Prayers and Meditations — §828
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 828 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يَا إِلَهِي تَرَى رُوْحِي مُهْتَزًّا فِي جَوَارِحِي وَأَرْكَانِي شَوْقًا لِعِبَادَتِكَ وَشَغَفًا لِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ وَيَشْهَدُ بِمَا شَهِدَ بِهِ لِسَانُ أَمْرِكَ فِي مَلَكُوْتِ بَيَانِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِ عِلْمِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ فِي هَذَا الْمَقَامِ كُلَّ مَا عِنْدَكَ لِإِثْبَاتِ فَقْرِي وَإِعْلَاءِ عَطَائِكَ وَغَنَائِكَ وَإِظْهَارِ عَجْزِي وَإِبْرَازِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَإِقْتِدَارِكَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O my God, how my spirit hath been stirred up within my limbs and members, in its longing to worship Thee, and in its yearning to remember Thee and extol Thee; how it testifieth to that whereunto the Tongue of Thy Commandment hath testified in the kingdom of Thine utterance and the heaven of Thy knowledge. I love, in this state, O my Lord, to beg of Thee all that is with Thee, that I may demonstrate my poverty, and magnify Thy bounty and Thy riches, and may declare my powerlessness, and manifest Thy power and Thy might.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divinefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §134: God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: spiritualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: seefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §230: As soon as thine eyes beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Beholdest thou notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §764: to enable me to gaze onthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: I have not seen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: smellfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §109: Jesus, the Spirit of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: lie down to resttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit
SE expanded to “hath been stirred up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: stirred uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: whisper
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: members of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: within my limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §163: My limbskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: their limbsgleaningsGWB §571: your entire beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: limb of my body
SE expanded to “in its longing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §118: thirstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: heart longeththe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §710: accounted among the heathenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitude
SE expanded to “to remember Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: hath reportedgleaningsGWB §350: accountkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: meantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: extolling Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “and extol Thee”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: He recounteth Thywill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §328: Regard thoukitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: that they may discerntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: your tonguegleaningsGWB §603: in a languagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: my bodily tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §622: in the Arabic tongue
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy Commandment”
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy landgleaningsGWB §119: Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: His realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: sovereignty
SE expanded to “of Thine utterance”
SE expanded to “and the heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: dominionfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §66: the All-Compelling!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: tyrannyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: Thy heavenly dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of necessity prompteth
SE expanded to “of Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the standardfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §228: Divine Standardkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: naughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: may become an ensign oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §551: unto Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of Lordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: omnipotencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: affectionfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §653: is highly acceptable in My sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: pleaseth Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: wouldst not have ascribedwill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: We entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: askethgleaningsGWB §168: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Thee
SE rendered أَسْأَلَكَ (ʾasʾalak), الْمَقَامِ (al-maqám), عِنْدَكَ (ʿindak), لِإِثْبَاتِ (liʾithbát) as “of Thee, with Thee, demonstrate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: confrontfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §664: Go thou straight on and perseverekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: abovetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: through the things they possessgleaningsGWB §432: the things ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: of God.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: In Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: unto
demonstrate 18% affirmation 18% may 12% acceptance 12% truth 12% establish 6% other 6% made 6% vindicating 6% vindication 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: demonstrategleaningsGWB §295: for no other purpose except to establish the truth ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: substantiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: hath incontrovertibly been made evidentthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: affirmation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: poorgleaningsGWB §104: destitutionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my miserythe-hidden-wordsHW §14: why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty?epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the poorgleaningsGWB §594: to the poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the lack
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “glorify”, “exaltation” (34 occurrences)
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Most Exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §134: the Bábkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: the most exalted of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified, therefore, betablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
bounty 33% favor 13% generosity 13% bounteousness 13% munificence 7% graciousness 7% favors 7% bounties 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositygleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the Great Giverthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: is My gift to theewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy richesgleaningsGWB §284: can well dispense withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: poureth outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: chantethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §131: O YE RICH ONESwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: powerlessgleaningsGWB §297: powerlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my utter helplessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: cannot frustrate HimgleaningsGWB §118: How futilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: the sick
This form usually rendered as “evidence”, “proof”, “demonstrate” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §404: purestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and manifesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §91: corporeal existencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: come to pass
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: through the powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §115: His invincible powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: providedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: through the power of His mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined
