Prayers and Meditations — §488
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 488 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي نادَيْتَ الكُلَّ إِلى شَطْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَدَعَوْتَهُمْ إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطَافِكَ، وَما أَجَابَكَ إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ انْقَطَعُوا عَنْ دُونِكَ وَسَرُعُوا إِلى مَشْرِقِ جَمالِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ وَحْيِكَ وَإِلْهامِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art He, O my God, Who hast summoned all men to turn in the direction of Thy mercy, and called them unto the horizon of Thy grace and bounties. None, however, heeded Thy call, except such as have forsaken all things save Thee, and hastened unto the Dayspring of Thy beauty, and the Dawning-Place of Thine inspiration and Thy revelation.
Translation Notes
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), نادَيْتَ (nádayt), الكُلَّ (al-kull), شَطْرِ (shaṭr) as “hast summoned all, men, turn in the direction”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ‘Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “hast summoned all”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice callingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §278: Whose voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: cried after Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call
This form usually rendered as “all”, “every”, “each” (962 occurrences)
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
SE expanded to “turn in the direction”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: fromgleaningsGWB §411: anything exceptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: towards the seat ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §282: the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: directionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seat
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §689: sympathykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §562: Thy tendertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “invited”, “whom” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and called them unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: He summonethgleaningsGWB §265: prayerkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pretensionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: and have been calling on themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: I call theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: gracious favorgleaningsGWB §116: of His merciful gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: the choicesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “loving-kindness”, “gifts” (65 occurrences)
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §657: of Divine sweetnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: and bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §100: discriminatingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: favours
SE expanded to “heeded Thy call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: repliedfire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §166: make replykitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: will heed His callprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: heeded Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: refutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Who art ready to answer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: fadegleaningsGWB §299: the emblems of true detachment.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: and to be detachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §559: infallible
SE expanded to “all things save Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: any one but TheegleaningsGWB §661: all else but Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §789: naught but Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §298: else besides Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §656: I have made hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hasten unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: that I may hastenthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hurried alonggleaningsGWB §195: make hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swift
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: shone forthfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §599: are the rayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to rise aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: and shed abroad the radiancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
SE expanded to “of Thy beauty”
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a whilegleaningsGWB §67: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: Beauteoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
SE expanded to “and the Dawning-Place”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: discoverfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §58: He Who is the Revealerkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: that haply ye may be informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and the dawningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE expanded to “of Thine inspiration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of His Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Inspire then my soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §662: will, no doubt, inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire them
