Prayers and Meditations — §475
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 475 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَحِبَّائَكَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيْ أَعْدائِكَ وَتَسْمَعُ ضَجِيجَهُمْ مِن كُلِّ الأَشْطَارِ بِما وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِأَنَّهُمْ ما أَرادُوا إِلاَّ وَجْهَكَ وَما أَقْبَلُوا إِلاَّ إِلى حَضْرَتِكَ، وَالَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوهُمْ ما أَرَادُوا بِذلِكَ إِلاَّ الإِعْراضَ عَنْكَ وَإِخْمادَ نَارِ الَّتِيْ أَوْقَدْتَها بِأَيْدِي قُدْرَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou dost consider, O my Lord, how Thy dear ones are sore pressed by Thine enemies, and hearest from all sides their sighing by reason of what hath befallen them in Thy path. Thou knowest, O my Lord, that their one desire was to seek Thy face, and that the sole Object of their adoration was Thee. They who wronged them had no other purpose except to turn them away from Thee, and to extinguish the fire which Thou hadst kindled with the hands of Thine almighty power.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §708: for My Beauty’s sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: willtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §506: His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: whom Thy hand hathtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §62: In His right hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: have heardfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §216: will incline His earkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: have knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inner eartablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §619: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the voice of the lamentationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §647: clamorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: the voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
SE rendered ضَجِيجَهُمْ (ḍajíjahum), الأَشْطَارِ (ash-shṭár), وَرَدَ (warad), عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim) as “sighing, hath befallen, them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §621: towards theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: courtsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: North and SouthgleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §405: throne
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: which have befallengleaningsGWB §254: have afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: from attainingwill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: that attain thereuntogleaningsGWB §541: harmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: attaining
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: the knowledgefire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §289: His knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: is evident and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
This form usually rendered as “indeed” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “wished”, “sought”, “purposed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thou wishestgleaningsGWB §608: seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §349: Thou pleasesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We desiregleaningsGWB §472: ask
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: lift uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “have”, “set” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: my face turned towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §129: godlykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: by a companytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: MajestygleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Sádiqprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: Thy loftinessthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: to HimgleaningsGWB §355: is come
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
wronged 55% darkness 11% tyranny 9% cruelty 6% oppressors 4% oppressor 4% oppression 3% injustice 2% iniquity 2% have 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: oppressorsfire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §243: a sore injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: transgressthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that have wrought injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: cruelty
SE rendered ظَلَمُوهُمْ (ẓalamúhum), أَرَادُوا (ʾarádúá), بِذلِكَ (bidhlik), الإِعْراضَ (al-ʾiʿráḍ), عَنْكَ (ʿank) as “wronged them, purpose, turn them away, from Thee”
SE expanded to “turn them away”
turn 20% turned 17% denial 14% repudiation 9% rejected 9% faithlessness 9% turning 6% have 6% denials 6% renounce 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denialsgleaningsGWB §579: turn ye awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: apostatizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: they have turned asidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: denial
This form usually rendered as “recognizing” (2 occurrences)
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §155: from theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §572: from enteringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §635: behind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: extinguishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: firesgleaningsGWB §312: hell firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “fire”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §689: inflammatory
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Ignite, thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: can kindle
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thine omnipotencefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §206: valuekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: rankprayers-and-meditationsP&M §163: strength and powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
