Prayers and Meditations — §44
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 44 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا رَبَّ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّماءِ وَمُوجِدَ الأَسْماءِ، تَسْمَعُ ضَجِيجَ الأَبْهى مِنْ حِصْنِ العَكَّا وَتَرَى أَحِبَّائَهُ الأُسَرآءَ بِأَيْدِي الأَشْقِيآءِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Thou Who art the Ruler of earth and heaven and the Author of all names! Thou hearest the voice of my lamentation which from the fortress-town of ‘Akká ascendeth towards Thee, and beholdest how my captive friends have fallen into the hands of the workers of iniquity.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “god”, “before” (445 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou Who art the Ruler”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My LordgleaningsGWB §385: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who is the Lord of all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: those regionsfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §210: and all who are on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: “The whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaventablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §378: poisonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: and by Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “begetter”, “maker”, “creator” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I can findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §305: transpiredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: despiteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: Fashionertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: that I may incline them untofire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §61: if ye do but hearkenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: attune his ears to their harmonytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE expanded to “voice of my lamentation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: by the sighstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaning
SE rendered الأَسْماءِ، (as-smáʾi،), تَسْمَعُ (tasmaʿ), ضَجِيجَ (ḍajíj), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), حِصْنِ (ḥiṣn), العَكَّا (al-ʿakká), وَتَرَى (watará) as “names, Thou hearest, voice of my lamentation, the fortress-town, ‘Akká, and beholdest”
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
stronghold 55% fortress-town 10% within 10% tower 7% fortress 7% captivity 3% sanctuary 3% bulwark 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: fortressgleaningsGWB §490: a strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married womanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: seek refugethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §10: secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tower of strengthgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strength
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: gazefire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §720: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Thou didst reveal unto methe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: have I perceived
This form usually rendered as “loved”, “beloved”, “ye” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: kindnessfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §285: thy love for Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: the love I bear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
SE rendered العَكَّا (al-ʿakká), وَتَرَى (watará), أَحِبَّائَهُ (ʾaḥibbáʾah), الأُسَرآءَ (as-saráʾ), بِأَيْدِي (biʾaydí), الأَشْقِيآءِ، (ash-shqíáʾi،) as “‘Akká, and beholdest, captive friends, the hands, workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captivesgleaningsGWB §169: the captivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: lie prisonedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiledgleaningsGWB §718: enslaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: as captivegleaningsGWB §501: exile
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: handgleaningsGWB §475: to the mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at the mercy of rulersgleaningsGWB §615: the eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands
SE expanded to “workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §110: their oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §374: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those people of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dealt wickedly
