Prayers and Meditations — §552
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 552 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِرُسُلِكَ وَأَصْفِيائِكَ وَبِالَّذِيْ خَتَمْتَ بِهِ مَظاهِرَ أَمْرِكَ بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَزَيَّنْتَهُ بِخاتَمِ القَبُولِ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ، بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنِيْ عَلَى ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لِعِبادِكَ وَأَمَرْتَهُمْ بِهِ فِي أَلْواحِكَ، ثُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي يا إِلهِي بِفَضْلِكَ وَجُودِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنِيْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ لا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Messengers, and Thy Chosen Ones, and by Him through Whom Thou hast affixed Thy seal upon the Manifestations of Thy Cause among Thy creatures, and Whom Thou hast adorned with the ornament of Thine acceptance among all that dwell in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, to graciously assist me to attain unto what Thou hast ordained for Thy servants and bidden them observe in Thy Tablets. Wash away, then, my sins, O my God, by Thy grace and bounty, and reckon me among such as are not overtaken by fear nor put to grief.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §301: the Lord of Menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Our Lord
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: praygleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Dealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: askethgleaningsGWB §467: such as seek the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: I nevertheless beseech Thee
messengers 24% apostle 23% messenger 14% sent 13% send 8% apostles 5% messengership 4% entrusted 4% hath 3% prophet 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: sent forthgleaningsGWB §40: yet another Messengerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: his worksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: send upontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: We, in truth, have sent
SE expanded to “Thy Chosen Ones”
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
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 §135: His great and mighty Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §195: against His Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: these circumstancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: is the commandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
SE rendered مَظاهِرَ (maẓáhir), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), بَرِيَّتِكَ (baríratik), وَزَيَّنْتَهُ (wazayyantah), بِخاتَمِ (bikhátam) as “the Manifestations, Thy Cause, Whom Thou hast adorned, the ornament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §477: the whole worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §48: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §528: heal or cure
SE expanded to “Whom Thou hast adorned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: adorn themfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §179: He may graciously illuminate themkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: Seize the timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: to be beautifiedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: decked with
accepted 32% acceptance 23% accept 14% reconcile 5% have 5% acceptable 5% repudiate 5% acquiesced 5% embraceth 5% may 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: Beforefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §698: can compare with itkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: let him turn thereuntoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: hath set his facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE rendered بِخاتَمِ (bikhátam), القَبُولِ (al-qabúl), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), وَسَمائِكَ، (wasamáʾika،) as “the ornament, Thine acceptance, on Thy earth, Thy heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: strangersfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §583: Concoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the dwellers ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: them that have recognizedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
SE expanded to “on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the very earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §455: on the whole earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: fieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: My Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §661: by Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “to graciously assist me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: assistgleaningsGWB §601: fellowshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §96: in consonanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Thou didst, through Thy strengthening grace, enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §6: joining handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: aidgleaningsGWB §596: firmly established
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: servantfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §200: My servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: towards His servantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: Abdu’-Salam
tablets 90% scriptures 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: the TabletgleaningsGWB §423: Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: sureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: shone forth brightlygleaningsGWB §278: a Tablet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §650: “the Ever-Forgiving”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: Forgive me, then,will-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: So God forgave Himfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: By the righteousness of God!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “by Thy grace”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of My generosityfire-tabletFire §34: downpourgleaningsGWB §237: through His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Thy bountiful carethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
This form usually rendered as “make”, “cause”, “aid” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adornedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §654: having enabled mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: Strengthentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “overtaken by fear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: full of feargleaningsGWB §499: dismaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: they may not be affrightedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fear fell uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: feargleaningsGWB §246: am afraid
SE rendered خَوْفٌ (khawfun), عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim), يَحْزَنُونَ (yaḥzanún) as “overtaken by fear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: Grieve Thoufire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §218: lest he grievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: can in no wise fill me with sorrowtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
