Prayers and Meditations — §475
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 475 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى 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
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará), أَحِبَّائَكَ (ʾaḥibbáʾak), أَيْدِيْ (ʾaydí) as “consider, Thy dear ones, by Thine enemies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: before the LordgleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: springtimetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord
SE expanded to “Thy dear ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §164: My Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: O Thou the Best-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §163: by the swordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: mewill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §627: in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands
SE rendered أَحِبَّائَكَ (ʾaḥibbáʾak), أَيْدِيْ (ʾaydí), أَعْدائِكَ (ʾaʿdáʾik), وَتَسْمَعُ (watasmaʿ), ضَجِيجَهُمْ (ḍajíjahum) as “Thy dear ones, by Thine enemies, hearest, sighing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at the hands of His enemiesfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §318: utterly incapablekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: adversariesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §58: whatsoever else
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §537: Heard it ye everkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: when acquainted withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §453: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groan
SE rendered ضَجِيجَهُمْ (ḍajíjahum), الأَشْطَارِ (ash-shṭár), وَرَدَ (warad), عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim) as “sighing, what hath befallen, them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: fromgleaningsGWB §109: from place to placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: the source ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: over Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to Persia
SE expanded to “what hath befallen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: with mystic rosesgleaningsGWB §512: enteringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: relatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: what hath befallenwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §311: that which it hath been made to endurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recorded
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of insightfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §109: leaderskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: It instructedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: world’s wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “wished”, “hath”, “sought” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “one desire was”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: hath had no desire exceptgleaningsGWB §580: chosenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: who desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Dost Thou desiregleaningsGWB §188: after your own desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Set your faces towards Himfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §84: All faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: to cause them to turn their facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “have”, “set” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: to direct themselvesfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §536: your allegiance to Hiskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: until nowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: Direct, then, his eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “dependents” (1 occurrences)
caused 50% dependents 50%
wronged 55% darkness 12% tyranny 8% oppressors 5% cruelty 5% oppressor 4% oppression 3% have 3% injustice 3% iniquity 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: such as have acted unjustlyfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §508: the downtroddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: violenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: by the wrongsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §34: with unbearable crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: them that have wronged Us
SE rendered أَرَادُوا (ʾarádúá), بِذلِكَ (bidhlik), الإِعْراضَ (al-ʾiʿráḍ), عَنْكَ (ʿank), وَإِخْمادَ (waʾikhmád), نَارِ (nár) as “had no other purpose, from Thee, to extinguish, the fire”
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: objections togleaningsGWB §150: deniedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: clamourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: would caviltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: They that have turned away from Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: can never go outgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: firesgleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hellkitab-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 §37: afiregleaningsGWB §312: hell fire
This form usually rendered as “which” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou hadst kindled”
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst kindle within meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: which Thou hadst kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Igniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §87: didst light
SE expanded to “Thine almighty power”
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: destinedfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: It hath been decreed by Uskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: measure and capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: victorioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined
