Prayers and Meditations — §505
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 505 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى يا إِلهِي كَيْفَ حَالَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ وَمَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ ظُلْمُ المُعْرِضِينَ مِن خَلْقِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ما يُشْغِلُهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ بِأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ لِتَسْتَرِيحَ بِذلِكَ الأَرْضُ وَمَنْ عَلَيْها، أَيْ رَبِّ إِنَّ أَمَةً
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my God, how the wrongs committed by such of Thy creatures as have turned their backs to Thee have come in between Him in Whom Thy Godhead is manifest and Thy servants. Send down upon them, O my Lord, what will cause them to be busied with each others’ concerns. Let, then, their violence be confined to their own selves, that the land and they that dwell therein may find peace.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §386: other Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “HowgleaningsGWB §374: how much lesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: how much more whenthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asgleaningsGWB §242: why is it, thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How can I ever befittingly
This form usually rendered as “now”, “consider”, “present” (178 occurrences)
SE expanded to “come in between”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: AnswergleaningsGWB §713: Whatever may betidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: Striveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: came in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §179: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: had been revealedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §539: hath been made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: resplendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Whose Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “self” (222 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “cruelty”, “darkness” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: thatfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §270: so unjustlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: crueltiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: been sore oppressedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He Whom the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: the cruelty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: supplicatethgleaningsGWB §36: of the fierce oppositionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: They caviledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: caviled at metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: hast turned away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creaturesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §290: called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: amongst His creatures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord ofgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: togleaningsGWB §189: have decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: stagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: remained unrevealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
This form usually rendered as “will” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: have busied themselvesgleaningsGWB §106: to be busiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: communedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: be occupiedthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: dost thou busy thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ingleaningsGWB §244: ye are occupied
This form usually rendered as “make”, “grant”, “"consecrate” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §704: debasethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: handiworkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: didst raisethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprived
This form usually rendered as “violence” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “among” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the ornament of utterancefire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §520: inquire intokitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: the one from the otherthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §45: set forth clearly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: soulfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §676: the holy and sanctified beingskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: that most pure Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: the tempests of trialstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: thy soul
SE rendered بَيْنَهُمْ (baynahum), لِتَسْتَرِيحَ (litastaríḥ), بِذلِكَ (bidhlik), الأَرْضُ (ar-rḍ), وَمَنْ (waman), عَلَيْها، (ʿalayhá،) as “be confined to, may find, that, the land, and they that, dwell therein”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbiláprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: and all that is thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §218: Land
This form usually rendered as “mother”, “one”, “people” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Best-Beloved of the nationsgleaningsGWB §170: its peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: other communitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: nationgleaningsGWB §180: unlettered Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the Source of Revelation.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the followers of John
