Prayers and Meditations — §581
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 581 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيْ إِلَيْكَ وَأَكُونُ آمِلاً بَدائِعَ فَضْلِكَ وَظُهُوراتِ كَرَمِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ لا تُخَيِّبَنِيْ عَنْ بابِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَلا تَدَعَنِي بَيْنَ المُشْرِكينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، فَيا إِلهِي أَنَا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am he, O my Lord, that hath set his face towards Thee, and fixed his hope on the wonders of Thy grace and the revelations of Thy bounty. I pray Thee that Thou wilt not suffer me to turn away disappointed from the door of Thy mercy, nor abandon me to such of Thy creatures as have repudiated Thy Cause.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §279: their Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its Lord
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “shall” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou wastfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §472: Who unerringly treadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: such betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “flood” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §188: Followers of the Gospelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: may be filledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the ConcoursegleaningsGWB §281: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: WondrousgleaningsGWB §477: the wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: new and everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: incomparable tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: IncomparablegleaningsGWB §286: truth
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: acts which are beneficialgleaningsGWB §548: share ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: bountiful favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Revealerfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §562: been laid barekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: transformationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: by the revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §282: My bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: bounteousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bounty
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 §157: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
تُخَيِّبَنِيْ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed/frustrated
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou shatterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: the hopesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: disappointest
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
المُشْرِكينَ
literal: polytheist; polytheists; partner
This form usually rendered as “infidels”, “ungodly”, “infidel” (38 occurrences)
SE expanded to “as have repudiated”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: joined partnersgleaningsGWB §397: they who have joined partnerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: an act of blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: such of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §329: associates and partners
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creationfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §669: hath called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy creatures—Itablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
SE rendered المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَيا (fayá) as “as have repudiated, creatures”
SE rendered المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “as have repudiated, creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
