Prayers and Meditations — §650
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 650 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَفاطِرَ السَّمآءِ، أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى ما وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ فِي أَيَّامِكَ أَسْئَلُكَ بِمَشْرِقِ أَسْمائِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ صِفاتِكَ أَنْ تُقَدِّرَ لِيْ ما يَجْعَلُنِيْ قائِمًا عَلَى خِدْمَتِكَ وَناطِقًا بِثَنائِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيْرُ وَبِالإِجابَةِ جَدِيْرٌ، ثُمَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, O my Lord, the things which have befallen me in Thy days. I entreat Thee, by Him Who is the Dayspring of Thy names and the Dawning-Place of Thine attributes, to ordain for me what will enable me to arise to serve Thee and to extol Thy virtues. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, Who art wont to answer the prayers of all men!
Translation Notes
SE rendered وَفاطِرَ (wafáṭir), السَّمآءِ، (as-samáʾi،), رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará) as “Lord, beholdest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: true FaithgleaningsGWB §292: Mouthpiecekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: have broken my fasttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: GodhoodgleaningsGWB §572: the Lord theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: that thou mayest beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §279: ye claimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: settest mythe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: regardgleaningsGWB §359: judgment
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “befell” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: on that daygleaningsGWB §111: lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in thewill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Judgment DaygleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §356: We beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: hath arisen and shone forthfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §279: tomorrowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and of the Dayspringstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: beameth
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Source of all lightfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §132: exponents of violencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “first,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §94: These attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: men’s praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: expressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §95: attribute of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: bearersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: but the apprehension
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §161: hath bestowedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thine irrevocable judgmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thatgleaningsGWB §615: at your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: againstgleaningsGWB §478: in thine affairs
This form usually rendered as “standing”, “standeth”, “have” (33 occurrences)
standing 20% standeth 13% have 13% arise 13% agitated 7% viceregent 7% self-subsisting 7% pervadeth 7% acteth 7% may 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §556: glorious and exalted stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: constancy in Thy Causetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: Our servantsgleaningsGWB §656: serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: arise to servewill-and-testamentW&T §19: important servicesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §419: servingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: servant
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “utterance” (52 occurrences)
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: sing Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §396: magnifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: celebrate Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
SE expanded to “wont to answer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: not replyfire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §39: the answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: answering, saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §163: meet to answer themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to answergleaningsGWB §166: reply
2 occurrences in corpus
