Prayers and Meditations — §757
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 757 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عَنِ الَّذِينَ حَمَلُوا الشَّدآئِدَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَذاقُوا كَأْسَ البَلايا فِي حُبِّكَ وَدَخَلُوا السِّجْنَ بِاسْمِكَ وَوَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ ما لا وَرَدَ عَلَى خَلْقِكَ وَبَرِيَّتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ الَّذِينَ أَجابُوا إِذِ ارْتَفَعَ نِدآئُكَ وَتَوَجَّهُوا إِذْ أَشْرَقَتْ أَنْوارُ وَجْهِكَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِذْ لاحَ أُفُقُكَ الأَعْلى بَاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ انْصَعَقَ مَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأَصْفِيائِكَ الَّذِينَ اسْتَقْبَلُوا سِهَامَ المُشْرِكينَ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَحُبِّكَ وَسَرُعُوا إِلى مَشْرِقِ البَلآءِ بِاسْمِكَ وَذِكْرِكَ، أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي وَعَدْتَ فِي مُحْكَمِ آياتِكَ بِأَنْ تَذْكُرَهُمْ فِي كِتابِكَ جَزآءَ أَعْمالِهِمْ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، صَلِّ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَبِّرِ اللَّهُمَّ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ بِتَكْبِيرٍ أَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُهُ مِنْ أُفُقِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beg of Thee, O Thou in Whose hands are the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and in Whose grasp lie all who dwell in the dominions of Thy Revelation and Thy creation, not to withhold the glance of Thy favors from such as have sustained tribulations in Thy path, and tasted of the cup of woe in their love towards Thee, and have been cast into prison in Thy name, and endured what none of Thy creatures and Thy people have endured. They are Thy servants, O my Lord, who have responded to Thee as soon as Thou didst send out Thy summons, and have set their faces towards Thee when the light of Thy countenance was lifted upon them, and turned unto Thee at the time when Thy most exalted horizon shone forth with the brightness of Thy name through which all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth swooned away. Ordain for them, O my Lord, what Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen ones who have welcomed the darts of the infidels in Thy Cause and for love of Thee, and hasted to attain the orient of tribulation with Thy name on their lips and Thy remembrance in their hearts. Thou art the One, O my God, Who hath promised in Thy perspicuous utterances to remember them in Thy Book as a recompense for their works in Thy days.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE rendered الشَّدآئِدَ (ash-shadáʾid), سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik), وَذاقُوا (wadháqúá), كَأْسَ (kaʾas), البَلايا (al-baláyá), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَدَخَلُوا (wadakhalúá) as “tribulations, Thy path, tasted, the cup, woe, in their love towards”
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversityfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §569: the anguishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: He might proveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: manner of tribulationthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a victimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trials
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §477: thou lovestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §95: such as loved himtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: in no wise connectedgleaningsGWB §240: shall be made to enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: have refused to embraceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: gather them togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: leading partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: enterethgleaningsGWB §563: have sought Our Presence
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §163: the prison-cellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the prisongleaningsGWB §459: a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarceration
This form usually rendered as “name”, “most”, “through” (158 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: joinedgleaningsGWB §507: hath enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: have bornewill-and-testamentW&T §49: midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: aimedgleaningsGWB §218: must befallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: entered into
SE rendered السِّجْنَ (as-sijn), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), وَوَرَدَ (wawarad), عَلَيْهِمْ (ʿalayhim), وَرَدَ (warad), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik) as “Thee, and, have been cast into prison, in Thy name, what, creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created thingsfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §301: the origin of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: creation no endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: the creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character
وَبَرِيَّتِكَ،
literal: creation; creatures; creation, creatures
SE expanded to “of Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and the sick made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy LordgleaningsGWB §285: Lord thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Divine
This form usually rendered as “indeed” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered وَبَرِيَّتِكَ، (wabaríratika،), رَبِّ (rabb), إِنَّهُمْ (ʾinnahum), عِبادُكَ (ʿibáduk), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), أَجابُوا (ʾajábúá) as “of Thy creatures, Lord, have, endured”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §387: serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: unto Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
SE rendered إِنَّهُمْ (ʾinnahum), عِبادُكَ (ʿibáduk), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), أَجابُوا (ʾajábúá), ارْتَفَعَ (irtafaʿ), نِدآئُكَ (nidáʾuk) as “have, endured, O my Lord, who”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: repliedfire-tabletFire §4: AnswerergleaningsGWB §39: the answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: respondedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: answerer togleaningsGWB §700: and answered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §216: the prayerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: calling aloud and saying
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: turn his face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Thy countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE rendered نِدآئُكَ (nidáʾuk), وَتَوَجَّهُوا (watawajjahúá), أَشْرَقَتْ (ʾashraqat), أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), وَجْهِكَ (wajhik), وَأَقْبَلُوا (waʾaqbalúá) as “who, have responded, and have set their faces, towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: shone forthfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §57: embodimentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: “easts”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: Lightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: neither of the East
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and have set their faces”
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: the firefire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §31: splendorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: the dawning lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “have”, “set” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: before the facefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §245: before youkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: seekersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: hath fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: hath shedgleaningsGWB §598: That whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: symbolicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thine irrevocable Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: originalgleaningsGWB §423: My
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Supreme HorizongleaningsGWB §693: dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: Thy Revelation
swooned 50% dumbfounded 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the landfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §711: the powers of earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §584: men
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §151: Ponder awhilekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: Whatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: strength is immensetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “Thou didst ordain”
SE rendered الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), اسْتَقْبَلُوا (istaqbalúá), سِهَامَ (sihám), المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “for Thy chosen ones, who have welcomed, the darts, in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the darts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §113: disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: and blasphemous whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: but blasphemythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: joined partnersgleaningsGWB §329: associates and partners
SE rendered المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَحُبِّكَ (waḥubbik), وَسَرُعُوا (wasaruʿúá) as “the darts, in, Thy Cause, and for love of Thee”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §605: laws He hath prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §195: hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: and for love of Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §77: They hastenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: all may haste
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §350: accountkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: attribute unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: seeketh to describetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “Who hath promised”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the sanctity of thy pledgegleaningsGWB §8: advent of such a Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: threatenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: Thy promiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: timegleaningsGWB §451: he threatenethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: promise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: Who hath promised
perspicuous 23% gird 15% firmly-established 8% mighty 8% resistless 8% fortified 8% fully 8% firmly 8% emphatically 8% impregnable 8%
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: and to whattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: will write downgleaningsGWB §247: Our Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: Qur’ánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §40: Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
SE expanded to “as a recompense”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: as a punishmentgleaningsGWB §472: recompenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: JudgmentgleaningsGWB §67: recompense theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: as a recompenseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: a rewardgleaningsGWB §246: shall recompense
SE expanded to “for their works”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the conductgleaningsGWB §176: pure and stainless deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: doeth allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: have observedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §39: transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: acts of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the day-timegleaningsGWB §303: this Day?”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §618: sooner or laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Day
SE rendered أَعْمالِهِمْ (ʾaʿmálihim), أَيَّامِكَ، (ʾayyámika،), صَلِّ (ṣall) as “for their works, Thy days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most greatgleaningsGWB §23: most grievouskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: disdainfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: glorified bytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Day-StargleaningsGWB §522: the radiance of the Sunkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that sungleaningsGWB §357: resplendent the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: “suns”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by
