Prayers and Meditations — §430
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 430 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبَ البَهآءِ وَمَقْصُودَ البَهآءِ إِنِّي بِنَفْسِي أَقُولُ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْيَانِ يا لَيْتَ تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْكَ فِي يَوْمٍ قَبْلَ هذا، وَلَكنْ لَمَّا أَسْمَعُ ضَجِيجَ المُخْلِصِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَالمُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ الَّذِينَ ما اتَّخَذُوا لأنْفُسِهِمْ وَلِيًّا إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلا مَلْجَأً إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، ثُمَّ اخْتارُوا فِي سَبِيلِكَ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ ما لا اخْتَارَهُ أَحَدٌ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ مَظَاهِرِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَطَالِعِ قُدْسِ رَبُوبِيَّتِكَ، لِذا يَحْزَنُ قَلْبِي وَيُكَدَّرُ فُؤَادِيْ وَأُنادِيْكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ الَّتِيْ أَحَاطَتْ كُلَّ الوُجُودِ مِنَ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ، بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَهُمْ عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُ رِضَائُكَ وَهذا لا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ بَلْ لِيَبْقى بِهِمْ اسْمُكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَذِكْرُكَ فِي بِلادِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By Thy might, O Well-Beloved of Bahá and His heart’s Desire! I myself cry out, under all conditions, unto Thee saying: “Would I had, ere this day, drawn nigh unto Thee!” When I hear, however, the sighs of such of Thy people as are wholly devoted to Thee, and those of Thy servants as enjoy near access to Thy court, who have taken no other friend than Thee, and sought no refuge except Thee, and have chosen for themselves, in Thy path, what no man hath chosen in the days of the Manifestations of Thy transcendent unity and the Daysprings of Thy most holy sovereignty, then my heart is saddened and my soul is vexed, and I cry to Thee, imploring Thee to protect them, by Thy power that hath encompassed the entire creation both visible and invisible, from whatsoever may be abhorrent to Thee. This is not for their own sakes, but that Thy name may, through them, abide amongst Thy servants, and Thy remembrance may continue to endure in Thy dominions.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy glorygleaningsGWB §640: of all temporal honor and worldly elevationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: Thy glory beareth me witness!tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §38: the lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: they who love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §200: gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: Minethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Glory
SE expanded to “His heart’s Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: GoalgleaningsGWB §370: hekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: what hath been intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: all such as have hastened towards Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth makeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: direct their steps towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: your own selvesgleaningsGWB §457: your waywardnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §572: to Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: none of whom
This form usually rendered as “say”, “which”, “describe” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: spoke to him as followsgleaningsGWB §702: his wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: he answeredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: by Thy word of commandtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
SE rendered بِنَفْسِي (binafsí), أَقُولُ (ʾaqúl), الأَحْيَانِ (al-ʾaḥyán), لَيْتَ (layt), تَقَرَّبْتُ (taqarrabt) as “myself, cry out, “Would, drawn nigh unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: daygleaningsGWB §168: and nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seasonsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: at the timegleaningsGWB §25: that whenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: swift as the twinkling of an eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now that
SE expanded to “drawn nigh unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §248: continually approaching themkitab-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 §150: in the day-timegleaningsGWB §248: whilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: days of my lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: have learnedfire-tabletFire §37: have heardgleaningsGWB §29: for having enabled me to hearkenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: hast inclined mine ear totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §453: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the voice of the lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaning
SE rendered أَسْمَعُ (ʾasmaʿ), ضَجِيجَ (ḍajíj), المُخْلِصِينَ (al-mukhliṣín), بَرِيَّتِكَ (baríratik) as “hear, sighs, people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of the sincerefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §262: who are truly sincerekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: they who are devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are devoted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §585: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are healedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §362: breathe naught butprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §621: His creatures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: the servants of Godfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §74: its peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
SE rendered اتَّخَذُوا (ittakhadhúá), لأنْفُسِهِمْ (lʾanfusihim), وَلِيًّا (waliyyan) as “have”
SE rendered مَلْجَأً (maljaʾan), اخْتارُوا (ikhtárúá) as “chosen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: refugegleaningsGWB §534: asylum to which ye can fleekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: seek the sheltering shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: sheltergleaningsGWB §594: a havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and hath sought the shelter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §509: surely, be a manifest advantagekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: to excelwill-and-testamentW&T §8: be the well-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosestgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereign
SE expanded to “in Thy path, what”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: in the pathgleaningsGWB §317: a means of admittancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: straight
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “dispensation” (397 occurrences)
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the revelation thereoffire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §310: manifesteth itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: of the truth of His manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: that Thou mayest manifesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
SE rendered عِزِّ (ʿizz), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), وَمَطَالِعِ (wamaṭáliʿ), قُدْسِ (quds), رَبُوبِيَّتِكَ، (rabúbíbatika،), لِذا (lidhá) as “transcendent, unity and, holy, sovereignty, then”
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: If ye become aware offire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §656: towards the Dayspringkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: Revealers of the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: the Fountainhead of alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have sanctified themselvesgleaningsGWB §669: veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thou hast Thyself immensely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Aqdas
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O my LordgleaningsGWB §381: “Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: rulerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: yet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: turnethgleaningsGWB §636: of men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: in Our bleeding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and caused me to turntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your hearts
وَيُكَدَّرُ
literal: troubled; turbidity; became turbid/sullied
This form usually rendered as “vexed” (1 occurrences)
dross 18% angry 9% sullied 9% tarnished 9% estrangement 9% differences 9% causeth 9% obscured 9% resented 9% vexed 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: soulsgleaningsGWB §174: men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §11: and quickened the soulsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §483: hearts of
SE expanded to “I cry to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: the Voice callingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §405: Heraldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: and calledtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: lift up My voice
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §629: whom trials and tribulations have encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: such pervading influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: hath been establishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: compassed me about
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath discoveredfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §35: all beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: was wraptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all existencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §254: secretskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: disappearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of the seentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §107: the Unseen
SE rendered الوُجُودِ (al-wujúd), الغَيْبِ (al-ghayb), وَالشُّهُودِ، (wálshshuhúdi،), تَحْفَظَهُمْ (taḥfaẓahum) as “creation, invisible”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: evidentfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §39: will recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: of Martyrsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: unseentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
SE rendered الغَيْبِ (al-ghayb), وَالشُّهُودِ، (wálshshuhúdi،), تَحْفَظَهُمْ (taḥfaẓahum), يَكْرَهُ (yakrah) as “invisible, abhorrent”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: protectedgleaningsGWB §591: wraptkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the Preservertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hategleaningsGWB §460: abhorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: albeit the infidels abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: abhorrentthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: stop thine earsgleaningsGWB §395: abhorrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: and from whatsoever is obnoxious unto TheegleaningsGWB §645: may be averse
This form usually rendered as “pleasure”, “good”, “good-pleasure” (55 occurrences)
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: countenancedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §598: acceptable in His sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: the good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: and to fulfill Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasure
This form usually rendered as “remain”, “will”, “endureth” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: livethfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §708: perpetual unionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: the Imperishabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: leaving
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §628: from the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: through Thy most resplendent Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
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 §23: cited abovegleaningsGWB §597: the remembrance of His Namekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: Communion with Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “cities”, “realms”, “earth” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in Thy dominions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of the citiesgleaningsGWB §43: kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §25: countriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: all that dwell on earthgleaningsGWB §512: city
