Prayers and Meditations — §135
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 135 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
مَرَّةً أَظْهَرْتَهُ يا إِلهِي وَزَيَّنْتَ هَيْكَلَهُ بِطِرازِ اسْمِ الكَلِيمِ وَأَظْهَرْتَ مِنْهُ ما أَرَدْتَهُ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَقَدَّرْتَهُ بِتَقْدِيرِكَ، وَطَوْرًا زَيَّنْتَهُ بِاسْمِ الرُّوحِ وَأَنْزَلْتَهُ مِنْ سَمآءِ مَشِيَّتِكَ لِتَرْبِيَةِ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَبِهِ نَفَخْتَ رُوحَ الحَيَوانِ فِيْ أَفْئِدَةِ المُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَالمُخْلِصيِنَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ، وَتارَةً أَظْهَرْتَهُ بِطِرازِ اسْمِ الحَبِيبِ وَأَشْرَقْتَهُ مِنْ أُفُقِ الحِجازِ إِظْهارًا لأَمْرِكَ وَإِبْرازًا لِقُدْرَتِكَ وَبَلَّغْتَ بِهِ العِبادَ ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ مُرْتَقِيًا إِلى مَعارِجِ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَمُرْتَغِبًا بَدائِعَ عُلُومِكَ وَعِلْمِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
At one time, Thou didst raise Him up, O my God, and didst attire Him with the ornament of the name of Him Who conversed with Thee (Moses), and didst through Him uncover all that Thy will had decreed and Thine irrevocable purpose ordained. At another time, Thou didst adorn Him with the name of Him Who was Thy Spirit (Jesus), and didst send Him down out of the heaven of Thy will, for the edification of Thy people, infusing thereby the spirit of life into the hearts of the sincere among Thy servants and the faithful among Thy creatures. Again, Thou didst reveal Him, decked forth by the name of Him Who was Thy Friend (Muḥammad), and caused Him to shine brightly above the horizon of Hijáz, as a token of Thy power and an evidence of Thy might. Through Him Thou didst send unto Thy servants what enabled them to scale the heights of Thy unity, and to yearn over the wonders of Thy manifold knowledge and wisdom.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “At one time”
one 24% again 21% once 14% utterly 10% another 10% subsequent 7% “again 3% following 3% later 3% revelation 3%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “raise Him up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: In proclaimingfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §324: Through its manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: of every Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: Thou hast called me into beingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: yield
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: \‘Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §197: to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “didst attire Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: have We adornedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §362: gratifykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: re-adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: and Whom Thou hast adornedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: adorn them
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَزَيَّنْتَ (wazayyant), هَيْكَلَهُ (haykalah), بِطِرازِ (biṭiráz), اسْمِ (ism), الكَلِيمِ (al-kalím) as “O my God, didst attire Him, the ornament, the name, of Him Who conversed”
temple 29% form 17% embodiment 8% idol 8% body 8% one 8% person 8% súratu’l-haykal 4% incarnation 4% breast 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: ornamentgleaningsGWB §438: beneficialkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the adornmentgleaningsGWB §184: wherewith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: by the Most Great Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §49: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: “Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: and the sublimity oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “of Him Who conversed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Our wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §113: their wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: at the varying utterancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: Thine utterancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “what” (28 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy will had decreed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §275: refused to seek itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: thou desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: soughtgleaningsGWB §662: whatsoever He pleasethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: the willgleaningsGWB §377: every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: aughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: it may please Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
وَقَدَّرْتَهُ
literal: power; powerful
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thine irrevocable purpose ordained”
SE expanded to “At another time”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: the mountaingleaningsGWB §557: rustlingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: and soaredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: for having soaredthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: the sacred Mountwill-and-testamentW&T §21: their conductepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: anothergleaningsGWB §587: they that have recognized the radiance of the Sinaitic splendor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: tranquillityfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §169: the peace and the well-beingkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: moving spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease
وَأَنْزَلْتَهُ
literal: send down; descending; descend
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “sent” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “didst send Him down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: were revealedgleaningsGWB §31: descendedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: that have streamed forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: may befalltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “edification” (3 occurrences)
hath 67% edification 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §621: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §155: healedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §48: people
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “infusing”, “breathed” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: blastgleaningsGWB §558: the perfumekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: infusingthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: breathed ingleaningsGWB §83: The blast hath been blownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: And there was a blastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: was breathed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: acceptablefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §267: have set their faces towards Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: have turned untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: they had turned toward Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: characterfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §388: the creaturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: to createtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: hence I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it freefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §537: the very truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: wholly detachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wholly for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §668: your neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: who aretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: worship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §225: followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: all them that are dear to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be setwill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “shed”, “shineth” (48 occurrences)
SE expanded to “caused Him to shine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Dawning-Placesfire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §286: issueth forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arisingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: shineth forth abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (244 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §575: give good counselkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: these factsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: have bidden themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §550: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: Revealersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and the revelationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within it
SE expanded to “Through Him Thou didst send”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Such arefire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §712: for its propagationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: to understandprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: they who lift their hearts to Thee can risetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “make”, “will” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “enabled them to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: sufferfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §661: aidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: to grant that we may be numberedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE expanded to “scale the heights”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: have ascendedgleaningsGWB §174: ennoblingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: and are wholly subject to Thy willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: advancegleaningsGWB §453: waxed greater and greaterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: to enable them to ascendepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: ladder
SE rendered يَجْعَلُهُمْ (yajʿaluhum), مُرْتَقِيًا (murtaqiyan), مَعارِجِ (maʿárij), تَوْحِيدِكَ (tawḥídik), وَمُرْتَغِبًا (wamurtaghiban) as “enabled them to, scale the heights, Thy unity, to yearn over”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §437: unitedlykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: as have proclaimed Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “yearn” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “wonders of Thy manifold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §682: wondrous workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: newly-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: the wondrous mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: newgleaningsGWB §556: uttermost corners
This form usually rendered as “manifold” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Your sciencesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §51: the whole of creationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: “Knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: all the peoples of the worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
