Prayers and Meditations — §604
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 604 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما جَعَلْتَنِيْ هَدَفًا لِسِهامِ أَعْدائِكَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، أَشْكُرُكَ يا عَالِمَ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ وَمالِكَ الوُجُودِ بِما جَعَلْتَنِي مَسْجُونًا فِي حُبِّكَ وَسَقَيْتَنِي كَأْسَ البَلايا لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ وَإِعْلاءِ كَلِمَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give Thee thanks, O my God, for that Thou hast made me to be a target for the darts of Thine adversaries in Thy path. I offer Thee most high praise, O Thou Who art the Knower of the seen and unseen and the Lord of all being, that Thou hast suffered me to be cast into prison for love of Thee, and caused me to quaff the cup of woe, that I may reveal Thy Cause and glorify Thy word.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §412: Magnified be Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: “Magnifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §401: most blessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinityfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thou hast made me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: hath madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: number ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “to be a target”
SE expanded to “for the darts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the darts
SE expanded to “of Thine adversaries”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of the transgressorsfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §80: of the aggressorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: all their adversariesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the utmost enmity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the waygleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: these two waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: render thanksfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §163: I render thanks unto Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: thanks.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: glorifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: gloriously
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: worldsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §314: ecclesiasticalkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: He, Who is the Object of all knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: knowest full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “unknowable” (83 occurrences)
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §52: Unknowablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: of the Unseenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Thine invisible Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: invisiblegleaningsGWB §550: inner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: indubitablefire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §685: findeth itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: this worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
SE expanded to “and the Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: CzargleaningsGWB §280: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: the monarch
SE expanded to “of all being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §247: We foundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: all creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: that they may inhaletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
This form usually rendered as “prisoner”, “imprisoned”, “suffering” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “me to be cast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: the prison-citygleaningsGWB §658: suffering imprisonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: through Whose captivitywill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarcerationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: His prisongleaningsGWB §163: the prison-cellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverest me from the bondage of
SE expanded to “prison for love of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §251: and disdainfully reject His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His own affections upon Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
SE rendered مَسْجُونًا (masjúnan), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَسَقَيْتَنِي (wasaqaytaní), كَأْسَ (kaʾas), البَلايا (al-baláyá), لإِظْهارِ (lʾiẓhár) as “me to be cast, prison for love of, to quaff the cup, that I may reveal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Thou hast made me to drinkgleaningsGWB §60: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: Who watereththe-hidden-wordsHW §111: cup-bearerwill-and-testamentW&T §49: make me to drinkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: suffer me to quaffprayers-and-meditationsP&M §604: and causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are given drink
SE expanded to “to quaff the cup”
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَسَقَيْتَنِي (wasaqaytaní), كَأْسَ (kaʾas), البَلايا (al-baláyá), لإِظْهارِ (lʾiẓhár), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَإِعْلاءِ (waʾiʿláʾ) as “prison for love of, to quaff the cup, that I may reveal, Thy Cause, and glorify Thy”
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: afflicted with trialsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §724: griefskitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: He might proveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmed
SE expanded to “that I may reveal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: have proceededfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §130: Manifestation hath appearedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: temporalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: manifold wonderstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: to appear
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE expanded to “and glorify Thy”
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: of Gloryfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §657: to magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is He aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §512: for the purpose of furtheringtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: A wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §48: through Thy most exalted Wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: through Whose wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
