Prayers and Meditations — §94
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 94 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِذا وُلِدَ ابْتُلِيَ بِالفِراقِ بِما جَرَى عَلَيْهِ حُكْمُ قَضائِكَ، وإِذَا شَرِبَ رَحِيقَ الوِصالِ ابْتُلِيَ بِالسَّجْنِ بِما آمَنَ بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ، وَكانَ يَخْدُمُ جَمالَكَ إِلى أَنْ وَرَدَ فِيْ هذا السِّجْنِ الأَعْظَمِ، إِذًا يا إِلهِي فَدَيْنَاهُ فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ، وَتَرَى ما وَرَدَ عَلَى أَحِبَّائِكَ فِيْ هذِهِ المُصِيبَةِ الَّتِيْ فِيها ناحَتِ القَبائِلُ وَمِنْ وَرائِها أَهْلُ الْمَلأِ الأَعْلی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
At his birth he was afflicted through his separation from Thee, according to what had been ordained for him through Thine irrevocable decree. And when he had quaffed the cup of reunion with Thee, he was cast into prison for having believed in Thee and in Thy signs. He continued to serve Thy Beauty until he entered into this Most Great Prison. Thereupon I offered him up, O my God, as a sacrifice in Thy path. Thou well knowest what they who love Thee have endured through this trial that hath caused the kindreds of the earth to wail, and beyond them the Concourse on high to lament.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: begetteth notgleaningsGWB §452: and the fatherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: be bornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: At his birthwill-and-testamentW&T §18: The childepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: borngleaningsGWB §248: were bornkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: had given birth to Jesus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “sorely”, “hath” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the afflictionsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §644: all calamitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and trialthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We have proved thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: Our separationfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §148: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: variationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: their separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: flow outgleaningsGWB §649: fast pouring downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: stream forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: observancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: knoweththe-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath emboldenedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: audaciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: been announced
wisdom 38% law 24% commandment 7% divine 7% hath 6% injunction 4% authority 4% commandments 3% command 3% pronounce 3%
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 §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §25: and drink inkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: hast drunkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: Make me to quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: with them that drinkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §299: that hast drained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and of the pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: the choiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortality
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will have been brought face to face withfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §676: be united with Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: weldingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: reunion with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: the joy of reunion
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: the prison-citygleaningsGWB §184: My imprisonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §8: these imprisoned onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Our prisongleaningsGWB §225: captivityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: prison-city of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: worthy ofgleaningsGWB §287: the faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: who was a believerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: for having believed in Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: believeth not
SE expanded to “in Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §357: Our signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through the generative power of His utterancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
This form usually rendered as “accounted”, “time”, “who” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou wastgleaningsGWB §615: ye be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: we have becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: hath establishedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: Our servantsgleaningsGWB §112: to serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: him adequate servicewill-and-testamentW&T §48: might serveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: and of servinggleaningsGWB §652: serviceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: associated with
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 §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §103: countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: to gaze on Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sufferedgleaningsGWB §109: as a result of the woes He sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: the victims ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: what I have enduredwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: voicegleaningsGWB §298: the things that have befallen Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attain and enter
SE expanded to “Most Great Prison”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §404: potentkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: the mightiest ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: through His glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: sublime
SE expanded to “my God, as a sacrifice”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By the righteousness of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §41: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: All these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “offered him up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: offered Myself upfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §590: offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: I have sacrificed myselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: could be a ransomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §38: be offered up forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay down
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §590: himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: in His pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in the waystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in Thy path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the mirrorsfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §453: witnessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: I recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We behold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §467: is loathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose lovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: turning towardsfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §391: recognized His Manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: before.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: the kindreds of the earthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “beyond” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after theegleaningsGWB §385: beyond itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behindgleaningsGWB §445: in his rearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreoverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy back
SE rendered القَبائِلُ (al-qabáʾil), وَمِنْ (wamin), وَرائِها (waráʾihá), أَهْلُ (ʾahl), الْمَلأِ (al-malʾ), الأَعْلی، (al-ʾaʿlí،) as “kindreds, beyond, them, the, Concourse, lament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: inmatesfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §656: no mankitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: them who are the recognized Expounders thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: wickedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: children
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: peoplesfire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: a companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: filledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Realm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: magnified be Hisfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: more excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: ascendedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
