Prayers and Meditations — §6
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 6 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقْتَدِرًا بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَمُرِيدًا بِإِرادَتِكَ لا يَمْنَعُكَ عَنْ أَمْرِكَ مَنْ فِيْ أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَارْحَمْنِي بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ، ثُمَّ أَسْمِعْنِي نَغَماتِ الطُّيُورِ الَّتِي يُغَرِّدْنَ بِثَنآءِ نَفْسِكَ عَلَى أَفنانِ سِدْرَةِ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art He Who from everlasting was, through the potency of His might, supreme over all things, and, through the operation of His will, was able to ordain all things. Nothing whatsoever, whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can frustrate Thy purpose. Have mercy, then, upon me, O my Lord, through Thy gracious providence and generosity, and incline mine ear to the sweet melodies of the birds that warble their praise of Thee, amidst the branches of the tree of Thy oneness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §124: to the end that hath no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: zenithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: wilt continue for evermorethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: lastingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetuallygleaningsGWB §200: Ancient
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through the potency”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “and, through the operation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: whogleaningsGWB §491: anykitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: about Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thou hast desiredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “ever-desired”, “wish”, “able” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: disciplesgleaningsGWB §275: him that seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: my desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: soughtgleaningsGWB §608: whosoever seeketh Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: given
SE expanded to “of His will”
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Fain would theygleaningsGWB §361: one aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: attachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and in conformity with Thy desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §188: like
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have prevented megleaningsGWB §511: preventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: remain unmovedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: to be deprived
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: The Commander of the Faithfulfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §125: whatsoever commandmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: admonished them to hold fast untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: they were biddentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §285: the conceptionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: and the sublimity oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
SE expanded to “Have mercy, then”
mercy 52% all-merciful 16% most 9% god 5% merciful 5% have 4% compassionate 3% tender 2% divine 2% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §12: charitykitab-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
بِجُودِكَ
literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through Thy gracious”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of My generosityfire-tabletFire §34: downpourgleaningsGWB §685: munificencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: by Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the All-Bounteousfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §463: the All-Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: who can deal bountifully with metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
SE expanded to “incline mine ear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: didst cause me to hearfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §591: to hear its accentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: ear to hearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: may be heardtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Birdsfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §337: their aspirationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: that haply thou mayest soarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: from soaringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have never attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredgleaningsGWB §387: The birds
SE expanded to “their praise of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §389: Nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to extol Theewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §646: your praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
SE rendered يُغَرِّدْنَ (yugharridn), بِثَنآءِ (bithanáʾ), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), أَفنانِ (ʾafnán), سِدْرَةِ (sidrah) as “warble, their praise of Thee, branches, tree”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: any onegleaningsGWB §318: the human soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: My beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: breathe a single breathtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: themselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: its boughsgleaningsGWB §228: of Paradisekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the Afnánkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the Sadrihprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: amidst the branchestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: twigsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your artsgleaningsGWB §66: its blissful bower
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the TreegleaningsGWB §288: from the Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Sadrihprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Burning BushgleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahá
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §198: of Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: Thine all-glorious unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
