Prayers and Meditations — §481
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 481 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
آءِ وَثَنَائَكَ عِنْدَ هُبُوبِ أَرْياحِ القَضآءِ، وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّ البَهآءَ لا يَجْزَعُ عَمَّا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَبِيلِكَ بَلْ أَجِدُ كُلَّ أَعْضَائِي وَجَوارِحِي يَشْتاقُ البَلآءَ لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ، مِنْ ماءِ حُبِّكَ اسْتَبْقَى البَهآءُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ، وَمِنْ نَارِ ذِكْرِكَ اشْتَعَلَ البَهآءُ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، طُوبى لِي وَلِهذِهِ النَّارِ الَّتِيْ تُسْمَعُ مِنْ زَفِيرِها لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How sweet is the thought of Thee in times of adversity and trial, and how delightful to glorify Thee when compassed about with the fierce winds of Thy decree! Thou knowest full well, O my God, that I endure patiently whatsoever toucheth me in Thy path. Nay, I perceive that all the members and limbs of my body long for tribulation, that I may manifest Thy Cause, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names! The waters of Thy love have preserved me in the kingdom of Thy creation, and the fire of my remembrance of Thee hath set me ablaze before all that are in heaven and on earth. Great is my blessedness, and great the blessedness of this fire whose flame crieth out: “No God is there save Thee, Who art the Object of my heart’s adoration, and the Source and Center of my soul!”
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “virtues” (71 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to glorify Thee”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: extolepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: declare Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: second
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: onrushing galesgleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: stirringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: fierce windsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: tempests
SE rendered وَثَنَائَكَ (wathanáʾak), هُبُوبِ (hubúb), أَرْياحِ (ʾaryáḥ), القَضآءِ، (al-qaḍáʾi،), وَأَنْتَ (waʾant), تَعْلَمُ (taʿlam) as “to glorify Thee, the fierce winds, of Thy decree, Thou, knowest full well”
SE expanded to “of Thy decree”
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 §193: been fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §607: hath decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: and ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: decision made
SE expanded to “knowest full well”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the distinguished divinesfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: the fateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: satisfiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), البَهآءَ (al-baháʾ), يَجْزَعُ (yajzaʿ), وَرَدَ (warad), عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayh) as “my God, I, toucheth, me”
impatient 21% fear 14% lament 14% cast 7% dismay 7% feel 7% weighed 7% lamentations 7% empowereth 7% alarm 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rosesgleaningsGWB §254: have afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: unite to hurtwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: have befallengleaningsGWB §311: hath been made to endurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: attaining
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We found themfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §234: that perceiveth from theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: he would unfailingly discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
This form usually rendered as “limbs”, “veins”, “body” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: membergleaningsGWB §527: restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: my limbswill-and-testamentW&T §38: those of Englandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: limb of My bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bodywill-and-testamentW&T §17: membersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: limb
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: the membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespasses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §57: vehement desire!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: vehement longingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longing
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 §85: provedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §184: or the tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: anguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: troublethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulation
SE expanded to “that I may manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the time of the Revelationfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §286: cankitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: didst revealtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
SE expanded to “Thou Who art the Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: layeth lowgleaningsGWB §541: the Realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §64: Supreme Rulertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “of all names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: “Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: the loftinesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §36: such waterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §12: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: what the water
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §629: Thy loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the exultationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
eternity 23% everlasting 18% immortality 16% eternal 14% immortal 7% imperishable 6% remained 5% incorruptible 5% ever-abiding 5% live 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the last tracefire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §106: Incorruptiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: abidingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: Thine eternitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: immortal lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Eternity
الإِنْشآءِ،
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
SE expanded to “of Thy creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine invention
SE rendered مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), الإِنْشآءِ، (an-nsháʾi،), وَمِنْ (wamin), نَارِ (nár), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), اشْتَعَلَ (ishtaʿal) as “the kingdom, of Thy creation, and, the fire, of my remembrance of Thee, hath set me ablaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: afiregleaningsGWB §312: hell firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-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 §180: flamegleaningsGWB §36: of
SE expanded to “of my remembrance of Thee”
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 §8: for Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §725: stigmatizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: attempt to describetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
SE expanded to “hath set me ablaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burnedfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §668: afirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: intensify the burningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: didst kindletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercer
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “world” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all that are in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §234: land of the heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth andthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §246: the whole earth
SE expanded to “Great is my blessedness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: WellgleaningsGWB §205: “The blessedness awaiting themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: Great, therefore, is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Happy are the fair-mindedgleaningsGWB §408: Great is the blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Great is my blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed are the fair-minded
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Incline your earsfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §325: the sense of hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and hearkenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “flame” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: flametablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utter
