Prayers and Meditations — §675
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 675 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنَا الضَّعِيْفُ وَأَنْتَ القَوِيُّ الحاكِمُ فِي المَبْدَءِ وَالمَآبِ، لا تَجْعَلْنِي مَحْرُومًا مِنْ نَفَحاتِ وَحْيِكَ وَلا مَأْيُوسًا مِنَ الفُيُوضاتِ الَّتِيْ نُزِّلَتْ مِنْ سَمآءِ أَلْطافِكَ، قَدِّرْ لِيْ يا إِلهِي خَيْرَ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ وَما يَنْفَعُنِيْ فِي كُلِّ عالَمٍ مِنْ عَوالِمِكَ لأَنِّي لا أَعْلَمُ نَفْعِيْ وَضُرِّيْ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيْمُ الخَبِيرُ، ارْحَمْ يا إِلهِي عِبادَكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am but a wretched creature, O my Lord, and Thou art the All-Possessing, the Most High; and I am all weakness, and Thou art the Almighty, and the Supreme Ordainer in both the beginning and the end. Withhold not from me the fragrances of Thy Revelation, and shatter not my hopes in the outpourings which have been sent down out of the heaven of Thy gifts. Ordain Thou for me, O my God, the good of this world and the world to come, and grant me what will profit me in every world of Thy worlds, for I know not what will help or harm me. Thou, in truth, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “limited”, “feeble”, “faint-hearted” (16 occurrences)
limited 23% feeble 15% faint-hearted 8% weak 8% diminished 8% considerably 8% dying 8% tremble 8% forlorn 8% wretched 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: faint-heartedgleaningsGWB §569: are weakkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: powerless to weakengleaningsGWB §479: all are helplesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: wretched creature
SE expanded to “All-Possessing, the Most High”
strength 17% most 17% omnipotent 8% all-powerful 8% power 8% all-compelling 8% art 8% potency 8% strong 8% all-possessing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: through the powergleaningsGWB §238: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: All-Possessing, the Most Highthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §10: the Mightyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: strengthenedgleaningsGWB §434: forces of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: begingleaningsGWB §352: the source thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: proceedethgleaningsGWB §124: a beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the beginninggleaningsGWB §720: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: their Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: Thou Who art my
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered المَبْدَءِ (al-mabdaʾ), وَالمَآبِ، (wálmábi،), تَجْعَلْنِي (tajʿalní), مَحْرُومًا (maḥrúman), نَفَحاتِ (nafaḥát) as “the beginning, the end, the fragrances”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: set thee kingfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §70: Let His love be akitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: Purgethe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
SE rendered وَالمَآبِ، (wálmábi،), تَجْعَلْنِي (tajʿalní), مَحْرُومًا (maḥrúman), نَفَحاتِ (nafaḥát), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “the end, the fragrances, of Thy Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the SanctuarygleaningsGWB §685: hinderedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: deprived of beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the tabernaclethe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Withhold not yourselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §47: breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: the sweet smelling fragrancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §116: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: inhaled the breaths
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspiration
4 occurrences in corpus
blessings 50% outpourings 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §484: bountifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the streaming graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the outpouringswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Lord of grace aboundinggleaningsGWB §464: the bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: heavenly grace
SE expanded to “have been sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: were revealedgleaningsGWB §87: descendingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: the Inflictortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: amongst all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §323: of the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: Well-Guarded Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE expanded to “of Thy gifts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: bountiesgleaningsGWB §310: their fullest developmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: of Thy bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: attentivewill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §569: of Thy manifold blessings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: overgleaningsGWB §635: to aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the paththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: - peace be upon himgleaningsGWB §101: the
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: bettergleaningsGWB §697: thornskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: for the choicestthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereign Will
SE expanded to “of this world”
SE expanded to “and the world to come”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §257: or of the futurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the life to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §705: othersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: finallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
SE expanded to “will profit me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will profitgleaningsGWB §179: profitableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: enablethe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theewill-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common wealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: profitgleaningsGWB §471: and profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: arts and sciencesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §152: all knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: knowableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: beholdesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §644: the tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: to injure himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: woegleaningsGWB §488: the destitution
all-informed 47% informed 12% all-knowing 12% omniscient 6% discernment 6% who 6% all-wise.” 6% all-wise 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: All-InformedgleaningsGWB §39: prophecieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: reached His earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §163: All-Wisethe-hidden-wordsHW §142: I was unawareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: OmniscientgleaningsGWB §318: harbingerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: people
SE rendered العَلِيْمُ (al-ʿalím), الخَبِيرُ، (al-khabíru،), ارْحَمْ (irḥam) as “the All-Knowing, the All-Wise”
SE rendered الخَبِيرُ، (al-khabíru،), ارْحَمْ (irḥam), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak) as “the All-Wise”
