Prayers and Meditations — §428
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 428 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تَعْلَمُ يا إِلهِي لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ مَنْ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْكَ إِلاَّ هؤُلآءِ الَّذِينَ اسْتُشْهِدَ مِنْهُمْ عِدَّةٌ وَبَقِيَ عِدَّةٌ أُخْرى، وَلَوْ أَنَّ يا إِلهِي لِمِثْلِنا لا يَلِيقُ أَنْ نَنْسِبَ أَنْفُسَنا إِلى نَفْسِكَ لأنَّ الخَطَايا وَالغَفْلَةَ عَنْ أَمْرِكَ مَنَعَتْنا عَنِ الوُرُودِ فِي لُجَّةِ بَحْرِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَالتَّسَبُّحِ فِي غَمَرَاتِ عِزِّ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَلكِنْ يا إِلهِي يَشْهَدُ أَلسُنُنَا وَقُلُوبُنَا وَجَوارِحُنَا بِأَنَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَحَاطَتْ كُلَّ الأَشْيآءِ وَرَأْفَتَكَ سَبَقَتْ مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou knowest full well, O my God, that there is no one on Thine earth who can claim to be related to Thee except these, some of whom have suffered martyrdom for Thy sake, while the rest have been permitted to survive. Though for such as are like unto us, O my God, it beseemeth not to claim to be related to Thee, inasmuch as our misdeeds and our waywardness have hindered us from reaching the depths of the ocean of Thy oneness, and from immersing ourselves beneath the waters of Thy transcendent mercy, yet our tongues, O my God, bear witness, and our hearts testify, and our limbs confess that Thy mercy hath enveloped all created things and Thy compassion surpassed all that are in heaven and all that are on earth.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: “arts and sciencesfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §404: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Teach themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE rendered تَعْلَمُ (taʿlam), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَكُنْ (yakun), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), يُنْسَبُ (yunsab) as “knowest, O my God, is, Thine earth, be related”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: dweltfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §542: have gonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thou hast, from eternitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §295: or in the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §584: the dwellers on earth
related 67% attributed 33%
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “some of whom”
SE expanded to “have suffered martyrdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: suffered martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §532: sufficient witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: admit thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
SE rendered هؤُلآءِ (hʾuláʾ), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), اسْتُشْهِدَ (istushhid), مِنْهُمْ (minhum), عِدَّةٌ (ʿiddahun), وَبَقِيَ (wabaqí) as “these, some of whom, have suffered martyrdom, have been permitted”
SE rendered الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), اسْتُشْهِدَ (istushhid), مِنْهُمْ (minhum), عِدَّةٌ (ʿiddahun), وَبَقِيَ (wabaqí), عِدَّةٌ (ʿiddahun), أُخْرى، (ʾukhrى،) as “some of whom, have suffered martyrdom, have been permitted, rest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: a number of yearsgleaningsGWB §119: capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: and counteth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: have multipliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: yearswill-and-testamentW&T §7: slanderousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: “PreparegleaningsGWB §99: of number
SE expanded to “have been permitted”
eternity 23% everlasting 18% immortality 16% eternal 14% immortal 7% imperishable 6% remained 5% incorruptible 5% ever-abiding 5% live 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Eternalfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §680: undyingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Remnant of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thine eternitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: immortal Beingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Immortality
This form usually rendered as “other”, “another”, “again” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: othergleaningsGWB §531: subsequentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “Endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: and of the worldwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: ensuinggleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: “End that knoweth no end”
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthygleaningsGWB §486: befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and beseemed notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §499: it beseemethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: what can truly befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my sinfulnessgleaningsGWB §655: iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: sinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: sinfulnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: sinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: my sinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: great trespasses
waywardness 27% wayward 13% forgetfulness 13% strayed 7% careless 7% path 7% turneth 7% hath 7% failed 7% grievously 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they are obliviousgleaningsGWB §555: of heedlessnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: erring and waywardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §191: to be forgetfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: heedless onesgleaningsGWB §281: slumber
SE rendered الخَطَايا (al-khaṭáyá), وَالغَفْلَةَ (wálghaflah), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), مَنَعَتْنا (manaʿatná), الوُرُودِ (al-wurúd) as “our misdeeds, our waywardness, have hindered, reaching”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the hostsgleaningsGWB §686: remain unendowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §628: have failed to detertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: forbad
This form usually rendered as “attaining”, “fathoming”, “reaching” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: voicegleaningsGWB §227: comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: attain the meadsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: to facewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §163: to persecute mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have inflicted
gleaningsGWB §486: the oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: depthstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: the SeasgleaningsGWB §458: billowing oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: froward and perverseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: immersed beneath the oceansgleaningsGWB §118: sacred depths
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of the oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: by the oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Ocean
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §311: any mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine own eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §103: Divine Being
This form usually rendered as “immersing” (1 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §10: exaltationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: Thy glory beareth me witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: canopy of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §257: have mercy uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: Thy shadowing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace
This form usually rendered as “however”, “when”, “pursuance” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: radiant heartsgleaningsGWB §485: pass overkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: been shakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: and
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: memberswill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: the membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs
أَحَاطَتْ
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “have”, “compassed” (33 occurrences)
encompassed 32% have 18% compassed 14% hath 14% whisperings 4% enveloped 4% all-encompassing 4% encompasseth 4% blew 4% encompass 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassingfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §488: are encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: surroundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: apprehendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have encompassed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the willgleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: nothing whatsoevertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongst
وَرَأْفَتَكَ
literal: compassion; compassion, mercy; mercy, compassion
This form usually rendered as “tender”, “compassion”, “loving” (3 occurrences)
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §607: most laudablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: may encompassprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hadstthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hastenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: surpassedgleaningsGWB §257: surpassethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: “His
