Prayers and Meditations — §707
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 707 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ تَرَى السَّائِلَ قائِمًا لَدى بابِ جُودِكَ وَالآمِلَ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِحَبْلِ كَرَمِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ أَنْ لا تُخَيِّبَهُ عَمَّا أَرادَ مِنْ بَحْرِ فَضْلِكَ وَشَمْسِ عِنايَتِك.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my Lord, Thy suppliant waiting at the door of Thy bounty, and him who hath set his hopes on Thee clinging to the cord of Thy generosity. Deny him not, I beseech Thee, the things he seeketh from the ocean of Thy grace and the Daystar of Thy loving-kindness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its LordgleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: We beheldfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §692: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: regardgleaningsGWB §273: any eye to gaze
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 §79: mayest arisefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §615: ye rebelledkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: conditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: titletablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), تَرَى (tará), السَّائِلَ (as-sáʾil), قائِمًا (qáʾiman), لَدى (ladى), بابِ (báb), جُودِكَ (júdik), وَالآمِلَ (wálámil), مُتَمَسِّكًا (mutamassikan) as “Lord, Thou seest, suppliant, waiting, at, door, bounty, him who hath set, clinging”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: doorsgleaningsGWB §118: portalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Thy gateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: door of Thy favorgleaningsGWB §176: bright and shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: at the door
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §217: through Thy bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
This form usually rendered as “hope”, “cherish”, “longing” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “him who hath set”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my utmost HopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: longingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: whose hopesthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: hoping
This form usually rendered as “holding”, “cleave”, “hold” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: seized upongleaningsGWB §419: provekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: cling toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: hath held fasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: cleavegleaningsGWB §647: take thou firm holdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: musk
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: cord of His bountygleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: every tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: firm CordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: All-Bountifulfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §608: Most Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §662: All-Bountiful Onewill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: generosity
تُخَيِّبَهُ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed/frustrated
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou shatterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: Shatterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned away
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We desiregleaningsGWB §636: He hath refused to reservekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §96: of Thy good pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: wishgleaningsGWB §592: Him to ordain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sea of despair and of hopelessnessfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: the healing waterstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seas
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-places of Thy gracegleaningsGWB §569: Munificentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: men of consummate learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Thy bountytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
