Prayers and Meditations — §468
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 468 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَأَنتَ تَعْلَمُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنِّي ما أَرَدْتُ إِلاَّ ما أَرَدْتَ وَما أُرِيْدُ إِلاَّ ما تُرِيْدُ، إِنْ أَنْطِقُ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ ما أَلْهَمْتَنِي بِجُودِكَ وَأَمَرْتَنِيْ بِذِكْرِهِ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ يَعْتَرِضُ عَلَيَّ طُغَاةُ بَرِيَّتِك وإِنْ أَصْمُتُ عَنْ بَدَائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ يَقُومُ كُلُّ جَوَارِحِي بِثَنائِكَ، لَمْ أَدْرِ بِأَيِّ مَاءٍ خَلَقْتَنِي وَبِأَيِّ نارٍ أَوْقَدْتَنِي، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لا أَصْمُتُ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَلَوْ يَقُومُ عَلَيَّ مَنْ فِي سَمَائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ، أَذْكُرُكَ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ مُنْقَطِعًا عَنِ العالَمِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou knowest, O my God, that I have wished only what Thou hast wished, and desire what Thou dost desire. Were I to speak forth before Thy servants the things wherewith Thou didst, through Thy bounty, inspire me and which Thou didst command me to utter amidst Thy creatures, the oppressors among Thy people would cavil at me. And were I to hold my peace and cease to celebrate the wonders of Thy praise, all the limbs of my body would be stirred up to extol Thee. I know not what the water is with which Thou didst create me, or what the fire Thou didst kindle within me. I swear by Thy glory! I shall not cease to mention Thee, though all that are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth rise up against me. Thee will I magnify, in all circumstances, with a heart wholly rid of all attachment to the world and all that is therein.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: understandfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §109: leaderskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: is evidentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §387: His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: We desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt wishthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: hath never had any wish for thee savegleaningsGWB §8: by virtue of the pervasive Will
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “have”, “what” (19 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “still”, “declare” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: that which the Tongue of Testimony hath spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §506: sayingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: will unloose their tonguetablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: passers-byfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §227: My true followerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Inspire then my soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspiration
SE expanded to “through Thy bounty”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §547: favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: everlasting gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: by Thy favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: of His bountyfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “bid” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: mentionedgleaningsGWB §1: make mention of Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: sing their praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and Who hath been mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: hath been createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §48: creatures’kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: Thine own creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: frowardgleaningsGWB §658: and withdrawn fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: turn them awaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: do not protest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: the rebelliouswill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have transgressedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: wicked
SE expanded to “among Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §48: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §130: arisen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: He will not be silentgleaningsGWB §46: thy peaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: silentgleaningsGWB §48: silenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: cease toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: that hold their peacegleaningsGWB §192: hold my peace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §557: wonders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: the wondrous mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §694: creation
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “may”, “shall” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Viceregentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §25: the Qá’imkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: and make steadfast his hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
SE expanded to “limbs of my body”
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: members of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my being
SE rendered يَقُومُ (yaqúm), جَوَارِحِي (jawáriḥí), بِثَنائِكَ، (bithanáʾika،), أَدْرِ (ʾadr), بِأَيِّ (biʾayy), مَاءٍ (máʾin) as “would be stirred up, limbs of my body, know, the, water”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: knowing notgleaningsGWB §616: most effulgentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: I knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: rise toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know notgleaningsGWB §287: Tear asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: How mysteriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §634: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §311: leavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the water
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §689: inflammatorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: with the flamesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: Thy firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the firegleaningsGWB §551: former
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: which Thou hadst kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath litprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Igniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: and so kindle
SE expanded to “swear by Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the Almighty, thegleaningsGWB §495: His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted and
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: from the Name of Godfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §391: which cometh down from Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: all the inmates of heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: those regionsfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §254: and of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: world
times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: roundgleaningsGWB §216: around theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: Wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: continuallytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §8: In whatsoever condition he may be
SE expanded to “wholly rid of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I had been severedgleaningsGWB §533: may detach yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: to rid them of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: countrygleaningsGWB §685: rid yourselves of attachment
