Prayers and Meditations — §482
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 482 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ يَجْتَمِعُنَّ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَلَى أَنْ يَمْنَعُنَّ البَهآءَ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ لا يَسْتَطِيعُنَّ وَلا يَقْدِرُنَّ، لَوْ يَقْتُلُونَنِي المُشْرِكُونَ إِذًا دَمِي يَنْطِقُ بِإِذْنِكَ وَيَقُولُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ يا مَقْصُودَ البَهاءِ، وَلَوْ يَطْبَخُونَنِي فِي قِدْرِ البَغْضآءِ قُتَارُ الَّذِيْ يَفُوحُ مِنْ لَحْمِي يَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُنادِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ يا مَولَى العالَمِينَ وَمَقْصُودَ العارِفِينَ، وَلَوْ يُحْرِقُونَنِي بِالنَّارِ فَوَعِزَّتِكَ رَمَادِيْ يَنْطِقُ وَيَقُولُ قَدْ فازَ الغُلامُ بِمَا أَرادَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ العَزِيزِ العَلاَّمِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy glory beareth me witness! Were all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth to unite and seek to hinder me from remembering Thee and from celebrating Thy praise, they would assuredly have no power over me, and would fail in their purpose. And were the infidels to slay me, my blood would, at Thy command, lift up its voice and proclaim: “There is no God but Thee, O Thou Who art all my heart’s Desire!” And were my flesh to be boiled in the cauldron of hate, the smell which it would send forth would rise towards Thee and cry out: “Where art Thou, O Lord of the worlds, Thou One Desire of them that have known Thee!” And were I to be cast into fire, my ashes would—I swear by Thy glory—declare: “The Youth hath, verily, attained that for which he had besought his Lord, the All-Glorious, the Omniscient.”
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glorygleaningsGWB §214: the Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: most excellenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessed
This form usually rendered as “unite” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: a considerable number of peoplegleaningsGWB §382: the divers peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: to band themselves against usthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: accord withwill-and-testamentW&T §24: all theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: all other
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: exaltedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §59: His most excellent nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: through Whose nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: worldfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §584: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: places of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: soil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbiddengleaningsGWB §307: interferekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: to hinder Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: may hinder himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Highest
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Thou, the Lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: the glorygleaningsGWB §207: the glory of God
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: recordedgleaningsGWB §464: remind youkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: ignoreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: memoriestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
وَثَنَائِكَ
literal: praise; praise, commendation
SE expanded to “Thy praise, they would assuredly have no”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and to extol Thy virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §646: your praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: “ObeygleaningsGWB §458: succeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: they will not obeyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: they would assuredly have no power over metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: never shall be ablethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: canstwill-and-testamentW&T §7: obedientepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: obeyest
يَقْدِرُنَّ،
literal: power; powerful; amount
This form usually rendered as “able”, “would” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “fail in their purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: misbeliefgleaningsGWB §24: they who join partners with Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: the partners they join with himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: as have repudiated Thy truththe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §383: them that have joined partners with Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leavegleaningsGWB §622: the bounds whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: by permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: Thou hast permitted metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: these earsgleaningsGWB §661: purge thine ear
SE rendered دَمِي (damí), يَنْطِقُ (yanṭiq), بِإِذْنِكَ (biʾidhnik), وَيَقُولُ (wayaqúl), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “blood, proclaim, command, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wordsgleaningsGWB §305: maintainkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: statementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant thegleaningsGWB §93: ultimate Purposekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: have scornedthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth makeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: your object
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hatergleaningsGWB §175: enmity and hatredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the hatredthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §54: a haterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: enmitygleaningsGWB §67: and the maliciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thine enemies
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: have passed overgleaningsGWB §694: ladenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: the sweet smellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: breathsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: and perceived the fragrancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and deprive me not of the sweet savors waftingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would send forth
This form usually rendered as “would”, “set”, “lift” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Turn, then, thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §562: the eyes of all menkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: to set themselves towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice callingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §632: cryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thine enthralling calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: order of the MawlavisgleaningsGWB §9: O ye lovers ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: mastersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: falleth shortthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy LordgleaningsGWB §439: their rulers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §272: all worlds.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: motive-forceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Teach themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE expanded to “that have known”
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: who understandgleaningsGWB §685: a true knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: seize the significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: all that have recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the fragrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: consumedgleaningsGWB §649: is melting with the heatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: burntprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: and the anguish that afflictethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: fast consuming theewill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §30: fast consuming
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: Luminousfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §66: the Source of eternal light!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: traditions establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: and discern the brightness of the lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: attain untogleaningsGWB §17: will be showered upon youkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Were it His pleasuretablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: he suffered
This form usually rendered as “will”, “hath”, “seeketh” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: the Lordship of GodgleaningsGWB §491: No, by Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: Thou the Lordtablet-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 §171: their Lord
