Prayers and Meditations — §834
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 834 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلَهِي إِلَهِي عِصْيَانِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرِي وَغَفْلَتِي أَهْلَكَتْنِي كُلَّمَا أَتَفَكَّرُ فِي سَوْءِ عَمَلِي وَحُسْنِ عَمَلِكَ يَذُوْبُ كَبِدِيْ وَيَغْلِي الْدَّمُ فِي عُرُوْقِي، وَجَمَالِكَ يَا مَقْصُوْدَ الْعَالَمِ إِنَّ الْوَجْهَ يَسْتَحْيي أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَيَادِي الْرَّجَاءِ تَخْجَلُ أَنْ تَرْتَفِعَ إِلَى سَمَاءِ كَرَمِكَ، تَرَى يَا إِلَهِي عَبَرَاتِي تَمْنَعُنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ وَالثَّنَاءِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ وَالْثَّرَى، أَسْأَلُكَ بِآيَاتِ مَلَكُوْتِكَ وَأَسْرَارِ جَبَرُوْتِكَ بِأَنْ تَعْمَلَ بِأَوْلِيَائِكَ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِجُوْدِكَ يَا مَالِكَ الْوُجُوْدِ وَيَلِيْقُ لِفَضْلِكَ يَا سُلْطَانَ الْغَيْبِ وَالْشُّهُوْدِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O God, my God! My back is bowed by the burden of my sins, and my heedlessness hath destroyed me. Whenever I ponder my evil doings and Thy benevolence, my heart melteth within me, and my blood boileth in my veins. By Thy Beauty, O Thou the Desire of the world! I blush to lift up my face to Thee, and my longing hands are ashamed to stretch forth toward the heaven of Thy bounty. Thou seest, O my God, how my tears prevent me from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, O Thou the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below! I implore Thee by the signs of Thy Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion to do with Thy loved ones as becometh Thy bounty, O Lord of all being, and is worthy of Thy grace, O King of the seen and the unseen!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “rebelliousness”, “transgressions”, “rebellion” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my rebellionfire-tabletFire §35: singleaningsGWB §242: disobeyedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: and rebelledthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: rebelwill-and-testamentW&T §58: not obeyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of my rebelliousness
This form usually rendered as “bowed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokengleaningsGWB §687: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §5: by his repudiation ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: who have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §11: of Sedition
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% revealed 8% manifest 8% hath 7% made 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: waywardgleaningsGWB §370: forgetfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: We knew notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: who have strayed far from Thy paththe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they are obliviousgleaningsGWB §687: erred and strayed from His ways
SE expanded to “hath destroyed me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: Deadlyfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §137: tormented and to perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: perishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: hath destroyed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: that lead unto destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: perdition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: consideredgleaningsGWB §118: visualizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §50: were ye to ponder in your heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: I ponderthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: RemembergleaningsGWB §179: minds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: evil deedsgleaningsGWB §78: are saddenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: misfortuneswill-and-testamentW&T §40: transgressionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: condemnationgleaningsGWB §428: all else but Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: iniquity
This form usually rendered as “act”, “deeds”, “what” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: in the discharge of his dutygleaningsGWB §340: all that their hands have wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: what else have we doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: the doings of mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walkwill-and-testamentW&T §39: enforcethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have committed
This form usually rendered as “goodly”, “kindly”, “pleasing” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: womangleaningsGWB §426: most wondrouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: through Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the beauty thereofgleaningsGWB §257: do goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “will”, “melteth” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to meltgleaningsGWB §644: will assuredly melt awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: hath meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: melteth within meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: would melt awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: consumed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: heartsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Our soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and soulsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the souls
This form usually rendered as “seetheth”, “blood” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: veinfire-tabletFire §50: veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my veinstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: Arabianwill-and-testamentW&T §18: lineagefire-tabletFire §50: their veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every pulsating vein within meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: DesiregleaningsGWB §322: meaningkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of thy heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Desired Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: is meant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: know notfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §486: and taught theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy manifold knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who hast set thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §608: the one that turneth towards Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: have been bent upontablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “ashamed”, “blush” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: abashedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §48: it would empower me to revivekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “life”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: Thou hast caused them to be born againtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at the mercy of rulersgleaningsGWB §585: mine handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: in Whose hand iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §167: in Mine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
hope 41% desire 14% longing 9% ardent 9% may 5% suppliant 5% beholdest 5% aspiration 5% one 5% confidence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hopefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §627: in the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my shamegleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shame Meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: whatsoever shameththe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ashamedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: are ashamedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: greater shame
This form usually rendered as “lift”, “lifted”, “unfurled” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: My Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §449: in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §86: Will ye not recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: is putthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the other Mirrors
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “thou”, “kept” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: sublimegleaningsGWB §572: and hinder youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: from attainingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: may avail to keep me backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: deterreth
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to mentiongleaningsGWB §711: verilykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: connected withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: recount Thy virtuestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “glory” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §646: your praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: and from extolling Thy virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §389: Nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord ofgleaningsGWB §381: “Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: springtimetablet-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 §135: of Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §585: the Throne of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thronesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: throne ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §118: realities ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §300: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seekerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: with perspicuous signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §327: that Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: signs and tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: angelsgleaningsGWB §279: will possess themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and the transcendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Queen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will rejoicegleaningsGWB §672: into the joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mystery.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and to lay bare Thy mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: satisfaction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §66: the All-Compelling!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: the dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: successivegleaningsGWB §38: To them that are endowed withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: but We will have Thee turn toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: Thy dear onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: ImamsgleaningsGWB §9: O ye lovers of
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “must” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fit forgleaningsGWB §638: That which beseemeth youkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: beseemeth themgleaningsGWB §544: paramount duty iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of My generosityfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §477: favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: Thou art that All-Bountifulthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My loving-kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: possessedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §590: Thou smellestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: cause of my beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: unworthygleaningsGWB §312: best befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: befitting recipientsgleaningsGWB §481: is unworthy ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: can befit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: grace ofgleaningsGWB §13: I am to be preferred above youkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouring of bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: Thy gracious favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: through the power of My mightgleaningsGWB §632: My sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: rulethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: through the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the power
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §11: of things unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: concealmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Thine invisible Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §280: withdrawn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: hath testifiedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §533: ye can discoverkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: readily recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: readily discovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
