Prayers and Meditations — §450
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 450 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِمَا عَرَّفْتَنِي مَظْهَرَ نَفْسِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِي مُوقِنًا بِآياتِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي ثَابِتًا عَلَى ما أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ وَحَافِظًا لِلَئالِئِ حُبِّكَ الَّتِيْ جَعَلْتَ قَلْبِيْ مَخْزَنَهَا وَمَكمَنَهَا، ثُمَّ أَنْزِلْ يا إِلهِي فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ ما يَحْفَظُنِي عَنْ دُونِكَ وَيَسْتَقِيمُنِي عَلَى أَمْرِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O my Lord, for Thou hast enabled me to recognize the Manifestation of Thine own Self, and hast caused me to be assured of the truth of the verses which have descended upon Thee. Empower me, I implore Thee, to cling steadfastly unto whatsoever Thou hast bidden me observe. Help me to guard the pearls of Thy love which, by Thy decree, Thou hast enshrined within my heart. Send down, moreover, every moment of my life, O my God, that which will preserve me from any one but Thee, and will set my feet firm in Thy Cause.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my LordgleaningsGWB §551: unto Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-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 §162: His Divine
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “thanks”, “praised” (146 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Magnified be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §63: Lauded art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Magnified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §343: All glory
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), عَرَّفْتَنِي (ʿarraftaní), مَظْهَرَ (maẓhar), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik) as “Lord, Magnified be Thy name, Manifestation, Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledgegleaningsGWB §567: acknowledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: failed to apprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: will enable them to recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ye have believed
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: of the revelationfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §286: the direct consequences of the Revelation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Revelation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: acquiredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: fivegleaningsGWB §293: Mine own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: some person
SE expanded to “and hast caused me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §459: ye have, at the last, made Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: Be Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “true”, “believing”, “hast” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to be assured”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §474: the undoubted truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: believedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: of confidencethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: that ye may have firm faithgleaningsGWB §312: assuredly
SE rendered وَجَعَلْتَنِي (wajaʿaltaní), مُوقِنًا (múqinan), بِآياتِكَ، (biáyátika،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), تَجْعَلَنِي (tajʿalaní) as “and hast caused me, to be assured, Empower me, I implore Thee, to cling”
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: These versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §628: and all the signs of the universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: the sweetness of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
SE expanded to “Empower me, I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §506: and shall be called to accountkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to account
This form usually rendered as “established”, “firmly”, “confirmed” (47 occurrences)
established 27% firmly 19% confirmed 12% steadfast 12% establish 8% firm 8% incontestable 4% indisputably 4% immovable 4% establisheth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: demonstrategleaningsGWB §321: establishethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: certitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast affirmedthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fill thy soulwill-and-testamentW&T §5: stand fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: set down
SE expanded to “Thou hast bidden me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: The Commander of the Faithfulfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §692: by breaking His commandmentskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: Thou hast prescribed unto themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
SE expanded to “Help me to guard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Commit it to memorygleaningsGWB §629: Shield themkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: to guardtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §67: and clung to His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: of Whose lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
SE expanded to “within my heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent dealingsgleaningsGWB §636: of the human heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will turn wholly towardstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
treasuries 30% treasury 16% treasures 15% preserved 8% treasured 8% repositories 7% enshrined 7% all 3% repository 3% lay 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: treasuriesgleaningsGWB §353: they whose hearts are the repositorieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: which were wrapped up within Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the repositoriesgleaningsGWB §52: hidden and treasured
SE rendered قَلْبِيْ (qalbí), مَخْزَنَهَا (makhzanahá), وَمَكمَنَهَا، (wamakmanahá،), أَنْزِلْ (ʾanzil), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “within my heart, Send down, God”
habitation 22% retreats 17% repository 11% repositories 11% seat 11% smouldereth 6% treasury 6% inmost 6% source 6% court 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: treasurygleaningsGWB §546: habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: seattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the Heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: shrineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: retreatsgleaningsGWB §168: the inmost shrine
SE rendered مَخْزَنَهَا (makhzanahá), وَمَكمَنَهَا، (wamakmanahá،), أَنْزِلْ (ʾanzil), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), حِينٍ (ḥínin) as “Send down, God, moment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: revealinggleaningsGWB §695: have revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: descendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: had been sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: to Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §234: He, Himself,kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentsgleaningsGWB §210: strainskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time whenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: NowgleaningsGWB §74: From the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand lives
SE expanded to “any one but Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: any one but TheegleaningsGWB §387: All else besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: any except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothing
SE rendered يَحْفَظُنِي (yaḥfaẓuní), دُونِكَ (dúnik), وَيَسْتَقِيمُنِي (wayastaqímuní), أَمْرِكَ، (ʾamrika،) as “which will preserve me, any one but Thee, Thy Cause”
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 §181: ranksfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §376: one to anotherkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: arise toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: the Resurrectiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
