Prayers and Meditations — §56
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 56 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِذًا تَرَى غُرْبَتِيْ فِيْ أَيَّامِكَ وَاشْتِياقِيْ بِلِقائِكَ وَشَوْقِيْ إِلى سَاحَةِ عِزِّ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَاهْتِزازِي مِنْ هُبُوبِ أَرْيَاحِ رَحْمَانِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, therefore, the exile which I suffer in Thy days, and art aware of my vehement longing to look upon Thy face, and of mine irrepressible yearnings to enter the court of Thy glory, and of the stirrings of my heart under the influences of the winds of Thy mercy.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst beholdfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §495: considered viewskitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: Thou dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: that thou mayest behold
exile 67% banishment 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §39: all the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: in Thy daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Not long ago
SE expanded to “my vehement longing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Theefire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §708: joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: that yearn after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
بِلِقائِكَ
literal: meeting; meeting, encounter
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “whose”, “drawn” (17 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to look upon Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: meetfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §382: be united with, Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: must meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: to pass into Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
SE expanded to “enter the court”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: shoresgleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: to this Holy Courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: sanctuarythe-hidden-wordsHW §146: at the court
SE expanded to “of Thy glory”
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hardgleaningsGWB §376: dearlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: and to this Thy glory beareth me witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glory
SE rendered وَشَوْقِيْ (washawqí), سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), عِزِّ (ʿizz), فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik), وَاهْتِزازِي (wáhtizází), هُبُوبِ (hubúb) as “mine irrepressible yearnings, enter the court, of Thy glory, the stirrings, the influences of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerlessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §386: of His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: aloneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the One
This form usually rendered as “stirrings” (1 occurrences)
stirred 19% hath 19% transports 13% shaken 13% vibrateth 6% have 6% trembleth 6% throw 6% overshadow 6% stirrings 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: whispertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: been so stirred up
This form usually rendered as “onrushing”, “blowing”, “evil” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Vouchsafeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: stirring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §168: the fragrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the fragrancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §627: of Mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
