Prayers and Meditations — §444
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 444 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا مَنْ قُرْبُكَ رَجَائِي وَوَصْلُكَ أَمَلِي وَذِكْرُكَ مُنَائِي وَالوُرُودُ فِي سَاحَةِ عِزِّكَ مَقْصَدِيْ وَشَطْرُكَ مَطْلَبِي وَاسْمُكَ شِفَائِي وَحُبُّكَ نُورُ صَدْرِيْ وَالقِيَامُ فِي حُضُورِكَ غَايَةُ مَطْلَبِي، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ طَيَّرْتَ العَارِفِينَ فِي هَوآءِ عِزِّ عِرْفَانِكَ، وَدَعَوْتَ المُقَدَّسِينَ إِلى بِسَاطِ قُدْسِ إِفْضَالِكَ، بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مُتَوَجِّهَةً إِلى وَجْهِكَ وَناظِرَةً إِلى شَطْرِكَ وَنَاطِقَةً بِثَنَائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Thou Whose nearness is my wish, Whose presence is my hope, Whose remembrance is my desire, Whose court of glory is my goal, Whose abode is my aim, Whose name is my healing, Whose love is the radiance of my heart, Whose service is my highest aspiration! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which Thou hast enabled them that have recognized Thee to soar to the sublimest heights of the knowledge of Thee and empowered such as devoutly worship Thee to ascend into the precincts of the court of Thy holy favors, to aid me to turn my face towards Thy face, to fix mine eyes upon Thee, and to speak of Thy glory.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: nearlyfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §571: may temptkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: drawn nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §631: suppliantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: nor hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hopeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will have been brought face to face withfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §555: that leadeth himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: divine Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy courttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: obtained
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 §130: RemembrancegleaningsGWB §595: to rememberkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: Even as He hath revealedprayers-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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: \‘Wish ye, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: “Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: and my Highest Wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: yearnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: cravedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Hopeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: he aspireth
SE rendered أَمَلِي (ʾamalí), وَذِكْرُكَ (wadhikruk), مُنَائِي (munáʾí), وَالوُرُودُ (wálwurúd), سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), عِزِّكَ (ʿizzik) as “hope, remembrance, desire, court of, glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: fathominggleaningsGWB §619: the things whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: came untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: sore-triedwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: how grievous hath been the plight ofgleaningsGWB §218: must befallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: attaining
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sanctuarygleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: at the courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: shoreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, thegleaningsGWB §376: dearlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: authoritytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the intention of the writergleaningsGWB §370: hekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: to meanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: all such as have hastened towards Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: unto the Supreme Goal
وَشَطْرُكَ
literal: direction; direction/side; direction, side
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “unto”, “upon” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §635: thiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: retreats on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §621: towards theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: sideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to Persia
This form usually rendered as “goal”, “any”, “desire” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: beseechgleaningsGWB §684: find Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: that Weprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: all such as seek Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the object of thy questepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: EntreatgleaningsGWB §127: aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Our purpose
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 §213: exaltedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §32: through the potency of His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: Thy Friendtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmgleaningsGWB §438: the remedykitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: all-sufficingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §621: the Healerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sought deliverance from his illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Heal Thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §410: the loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Itablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
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 §10: enlightenedfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §66: the Source of eternal light!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: traditions establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: the splendors of which have encompassedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “resurrection”, “arose” (82 occurrences)
arise 52% resurrection 18% arose 8% arisen 5% rise 5% have 3% proclaim 3% purpose 2% obtain 2% opposition 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: those exalted gradesfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §321: matterkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: are the shining Exemplarsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: Cause us, then, to be so steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE rendered صَدْرِيْ (ṣadrí), وَالقِيَامُ (wálqíám), حُضُورِكَ (ḥuḍúrik), غَايَةُ (gháyah), مَطْلَبِي، (maṭlabí،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “heart, service, is, highest, aspiration, beseech”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: dupedfire-tabletFire §8: heightgleaningsGWB §725: to Him Who is the world’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: highestthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: surely strayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: made to errprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: supreme
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We beseechgleaningsGWB §157: shall not be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: seekepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §265: entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to account
This form usually rendered as “hast” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “have”, “comprehend” (75 occurrences)
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: sweet savorsgleaningsGWB §2: the All-Perceivingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: knowledge and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: all them that have recognized Thy truthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: knewepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: man of judgment
atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmospherefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §414: prompted by their vain imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: evidentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in the atmospheretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: spherethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: OF PASSIONwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: We askgleaningsGWB §708: the Prayerkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: adjurationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: have supplicatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: Him that summoned herthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
This form usually rendered as “holy”, “blessed”, “such” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: the Holy CitygleaningsGWB §674: holy and everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the sanctity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: simplegleaningsGWB §307: shall rejoice with exceeding gladnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath been spread outthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: lengthygleaningsGWB §124: pervasivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: all things
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “bountiful”, “gracious” (24 occurrences)
grace 38% bountiful 14% gracious 14% bounty 10% tender 5% loving-kindness 5% holy 5% bounteousness 5% generosity 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: gracegleaningsGWB §178: The distinguishing featurekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: God’s holy graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: and gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reckonfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §459: ye have, at the last, made Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the foulest beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thou hast madetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “set”, “face”, “directed” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: to set his face in the direction offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: expectfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §712: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: O thou who assumest the voicefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §635: Proclaimkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: have celebratedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “extol”, “celebrate” (71 occurrences)
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
