Prayers and Meditations — §78
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 78 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا العَاصِي وَأَنْتَ الغَافِرُ لَمَّا عَرَفْتُكَ سَرُعْتُ إِلى سَاحَةِ عِزِّ عِنايَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاغْفِرْ لِي جَرِيرَاتِي الَّتِيْ مَنَعَتْنِي عَنِ السُّلُوكَ فِيْ مَنَاهِجِ رِضَائِكَ وَالوُرُودِ فِيْ شاطئِ بَحْرِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am a sinner, O my Lord, and Thou art the Ever-Forgiving. As soon as I recognized Thee, I hastened to attain the exalted court of Thy loving-kindness. Forgive me, O my Lord, my sins which have hindered me from walking in the ways of Thy good-pleasure, and from attaining the shores of the ocean of Thy oneness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §479: of God, thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: omnipotencetablet-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 §169: before the Lord
SE expanded to “am a sinner”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: evil doingsfire-tabletFire §35: singleaningsGWB §491: shall We revolt against theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: rebelled.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: burdened with sinthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: rebelwill-and-testamentW&T §17: rebelleth against him and against themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: sinfulness
This form usually rendered as “art” (1 occurrences)
ever-forgiving 49% forgive 15% forgiving 10% forgiveness 10% pardon 4% will 3% ask 3% forgiven 3% beg 2% pardoner 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: grant me Thy pardonfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §650: “the Ever-Forgiving”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: to forgive Himfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
knowledge 33% understanding 12% know 10% recognize 8% have 7% fragrance 7% hath 6% comprehend 6% recognized 5% thou 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: know HimgleaningsGWB §90: that thou mayest comprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: were ye of them that comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the learnedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: knewepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: reveal Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §195: make hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: would rush forththe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hurried alonggleaningsGWB §278: would hastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hasten unto Him
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glorygleaningsGWB §494: unfading glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: I swear by Thy might!tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorified
SE rendered سَرُعْتُ (saruʿt), سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), عِزِّ (ʿizz), عِنايَتِكَ، (ʿináyatika،), رَبِّ (rabb), فَاغْفِرْ (fághfir), لِي (lí) as “hastened to, the exalted court, of Thy loving-kindness, my Lord, Forgive, me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: loving-kindness andfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §341: commentarieskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: implicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: manifold blessingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My providencewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my sinsgleaningsGWB §665: own shortcomingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: and grievous trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my wrong-doinggleaningsGWB §257: your trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: me my trespassesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the misdeedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: trespasses
SE expanded to “have hindered me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: what had been forbidden themgleaningsGWB §4: is barredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: may preventtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterreth
This form usually rendered as “behaviour”, “deal”, “show” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: in His WaysgleaningsGWB §228: Its perversitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: Pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: the pathsgleaningsGWB §467: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: and walk in the ways ofgleaningsGWB §255: the pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: in the ways
SE expanded to “of Thy good-pleasure”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §564: as shall be acceptable in His sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: which shall please Thee.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Minewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: joinedgleaningsGWB §507: hath enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have befallen mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: arrivalgleaningsGWB §227: if he come tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: handed down
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: shoresgleaningsGWB §684: towards its shoreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: shores ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: the shorestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: strandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: sidegleaningsGWB §485: oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: from the shores
SE expanded to “of the ocean”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the seagleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and the ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: from the oceangleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
SE expanded to “of Thy oneness”
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: nonegleaningsGWB §467: elevenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §400: the man amongst you
