Prayers and Meditations — §529
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 529 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَى مَقَرِّي وَمَقامِي وَتَشْهَدُ اضْطِرابِي وَاضْطِرارِيْ وَضُرِّيْ وَابْتِلائي بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَئُونَ آياتِكَ وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمُنْزِلِها، وَيَدْعُونَ أَسْمائَكَ وَيَعْتَرِضُونَ عَلَى مُوجِدِها وَيَسْتَقْرِبُونَ بِاسْمِكَ الحَبِيبِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ مَحْبُوبَ العالَمِينَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the habitation wherein I dwell, and bearest witness unto my perplexity, my crying needs, my troubles, and the afflictions I suffer among Thy servants who recite Thy verses and repudiate their Revealer, who call on Thy names and cavil at their Creator, who seek to draw nigh unto Him Who is Thy Friend and put to death Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory tofire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: Magnifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §117: Thou shalt never behold Me!kitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: seest himthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou seest
This form usually rendered as “together”, “dwelling-place”, “dwelling” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of acknowledgmentgleaningsGWB §202: such heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: them that have testified to its truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: have acknowledgedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: Solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
SE rendered تَرَى (tará), مَقَرِّي (maqarrí), وَمَقامِي (wamaqámí), وَتَشْهَدُ (watashhad), اضْطِرابِي (iḍṭirábí) as “Thou beholdest, my low estate, and bearest witness, unto my perplexity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Who standethfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §671: stood fastkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: proclaimedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: and standeth overtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE expanded to “and bearest witness”
thou 19% bearest 19% testify 13% proclaim 13% beholdest 6% witnessed 6% witness 6% testifiest 6% proclaimeth 6% confesseth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: witnessedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §297: realizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: put to a shameful deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: testifiesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
This form usually rendered as “perplexity”, “unto” (2 occurrences)
perplexity 50% unto 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: confusiongleaningsGWB §567: feared and trembledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their distresstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: blow
This form usually rendered as “needs”, “crying” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §569: the tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the manifold illstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: can harmgleaningsGWB §161: cause injury
وَابْتِلائي
literal: tribulation; affliction; trial
SE expanded to “and the afflictions I suffer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: afflicted with trialsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §498: which We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: troublethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of Godfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §327: man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: unto manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: Object of the adorationtablet-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
This form usually rendered as “read”, “who” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: recitethgleaningsGWB §85: Read itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: readingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: recitedgleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who recite
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: disclosedgleaningsGWB §323: We have formerly utteredkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: Unless an angel be sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: to send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My home
This form usually rendered as “summon”, “claim”, “cry” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “who call on”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will continue to call upon HimgleaningsGWB §719: turn awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: callethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: whom Thou didst calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: wear the guise ofwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §468: his fame and reputationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: called by Thine own nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “and cavil at”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: them that have turned asidegleaningsGWB §658: withdrawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the denialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §384: turned back from Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have turned aside from Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: existencefire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §324: owe their existence tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: Althoughprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: he would unfailingly discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: will be in vainwill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
SE expanded to “who seek to draw nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: well-favoredfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §132: hour is approachingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: will draw them nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: love of Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §486: affectionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: for the saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
SE expanded to “and put to death”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: that I may killgleaningsGWB §507: put us to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: will slayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and put to deathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: manslayersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: slewestgleaningsGWB §296: take away His lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: They shall be slain
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My knowledgefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §622: things abovekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: the whole creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
