Prayers and Meditations — §476
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 476 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَخْرِجْ مِنْ شَفَتَيْ مَشِيَّتِكَ كَلِمَةً وَسَخِّرْ بِها مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُلِّها، إِلى مَتَى يا إِلهِي تَنْظُرُ وَتَصْبِرُ قَدْ أَخَذَتِ الظُّلْمَةُ كُلَّ الجِهاتِ وَكادَ أَنْ تَنْعَدِمَ آثارُكَ فِي بِلادِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Unseal the lips of Thy will, O my Lord, and let a word proceed therefrom that shall subject unto itself the world and all that is therein. How long shalt Thou behold these things and tarry, O my God? Darkness hath enveloped the whole earth, and Thy tokens are ready to be blotted out throughout Thy realm.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §491: No, by Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: supremacytablet-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 §168: Divinity
This form usually rendered as “draw”, “"begone”, “emerge” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: shall pass fromgleaningsGWB §563: departed from itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: hath mischief proceededprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: Thou didst enable me to set outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bid them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: depart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: thinggleaningsGWB §465: ye pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: Primal Willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: Thou hast willedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou didst utterfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §113: their wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: Those wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: Speak Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “imposed”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast subjectedgleaningsGWB §580: can subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: scoffed atprayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: that shall subject unto itselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: SubduegleaningsGWB §670: be empowered to subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: scoffprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: with scorn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §582: and on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are on earth
SE expanded to “and all that is therein”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: all thingsgleaningsGWB §286: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: and the mightiest ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: Forwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: gem ongleaningsGWB §292: all the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §134: God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “look”, “show”, “regard” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: forbearancefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §569: have patiently sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to enable me to be patienttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: My long-sufferingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: patient
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy crueltyfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §180: He Whom the world hath wrongedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: O wronged Onethe-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 أَخَذَتِ (ʾakhadhat), الظُّلْمَةُ (aẓ-ẓulmah), الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), وَكادَ (wakád), تَنْعَدِمَ (tanʿadim) as “enveloped, Darkness, are ready, be blotted out”
side 36% direction 23% created 9% country 5% regions 5% every 5% directions 5% things 5% attachment 5% earth 5%
تَنْعَدِمَ
literal: non-existence; non-existent; nonexistent
This form usually rendered as “blotted” (1 occurrences)
nothingness 26% lack 14% utter 12% nothing 12% evanescent 10% perish 7% ignorance 5% failure 5% want 5% non-existence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nonegleaningsGWB §119: utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: want ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: to its non-existencewill-and-testamentW&T §54: his name be made to perishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: innocencegleaningsGWB §375: perishablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: no
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Whose signsgleaningsGWB §378: particular influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: its potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: revelationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §5: aloftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsgleaningsGWB §361: sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: one country to anothergleaningsGWB §467: the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: soilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: over Thy citiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §25: countriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: citiesgleaningsGWB §525: and dominions
