Prayers and Meditations — §423
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 423 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي كُلُّ العِبَادِ مَشْغُولَةٌ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ شِدَّةِ البَلايا الَّتِيْ أَحَاطَتْهُمْ مِنْ قَضائِكَ، وَلِسَانُ البَهآءِ مَشْغُولٌ بِذِكْرِ أَصْفِيائِكَ وَقَلْبُ البَهآءِ ذاكِرٌ لأَحِبَّائِكَ وَأَرِقَّائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All Thy servants, O my God, are occupied with their own selves, so great have been the troubles which, as decreed by Thee, have encompassed them on every side. My tongue, however, is busied in extolling Thy chosen ones, and my heart in remembering them that are dear to Thee and are wholly subject to Thy will.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), العِبَادِ (al-ʿibád), مَشْغُولَةٌ (mashghúlahun) as “O my God, servants, occupied”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §64: God is Our witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §220: they havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: a servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: the onestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: OccupygleaningsGWB §723: strive diligentlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: are currentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: I occupy myselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: engagewill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: been busiedgleaningsGWB §244: ye are occupied
SE expanded to “their own selves”
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: upon yougleaningsGWB §544: one of youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inclinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the souls
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the woesfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §168: were sore triedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: be subject toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: calamitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflicted
SE expanded to “have encompassed them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughoutfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §79: are encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: “authority”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hath gathered about methe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: neglect
SE rendered أَحَاطَتْهُمْ (ʾaḥáṭathum), قَضائِكَ، (qaḍáʾika،), وَلِسَانُ (walisán), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), مَشْغُولٌ (mashghúlun) as “have encompassed them, tongue, busied”
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: and slewfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §580: Him Who is the Supreme Ordainerkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: such will it beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: have happenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the tonguegleaningsGWB §535: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: His tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: in the languagegleaningsGWB §506: from His own mouth
SE rendered قَضائِكَ، (qaḍáʾika،), وَلِسَانُ (walisán), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), مَشْغُولٌ (mashghúlun), بِذِكْرِ (bidhikr), أَصْفِيائِكَ (ʾaṣfíáʾik) as “tongue, busied, extolling, chosen ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §207: glory of
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: commendationgleaningsGWB §3: to unravel Thy mysterykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: Name!—toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: that they may magnify Thy nametablet-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 §66: transformedgleaningsGWB §505: thy soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: and whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
SE expanded to “them that are dear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §723: approvekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: O Beloved of my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be setwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
SE rendered ذاكِرٌ (dhákirun), لأَحِبَّائِكَ (lʾaḥibbáʾik), وَأَرِقَّائِكَ، (waʾariqqáʾika،) as “remembering, them that are dear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy slavesgleaningsGWB §627: Thy thrallskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Rollwill-and-testamentW&T §5: for Their lowly servantsgleaningsGWB §387: but slaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: most subtleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: upon Thy servants
