Prayers and Meditations — §87
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 87 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ يا فالِقَ الإِصْباحِ بِمِصْباحِكَ الَّذِيْ أَوْقَدْتَهُ بِنارِ حُبِّكَ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ وَأَمْدَدْتَهُ بِدُهْنِ حِكْمَتِكَ فِيْ مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِيْ مِنَ الَّذِينَ طَارُوا فِيْ هَوائِكَ وَرَضَوْا بِقَضائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, O Thou Who causest the dawn to appear, by Thy Lamp which Thou didst light with the fire of Thy love before all that are in heaven and on earth, and whose flame Thou feedest with the fuel of Thy wisdom in the kingdom of Thy creation, to make me to be of those who have soared in Thine atmosphere, and surrendered their will to Thy decree.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §489: be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §157: shall not be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: I nevertheless beseech Thee
SE expanded to “Thou Who causest”
SE expanded to “the dawn to appear”
SE expanded to “Thou didst light”
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: hath litprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou didst kindle within meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: which Thou hadst kindledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: didst kindleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: Thou didst lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Igniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: and so kindle
SE expanded to “with the fire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hellkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “hell,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: itstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: afiregleaningsGWB §551: former
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: affectionfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §134: Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §512: hath loved Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §516: amongst themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: and all the dwellers of the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: in the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §48: all other nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: of Thy names andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “whose flame Thou feedest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: to assistgleaningsGWB §289: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: throughout all this periodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: that shadoweth all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: withwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: long periodgleaningsGWB §347: considerable lapse of time
SE expanded to “with the fuel”
SE expanded to “of Thy wisdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: unto the KinggleaningsGWB §36: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: downtroddentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine empire
الإِنْشآءِ
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
SE expanded to “of Thy creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: creationgleaningsGWB §617: creation,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: as fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: belowwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of creationgleaningsGWB §49: the entire creation
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “make me to be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adornedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §138: have, moreover, ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: the abject beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: Enable themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “who have soared”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: soarfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §320: soarethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: that haply thou mayest soarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: hast enabledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have never attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the BirdgleaningsGWB §338: winged its flight
gleaningsGWB §311: in accordance withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: the heightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: spacegleaningsGWB §500: heightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: atmospheretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsgleaningsGWB §100: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: the atmosphere
وَرَضَوْا
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; satisfied
SE expanded to “and surrendered their will”
find 50% surrendered 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §611: am well pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: acceptedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: in Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: willwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Divine good-pleasure
SE expanded to “to Thy decree”
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy decreefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §107: that would conform to the requirements of the occasionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: accidentallyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can satisfythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My decreewill-and-testamentW&T §14: requirement
