Prayers and Meditations — §375
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 375 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِلْقآءَ القِدَمِ، أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ تَوْحِيدَ المُوَحِّدِينَ وَمُنْتَهى ذِكْرِ العارِفِينَ يَرْجِعُ إِلى مَقَرِّ الَّذِيْ خُلِقَ مِنْ قَلَمِ أَمْرِكَ وَذُوِّتَ بِإِرادَتِكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبَ البَهآءِ وَخالِقَ البَهآءِ لا يَرَى البَهآءُ لِنَفْسِهِ إِلاَّ العَجْزَ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ عَلَى ما يَنْبَغِيْ لِعَظَمَتِكَ وَإِجْلالِكَ، لَمَّا كانَ الأَمْرُ كذلِكَ أَسْئَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتِ الكائِناتِ وَفَضْلِكَ الَّذِيْ أَحاطَ المُمْكِناتِ بِأَنْ تَقْبَلَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ ما يَظْهَرُ مِنْهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، ثُمَّ أَيِّدْهُمْ عَلَى إِعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ وَانْتِشارِ ذِكْرِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I bear witness that the highest thoughts of all such as adore Thy unity, and the profoundest contemplations of all them that have recognized Thee, are but the product of what hath been generated through the movement of the Pen of Thy behest, and hath been begotten by Thy will. I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Beloved of my soul and the Fountain of my life! I am persuaded of my powerlessness to describe and extol Thee in a manner that becometh the greatness of Thy glory and the excellence of Thy majesty. Aware as I am of this, I beseech Thee, by Thy mercy that hath surpassed all created things, and Thy grace that hath embraced the entire creation, to accept from Thy servants what they are capable of showing forth in Thy path. Aid them, then, by Thy strengthening grace, to exalt Thy word and to blazon Thy praise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered ِلْقآءَ (ilqáʾ), القِدَمِ، (al-qidami،), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad) as “I bear witness”
presence 39% “attainment 17% long 6% concerning 6% divine 6% attainment 6% attained 6% “divine 6% imparted 6% face—the 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §464: send down upon youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: entrance into Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
SE rendered القِدَمِ، (al-qidami،), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad), تَوْحِيدَ (tawḥíd) as “I bear witness, unity”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Eternityfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §34: step forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: steppedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: Thine ancient favortablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §132: advancewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: to unitefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §440: Cleave unto thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: they who recognized Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: unnumberedfire-tabletFire §29: of thegleaningsGWB §134: everlastingly succeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “End that knoweth no end.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: curbedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: graciously remember megleaningsGWB §114: be characterizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: ignoreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: Which of my tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
SE expanded to “all them that have recognized”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognizedgleaningsGWB §669: the sages and mysticskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the want of capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast made known unto metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: fragrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retoldgleaningsGWB §506: Ye shallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: repairedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: and returned unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Turn thy sightwill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: to return
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stillgleaningsGWB §390: centerkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: that have testifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: of Thy transcendenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: made the seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
SE expanded to “hath been generated”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creaturefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §664: your creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: been fixedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: Supreme PengleaningsGWB §375: of His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thy most exaltedwill-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Penepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §387: His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy
SE expanded to “of Thy behest”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §187: of the Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: Thine injunctiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
SE expanded to “hath been begotten”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: self-subsistentgleaningsGWB §126: His Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: onenesswill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §369: Divine Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selves
SE expanded to “by Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: determinedgleaningsGWB §68: fixedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thou hast wishedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy will
SE expanded to “I swear by Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pompfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §402: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thirst for famethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorified
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §202: of God, my Well-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: the New Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: O Thou my Well-Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovest
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgent
This form usually rendered as “would”, “seeth”, “beholding” (16 occurrences)
SE rendered لِنَفْسِهِ (linafsih), العَجْزَ (al-ʿajz), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik) as “of my powerlessness, describe, and extol Thee”
powerlessness 38% helplessness 14% none 10% impotence 10% failed 5% futility 5% incapacity 5% impotent 5% pen 5% weakness 5%
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “celebrate”, “virtues” (71 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and extol Thee”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §117: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: to praise Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
SE rendered ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), يَنْبَغِيْ (yanbaghí), لِعَظَمَتِكَ (liʿaẓamatik), وَإِجْلالِكَ، (waʾijlálika،) as “describe, and extol Thee, the greatness of Thy glory, majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §570: it beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: aidgleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
SE expanded to “greatness of Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: great a bountygleaningsGWB §43: of praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: greatness of Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §632: Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §60: and Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: majesty and
SE rendered وَإِجْلالِكَ، (waʾijlálika،), الأَمْرُ (al-ʾamr), كذلِكَ (kdhlik), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِرَحْمَتِكَ (biraḥmatik) as “majesty, this, I beseech Thee, by Thy mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: WhereforegleaningsGWB §161: In like mannerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Lámprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: mine abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: In this wisewill-and-testamentW&T §34: with thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: Unto thisgleaningsGWB §721: other things
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE expanded to “by Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE expanded to “that hath surpassed”
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: Thy Lordfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §257: may bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: Who fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “and Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: great bountygleaningsGWB §101: have caused to excelkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of grace and of bountytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §18: wisdom
encompassed 40% hath 16% envelop 11% pervaded 7% embraced 7% have 4% comprehend 4% all-encompassing 4% surrounded 4% surround 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared onfire-tabletFire §20: whisperingsgleaningsGWB §257: encompassethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: masteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: blew and beatthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassed
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achievedfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §708: of all mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attachmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: entire creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable in
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Set thine heart towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §310: ere it is formedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: such asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: turned towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitudefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §166: Ikitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: among Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
This form usually rendered as “others”, “some” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §610: hath aidedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast aided methe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §112: to enableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: be assisted
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: untofire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §648: My glory be with theekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: whether highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thine all-glorioustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: third wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §102: utteranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Thou didsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronounce
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: disseminategleaningsGWB §365: promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazonwill-and-testamentW&T §13: disperseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: spreadinggleaningsGWB §187: the signs and tokensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: been noised abroad
SE rendered ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “Thy praise”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
