Prayers and Meditations — §472
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 472 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَمْ أَدْرِ يا إِلهِي أَأَنْطِقُ بِبَدائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَأُعَرِّفُهُمْ خَفِيَّاتِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَسْرَارِ أَمْرِكَ أَوْ أَجْعَلُ قَلْبِي وِعَاءَها، وَلَوْ أَنَّ المُحِبَّ لا يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَسْمَعَ أَحَدٌ حَدِيثَ مَحْبُوبِهِ، وَلكِنْ لَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُكَ المُبْرَمُ بِإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ لا أَتَوَقَّفُ أَبَدًا وَأَذْكُرُكَ وَلَوْ تَنْزِلُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَحَابِ القَضَآءِ سِهَامُ البَلآءِ، فَوَعِز
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I know not, O my God, whether I should speak forth the wonders of Thy praise among Thy servants, and lay bare before them the secrets of Thy mercy and the mysteries of Thy Cause, or keep them wrapped up within the receptacle of my heart. Though the lover be loth to share with any one the intimate conversation of his beloved, yet at whatever time Thine inescapable commandment to declare Thy Cause reacheth me, I will unhesitatingly obey it. I would proclaim Thee, undeterred by the darts of affliction that may rain down upon me from the clouds of Thy decree.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: possessethgleaningsGWB §338: accomplishmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: understanding heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: have come intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: were cheeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know not
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §191: God’s
hath 21% speak 17% spoken 14% speaketh 11% uttering 8% crieth 8% have 6% caused 5% proclaimeth 5% proclaimed 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: have spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §690: Unloose your tongueskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: to celebratewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declaredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: reciteth
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 §7: Thy praisegleaningsGWB §278: remember themkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: above-mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: with Thy praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: them that serve Himfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §74: the heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to worship Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
This form usually rendered as “lay” (1 occurrences)
knowledge 34% understanding 12% recognize 9% know 9% fragrance 8% have 6% comprehend 6% known 5% recognized 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: WisdomgleaningsGWB §282: but know itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have been recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: fragrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: concealgleaningsGWB §122: concealmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: passed beyond the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §124: unseengleaningsGWB §121: latentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: the secrets
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 §228: will rejoicegleaningsGWB §569: inwardlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mystery.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Hidden Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh andwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the Land of Mysteryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Rejoicest thou in
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: didst bidfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §36: celestial dominionkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: before Thy Causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
This form usually rendered as “make”, “grant”, “"consecrate” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: hast chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heartgleaningsGWB §282: your whole heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: have inclined methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: turneth
This form usually rendered as “receptacle” (1 occurrences)
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: love of Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §407: them that lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: cherish onlytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mayfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §700: hath heardkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to hearkentablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §116: and all-pervasivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine own eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §127: Divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: traditionsgleaningsGWB §122: traditionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: chancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: intimate conversationthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: handiworkwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rending happeningsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: tale of the SacrificegleaningsGWB §436: changes and chances
SE rendered أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), حَدِيثَ (ḥadíth), مَحْبُوبِهِ، (maḥbúbihi،), وَلكِنْ (walkin), جَاءَ (jáʾ), أَمْرُكَ (ʾamruk), المُبْرَمُ (al-mubram) as “any one, intimate conversation, beloved, yet, reacheth, commandment to declare Thy Cause, inescapable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: have come unto himgleaningsGWB §234: I am come to theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: Thy promise cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: were summonedgleaningsGWB §671: arrivethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: came untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Who came unto them
irresistible 36% resistless 27% all-compelling 9% inscrutable 9% divinely-appointed 9% inescapable 9%
SE rendered جَاءَ (jáʾ), أَمْرُكَ (ʾamruk), المُبْرَمُ (al-mubram), بِإِظْهارِ (biʾiẓhár), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “reacheth, commandment to declare Thy Cause, inescapable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: seem radiantfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §390: undoubted evidencekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: and material learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: Do Thou unveiltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE rendered أَتَوَقَّفُ (ʾatawaqqaf), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), وَأَذْكُرُكَ (waʾadhkuruk), وَلَوْ (walaw) as “proclaim, undeterred”
hesitated 21% hesitate 16% tarry 11% hesitation 11% established 11% stand 11% place 5% remain 5% fully 5% vacillation 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: tarryfire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen haltgleaningsGWB §103: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: initiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: had been reckoned amongstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hesitatedgleaningsGWB §62: tarry notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: revealed
SE rendered أَتَوَقَّفُ (ʾatawaqqaf), أَبَدًا (ʾabadan), وَأَذْكُرُكَ (waʾadhkuruk), وَلَوْ (walaw), تَنْزِلُ (tanzil) as “proclaim, undeterred, rain down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: RevealergleaningsGWB §505: revealkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: stagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have descendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: visit
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §627: from the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: the outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §447: which the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the darts
This form usually rendered as “tribulation”, “adversity”, “woe” (31 occurrences)
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I sufferfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §644: all calamitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: oppressed and afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: the world’s afflictionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
SE rendered القَضَآءِ (al-qaḍáʾ), سِهَامُ (sihám), البَلآءِ، (al-baláʾi،), فَوَعِز (fawaʿiz) as “decree, darts, affliction”
1 occurrence in corpus
