Prayers and Meditations — §826
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 826 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْ صَلَاتِي كَوْثَرَ الْحَيَوَانِ لِيَبْقَى بِهِ ذَاتِي بِدَوَامِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَيَذْكُرَكَ فِي كُلِّ عَالَمٍ مِنْ عَوَالِمِكَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Make my prayer, O my Lord, a fountain of living waters whereby I may live as long as Thy sovereignty endureth, and may make mention of Thee in every world of Thy worlds.
Translation Notes
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْعَلْ (fájʿal), صَلَاتِي (ṣalátí), كَوْثَرَ (kawthar) as “prayer, a fountain of living waters”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: of the LordgleaningsGWB §135: your Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: 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 §247: the Lordship of God
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), فَاجْعَلْ (fájʿal), صَلَاتِي (ṣalátí), كَوْثَرَ (kawthar) as “prayer, a fountain of living waters”
grant 23% let 15% “consecrate 8% imagine 8% knit 8% strengthen 8% single 8% “dye 8% enable 8% cause 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to befire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §699: regardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: We have ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: grant that I maytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: blessingsgleaningsGWB §646: We will most certainly bless youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: Bless Thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: benedictiongleaningsGWB §273: My blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: the prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: Blessing
كَوْثَرَ
literal: abundance/fountain; abundance, fountain in paradise
SE expanded to “fountain of living waters”
living 56% waters 9% river 9% through 6% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3% after 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to quaff the living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: through the living watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: through the living fountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: living watersgleaningsGWB §435: stream
SE rendered صَلَاتِي (ṣalátí), كَوْثَرَ (kawthar), الْحَيَوَانِ (al-ḥayawán), لِيَبْقَى (líabqá) as “prayer, a fountain of living waters, live”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §633: which is life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living watersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §29: everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the true lifegleaningsGWB §239: life
This form usually rendered as “remain”, “will”, “endureth” (12 occurrences)
SE rendered لِيَبْقَى (líabqá), ذَاتِي (dhátí), بِدَوَامِ (bidawám), سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik), وَيَذْكُرَكَ (wayadhkurak) as “live, as long as, Thy sovereignty, may make mention”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §98: personkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thine Essencewill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §463: with all thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beings
SE expanded to “as long as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §385: unchangeablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: so long asthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perisheth notwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternity
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §613: dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §662: Thou art that Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: through the power of a sovereignty
SE expanded to “may make mention”
can 18% may 9% remembereth 9% doth 9% calleth 9% glorified 9% praiseth 9% remember 9% adequately 9% attempt 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: thisgleaningsGWB §665: will be extolling your nameskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: contendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: I had been mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: sciencefire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §437: religious leaderskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
