Prayers and Meditations — §628
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 628 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الَّذِيْنَ اسْتَقامُوا عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَما مَنَعَتْهُمْ إِشاراتُ الفُجَّارِ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى وَجْهِكَ، سَرُعُوا بِالقُلُوبِ إِلى شَطْرِ فَضْلِكَ إِلى أَنْ شَرِبُوا كَوْثَرَ الحَيَوانِ مِنْ أَيادِيْ عَطائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المْقْتَدِرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bless Thou, O my God, them that have stood fast in Thy Cause, and whom the evil suggestions of the workers of iniquity have failed to deter from turning towards Thy face, and who have hastened with their whole hearts toward Thy grace, until they finally quaffed the water that is life indeed from the hands of Thy bounty.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have stood fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: that mostfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §460: fill the seatkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the plenteousnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of His Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §305: as decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: at Whose biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: His beheststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
SE expanded to “have failed to deter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade itgleaningsGWB §127: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: Nothing whatsoever can withholdtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: in withholding
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
SE expanded to “the workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §31: Hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: and hastenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §656: I have made hasteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: I hastened
SE expanded to “with their whole hearts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulentgleaningsGWB §687: the whole affectionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §2: of estranging themthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: hearts
SE rendered سَرُعُوا (saruʿúá), بِالقُلُوبِ (biálqulúb), شَطْرِ (shaṭr), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), شَرِبُوا (sharibúá) as “have hastened, with their whole hearts, Thy grace, quaffed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: HimgleaningsGWB §598: the whole worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Thy manifold bountiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §657: the meadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: directionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §282: the presence
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 §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §204: Our loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Thy bountytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: drinkethgleaningsGWB §25: and drink inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: hath partakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §633: hast quaffedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the cup
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: the everlasting streams
SE expanded to “that is life indeed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §476: designskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his doortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §627: holdest in Thine hands
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: Thy manifold bestowalsthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: favored
SE rendered عَطائِكَ، (ʿaṭáʾika،), المْقْتَدِرُ (al-mqtadir) as “of Thy bounty”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
