Prayers and Meditations — §457
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 457 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِذِكْركَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ بُعِثَتِ المُمْكِنَاتُ وَاسْتَضَائَتِ الوُجُوهُ بِأَنْ لا تُخَيِّبَنِيْ عَمَّا عِنْدَكَ ثُمَّ أَدْخِلْنِيْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي ظِلِّكَ المَمْدُودِ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْ رَجَائِي أ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by that Remembrance of Thee through which all things have been raised to life, and through which all faces have been made to shine, not to frustrate the hopes I have set on the things Thou dost possess. Cause me, then, by Thy mercy, to enter beneath Thy shadow that shadoweth all things.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §380: the Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educated
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §337: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §39: thy questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We pray
SE expanded to “by that Remembrance of Thee”
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 §205: relategleaningsGWB §665: will be extolling your nameskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: made mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: of themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “sent”, ““revelation” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have been raised to life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: raise upgleaningsGWB §502: God will assuredly send downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “resurrection”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: Thou didst raise upwill-and-testamentW&T §53: inspiredgleaningsGWB §560: will make manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: sent ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the Fashioner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §360: all that is therein.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attachmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of all created thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
This form usually rendered as “have”, “illuminated” (2 occurrences)
have 50% illuminated 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased awayfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §198: shinethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: hath illuminatedthe-hidden-wordsHW §48: and the lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: turnedfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §670: Let the light
تُخَيِّبَنِيْ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed/frustrated
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou shatterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: the hopesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: Shatterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappoint
SE expanded to “Thou dost possess”
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: othersgleaningsGWB §607: according to the estimatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: that which Thou dost possessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: beforegleaningsGWB §279: the earthly things
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: court of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Thy tender mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §25: the shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: the shadethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §5: under the shadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §550: ephemeral
This form usually rendered as “extended”, “shadoweth” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the treasures thereofgleaningsGWB §347: considerable lapse of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: asked the helpprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: Thou feedestthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: with the claywill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: assistgleaningsGWB §228: Its
SE rendered المَمْدُودِ، (al-mamdúdi،), رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْعَلْ (fájʿal) as “that shadoweth all things”
SE rendered المَمْدُودِ، (al-mamdúdi،), رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْعَلْ (fájʿal), رَجَائِي (rajáʾí) as “that shadoweth all things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O Thou the Goalthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
