Prayers and Meditations — §795
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 795 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِذًا صِرْتُ مُتَحَيِّرًا يا إِلهِي وَلَمْ أَدْرِ ما أَفْعَلُ بَيْنَ هؤُلآءِ وَكُلَّما أَصْمُتُ عَنْ بَدائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ يُنْطِقُنِي الرُّوحُ بَيْنَ سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ، وَكُلَّما أَسْكُنُ يُهَزِّزُنِي ما تَهُبُّ عَنْ يَمِينِ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَإِرادَتِكَ وَأَجِدُ نَفْسِيْ كَالْوَرَقَةِ الَّتِيْ تُحَرِّكُها أَرْياحُ قَضائِكَ وَتَذْهَبُ بِها كَيْفَ تَشاءُ بِأَمْرِكَ وَإِذْنِكَ وَبِما ظَهَرَ مِنِّي يُوقِنُ كُلُّ بَصِيرٍ بِأَنَّ الأَمْرَ لَيْسَ بِيَدِيْ بَلْ بِيَدِكَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ زِمامُ الاخْتِيارِ فِي قَبْضَتِيْ بَلْ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ، مَعَ ذلِكَ يا إِلهِي اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَيَّ أَهْلُ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَيُنَزِّلُنَّ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ ما تَفْزَعُ بِهِ حَقائِقُ أَصْفِيائِكَ وَأُمَنائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am bewildered, therefore, O my God, and know not how to act toward them. Every time I hold my peace, and cease to extol Thy wondrous virtues, Thy Spirit impelleth me to cry out before all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth; and every time I am still, the breaths wafted from the right hand of Thy will and purpose pass over me, and stir me up, and I find myself to be as a leaf which lieth at the mercy of the winds of Thy decree, and is carried away whithersoever Thou dost permit or command it. Every man of insight who considereth what hath been revealed by me, will be persuaded that Thy Cause is not in my hands, but in Thy hands, and will recognize that the reins of power are held not in my grasp but in Thy grasp, and are subject to Thy sovereign might. And yet, Thou seest, O my God, how the inhabitants of Thy realm have arrayed themselves against me, and inflict upon me every moment of my life what causeth the realities of Thy chosen ones and trusted ones to tremble.
Translation Notes
SE rendered صِرْتُ (ṣirt), مُتَحَيِّرًا (mutaḥayyiran), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَلَمْ (walam), أَدْرِ (ʾadr) as “am bewildered, my God, know not”
perplexed 20% sore 20% bewildering 13% bewildered 13% marveled 7% marvelled 7% afflicted 7% stand 7% marvel 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: astoundedgleaningsGWB §47: bewilderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: hath been so bewilderedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: astonishedgleaningsGWB §118: bewilderingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: marvelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: be bewildered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the things that are God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §64: God is Our witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: O my God—hathtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: knowing notgleaningsGWB §287: Tear asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: find himself powerlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: rise toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know notgleaningsGWB §563: oceanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: I cannot thinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know not
This form usually rendered as “do”, “deal”, “strive” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hold my peace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: guardedgleaningsGWB §690: proclaim unceasinglyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: I hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: silentgleaningsGWB §48: silenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: that hold their peacegleaningsGWB §192: hold my peace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §556: uttermost cornerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: His wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: through the wondrous potencytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §39: Creator
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
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 §206: That whichgleaningsGWB §346: now knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: connected withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: praisethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “am”, “impelleth” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: speak forthfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §719: hathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: will lift up our voicestablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §584: the denizens of heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: of Thy shadowing 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 §243: countryfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §587: and all that are on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the world
This form usually rendered as “forced”, “quiet”, “repair” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: wherein to abidefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §109: to lay His headkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: abidethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let me abidetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §48: quiet
stirred 19% hath 19% transports 13% shaken 13% vibrateth 6% have 6% trembleth 6% throw 6% overshadow 6% stirrings 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: the murmurtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: tremblethgleaningsGWB §282: throw into commotionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: was shaken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and to waftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: fierceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: waftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Vouchsafe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: to the right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §2: of Thy Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: is Our purposegleaningsGWB §564: seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: listedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: attemptthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §300: as a result of your own volition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: could findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §464: shall never obtain themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: his whole beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: is begottentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: will be in vainwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
SE rendered وَإِرادَتِكَ (waʾirádatik), وَأَجِدُ (waʾajid), نَفْسِيْ (nafsí), كَالْوَرَقَةِ (kálwaraqah) as “purpose, find myself, leaf”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the soulsgleaningsGWB §295: His Manifestationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: over any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the leaves thereoffire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §263: the leaf thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: In every leafprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the scrollswill-and-testamentW&T §34: scrolls ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: pagegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenix
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: through Whose movementfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §436: impair its strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: driventhe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: left
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: by his own sagacious judgmentfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §240: inevitable doomkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: destinyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: what Thou hast determinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
This form usually rendered as “carried” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE rendered كَيْفَ (kayf), تَشاءُ (tasháʾ), بِأَمْرِكَ (biʾamrik), وَإِذْنِكَ (waʾidhnik), وَبِما (wabimá), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), مِنِّي (minní), يُوقِنُ (yúqin) as “whithersoever, permit, command, revealed, me, persuaded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: these earsgleaningsGWB §251: by His leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: and judgmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive earsgleaningsGWB §490: the burden of their recital
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: that ye may have firm faithfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §18: true believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acknowledge the truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: of confidencethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredgleaningsGWB §286: such power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: outward eyesgleaningsGWB §321: observerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: mine eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: men of insightgleaningsGWB §262: They whose eyes
SE rendered بَصِيرٍ (baṣírin), الأَمْرَ (al-ʾamr), لَيْسَ (lays), بِيَدِيْ (bíadí), بِيَدِكَ (bíadik) as “insight, Cause, not, my hands, Thy hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: NogleaningsGWB §358: which is not possessed by Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: consisted notgleaningsGWB §225: can bring on Me noprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: none can be foundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: None
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: handgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §43: Thou in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §311: the presence ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
SE rendered بِيَدِيْ (bíadí), بِيَدِكَ (bíadik), وَلَمْ (walam), يَكُنْ (yakun), زِمامُ (zimám), الاخْتِيارِ (al-ákhtíár), قَبْضَتِيْ (qabḍatí) as “my hands, Thy hands, reins, of, grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye do butgleaningsGWB §168: arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: that the seal thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §548: Thou art Hetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the empiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: destiniesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reins
This form usually rendered as “chose”, “chosen”, “choose” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: bettergleaningsGWB §405: Him Who is the Unconstrainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: preferableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: and chosen to followwill-and-testamentW&T §24: goodwillepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §563: the pious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: graspgleaningsGWB §78: within His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: handfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: into my handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy graspgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: my movement
power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: peoplefire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §299: the inhabitantskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: all that dwelltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: angelsgleaningsGWB §119: Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: O Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the Kingdom
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “inflict”, “come” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: even asgleaningsGWB §486: hath been decreed and written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: Send down, thereforetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
This form usually rendered as “tremble” (1 occurrences)
terror 20% consternation 13% cries 13% fear 13% caused 7% lamentation 7% strike 7% fears 7% shall 7% terror-stricken 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: terrorgleaningsGWB §84: shall trembleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: shook and trembledwill-and-testamentW&T §5: criesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: consternationgleaningsGWB §352: fears and agitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: to trembleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: caused
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: truegleaningsGWB §24: the righteousnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: the very truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: and truththe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: money offeringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: unerring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: in safetygleaningsGWB §621: the trusteeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: we believeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy protectiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: confidewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: believer
