Prayers and Meditations — §360
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 360 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي هذِهِ ساعَةٌ فِيها فَتَحْتَ أَبْوابَ جُودِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَمَصارِيْعَ عِنايَتِكَ لِمَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِالَّذِينَ سُفِكتْ دِمائُهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَانْقَطَعُوا عَنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ شَوْقًا لِلِقائِكَ، وَأَخَذَتْهُمْ نَفَحاتُ وَحْيِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يُسْمَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ جُزْءٍ مِنْ أَجْزاءِ أَبْدانِهِمْ ذِكْرُكَ وَثَنائُكَ بِأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنا مَحْرُومًا عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ فِي هذا الظُّهُورِ الَّذِيْ بِهِ يَنْطِقُ كُلُّ شَجَرٍ بِما نَطَقَ بِهِ سِدْرَةُ السِّينآءِ لِمُوسى كلِيْمِكَ وَيُسَبِّحُ كُلُّ حَجَرٍ بِما سَبَّحَ بِهِ الحُصاةُ فِي قَبْضَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيبِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! This is the hour when Thou hast unlocked the doors of Thy bounty before the faces of Thy creatures, and opened wide the portals of Thy tender mercy unto all the dwellers of Thine earth. I beseech Thee, by all them whose blood was shed in Thy path, who, in their yearning over Thee, rid themselves from all attachment to any of Thy creatures, and who were so carried away by the sweet savors of Thine inspiration that every single member of their bodies intoned Thy praise and vibrated to Thy remembrance, not to withhold from us the things Thou hast irrevocably ordained in this Revelation—a Revelation the potency of which hath caused every tree to cry out what the Burning Bush had aforetime proclaimed unto Moses, Who conversed with Thee, a Revelation that hath enabled every least pebble to resound again with Thy praise, as the stones glorified Thee in the days of Muḥammad, Thy Friend.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebrateth the praise offire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §212: of the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: resound again with Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: Himfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §189: God is my witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: flung widefire-tabletFire §33: UnlockergleaningsGWB §621: with the keyskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: prayed for victoryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and openedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: conquerorfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §564: have been able to subdue and conquer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §112: the gateskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the gateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the doorgleaningsGWB §124: portalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: at the door
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §547: favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §597: Thy bountifulthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §490: action in approaching theekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: on His facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §122: emergeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: and Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: a human creatureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created you
This form usually rendered as “gates”, “opened” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “bounty”, “grace” (66 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy tender mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the gracefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §125: Divinekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: and Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: that is on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §582: and on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: truthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §168: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §574: refrain from sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §574: the footstepskitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of renunciationgleaningsGWB §490: cut offkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: whollytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: detachedgleaningsGWB §202: that it may detach them
SE rendered وَانْقَطَعُوا (wánqaṭaʿúá), الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), شَوْقًا (shawqan), لِلِقائِكَ، (liliqáʾika،), وَأَخَذَتْهُمْ (waʾakhadhathum) as “rid themselves, yearning, carried away”
side 36% direction 23% created 9% country 5% regions 5% every 5% directions 5% things 5% attachment 5% earth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the reasongleaningsGWB §130: It is for this reason thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: Thusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: directionswill-and-testamentW&T §32: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: on the one handgleaningsGWB §609: His seat of glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §118: thirstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: all such as yearn after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn after
SE rendered الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), شَوْقًا (shawqan), لِلِقائِكَ، (liliqáʾika،), وَأَخَذَتْهُمْ (waʾakhadhathum), نَفَحاتُ (nafaḥát) as “yearning, carried away, sweet savors”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: deliveredfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §464: send down upon youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: the face of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: when face to face withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: sowed the seeds
This form usually rendered as “who”, “seized”, “taken” (8 occurrences)
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §28: fragranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: the sweet smell ofwill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §558: savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of His RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealed
SE rendered نَفَحاتُ (nafaḥát), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يُسْمَعُ (yusmaʿ), جُزْءٍ (juzʾin) as “sweet savors, inspiration, member”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §468: conditionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: that she willthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the station
SE rendered وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يُسْمَعُ (yusmaʿ), جُزْءٍ (juzʾin) as “inspiration, member”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: “Give earfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §461: hadst not heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hearing themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and hearkenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: hear thou therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
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 §205: mention of HimgleaningsGWB §375: revelation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: expoundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: and Him Who is Thy Remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
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 §226: is madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §37: of her own handiworkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the foulest beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: and ordained eachtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: them that have attained and revolve roundgleaningsGWB §214: sanctitykitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: preventedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: Deny notthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine honor
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
This form usually rendered as “speaketh”, “proclaimeth”, “crieth” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: have spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §416: whose tongue utterethkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: enable metablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
SE rendered يَنْطِقُ (yanṭiq), شَجَرٍ (shajarin), نَطَقَ (naṭaq), سِدْرَةُ (sidrah) as “cry, to, proclaimed, Bush”
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “burning” (78 occurrences)
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’lkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: the Sadratu’lprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahá
This form usually rendered as “sinai”, “burning” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “who” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: speak forthfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §97: the Voicekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: unfoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: by Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “stone”, “stones” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: countlessgleaningsGWB §305: All-Searchingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: We notedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: hast reckoned upthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: incalculablegleaningsGWB §704: He Who is the Reckoner
grasp 47% within 11% affliction 5% yield 5% hold 5% extinguish 5% hollow 5% turned 5% sway 5% days 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: the graspgleaningsGWB §476: and hold firmly within the graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: were made to expireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: this afflictiongleaningsGWB §303: yield upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: swayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the days
love 50% beloved 16% loved 14% well-beloved 6% best-beloved 4% dear 3% thou 2% who 2% all 1% lover 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: their love for Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §299: of His love!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
