Prayers and Meditations — §575
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 575 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: LordsgleaningsGWB §103: of God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educated
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (186 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: askethgleaningsGWB §631: Grant thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: soughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: art not askedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Thee
SE expanded to “Most Great Name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §49: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: excellencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), تُؤَيِّدَ (tuʾayyid), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín) as “my, I pray, Most Great Name, aid, them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: help HisgleaningsGWB §101: We strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: how could it beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §302: that Thou wilt graciously assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: nor enterwill-and-testamentW&T §8: may the Lord aidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: graciously assistgleaningsGWB §11: graciously assisted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: Thy trusted onesgleaningsGWB §293: that truly believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: as followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: they have acknowledged Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hast believed
SE expanded to “on Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with clear tokensfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §376: signs of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: revealed versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Pathfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §457: shake offkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: figureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: with such steadfastnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: His willfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §122: Loverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: for the saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §383: have turned their faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: who have set their faces towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of the Beautiesfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §331: Him Who is the Manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: recallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
SE rendered مَطْلِعِ (maṭliʿ), شَمْسِ (shams), عِنايَتِكَ، (ʿináyatika،), فَأَلْهِمْهُمْ (faʾalhimhum), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يُنْطِقُهُمْ (yunṭiquhum) as “Dawning-Place, Daystar, loving-kindness, unloose their tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: Inspireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspiration
SE rendered عِنايَتِكَ، (ʿináyatika،), فَأَلْهِمْهُمْ (faʾalhimhum), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يُنْطِقُهُمْ (yunṭiquhum), بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik) as “loving-kindness, unloose their tongue, to praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §299: in God!”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “unloose their tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: made mentionfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §292: claim to be thekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: spoken forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
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 §162: thisgleaningsGWB §1: make mention of Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: summoning you to heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: enable to remember Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
SE expanded to “draw them nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: proximityfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §248: drawing closerkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: of the favourites of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §721: that have near access to Thyselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “world”, “end”, “next” (125 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: anothergleaningsGWB §629: the nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: at lastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: and in the world which is to comethe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: in the endgleaningsGWB §295: last
