Prayers and Meditations — §806
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 806 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلَيَّ عَنْ يَمِينِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَعِنَايَتِكَ نَفَحاتِ قُدْسِ أَلْطَافِكَ لِتَجْذِبَنِي عَنْ نَفْسِي وَعَنِ الدُّنْيَا إِلّى شَطْرِ قُرْبِكَ وَلِقَائِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدرُ عَلَى مَا تَشَاءُ وَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيءٍ مُحِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Waft, then, unto me, O my God and my Beloved, from the right hand of Thy mercy and Thy loving-kindness, the holy breaths of Thy favors, that they may draw me away from myself and from the world unto the courts of Thy nearness and Thy presence. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou, truly, hast been supreme over all things.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §192: my right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: to my rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §485: right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §198: the right side
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: Thine immeasurable mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Ma’anifire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §169: My loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: hidden meaningsthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §506: and have withheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: by the breathswill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §433: grievous afflictionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: fragrances
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Purge and sanctifygleaningsGWB §669: veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Kázimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of Thy holy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sanctifygleaningsGWB §302: immeasurably exalted above
لِتَجْذِبَنِي
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
SE expanded to “that they may draw”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: ecstasiesfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §575: may attractkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: The fire of Thy loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedgleaningsGWB §708: eagernesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the soulsgleaningsGWB §115: mankitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
SE rendered لِتَجْذِبَنِي (litajdhibaní), نَفْسِي (nafsí), وَعَنِ (waʿan), الدُّنْيَا (ad-dunyá), شَطْرِ (shaṭr) as “that they may draw, myself, from, world, courts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §28: and beyondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §572: of all attachment toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §635: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: HimgleaningsGWB §657: the meadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: the sourceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §411: on anything exceptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: retreats on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §416: My court
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: reunion withfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §510: have sent down untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: “attainment unto the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: faced withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoevergleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §676: hath pleasedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleaseth
SE rendered الْمُقْتَدرُ (al-muqtadr), تَشَاءُ (tasháʾ), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), شَيءٍ (shayʾin), مُحِ (muḥ) as “Potent, pleaseth, things, supreme”
encompassed 38% hath 14% have 12% all-encompassing 10% compassed 7% envelop 6% embraced 5% pervaded 4% enveloped 2% all-embracing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: encompassedfire-tabletFire §20: whisperingsgleaningsGWB §373: all-encompassing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: shedding illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hath gathered about methe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: envelop
