Prayers and Meditations — §73
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 73 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ بِنَفْسِكَ وَبِالَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ مَظْهَرَ نَفْسِكَ وَكَلِمَةَ الفَصْلِ بَيْنَ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْضِ بِأَنْ تَجْمَعَ عِبادَكَ فِيْ ظِلِّ سِدْرَةِ عُطُوفَتِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْزُقْهُمْ مِنْ أَثْمارِها وَأَسْمِعْهُمْ نَغَماتِ أَوْراقِها وَتَغَنِّيَ عَنْدَلِيبِها وَتَغَرُّدَ وَرْقَائِها وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُهَيْمِنُ المُتَعالِ العَزِيزُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, by Thine own Self and by Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the Manifestation of Thine own Being and Thy discriminating Word unto all that are in heaven and on earth, to gather together Thy servants beneath the shade of the Tree of Thy gracious providence. Help them, then, to partake of its fruits, to incline their ears to the rustling of its leaves, and to the sweetness of the voice of the Bird that chanteth upon its branches. Thou art, verily, the Help in Peril, the Inaccessible, the Almighty, the Most Bountiful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: inquiregleaningsGWB §467: by askingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: questioningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: we implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §300: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Thee
SE expanded to “Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the OnegleaningsGWB §691: the Godheadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: My beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my own wish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: is madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: May my life beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: didst maketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: in what thou sayestfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §167: one wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: one Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: through the potency of the Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “expounded”, “meaning” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §345: properkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: distinctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: Thou hast dividedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §34: decisive Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thy namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §299: those who are in the heavens andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy treasured nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §516: amongst themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: “The whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaventablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: country
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §647: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: the Adoredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servants
This form usually rendered as “shadow”, “beneath”, “shelter” (63 occurrences)
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 §25: the shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: beneath the shadethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §587: in the clouds
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: this TreegleaningsGWB §288: from the Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Sadrihprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: TreegleaningsGWB §193: Trees
This form usually rendered as “loving”, “mercifulness”, “loving-kindness” (7 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: Thy tender merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: the Benevolentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy loving providence
SE rendered سِدْرَةِ (sidrah), عُطُوفَتِكَ، (ʿuṭúfatika،), ارْزُقْهُمْ (irzuqhum), أَثْمارِها (ʾathmárihá), وَأَسْمِعْهُمْ (waʾasmiʿhum) as “Tree, gracious providence, fruits, incline their ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: nourish themselvesgleaningsGWB §98: partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: partakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: and supply themwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §195: hath nourished your soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: drunk
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: fruitsgleaningsGWB §310: the fruitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: yieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: to bring forth good fruittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: fully grownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: fruitgleaningsGWB §263: the fruit of My Tree
SE expanded to “incline their ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §48: which I have heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: is a man of hearingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: Melodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: with the sweet melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songgleaningsGWB §103: accents
SE rendered نَغَماتِ (naghamát), أَوْراقِها (ʾawráqihá), وَتَغَنِّيَ (wataghanní), عَنْدَلِيبِها (ʿandalíbihá), وَتَغَرُّدَ (watagharrud) as “rustling, leaves, of, voice, chanteth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: All-PossessinggleaningsGWB §359: wealthykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: warbleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: by Thy wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §560: transcendent and supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: which overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §617: the Supreme Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and hast caused to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in Peril
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: glorifiedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §51: of the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §565: Almightytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: mightgleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of omnipotencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: pride Myself
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
