Prayers and Meditations — §676
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 676 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الَّذِينَ غَرِقُوا فِي بُحُورِ الإِشاراتِ ثُمَّ أَنْقِذْهُمْ بِسُلْطانِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَالصِّفاتِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ حاكِمًا عَلَى ما تَشَآءُ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما كُنْتَ فِي أَزَلِ الآزالِ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Have mercy, then, O my God, upon Thy servants who are drowned in the midst of the ocean of evil suggestions, and deliver them by the power of Thy sovereignty, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and attributes! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath ordained what hath pleased Thee, and will unto everlasting abide the same. No God is there but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: drownedfire-tabletFire §25: is drowninggleaningsGWB §668: the sloughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: immersionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: be so immersedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: immersedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: submergedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: have been drowned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: from the oceanfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: the healing waterstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the Ocean
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
This form usually rendered as “save”, “deliver” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: of Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §602: monarchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: spiritual sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: and thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §495: the governmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “All dominiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: thatgleaningsGWB §702: adorn himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §387: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: is characterizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: of Thy most exalted attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: From time immemorialgleaningsGWB §130: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: vanishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: and shalt continuethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: eternal wealthwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: at all timesgleaningsGWB §595: ceased
This form usually rendered as “pleaseth”, “thou”, “do” (75 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §605: whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
SE rendered تَشَآءُ (tasháʾ), تَزالُ (tazál), تَكُونُ (takún), بِمِثْلِ (bimithl) as “hath pleased, will unto everlasting abide, the same”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §507: We havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: art thou toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: succeedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
SE rendered بِمِثْلِ (bimithl), أَزَلِ (ʾazal), الآزالِ (az-zál), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “the same, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §257: wash awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: forgivegleaningsGWB §652: My forgiveness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: heaven of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: infinite mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: of Thine all-encompassing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
