Prayers and Meditations — §496
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 496 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي قَرَّتْ عَيْنُ البَهآءِ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلى أُفُقِ البَلآءِ الَّذِيْ أَتَى مِنْ سَمآءِ قَضَائِكَ وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ بِما رُقِمَ مِنْ قَلَمِ تَقْدِيْرِكَ، فَوَنَفْسِكَ ما يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّهُ لَمَحْبُوب البَهآءِ وَلَوْ يَكُونُ سَمُّ الرَّدِی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Mine eyes are cheered, O my God, when I contemplate the tribulations that descend upon me from the heaven of Thy decree, and which have encompassed me on every side according to what Thy pen hath irrevocably established. I swear by Thy Self! Whatsoever is of Thee is well pleasing unto me, though it involve the bitterness of mine own death.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the residencegleaningsGWB §675: laid to restkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: decreed byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: to bear witness totablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: with His eyegleaningsGWB §565: with Mine own eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: with Thine own eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §207: glory ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: for myselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §661: of Glory
This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)
SE rendered البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), بِالنَّظَرِ (biálnnaẓar), أُفُقِ (ʾufuq), البَلآءِ (al-baláʾ), أَتَى (ʾatá) as “Mine, contemplate, the, tribulations, descend”
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §168: were sore triedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: I have been sorely vexedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I suffer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: will bringgleaningsGWB §219: arrivethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: then produceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: didst comethe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: He came up to itgleaningsGWB §81: The day is approachingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: giveth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: towards the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: of their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: heaven!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy decreefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §296: Divine decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: accidentallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: through Thine irrevocable decreethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: carried away have they beenfire-tabletFire §15: overcomegleaningsGWB §116: neverkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: overtakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hath come upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
side 36% direction 23% created 9% country 5% regions 5% every 5% directions 5% things 5% attachment 5% earth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: recordedgleaningsGWB §586: bearing the wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: hath distinctly writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §52: writtenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: set forthgleaningsGWB §689: in his writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: laid downwill-and-testamentW&T §9: written by
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy most august Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the fingergleaningsGWB §174: writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: to Thy most exalted Pen
This form usually rendered as “irrevocable”, “decree”, “purpose” (18 occurrences)
irrevocable 25% decree 19% purpose 13% ordinance 6% judgment 6% according 6% immutable 6% ruling 6% appointment 6% through 6%
SE expanded to “swear by Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: fivegleaningsGWB §203: themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: of any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy passions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: accusedgleaningsGWB §381: the gulf fixed betweenkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: difference that lieth between themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: to any of Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §34: causing them to deem meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the relativesgleaningsGWB §371: His relationship
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §163: my Well-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: our love towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love theewill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: be notgleaningsGWB §556: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the world and allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the sametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: Arise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the bitternessfire-tabletFire §34: the poisoninggleaningsGWB §672: bitternesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: of its venomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and the poisonousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: poisongleaningsGWB §135: infinitesimalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: poisoned
