Prayers and Meditations — §66
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 66 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الفَقِيرُ فَأَظْهِرْ لِي ظُهُوراتِ غَنائِكَ، هَلْ يَنْبَغِي لِشَأْنِكَ بِأَنْ تَطْرُدَ الآمِلِينَ عَنْ فِنآءِ بابِ فَضْلِكَ وَأَلْطافِكَ، وَهَلْ يَلِيقُ لِسُلْطانِكَ بِأَنْ تَمْنَعَ المُشْتاقِينَ عَن كَعْبَةِ وَصْلِكَ وَلِقائِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَيْسَ هذا ظَنِّي بِكَ لأَنِّي أَيْقَنْتُ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ ذُو الفَضْلِ العَمِيمِ، أَيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the living waters of Thy grace. I am but a poor creature; reveal unto me the tokens of Thy riches. Doth it beseem Thee to cast out of the door of Thy grace and bounty such as have set their hopes on Thee, and can it befit Thy sovereignty to hinder them that yearn after Thee from attaining the adored sanctuary of Thy presence and from beholding Thy face? By Thy glory! Such is not my belief in Thee, for I am persuaded that Thou art the God of bounteousness, Whose grace hath encompassed all things.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “a poor creature”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: poorgleaningsGWB §387: poor and desolatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poor?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the povertythe-hidden-wordsHW §132: of povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: passagesgleaningsGWB §471: have forsaken their allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: ‘poverty’
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: hath been revealedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §365: wide openkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: evidencestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: againstgleaningsGWB §635: and encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: - peace be upon himgleaningsGWB §615: at your hands
SE expanded to “of Thy riches”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: possessest shall profitgleaningsGWB §687: appeasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: sea of wealthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: availethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: being richepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notes
This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered لِي (lí), ظُهُوراتِ (ẓuhúrát), غَنائِكَ، (ghanáʾika،), هَلْ (hal), يَنْبَغِي (yanbaghí), لِشَأْنِكَ (lishaʾanik), تَطْرُدَ (taṭrud) as “unto me, the tokens, of Thy riches, Doth it beseem, Thee, cast out”
This form usually rendered as “exaltation”, “station”, “glory” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §46: in such wisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: a detachmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §115: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: banishedgleaningsGWB §461: “Thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: cast outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: cast him outgleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: away from Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §464: reject Us
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “aspire”, “who” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have set their hopes on Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my utmost Hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: longingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: mine only Hope
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §285: Deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the courttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thy perishingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perishgleaningsGWB §279: will perish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: doorsgleaningsGWB §176: bright and shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: Cast me not fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the doorgleaningsGWB §118: portalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the gate
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “gifts”, “loving-kindness” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §59: the favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §679: light and untrammeled
SE rendered فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), وَأَلْطافِكَ، (waʾalṭáfika،), وَهَلْ (wahal), يَلِيقُ (yalíq), لِسُلْطانِكَ (lisulṭánik), تَمْنَعَ (tamnaʿ) as “of Thy grace, and bounty, and can it befit, Thy sovereignty, hinder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §395: is worthykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and beseemed notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemlygleaningsGWB §486: befittethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: to bestowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §63: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: detergleaningsGWB §127: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: been kept backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: forbad
المُشْتاقِينَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
This form usually rendered as “long”, “who”, “such” (25 occurrences)
SE expanded to “them that yearn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearnfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §57: vehement desire!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: that yearn after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
SE expanded to “attaining the adored sanctuary”
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: the adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: the adored tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuary
SE expanded to “of Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: incompetent and lacking in understandingfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §222: adjoiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: infidelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: meetingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: may attainthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal pure
وَلِقائِكَ،
literal: meeting; meeting, encounter
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “whose”, “drawn” (17 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and from beholding Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: By Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §471: send downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: We impartedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunionthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
SE expanded to “By Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted be Hisfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §244: the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Mighty
SE rendered وَلِقائِكَ، (waliqáʾika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), لَيْسَ (lays), ظَنِّي (ẓanní), بِكَ (bik), لأَنِّي (lʾanní) as “and from beholding Thy face, By Thy glory, is not, my belief, in Thee, for”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: I am notgleaningsGWB §225: can bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: There istablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: not beengleaningsGWB §158: is givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None canepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothing
This form usually rendered as “mine”, “belief” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: imaginefire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §450: imagine about Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: mine own fancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: idle fancies
SE rendered لَيْسَ (lays), ظَنِّي (ẓanní), بِكَ (bik), لأَنِّي (lʾanní), أَيْقَنْتُ (ʾayqant), بِأَنَّكَ (biʾannak) as “is not, my belief, in Thee, for, I am persuaded, that”
This form usually rendered as “assured”, “firmly”, “can” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I am persuaded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §283: them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: absolute faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: havetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: be persuadedgleaningsGWB §459: for a certainty
الْكَرِيمُ
literal: generous; generosity; bounty
This form usually rendered as “most”, “all-bountiful”, “generous” (54 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of bounteousness”
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §231: honoredkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: the cloudswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bounty
3 occurrences in corpus
العَمِيمِ،
literal: generality; general; general, universal
SE expanded to “hath encompassed all things”
all 27% universal 20% “of 7% ocean 7% generality 7% “universal 7% high 7% hath 7% universally 7% supreme 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: allgleaningsGWB §697: all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “Universalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: hath encompassed all thingswill-and-testamentW&T §25: commonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: all the peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: high and lowlywill-and-testamentW&T §17: Universal
