Prayers and Meditations — §50
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 50 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِذَيْلِ عِنايَتِكَ، يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ الأَسْمآءِ فَارْحَمْنِي وَمَنْ مَعِي بِبَدائِعِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَقُوَّتِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْنا يا إِلهِي مِنْ شَرِّ أَعْدائِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنا ناصِرِينَ لِدِينِكَ وَحافِظِينَ لأَمْرِكَ وَناطِقِينَ بِثَنائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ فِيْ عُلُوِّ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما قَدْ كُنْتَ، لا يَعْزُبُ عَنْ عِلْمِكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلا يُعْجِزُكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُعْتَمَدُ المُتَعالِي الْعَزِيزُ الْمَحْبُوبُ، وَالْحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Have mercy upon me and upon all them that are in my company, through the wonders of Thy grace and power. Shield us, then, O my God, from the mischief of Thine enemies, and assist us to help Thy Faith, and to protect Thy Cause, and to celebrate Thy glory. Thou art, verily, He Who from everlasting hath inhabited the inaccessible heights of His unity, and will continue to remain the same for ever and ever. Nothing whatsoever escapeth Thy knowledge, nor is there anything that can frustrate Thee. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Ever-Faithful, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosityfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hem
SE rendered بِيَدِكَ (bíadik), مَلَكُوتُ (malakút), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), فَارْحَمْنِي (fárḥamní) as “Have mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §63: all his mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rod
SE rendered مَلَكُوتُ (malakút), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), فَارْحَمْنِي (fárḥamní) as “Have mercy”
SE rendered الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), فَارْحَمْنِي (fárḥamní), وَمَنْ (waman), مَعِي (maʿí) as “Have mercy, and upon all, in my company”
mercy 75% have 6% most 4% tender 3% merciful 2% all-merciful 2% grace 2% late 2% compassionate 2% will 1%
SE expanded to “and upon all”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: AlthoughgleaningsGWB §311: With themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: In view ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: MegleaningsGWB §265: are associated with theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: yetepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: notwithstandinggleaningsGWB §277: with you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §286: truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thy wondrous Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §452: of creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: strengthenedgleaningsGWB §238: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art, truly, the Almightythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: the sense ofgleaningsGWB §434: forces of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: protectgleaningsGWB §475: strict guardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Do Thou preservetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §17: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: security
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: ungodlyfire-tabletFire §40: the wickedgleaningsGWB §475: the wickednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: most wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the mischiefthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: the ungodlywill-and-testamentW&T §12: evilsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: Iniquities
SE expanded to “assist us to help”
SE rendered أَعْدائِكَ، (ʾaʿdáʾika،), اجْعَلْنا (ijʿalná), ناصِرِينَ (náṣirín), لِدِينِكَ (lidínik), وَحافِظِينَ (waḥáfiẓín) as “Thine enemies, assist us to help, Thy Faith, protect”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have aidedfire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §68: seekkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Christiansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: undisputed ascendancywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Help him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: pietygleaningsGWB §636: the world and the citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: of all religionswill-and-testamentW&T §1: All-Glorious Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: your religiongleaningsGWB §245: of the Citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Cause
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §479: whatever thou doestkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: hast commandedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
SE rendered وَحافِظِينَ (waḥáfiẓín), لأَمْرِكَ (lʾamrik), وَناطِقِينَ (wanáṭiqín), بِثَنائِكَ، (bithanáʾika،) as “protect, Thy Cause, to celebrate Thy glory”
SE expanded to “to celebrate Thy glory”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §3: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: to extol Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: sing Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: Secondarily
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “thou”, “eternity” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: glorygleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: Imperishablewill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §605: hath always ordained
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “glory”, “sublime” (43 occurrences)
loftiness 27% glory 9% sublime 9% lofty 9% excellence 9% transcendent 9% heights 9% inaccessible 9% all-glorious 5% high-minded 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Treefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §163: didst deliverkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: shall be proclaimed.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: over all thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
SE expanded to “of His unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: unifyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §113: Divine Unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy singleness and unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
SE rendered تَوْحِيدِكَ (tawḥídik), تَزالُ (tazál), تَكُونُ (takún), بِمِثْلِ (bimithl) as “of His unity, will continue to remain, the same”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: Be yefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §507: We havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the sametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: knowingfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §261: knewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the leaders of their faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: Aware as I amtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §588: pleaseth Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: please themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §327: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my utter helplessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cangleaningsGWB §449: to frustrate His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: miracle
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §365: inestimablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thine almighty favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pomp
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
SE rendered الْعَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), الْمَحْبُوبُ، (al-maḥbúbu،), وَالْحَمْدُ (wálḥamd) as “the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: and extol Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §717: All praise be
