Prayers and Meditations — §440
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 440 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كْرِ تَشْهَدُ بِنِسْيَانِهَا وَمَحْوِهَا عِنْدَ ظُهُوراتِ آيَاتِكَ وَبُرُوزَاتِ ذِكْرِكَ، فَلَمَّا كانَ الأَمْرُ كَذلِكَ ما يَفْعَلُ هذا الفَقِيرُ وَبِأَيِّ حَبْلٍ يَتَمَسَّكُ هذ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The quintessence of knowledge, O my Lord, proclaimeth its powerlessness to know Thee, and perplexity, in its very soul, confesseth its bewilderment in the face of the revelations of Thy sovereign might, and remembrance, in its inmost spirit, acknowledgeth its forgetfulness and effacement before the manifestations of Thy signs and the evidences of Thy praise. What, then, can this poor creature hope to achieve, and to what cord must this wretched soul cling?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “bearest”, “thou”, “proclaim” (18 occurrences)
bearest 21% thou 14% proclaim 14% thereby 7% beholdest 7% witnessed 7% witness 7% testifiest 7% beareth 7% acknowledgeth 7%
forget 37% have 11% caused 11% forgotten 11% forgetful 5% oblivion 5% forgetfulness 5% hath 5% negligence 5% couldst 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Have ye forgottengleaningsGWB §85: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: oblivionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: and negligencethe-hidden-wordsHW §27: couldst thou forgetgleaningsGWB §357: caused to forgetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: its forgetfulnessgleaningsGWB §463: forgotten
This form usually rendered as “effacement” (1 occurrences)
blot 34% effaced 24% destroy 10% blotted 10% dissipate 3% obliterated 3% abolish 3% completely 3% annulment 3% thus 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: abolishgleaningsGWB §600: completely obliteratedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Thusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: well nigh been banishedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: destroyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: blot outgleaningsGWB §350: effaced
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: now manifestedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §448: to manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thou hast manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “of Thy signs”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signs
SE expanded to “and the evidences”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §550: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: come to passprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and an evidencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §91: immensely exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: Revealers
SE expanded to “of Thy praise”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to remember TheegleaningsGWB §279: praise ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: made mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: the praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE rendered ذِكْرِكَ، (dhikrika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), الأَمْرُ (al-ʾamr), كَذلِكَ (kadhlik), يَفْعَلُ (yafʿal) as “of Thy praise, What, then, this, poor, creature hope to achieve”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: ThusgleaningsGWB §30: that most exalted Spotkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Lámprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: mine abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §34: with thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: WhereforegleaningsGWB §254: by such means as these
This form usually rendered as “doeth”, “doth”, “doings.”” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou hast donegleaningsGWB §615: have wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: creature hope to achievethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and actionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §638: your actskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: achievement
SE rendered كَذلِكَ (kadhlik), يَفْعَلُ (yafʿal), الفَقِيرُ (al-faqír), وَبِأَيِّ (wabiʾayy), حَبْلٍ (ḥablin), يَتَمَسَّكُ (yatamassak) as “poor, creature hope to achieve, and to what, cord, must this wretched soul cling”
SE expanded to “and to what”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: For whatgleaningsGWB §609: the versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy most resplendent signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His signsgleaningsGWB §384: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and by whatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the signsgleaningsGWB §537: verses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: firm CordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: on Thy cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: CordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
SE expanded to “must this wretched soul cling”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hold fast untogleaningsGWB §125: adheredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the exampleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: have held fasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: “Cling
