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،
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 §80: of its LordgleaningsGWB §30: Lord thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: O Thou Who art the Rulertablet-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 §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “face”, “have”, “hath” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §608: the one that turneth towards Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: who hath set his facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “shall” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: wastgleaningsGWB §466: I hadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: that they may betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §52: that thou mayest become
This form usually rendered as “flood” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: people offire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §568: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can filltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: newgleaningsGWB §95: beauteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: loveliestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: out of Thy marveloustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §163: the wondrous
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: is better thangleaningsGWB §134: and bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: through Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (186 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I pray Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §313: Thou hast asked Me concerningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Thee
تُخَيِّبَنِيْ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: break not our hopeswill-and-testamentW&T §54: lost their causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: disappointestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: Cast me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: to frustrate the hopes I have setprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou shatter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: ChaptergleaningsGWB §118: portalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: Thy doorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §555: a doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Thy gate
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §347: Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: that I may crave his mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: hast entrustedgleaningsGWB §508: Cast awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thou hast infused into Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: and within thee have I placedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: We have entrusted it unto theegleaningsGWB §163: Thou didst deliver me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: O thou who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §382: have joined partners with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: blasphemousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: as have repudiated Thy truththe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §106: blasphemy
خَلْقِكَ،
literal: creation; create; created
This form usually rendered as “creatures”, “among”, “creation” (114 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have repudiated Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the Creatorfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §264: by menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: the Fashionertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thee
