Prayers and Meditations — §832
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 832 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “of all being”
SE expanded to “things visible and”
SE expanded to “Thou dost perceive”
This form usually rendered as “wailing” (1 occurrences)
literal: lamentation, yearning; lamentation; yearning/lamentation
SE expanded to “By Thy might”
This form usually rendered as “trespasses” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have kept me back”
SE expanded to “have held me far”
SE rendered وَجَرِيرَاتِي (wajarírátí), مَنَعَتْنِي (manaʿatní), الْوُرُوْدِ (al-wurúd), سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), قُدسِكَ (qudsik) as “sins, have held me far, the court, Thy holiness”
SE rendered سَاحَةِ (sáḥah), قُدسِكَ (qudsik), رَبِّ (rabb), حُبُّكَ (ḥubbuk), أَضْنَانِي (ʾaḍnání), وَهَجْرُكَ (wahajruk) as “the court, Thy holiness, love, hath enriched me, separation”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “hath destroyed me”
SE expanded to “hath consumed me”
SE expanded to “I entreat Thee”
SE rendered أَحْرَقَنِي (ʾaḥraqaní), أَسْأَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِمَوْطِيءِ (bimawṭíʾ), قَدَمَيْكَ (qadamayk) as “hath consumed me, I entreat Thee, by Thy footsteps”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “by Thy footsteps”
SE expanded to “Thy chosen Ones”
SE expanded to “by the breaths”
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE rendered فَجْرِ (fajr), ظُهُوْرِكَ (ẓuhúrik), تُقَدِّرَ (tuqaddir), لِيْ (lí), زِيَارَةَ (zíárah), جَمَالِكَ (jamálik) as “Dawn, Thy Manifestation, I may, gaze, Thy beauty”
This form usually rendered as “act”, “conduct”, “deeds” (48 occurrences)