Prayers and Meditations — §575
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 575 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ بِأَنْ تُؤَيِّدَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ عَلَى الاسْتِقامَةِ عَلَى حُبِّكَ وَالتَّوَجُّهِ إِلى مَطْلِعِ شَمْسِ عِنايَتِكَ، فَأَلْهِمْهُمْ يا إِلهِي بِما يُنْطِقُهُمْ بِذِكْرِكَ وَيُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلَيْكَ فِي الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I pray Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to aid all them that have believed on Thee and on Thy signs to be steadfast in Thy love and to set themselves towards the Dawning-Place of the Daystar of Thy loving-kindness. Inspire them, then, O my God, with what will unloose their tongue to praise Thee, and will draw them nigh unto Thee in the life that now is and the life that is to come.
Translation Notes
SE rendered وَالسَّمآءِ، (wálssamáʾi،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “I pray Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: noblefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: by Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam) as “I pray Thee, by Thy, Most Great”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her LordgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy Lord
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (155 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I pray Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §523: wholly and grosslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatnessgleaningsGWB §476: highest good
This form usually rendered as “graciously”, “thou” (4 occurrences)
graciously 67% thou 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: togleaningsGWB §635: having strengthenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: graciously aidwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: may God assistgleaningsGWB §698: strengthenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: graciously aidedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: assist
SE rendered الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), تُؤَيِّدَ (tuʾayyid), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), آمَنُوا (ámanúá), بِكَ (bik), وَبِآياتِكَ (wabiáyátik) as “Most Great, all them, that, have believed, on Thee, on Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: faithgleaningsGWB §247: unto them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: believe inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: as professtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: bear Him allegiancegleaningsGWB §530: have already recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: true belief
SE expanded to “on Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §661: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §638: in Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
SE rendered بِكَ (bik), وَبِآياتِكَ (wabiáyátik), الاسْتِقامَةِ (as-stiqámah), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَالتَّوَجُّهِ (wálttawajjuh) as “on Thee, on Thy signs, to set themselves towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §29: shookkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: rise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: may become steadfasttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
SE rendered الاسْتِقامَةِ (as-stiqámah), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَالتَّوَجُّهِ (wálttawajjuh), مَطْلِعِ (maṭliʿ) as “to set themselves towards, Dawning-Place”
SE expanded to “to set themselves towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: turning towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §512: may journeykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: are settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: risethfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §230: fountainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: luminousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: are inscrutabletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-like MirrorsgleaningsGWB §357: Most Great Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: sunlightgleaningsGWB §59: the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the Manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: loving providencefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §124: favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: manifold favoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: of Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: didst inspiregleaningsGWB §662: inspire
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “will unloose their tongue”
hath 21% speak 17% spoken 14% speaketh 11% uttering 8% crieth 8% have 6% caused 5% proclaimeth 5% proclaimed 5%
SE expanded to “to praise Thee”
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 §8: for Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §621: may be attunedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: whisperingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: descriptiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “will draw them nigh”
SE expanded to “the life that now is”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §527: everykitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: etc.…)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §295: to lastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the life to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding
