Prayers and Meditations — §822
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 822 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
للمصلّی ان یقوم مقبلاً الی اللّه و اذا قام و استقرّ فی مقامه ینظر الی الیمین و الشّمال کمن ینتظر رحمة ربّه الرّحمن الرّحیم ثمّ یقول
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Whoso wisheth to recite this prayer, let him stand up and turn unto God, and, as he standeth in his place, let him gaze to the right and to the left, as if awaiting the mercy of his Lord, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. Then let him say:
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “hath”, “rose” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and turn unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: aforetimefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §238: pastkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: yesterday,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: hath fixed his gazetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §449: God, the Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “established”, “when” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in his place”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: no habitationgleaningsGWB §177: have been implantedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acceptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: have testifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
This form usually rendered as “looketh”, “perceiveth”, “occupy” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “let him gaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: right handgleaningsGWB §192: my right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
SE expanded to “to the left”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: NorthgleaningsGWB §128: such remotenesswill-and-testamentW&T §32: gatheringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the left handgleaningsGWB §409: shall most certainly aid himwill-and-testamentW&T §23: shine uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: left handwill-and-testamentW&T §23: extended to
1 occurrence in corpus
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to have mercy upon mefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §347: Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: be mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “of his Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of GodgleaningsGWB §123: born of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educated
SE expanded to “let him say”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: He saithgleaningsGWB §213: these wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
