Prayers and Meditations — §442
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 442 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ تَشْهَدُ أَرْكانُنا وَجَوارِحُنَا بِوَحْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَفَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ، فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنا قُوَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَقُدْرَةً مِنْ لَدُنْكَ لِنَسْتَقِيمَ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَنَنْصُرَكَ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَوِّرْ أَبْصَارَنَا بِأَنْوارِ جَمَالِكَ وَقُلُوبَنا بِأَنْوارِ مَعْرِفَتِكَ وَعِرْفَانِكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْنا مَعَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ وَفَوْا بِمِيثَاقِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ وَبِحُبِّكَ انْقَطَعُوا عَنِ العَالَمِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Our limbs, our members, O my Lord, bear witness to Thy unity and oneness. Send down upon us Thy strength and power, that we may become steadfast in Thy Faith and may aid Thee among Thy servants. Illumine our eyes, O my Lord, with the effulgence of Thy beauty, and enlighten our hearts with the splendors of Thy knowledge and wisdom. Write us up, then, with those who have fulfilled their pledge to Thy Covenant in Thy days, and who, through their love for Thee, have detached themselves from the world and all that is therein.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My LordgleaningsGWB §301: the Lord of Menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: Thou the Lordtablet-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 §210: God
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “bearest”, “testify” (18 occurrences)
thou 19% bearest 19% testify 13% proclaim 13% beholdest 6% witnessed 6% witness 6% testifiest 6% proclaimeth 6% confesseth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: witnessethfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §555: will perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: soon realizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: their limbsgleaningsGWB §283: the memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: My very limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the foundationsgleaningsGWB §571: your entire beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and members
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: members of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: within my limbs
SE expanded to “to Thy unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: anotherfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §113: in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: uniqueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: His lonelinesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the Onefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §385: without peer or equalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been sent downgleaningsGWB §19: in My Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Unless an angel be sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: to send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: potentgleaningsGWB §564: that no power can rivalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: the Almightythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: exertionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: powerfulgleaningsGWB §246: and His might
SE rendered عَلَيْنا (ʿalayná), قُوَّةً (qúqahan), عِنْدِكَ (ʿindik), وَقُدْرَةً (waqudrahan) as “upon, strength, Thy, power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: ThereupongleaningsGWB §279: their allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: handed down unto usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: in the sight
SE rendered عِنْدِكَ (ʿindik), وَقُدْرَةً (waqudrahan), لَدُنْكَ (ladunk), لِنَسْتَقِيمَ (linastaqím), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “Thy, power, become steadfast, Faith”
This form usually rendered as “may” (1 occurrences)
station 28% people 24% arise 12% self-subsisting 12% such 5% connection 4% straight 4% qá’im 4% have 4% steadfast 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Viceregentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §705: circumstanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: In another passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: bidden me to occupytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: factsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §195: through His Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: entrustedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: preceptstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “may” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: aidestfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §240: befriendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and to establish Thine ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §196: a soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creatures
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: No lightfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §425: of transcendent splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: light ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: His splendortablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insightgleaningsGWB §118: mine eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: understanding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: man of insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: an eyegleaningsGWB §288: with both your inner and outer eye
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §67: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: none of whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: soulsgleaningsGWB §662: his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: in Our bleeding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of my hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: renownedgleaningsGWB §181: the sageskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: knowledge of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine immeasurable knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: such as have recognized Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: their BooksgleaningsGWB §353: the Sacred Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: transcribeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Sacred Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
This form usually rendered as “who” (1 occurrences)
faithfulness 39% fidelity 28% will 6% irrefutable 6% hast 6% faithful 6% preserver 3% foolish 3% trust 3% loyalty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: foolishfire-tabletFire §48: in faithfulnessgleaningsGWB §611: hast fulfilledkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: Fleetingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: conclusiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: hast been truethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: that they may stand faithfulwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with faithfulness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Covenantfire-tabletFire §41: the CovenantgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy Covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §32: strongepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: TestamentgleaningsGWB §687: pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and Thy Testament
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: During the daysgleaningsGWB §689: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a timetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytime
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the Best-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §342: highly meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: them that are deartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §471: and have detached themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: have renounced all else but Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: cease to operatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: countrygleaningsGWB §202: neither
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §545: This is the instruction ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: all creatures,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thine instructiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
