Prayers and Meditations — §806
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 806 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلَهِي وَمَحْبُوبي فَأَرْسِلْ 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 مُحِيطًا،
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
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God’skitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “and my Beloved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §467: is loathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: cherishedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
SE rendered فَيا (fayá), إِلَهِي (ʾilahí), وَمَحْبُوبي (wamaḥbúbí), فَأَرْسِلْ (faʾarsil), يَمِينِ (yamín) as “Waft, then, O my God, and my Beloved, the right hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §268: the ApostlegleaningsGWB §148: an Apostlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let a breath pass over metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: sent forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: to the rightgleaningsGWB §537: on his right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: into the right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: God’s mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §689: sympathykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “and Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: considerationfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §161: of Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: in the realms aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: Thy lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My providencewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “sweet”, “breezes”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §289: the breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: the blastwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §494: fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
SE rendered رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), وَعِنَايَتِكَ (waʿináyatik), نَفَحاتِ (nafaḥát), قُدْسِ (quds), أَلْطَافِكَ (ʾalṭáfik), لِتَجْذِبَنِي (litajdhibaní) as “of Thy mercy, and Thy loving-kindness, the holy breaths, of Thy favors, that they may draw”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the HolygleaningsGWB §621: sanctify themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §96: the sacrednesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctify
SE expanded to “of Thy favors”
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: these bountiesgleaningsGWB §569: of Thy manifold blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: favoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: of Thy bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §192: purgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
لِتَجْذِبَنِي
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
SE expanded to “that they may draw”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §233: which have causedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: So enravish meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: they would all be carried away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: themselvesgleaningsGWB §297: to your own behoofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: mine own hurt
SE expanded to “from the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §416: towards My courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: towards the seat ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: fromgleaningsGWB §226: inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the nationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to Constantinople
SE expanded to “of Thy nearness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §60: those that are nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: of Thy nearnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
SE expanded to “and Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: meetethfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §291: admittance into the court of His presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: “attainmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: sowed
SE rendered وَلِقَائِكَ، (waliqáʾika،), الْمُقْتَدرُ (al-muqtadr), تَشَاءُ (tasháʾ), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak) as “and Thy presence, what pleaseth Thee, Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “what pleaseth Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: pleasethgleaningsGWB §665: their wishes and desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: through the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “all-encompassing”, “overshadoweth”, “aware” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: neglectfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §66: the All-Pervadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: supremacyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: embraceththe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: surround
