عُطُوفَتِكَ، (ʿuṭúfatika،), أَسْكِنْهُمْ (ʾaskinhum) as “measureless, loving-kindness, abide”
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: providencewill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: the Benevolentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §225: followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: those who profess to be Our friendsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himselfgleaningsGWB §129: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: beneath the shadow oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the inner essence thereofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: pearlepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: timesgleaningsGWB §657: His strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: have come intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §661: within the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §656: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernacles
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “abhá” (73 occurrences)
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Glory of God (Bahá)fire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §192: of Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the EffulgentgleaningsGWB §48: effulgent
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Nothing whatsoevergleaningsGWB §465: ye pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: of the Will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
