Prayers and Meditations — §493
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 493 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ وَمَلِيكَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّماءِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَ أَحِبَّائَكَ كُؤوسَ رَحْمَتِكَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ لِيَحْيَيَنَّ بِهِمْ قُلُوبُ عِبادِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْهُمْ يا إِلهِي أَمْطَارَ سَحَابِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَرْياحَ رَبِيعِ عِنَايَتِكَ لِتَخْضَرَّ بِهِمْ أَراضِي قُلُوبِ خَلْقِكَ وَبَرِيَّتِكَ وَيَنْبُتَ مِنْهَا ما تَفُوحُ نَفَحاتُها فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ لِيَجِدَنَّ كُلٌّ رائِحَةَ قَمِيصِ أَمْرِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تُرِيدُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I pray Thee, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Ruler of both earth and heaven, to grant that all who are dear to Thee may each become a cup of Thy mercy in Thy days, that they may quicken the hearts of Thy servants. Empower them also, O my God, to be as the rain that poureth down from the clouds of Thy grace, and as the winds that waft the vernal fragrances of Thy loving-kindness, that through them the soil of the hearts of Thy creatures may be clad with verdure, and may bring forth the things that will shed their fragrance over all Thy dominion, so that every one may perceive the sweet smell of the Robe of Thy Revelation. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (186 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I pray Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: askethgleaningsGWB §518: Ye will most certainly be called upon to answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the kingsgleaningsGWB §31: the kingdoms of earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §384: the kings themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §7: empyreankitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §541: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: on Thine earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of the earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §475: allow notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: Fix, then, minetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “all who are dear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: My loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: My soul is wedded totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
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 §192: great mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §257: have mercy uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: be mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the daysgleaningsGWB §464: His Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the days of Jesusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: Thine utterancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: In these days
life 58% living 6% everlasting 6% thou 6% may 4% ashamed 4% lifetime 4% regeneration 4% “life” 4% shame 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: in this world’s lifefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §167: revived Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “life”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: and didst arouse metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: troublousgleaningsGWB §662: his heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in his hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: transformed Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: even as a slavefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §553: Object of all adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: servant”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: and in thy adoration of Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: I adjure thee by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §111: Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: showersfire-tabletFire §4: rainsgleaningsGWB §630: overflowing rainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: rain downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: overflowing showersgleaningsGWB §282: the showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: and of the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: the overflowing rains
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the cloudsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §227: a cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpourings
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 §168: MufaddalgleaningsGWB §50: as a token of Our gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: caused to excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: Whose gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: Him Who is the Spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §311: these souls radiatekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: purityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a blissful reposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thy soul
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: Spiritualfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §188: of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “through”, “quickened” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Greenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: clad with verdureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: verdantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: clothedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: that through them the soil of the hearts of Thy creatures may be clad with verdureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: are quickened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: of Makersfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §664: all that is thereinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: didst create metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: a goodly character
SE rendered أَراضِي (ʾaráḍí), قُلُوبِ (qulúb), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَبَرِيَّتِكَ (wabaríratik), وَيَنْبُتَ (wayanbut), تَفُوحُ (tafúḥ) as “soil, hearts, creatures, bring, shed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §48: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are healedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §621: His creatures
This form usually rendered as “may”, “grow” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “shed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: have passed overgleaningsGWB §694: ladenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: and perceived the fragrancesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: breathsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: breathingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: hath been shed abroad
sweet 26% breezes 18% fragrances 14% breaths 13% breath 11% fragrance 11% breeze 2% perfume 2% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §111: sweet fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: the sweet savorswill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §187: sweet smelling savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfume
This form usually rendered as “may”, “inhale”, “can” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: inhalefire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §415: the souls of all beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: Notwithstandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my begettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: things such as thesefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §496: injunctionskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: Nothing whatsoeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: myselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “what”, “desirest” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: We have desiredgleaningsGWB §300: your desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: whose only wish isthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: what He pleasethgleaningsGWB §300: should happenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seek
