Prayers and Meditations — §835

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 835 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَا إِلَهَنَا بِمَا أَنْزلْتَ لَنَا مَا يُقَرِّبُنَا إِلَيْكَ وَيَرْزُقُنَا كُلَّ خَيْرٍ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كُتُبِكَ وَزُبُرِكَ أَيْ رَبِّ نَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَنَا مِنْ جُنُوْدِ الظُّنُوْنِ وَالْأَوْهَامِ. إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْعَلَّامُ.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praise be unto Thee, O our God, that Thou hast sent down unto us that which draweth us nigh unto Thee, and supplieth us with every good thing sent down by Thee in Thy Books and Thy Scriptures. Protect us, we beseech Thee, O my Lord, from the hosts of idle fancies and vain imaginations. Thou, in truth, art the Mighty, the All-Knowing.

Translation Notes

الْحَمْدُ

al-ḥamd ḥ-m-d

literal: praise; praised; praiseworthy

SE rendered لَكَ (lak), الْحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), إِلَهَنَا (ʾilahaná), أَنْزلْتَ (ʾanzlt) as “Thee, our God, sent down”

praise 25% thanks 17% praised 13% yield 10% such 10% all 8% give 8% magnified 4% render 3% glory 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: All-Praised gleaningsGWB §219: All praise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: Glory tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thanks will-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Praise gleaningsGWB §266: glorified

إِلَهَنَا

ʾilahaná ʾ-l-h → “our god”

literal: god; o god

god 85% lord 6% divine 4% god’s 2% almighty 1% divinity 1% righteousness 0% god’s 0% “god 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §64: God is Our witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

أَنْزلْتَ

ʾanzlt n-z-l → “sent down”

literal: send down; descending; descend

thou 46% hast 23% sent 15% didst 8% having 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: as gleaningsGWB §312: recorded kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: coming prayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: may befall tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descended the-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth

يُقَرِّبُنَا

yuqarribuná q-r-b → “draweth us nigh”

literal: nearness; near; bring near

SE expanded to “draweth us nigh”

draw 25% enable 25% will 25% draweth 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: is at hand fire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto Thee gleaningsGWB §548: draw nigh kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere long prayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: for such of Thy creatures as enjoy near access to Thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presence tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God

وَيَرْزُقُنَا

wayarzuquná r-z-q → “supply” Distinctive

literal: provide; sustenance; provided

This form usually rendered as “suffice”, “supplieth” (2 occurrences)

suffice 50% supplieth 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attain gleaningsGWB §688: sustaining grace kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: all partake of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: feed me will-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: nourish themselves gleaningsGWB §98: partake kitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: drunk

خَيْرٍ

khayrin kh-y-r → “good”

literal: good; better; choice

good 50% better 20% best 11% chosen 7% righteous 4% virtue 3% what 3% preferred 1% blessing 1% goodly 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the Unconstrained gleaningsGWB §690: shall be better kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is good kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: decided prayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: of Thy bestowals will-and-testamentW&T §38: for the good epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferred gleaningsGWB §417: whatsoever He willeth

كُتُبِكَ

kutubik k-t-b → “thy books”

literal: book; books

books 88% book 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: writing gleaningsGWB §451: His unerring Book kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Book kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: verses prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: write us down the-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for thee will-and-testamentW&T §6: such letters and documents epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: in numerous books

وَزُبُرِكَ

wazuburik z-b-r → “thy scriptures”

literal: scripture; scriptures

scriptures 75% scrolls 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Scriptures gleaningsGWB §598: sacred Books prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: as strong as epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: Scrolls gleaningsGWB §615: nor those of any other Book prayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: and Thy Scrolls epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Scriptures prayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: Thy Scriptures

نَسْأَلُكَ

nasʾaluk s-ʾ-l → “we beseech”

literal: ask/beseech

beseech 42% implore 22% entreat 13% asked 6% pray 5% question 3% beg 3% ask 3% questioned 2% asking 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee gleaningsGWB §631: Grant that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: seek epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: asking gleaningsGWB §300: question kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seeker prayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: art not asked

تَحْفَظَنَا

taḥfaẓaná ḥ-f-ẓ

literal: protection; protect

SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), نَسْأَلُكَ (nasʾaluk), تَحْفَظَنَا (taḥfaẓaná), جُنُوْدِ (junúd), الظُّنُوْنِ (aẓ-ẓunún) as “my Lord, we beseech, the hosts, idle fancies”