Prayers and Meditations — §102
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 102 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَمَشْرِقِ أَنْوارِكَ، ثُمَّ احْفَظْنا بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ مُهَيْمِنًا عَلَى الأُمَمِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَدَّعُونَ ما لا أَذِنْتَ لَهُمْ فِيْ كِتابِكَ، هذا ما أَخْبَرْتَنا بِهِ فِيْ زُبُرِكَ وَأَلْواحِكَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْنا عَلَى حُبِّكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا نَتَوَجَّهُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Brighten our hearts, O my Lord, with the splendor of Thy knowledge, and illumine our sight with the light of such eyes as are fixed upon the horizon of Thy grace and the Dayspring of Thy glory. Preserve us, then, by Thy Most Great Name, Which Thou didst cause to overshadow such nations as lay claim to what Thou hast forbidden in Thy Book. This, verily, is what Thou didst announce unto us in Thy Scriptures and Thy Tablets.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §289: the Sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: hath risentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawn
light 56% splendors 10% lights 6% illumined 5% resplendent 5% most 4% illumine 4% luminous 3% radiance 3% brightness 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §179: with the glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: and enlightentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: protectgleaningsGWB §214: safeguardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: ensure the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: attempt to savetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §17: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: preserved
SE expanded to “by Thy Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: of Hisfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: ascended into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: heaven and ontablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered احْفَظْنا (iḥfaẓná), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah) as “Preserve us, by Thy Most Great Name, Thou didst cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: RevelationgleaningsGWB §504: immeasurably greatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: by Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatnessgleaningsGWB §406: suffered
SE expanded to “Thou didst cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §219: He shall causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: make methe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Make
help 61% potent 7% protector 7% overshadoweth 4% omnipotent 4% peril 4% guardian 4% who 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §300: Guardiankitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §641: Potent artepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §617: Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in Peril
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: the nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §631: our motherskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the peoples and kindredskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: peacethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: in My presence
SE rendered مُهَيْمِنًا (muhayminan), الأُمَمِ (al-ʾumam), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), يَدَّعُونَ (yaddaʿún), أَذِنْتَ (ʾadhint) as “to overshadow, such nations, as, lay claim, hast forbidden”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: continue to callgleaningsGWB §588: Leave themkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: callethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: ye summontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: summoned, and art still summoning
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “thou” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: eargleaningsGWB §222: will no doubt be grantedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: mine earwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leavegleaningsGWB §466: by his leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: hast forbiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the ear
SE expanded to “in Thy Book”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: writtengleaningsGWB §135: with a divinely revealed Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: Write us upthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desire
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
all-informed 23% traditions 17% announced 11% informed 11% warneth 9% informing 6% tidings 6% news 6% hath 6% have 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: telegraph and proclaimgleaningsGWB §219: have We givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §142: I was unawareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: informinggleaningsGWB §720: warnethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: sayings
SE expanded to “in Thy Scriptures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: BooksgleaningsGWB §612: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: Thy Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: Scrollsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: in Thy Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: strong as brassepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Scriptures
SE expanded to “and Thy Tablets”
tablets 88% scriptures 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: preserved TabletgleaningsGWB §300: Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the mystic Tabletprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: and Thy Tabletstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: the Lawh-i-Fu’adgleaningsGWB §189: the Tablets of God
SE rendered زُبُرِكَ (zuburik), وَأَلْواحِكَ، (waʾalwáḥika،), اسْتَقِمْنا (istaqimná) as “in Thy Scriptures, and Thy Tablets”
people 28% station 26% arise 15% self-subsisting 8% connection 5% resurrection 4% steadfast 4% have 4% such 3% may 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §29: shookkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: sound of mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: any one of themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §499: them that love Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: who love Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §620: the stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the manifold evidencesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §496: to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: of the manifold tokens
