Prayers and Meditations — §142
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 142 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ظُهُورِ نُورِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَتَجَلِّي عِزِّ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ يا إِلهِي بِالكَلِمَةِ العُلْيا الَّتِيْ جَعَلْتَها إِكْسِيرًا فِيْ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَبِهِ انْقَلَبَ نُحاسُ الوُجُودِ بِالذَّهَبِ الإِبْرِيزِ يا مَنْ بِيَدِكَ مَلَكُوتُ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَ مُخْتارِي ما اخْتَرْتَهُ وَمُرادِيْ ما أَرَدْتَهُ لأَكُونَ راضِيًا بِرِضائِكَ وَبِما قَدَّرْتَهُ لِي بِجُودِكَ وَإِحْسانِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beg of Thee, O my God, by Thy most exalted Word which Thou hast ordained as the Divine Elixir unto all who are in Thy realm, the Elixir through whose potency the crude metal of human life hath been transmuted into purest gold, O Thou in Whose hands are both the visible and invisible kingdoms, to ordain that my choice be conformed to Thy choice and my wish to Thy wish, that I may be entirely content with that which Thou didst desire, and be wholly satisfied with what Thou didst destine for me by Thy bounteousness and favor. Potent art Thou to do as Thou willest. Thou, in very truth, art the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: outwardlyfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §113: any of the Manifestationskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: shinethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: was fulfilledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §117: effulgent lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: shineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Luminoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
SE rendered فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik), وَتَجَلِّي (watajallí), عِزِّ (ʿizz) as “the All-Glorious”
SE rendered وَتَجَلِّي (watajallí), عِزِّ (ʿizz) as “the All-Glorious”
revelation 37% shed 16% splendor 11% effulgence 5% resplendent 5% ordained 5% through 5% effulgent 5% plentitude 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: effulgencegleaningsGWB §374: resplendent revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: hath shone forththe-hidden-wordsHW §117: revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: RevelationgleaningsGWB §377: ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent glories
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §684: glorious bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: The power of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, the
SE rendered عِزِّ (ʿizz), وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، (waḥdánínatika،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “the All-Glorious, I beg of Thee, my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: onefire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §386: of His unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fused and blendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (155 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I beg of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §157: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §323: to question his Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §204: her God
SE expanded to “by Thy most exalted Word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §537: speak yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: Thy Wordstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Who conversed with God
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بِالكَلِمَةِ (biálkalimah), العُلْيا (al-ʿulyá), جَعَلْتَها (jaʿaltahá), إِكْسِيرًا (ʾiksíran) as “my God, by Thy most exalted Word, hast ordained, Divine Elixir”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the Imperial Governmentfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §424: hasten ye untokitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: sublimitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §656: Aid mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: Cause himthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: LordgleaningsGWB §595: the Ancient Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: Otablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
SE expanded to “hath been transmuted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: With a detached heartgleaningsGWB §278: with eagernesskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: transmutethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: transmutethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the hearts
This form usually rendered as “all”, “creation”, “created” (67 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of human life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: world of beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §222: could relievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Notwithstanding all thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: could obtaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
SE expanded to “into purest gold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: religiousgleaningsGWB §404: purest goldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: of goldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: into purest goldthe-hidden-wordsHW §56: the goldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: andgleaningsGWB §193: will ultimately be unitedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: creeds
SE rendered نُحاسُ (nuḥás), الوُجُودِ (al-wujúd), بِالذَّهَبِ (biáldhdhahab), الإِبْرِيزِ (al-ʾibríz), بِيَدِكَ (bíadik), مَلَكُوتُ (malakút) as “crude metal, of human life, into purest gold, hands, kingdoms”
revelation 31% evidence 13% evidences 13% disclosed 6% effulgence 6% immensely 6% manifestation 6% revealers 6% come 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: the tokenstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §91: immensely exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: come to pass
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §508: into your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hands oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §619: the
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the visiblegleaningsGWB §93: Invisibleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: inscrutableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: Thesetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §109: invisible
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: thefire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §540: revealkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: to suffer martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
unconstrained 20% unconditioned 13% choice 13% desired 13% (accredited 7% creation 7% chosen 7% unrestrained 7% invention 7% most 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §3: inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Most Bountifulthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Preferepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: (accredited to the ImperialgleaningsGWB §281: the Unconstrainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: Thy choicethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: clothed it
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “have” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereign Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: the Unconstrainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §120: chose to confer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: wishedgleaningsGWB §472: askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: Thy pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for Thy desiregleaningsGWB §608: pleaseth.”
SE expanded to “I may be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: will everlastingly endurefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §193: sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: He hath settablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
راضِيًا
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Be not willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: desire notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: of Thy good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: his own willwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: pleasure
This form usually rendered as “things” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §292: for the thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: by reason of whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §82: riversprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: the water
SE expanded to “Thou didst destine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thine omnipotencefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §547: capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: Ordain for metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: againstgleaningsGWB §451: on himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the paththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: rest upongleaningsGWB §167: the Exalted
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §627: and bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bountiful”, “through” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §473: Be bounteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the beauty thereofgleaningsGWB §702: upright and praiseworthy
