Prayers and Meditations — §49
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 49 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَى عَبَراتِي وَزَفَراتِي وَتَسْمَعُ حَنِينِي وَعَوِيلِي وَضَجِيجِي، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِحَبْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتِ الأَشْياءَ كُلَّها وَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِذَيْلِ عِنايَتِكَ، يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ الأَسْمآءِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and lamentations, and hearest my sighing, my cry and bitter wailing. I am the one, O my Lord, that hath held fast the cord of Thy mercy which hath surpassed the entire creation. I am the one that hath clung to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, O Thou in Whose hand is the empire of all names!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the All-Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §825: Exalted art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God’skitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §77: We seekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and seestthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdeth
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
This form usually rendered as “sighs”, “lamentations” (4 occurrences)
sighs 75% lamentations 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: its roaringwill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: sighing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never heardfire-tabletFire §37: have heardgleaningsGWB §451: Hast thou not heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: when acquainted withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: been heardtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “voice”, “sighing” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: utter Thy lamentationsgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: my sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the voice of the lamentationgleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamenting
This form usually rendered as “bitter”, “groaning” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and bitter wailingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §452: pined away and mournedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groan
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §564: Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: my Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: Lords
SE expanded to “hath held fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: are cleaving fastgleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: those that have clung toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: the one who is in miserytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: have clunggleaningsGWB §394: in their pursuit ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: cling unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: CordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: on Thy cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: and clung to the cord ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §684: life-vein
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 §10: pityfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §60: Our loving providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the Most Compassionate.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
hath 44% surpassed 22% preceded 6% surpasseth 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% pervaded 3% permeated 3% surpass 3% grasp 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: hast surpassed themgleaningsGWB §548: can excelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: superiorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hadstthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §134: to be hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: grasp
This form usually rendered as “all”, “things”, “created” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: He willethgleaningsGWB §378: each and every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: things—Itablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “all”, “whole”, “every” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: This Hem of His Robefire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: to the hemthe-hidden-wordsHW §77: holdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemgleaningsGWB §647: to the hem of the Robe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: God’s loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §555: the manifold favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: grace ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §40: their own handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: from the handwill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §40: their handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (152 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: KingdomgleaningsGWB §104: temporalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: the whole of that landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §670: all that is in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: of Thy shadowing Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
