Gleanings — §654
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 654 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل یا الهی و محبوبی و محرّکی و مجذبی و المنادی فی قلبی و محبوب سرّی لک الحمد بما جعلتنی مقبلاً الی وجهک و مشتعلاً بذکرک و منادیاً باسمک و ناطقاً بثنائک
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: O my Lord, my Best-Beloved, the Mover of my actions, the Lode Star of my soul, the Voice that crieth in mine inmost being, the Object of mine heart’s adoration! Praise be to Thee for having enabled me to turn my face towards Thee, for having set my soul ablaze through remembrance of Thee, for having aided Me to proclaim Thy Name and to sing Thy praises.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: of His utterancegleaningsGWB §565: Ifkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: thou shouldst sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast saidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: thy Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §684: God is My witness!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: spiritualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §225: followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: those who profess to be Our friendsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love theewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: is powerlessfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §436: impair its strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: set in motionthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §42: intriguesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: departure
SE rendered الهی (al-hí), محبوبی (mḥbúbí), محرّکی (mḥrrkí), مجذبی (mjdhbí), المنادی (al-mnádí), قلبی (qlbí) as “Lord, Best-Beloved, the Mover, mine heart’s adoration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §603: the lodestonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: carried awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedgleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: be drawn
SE expanded to “Me to proclaim”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §424: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §510: He crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice calling
SE expanded to “mine heart’s adoration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §228: agitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: bewildermentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in his hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine innergleaningsGWB §30: into gladnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and to lay bare Thy mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: surreptitiously
SE expanded to “Praise be to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §219: All praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: such thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
SE expanded to “having enabled me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: sufferfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: fancifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: unspeakableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: didst kindletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered سرّی (srrí), لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), جعلتنی (jʿltní), مقبلاً (mqbláan), وجهک (wjhk), مشتعلاً (mshtʿláan), بذکرک (bdhkrk) as “inmost being, Thee, Praise be to, having enabled me, face, through remembrance of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: turn thoufire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §287: endowed withkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: of a former Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: how I have set myself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: of His Countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §504: Him Whose facekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: setting their faces towardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE rendered جعلتنی (jʿltní), مقبلاً (mqbláan), وجهک (wjhk), مشتعلاً (mshtʿláan), بذکرک (bdhkrk), منادیاً (mnádíáan), باسمک (básmk) as “having enabled me, face, through remembrance of Thee, Me to proclaim, Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercerfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §121: the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the fiercer groweth the blazeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the torchtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: kindled
SE expanded to “through remembrance of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: regardinggleaningsGWB §1: make mention of Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: Name!—toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: were I to praise Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: which he hath entitledfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §669: in His inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: with unspeakabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: may speak forthfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §201: Mouthpiecekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: hath lifted up His voicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
SE rendered منادیاً (mnádíáan), باسمک (básmk), ناطقاً (náṭqáan), بثنائک (bthnáʾk) as “Me to proclaim, Thy Name, to sing Thy praises”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §389: Nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: muse on Thy virtueswill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
