Prayers and Meditations — §559
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 559 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبِي أَجِدُ فِي كُلِّ أَرْكانِيْ لِسانًا وَيَكُونُ ناطِقًا بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، بِحُبِّكَ لا يُجْزِعُنِيْ بُغْضُ أَعْدائِكَ وَبِذِكْرِكَ لا يُحْزِنُنِي شُئُوناتُ قَضائِكَ، فَأَثْبِتْ فِي قَلْبِيْ حُبَّكَ ثُمَّ دَعْنِي لِيَرِدَ عَلَيَّ سُيُوفُ مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كُلِّها، تَاللَّهِ كُلُّ شَعْرٍ مِنْ أَشْعارِيْ يَقُولُ لَوْلا البَلايا فِي سَبِيلِكَ ما لَذَّ لِي حُبُّكَ وَعِشْقُكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The power of Thy might beareth me witness, O my Well-Beloved! Every limb of my body, methinks, is endowed with a tongue that glorifieth Thee and magnifieth Thy name. Armed with the power of Thy love, the hatred which moveth them that are against Thee can never alarm me; and with Thy praise on my lips, the rulings of Thy decree can in no wise fill me with sorrow. Fortify, therefore, Thy love within my breast, and suffer me to face the assaults which all the peoples of the earth may launch against me. I swear by Thee! Every hair of my head proclaimeth: “But for the adversities that befall me in Thy path, how could I ever taste the divine sweetness of Thy tenderness and love?”
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), مَحْبُوبِي (maḥbúbí), أَجِدُ (ʾajid) as “my Well-Beloved, methinks”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glorygleaningsGWB §512: gracious and almightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: how deartablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: because of their lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §724: Our friendskitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: what devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §95: such as lovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
This form usually rendered as “find”, “can”, “discover” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of all beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §530: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: I cannottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the foundationsgleaningsGWB §70: every pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: My very limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §571: your entire beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and members
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §174: saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its tonguegleaningsGWB §347: that tongue
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I weregleaningsGWB §195: and bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: If he beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that animatethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: Arise
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: may speak forthfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §719: hathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: and hath spoken forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: mentiongleaningsGWB §619: a glimmerkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: describe themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §646: your praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: animositygleaningsGWB §462: ill-will against theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of their hatethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §54: a haterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: hategleaningsGWB §163: and maliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thine enemies
This form usually rendered as “can” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: grievefire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §490: be overwhelmed with anguishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: anguishtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “changes”, “tokens” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neitherfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §376: valuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: our evilthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: station
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 §85: decision madefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §162: of Thy inscrutable decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: destinyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: as decreed by Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: canst thou vindicategleaningsGWB §137: steadfastkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: acceptanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Were the existence ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood steadfastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §118: mine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: whose faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and the souls of mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changed
This form usually rendered as “suffer” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “must”, “hurt”, “exposed” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have touchedgleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: and from attainingwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §311: that which it hath been made to endurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: have come to pass
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: bladesgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: swordsgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: with the swordsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the sword
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §511: all-embracingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: and all that are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: all that is on earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the entiregleaningsGWB §25: its peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: all-encompassingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: without exceptionthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §40: utterlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: crowngleaningsGWB §724: myriad
SE expanded to “swear by Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hairgleaningsGWB §568: failed to perceive itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: awareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: the hair of my headwill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §39: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: doth indicate
SE rendered شَعْرٍ (shaʿrin), أَشْعارِيْ (ʾashʿárí), يَقُولُ (yaqúl), لَوْلا (lawlá), البَلايا (al-baláyá), سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik) as “proclaimeth, hair, “But, adversities, Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: by Thy wordgleaningsGWB §463: speechkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ye saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: and saidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “troubles” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: afflicted with trialsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: or that the woes I sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trials
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §590: himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: these two waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path of
This form usually rendered as “held”, “taste” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of Lovefire-tabletFire §41: LovegleaningsGWB §687: loverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: passionate devotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: them that lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §121: the Beloved Onewill-and-testamentW&T §13: Divine loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy true lovers
