Prayers and Meditations — §800
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 800 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَقُوَّتِكَ، 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
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
SE rendered وَقُوَّتِكَ، (waqúqatika،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: endowed with a potency superiorgleaningsGWB §404: vitalitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: of Thy strengththe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §25: forcesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: through the forcegleaningsGWB §647: All-Compelling
SE expanded to “through the love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §31: longkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: my affectionstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
This form usually rendered as “didst” (2 occurrences)
riches 27% rich 22% wealth 20% all-possessing 12% independent 7% enrich 3% enriched 2% all 2% wealthy 2% dispense 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-PossessinggleaningsGWB §408: rich whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: independenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this poortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: being richepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy riches
SE expanded to “and on earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §594: soil of the human heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbilá
This form usually rendered as “fear”, “feel”, “lamentations” (7 occurrences)
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “must”, “exposed”, “face” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: hath been perpetratedgleaningsGWB §240: have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: not to inflictprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: arewill-and-testamentW&T §49: foemenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rosesgleaningsGWB §247: of Thine arrivalkitab-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, unite to hurt, world, Oh, that”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §644: ills and troubleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: in the afflictionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §161: cause injury
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the realm of mightfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §172: of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: sageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
SE rendered العالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), فَيا (fayá), لَيْتَ (layt), الحِينُ (al-ḥín) as “world, Oh, that, this very moment”
SE expanded to “this very moment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §574: sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §170: breathedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the bloodgleaningsGWB §189: my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: bloodshed
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: set his facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §84: All faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: from turning their faces towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §508: into your hands
وَتَشْهَدُنِي
literal: witness; observation; witnessed
SE expanded to “Thou wouldst behold me”
This form usually rendered as “now”, “consider”, “present” (178 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our stategleaningsGWB §607: circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: Whereforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: times and under all conditionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §200: My servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: His people?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
chosen 72% attributes 8% crystal 4% thou 4% sincerity 3% purity 3% ones 3% didst 3% clear 1% messengers 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: clearfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §477: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: stainlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: inhabitantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen ones
This form usually rendered as “good”, “better”, “best” (83 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy righteous creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: what ye prefergleaningsGWB §183: hath drainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: of the universethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §592: Unrestrained
