Prayers and Meditations — §67
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 67 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتِ المُمْكِناتِ وَبِكَرَمِكَ الَّذِيْ أَحاطَ الكائِناتِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْكَ وَلائِذًا بِحَضْرَتِكَ وَمُسْتَقِيمًا فِيْ حُبِّكَ، ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ لِي ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأحِبَّائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الكَرِيمُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed the entire creation, and Thy generosity that hath embraced all created things, to cause me to turn my face wholly towards Thee, and to seek Thy shelter, and to be steadfast in my love for Thee. Write down, then, for me what Thou didst ordain for them who love Thee. Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Our LordgleaningsGWB §36: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: Thou the Lordtablet-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 §117: His
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §668: grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §259: questionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §273: My mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §67: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §126: of all those who show mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
hath 44% surpassed 22% preceded 6% surpasseth 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% pervaded 3% permeated 3% surpass 3% grasp 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: surpassedgleaningsGWB §607: most laudablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: oldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: hath precededthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: all-encompassinggleaningsGWB §635: encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: grasp
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: Placelessfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §360: all that is therein.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: any one of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: mortalwill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable in
most 28% bounty 27% all-bountiful 13% generosity 11% favor 5% bountiful 5% generous 3% grace 3% glory 2% thou 2%
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “hath”, “envelop” (75 occurrences)
encompassed 45% hath 17% envelop 11% pervaded 6% embraced 6% have 4% surrounded 4% surround 2% throughout 2% enveloped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughoutfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §79: are encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: comprehendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: embraceththe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: hath comprehended
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: of Mine inmost beinggleaningsGWB §237: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: on earthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §466: Imaginekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: strengthen ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “turn my face wholly”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: in the facefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §130: such as believedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: facedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: who hath set his face towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
SE expanded to “seek Thy shelter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: hath fled for refugeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: to seek Thee as my Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refuge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Majesty togleaningsGWB §482: theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: upon Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: that they may standthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: summongleaningsGWB §163: and deposited it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to obtainfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §690: hastenkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: pursued steadfastlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE expanded to “my love for Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto such of Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §235: and are My loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dear Onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My loverwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
This form usually rendered as “write”, “ordain”, “forgive” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the BooksgleaningsGWB §451: His unerring Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: and wrote them downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: Book
SE expanded to “Thou didst ordain for”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: to concede evenfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §419: His decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: but a dewdropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: to exercise Thy dominiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: thy capacity
SE expanded to “what Thou pleasest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §635: anything whatsoeverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Each and every thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: and by the energies of Thy Willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “God is there beside”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: Hefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §135: before Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
