Prayers and Meditations — §723
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 723 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تَسْمَعُ وَتَرَى يا إِلهِيْ حَنِيْنِيْ وَأَنِيْنِيْ وَعَجْزِيْ وَفَقْرِيْ وَفاقَتِيْ وَضُرِّيْ وَمَسْكَنَتِي، وَعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّ البُكآءَ مَنَعَنِيْ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَارْتَفَعَ نَحِيبُهُ عَلَى شَأْنٍ تَحَيَّرَتْ بِهِ الثَّكْلى وَمَنَعَها عَنْ بُكائِها وَزَفَراتِها،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou hearest, O my God, my sighs and my groaning, and beholdest my powerlessness, and my poverty, and my misery, and my woes, and my wretchedness. I swear by Thy might! I have wept with such a weeping that I have been unable to make mention of Thee, or to extol Thee, and cried with such a bitter cry that every mother in her bereavement was bewildered at me, and forgot her own anguish and the sighs she had uttered.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: We, verily, hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §725: hearkenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hearing themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: inner eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seenfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: we see notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: that Thou mayest behold himthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: perceiveth
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §449: God, the Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “voice”, “sighing” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the voice of the lamentationgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: utter Thy lamentationsgleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamenting
This form usually rendered as “groaning” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy powerlessnessgleaningsGWB §118: How futilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his powerlessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: incapablegleaningsGWB §519: your own impotencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: miracle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: this particular imputationgleaningsGWB §408: for the poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: the same taskprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: these poor creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: sanctify thyself from richesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: certaingleaningsGWB §268: pauperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poverty-stricken
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “harm”, “troubles”, “hurt” (14 occurrences)
abase 50% wretchedness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: calmfire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §213: God’s pledge of securitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: dwellingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: quiet thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §48: quiet
SE expanded to “swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §387: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: to Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glory
This form usually rendered as “weeping” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §247: wept soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: her own anguishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: weepinggleaningsGWB §490: have weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weep
SE expanded to “have been unable”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessiblegleaningsGWB §148: hath intervenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: could not be restrainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: ye have been forbidden
ذِكْرِكَ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “make mention of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: hath been mentionedgleaningsGWB §295: of Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: Thine own Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “to extol Thee”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: to recountwill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
SE expanded to “with such a bitter cry”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وَارْتَفَعَ (wártafaʿ), نَحِيبُهُ (naḥíbuh), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), تَحَيَّرَتْ (taḥayyarat), الثَّكْلى (ath-thaklى) as “cried, with such a bitter cry, was bewildered at me, every mother in her bereavement”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplefire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §197: So greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: a detachmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chances
This form usually rendered as “marveleth”, “marvelleth”, “marvel” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “was bewildered at me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: marvelgleaningsGWB §321: wonder and amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: bewilderingly mysteriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: perplexedgleaningsGWB §47: bewilderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: How strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: stand aghast
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “sighs she had uttered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighsgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: and the sighs I utterwill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: with a sore lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: by the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: sighing
