Prayers and Meditations — §574
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 574 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لا يَمْنَعُنِي البَلآءُ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ، إِنَّ البَلِيَّةَ فِي حُبِّكَ رَحْمَتُكَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ وَالرَّزِيَّةَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ نِعْمَتُكَ لأَصْفِيائِكَ، أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ البَلآءَ أَضاءَ وَجْهَ البَهآءِ عَنْ مَشْرِقِ البَقآءِ وَزَيَّنَ هَيْكَلَهُ بَيْنَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by Thy glory! Tribulations, however woeful, can never hinder me from remembering Thee or from celebrating Thy praise. Every vexation borne for love of Thee is a token of Thy mercy unto Thy creatures, and every ordeal suffered in Thy path is but a gift from Thee bestowed on Thy chosen ones. I testify that my countenance, which shineth above the Dayspring of eternity, hath been irradiated by adversity, and my body hath been adorned by it before all who are in heaven and all who are on earth.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: was powerless to deter MegleaningsGWB §63: have succeeded in deflectingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: withhold ittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessible
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trialsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §179: naykitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: wrong Thou hast sufferedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a new trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
SE rendered يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), البَلآءُ (al-baláʾ), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), البَلِيَّةَ (al-balílah) as “hinder, Tribulations, celebrating Thy praise, vexation”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: through thy remembrancegleaningsGWB §640: calleth to remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: been recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: may magnifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
SE expanded to “celebrating Thy praise”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: to extol Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), البَلِيَّةَ (al-balílah), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), رَحْمَتُكَ (raḥmatuk), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik) as “celebrating Thy praise, vexation, mercy, creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §407: them that lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Thy dear onestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §489: and its empirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: creation,—evenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: that hath been createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: of men
وَالرَّزِيَّةَ
literal: calamity; calamities; calamity, misfortune
This form usually rendered as “ordeal”, “affliction” (2 occurrences)
ordeal 50% affliction 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trialsgleaningsGWB §163: incalculable afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: any troublewill-and-testamentW&T §49: afflictionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: any tribulationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: ordealprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: trials
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: sincerityfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §435: crystalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: stainlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Whom Thou hast chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: purity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: witnessethfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §39: Every discerning observer will recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: discernprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: all things visibletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “chased”, “burning” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: illuminedfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §532: the radianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: resplendent with the glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §48: and the lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: turnedfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §458: enveloped
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inclinefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §325: receiveth fromkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: from setting their facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: brightnessfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §289: shine as manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arisingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: and shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lighteth
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endurethfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §344: nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the immortal draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: discoveredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: for everlasting lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: remaining
temple 29% form 24% embodiment 6% immortal 6% incarnation 6% glory 6% state 6% idol 6% one 6% age 6%
