Prayers and Meditations — §564
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 564 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما أَيْقَظْتَنِي عَنِ النَّومِ بِحَيْثُ انْتَبَهْتُ وَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَعْرِفَ ما غَفَلَ عَنْهُ أَكثَرُ عِبادِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْنِيْ مُسُتَقِيمًا عَلَى ما أَرَدْتُهُ فِي حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يَشْهَدُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَسُلْطانِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I yield Thee thanks, O my Lord, that Thou hast wakened me from my sleep, and stirred me up, and created in me the desire to perceive what most of Thy servants have failed to apprehend. Make me able, therefore, O my Lord, to behold, for love of Thee and for the sake of Thy pleasure, whatsoever Thou hast desired. Thou art He to the power of Whose might and sovereignty all things testify.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His DivinegleaningsGWB §381: educationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: springtimetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §343: All glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: I give praisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
This form usually rendered as “roused”, “didst”, “hast” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: “MustayqizgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §167: roused Me from My slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: Thou hast awakened meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst waken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: sleepgleaningsGWB §305: thy state when asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: sleepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: to sleepwill-and-testamentW&T §33: that sleepeth notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: he that liethgleaningsGWB §457: your slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: entitled
SE rendered أَيْقَظْتَنِي (ʾayqaẓtaní), النَّومِ (an-nawm), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), انْتَبَهْتُ (intabaht), وَأَرَدْتُ (waʾaradt) as “wakened, sleep, stirred me up, created in”
انْتَبَهْتُ
literal: awaken; attentive; attentive, aware, alerted
This form usually rendered as “stirred” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §278: Were they to wake from their slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: do soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §182: was He roused from His slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: hath soughtgleaningsGWB §608: pleaseth.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: in conformity with Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: soughtgleaningsGWB §275: refused to seek itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seek
This form usually rendered as “know”, “better”, “"know” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: godly mangleaningsGWB §246: hath knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: hath made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognize
This form usually rendered as “waywardness”, “wayward”, “forgetfulness” (20 occurrences)
waywardness 27% wayward 13% forgetfulness 13% would 7% strayed 7% careless 7% error 7% stray 7% trespasses 7% turneth 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: heedless onegleaningsGWB §574: them that are gone astraykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: We knew notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: forgetful they may becomethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: neglectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: strayedgleaningsGWB §247: their total disregard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: mostgleaningsGWB §62: waters of everlasting lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: “Mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: a rivertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: most ofgleaningsGWB §99: of plurality
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy servantfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §234: unto His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: passers-by
SE expanded to “Make me able”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: of her own handiworkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Whom Thou hast appointedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “straight”, “steadfast”, “path” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Him Who occupieth this sublime stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §264: kindskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: thronetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE expanded to “love of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto such of Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §467: is loathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: as a token of Thy lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
وَرِضائِكَ،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction
SE expanded to “for the sake of Thy pleasure”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Divine good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §361: the good pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: acquiesceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: and willing submissionthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: content with My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: pleasure
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: be disclosedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §307: showeth signskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: provedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thou bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created thingsgleaningsGWB §70: naught else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: to a stern businessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: through the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: lieth in theefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §260: Powerful is Hekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: His mighty Handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: through Thine irrevocable appointmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the SháhgleaningsGWB §300: through the power of His sovereign mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: this sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: through the sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: by the power of His might
