Prayers and Meditations — §800
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 800 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنَا الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي بِحُبِّكَ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَبِهِ لَنْ أَجْزَعَ وَلَوْ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ ضُرُّ العالَمِينَ، فَيا لَيْتَ كانَ الحِينُ حِينًا فِيهِ يُسْفَكَ دَمِي عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ، وَتَشْهَدُنِي عَلَى الحالَةِ الَّتِيْ بِها شَهِدْتَ المُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَالمُصْطَفِينَ مِنْ خِيرَةِ خَلْقِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am the one, O my God, who, through the love I bear to Thee, hath been able to dispense with all who are in heaven and on earth. Armed with this love, I am afraid of no one, though all the peoples of the world unite to hurt me. Oh, that my blood could, this very moment, be shed on the face of the earth before Thee, and Thou wouldst behold me in the condition in which Thou didst behold such of Thy servants as have drawn nigh unto Thee, and those of Thy righteous creatures as have been chosen by Thee!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: utmost kindlinessfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §363: devotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His own affections upon Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “hath” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: rich onesgleaningsGWB §518: richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: affluenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: pour forth its melodytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: his richeswill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: that is on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §584: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: this earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Holy Land
This form usually rendered as “am”, “fear”, “sorrow” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “must”, “hurt”, “exposed” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: have touchedgleaningsGWB §227: if he come tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: have befallen Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: that attain thereuntogleaningsGWB §127: hath attainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: summons of
SE rendered أَجْزَعَ (ʾajzaʿ), وَلَوْ (walaw), يَرِدُ (yarid), ضُرُّ (ḍurr), العالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), فَيا (fayá), لَيْتَ (layt) as “afraid, though, hurt, world, Oh, that”
harm 33% hurt 13% trouble 7% woe 7% pernicious 7% sorely 7% injury 7% manifold 7% malice 7% afflictions 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §107: realmkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: divines ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: of the entire creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §574: refrain from sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sheddinggleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Turning Our facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §411: fix their heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: hath turned his face unto Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §163: rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: the hands ofwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §465: your mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “now”, “present”, “therefore” (178 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Now is the momentgleaningsGWB §222: vicinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: as yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: distracttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §52: at such a time
This form usually rendered as “such”, “nigh”, “who” (59 occurrences)
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: approachfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §191: too soonkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: drawest towardtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardianfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §171: worshiperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloisters
SE rendered المُقَرَّبِينَ (al-muqarrabín), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), وَالمُصْطَفِينَ (wálmuṣṭafín), خِيرَةِ (khírah), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،) as “drawn, servants, of, righteous, creatures”
chosen 69% attributes 9% purity 4% whom 4% sincerity 2% clear 2% messengers 2% every 2% prophets 2% crystal 2%
This form usually rendered as “good”, “better”, “best” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §697: thornskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: He Who hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §224: goodly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creaturesfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §664: all that is thereinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: I would not have createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: hence I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
