Prayers and Meditations — §717
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 717 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ هذا غَرِيْبٌ سَرُعَ إِلى وَطَنِهِ الأَعْلى فِي ظِلِّ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَرِيضٌ تَوَجَّهَ إِلى بَحْرِ شِفائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold Thou this stranger, O my Lord, who hath hastened to attain his most exalted Home in the shelter of Thy shadowing mercy, and this ailing soul who hath set his face towards the ocean of Thy healing.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §606: and to this thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: O Thou Who art the Rulertablet-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 §135: of Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the strangerfire-tabletFire §17: exilegleaningsGWB §594: for the strangerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the West.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: this strangertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: banishmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: of exilewill-and-testamentW&T §38: Western
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §656: I have made hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hasten unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: I hastenedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hurried alonggleaningsGWB §77: They hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a homefire-tabletFire §43: the landgleaningsGWB §43: unto His true habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: native landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: to his most exalted homethe-hidden-wordsHW §75: shelterwill-and-testamentW&T §3: andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the Most Sublime Habitation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §222: noble and imposingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and strongerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: magnifyingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
shadow 60% beneath 15% shelter 8% shade 7% through 2% unto 2% faith 2% face 2% sheltering 2% overshadowed 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: beneath the shadowgleaningsGWB §587: in the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: shadow ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §524: your dependents
SE expanded to “Thy shadowing 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 §153: mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §548: eternalkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: Thy merciful favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “this ailing soul”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: grave disorders and maladiesgleaningsGWB §527: disorders and maladieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: sickprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the sickepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: sicknessgleaningsGWB §156: human infirmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: diseaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: and this ailing soul
SE expanded to “set his face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: hath set his facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §666: for My name’s sakekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: Thy Selftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the seasgleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: fluiditywill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmgleaningsGWB §438: the remedykitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: all-sufficingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: healingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sought deliverance from his illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: a healing medicineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: healerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy healing
