Prayers and Meditations — §386
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 386 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عِزِّكَ وَاعْتِزازِكَ، هذا سِراجٌ اشْتَعَلَ مِنْ نُورِ ذاتِكَ لا تُطْفِئُهُ أَرْياحُ النِّفاقِ مِنَ الآفاقِ، وَهذا بَحْرٌ ظَهَرَ بِسُلْطانِكَ، لا تَمْنَعُهُ سَطوَةُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِيَوْمِ الطَّلاقِ، وَهذا شَمْسٌ أَشْرَقَتْ عَنْ أُفُقِ سَمآءِ مَشِيَّتِكَ لا تَمْنَعُها سُب
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Lamp which the light of Thine own Essence hath lit, and whose radiance the winds of discord can never extinguish. This is the Ocean that moveth by the power of Thy sovereign might, and whose waves the influence of the infidels that have disbelieved in the Judgment Day can never still. This is the Sun that shineth in the heaven of Thy will and the splendor of which the veils of the workers of iniquity and the doubts of the evil doers can never cloud.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of Thy transcendent onenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a lampgleaningsGWB §307: the light of the lampkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: light of Qur’ánic Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the light of Thy lampepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lampgleaningsGWB §576: that imparteth its lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: quenchethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: my lamp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercerfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §668: enkindledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: Thou hast kindled within metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a flame of firethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned
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 §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §23: envelopkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Muhammad’s illuminedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: hath been diffusedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
SE expanded to “Thine own Essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Most Sublime EssencegleaningsGWB §655: May my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: innermost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thine all-glorious Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: self-subsistentgleaningsGWB §3: is propelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §458: putting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burningwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish
This form usually rendered as “sedition”, “malice”, “maliciously” (22 occurrences)
sedition 29% malice 24% maliciously 10% discord 10% dissensions 10% malicious 5% stirrers 5% dissension 5% hearts 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath offered himselffire-tabletFire §41: the stirrers of seditiongleaningsGWB §666: All-Bountifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: call to self-sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: laid downthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: malicious
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (100 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: the all-highest horizonthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Supreme HorizongleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: of Thy glory
SE rendered أَرْياحُ (ʾaryáḥ), النِّفاقِ (an-nifáq), الآفاقِ، (al-áfáqi،), وَهذا (wahdhá), بَحْرٌ (baḥrun), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), بِسُلْطانِكَ، (bisulṭánika،) as “winds, discord, This is the, Ocean, that moveth, by the power of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: For thisgleaningsGWB §305: the worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and thiswill-and-testamentW&T §34: of this landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Such agleaningsGWB §305: this worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §128: of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: ocean oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: upon the sea
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: committedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §115: testimonieskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: What more shall We sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: risen uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “by the power of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powergleaningsGWB §482: a benignant sovereignkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: through Thine omnipotent sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade itgleaningsGWB §536: the Inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: remain unmovedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
powers 15% dominion 15% ascendancy 15% authorities 8% aggressor 8% awful 8% sovereignty 8% influence 8% threats 8% crushing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the dominionfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §314: authoritieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersgleaningsGWB §534: vehement powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: the threats
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: disbelievedgleaningsGWB §593: have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: and have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §163: of the infidel
SE rendered سَطوَةُ (saṭwah), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), كَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِيَوْمِ (bíawm), الطَّلاقِ، (aṭ-ṭaláqi،), وَهذا (wahdhá), شَمْسٌ (shamsun) as “the influence, the infidels, have disbelieved, in the, Judgment Day, This is the, Sun”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: On this daygleaningsGWB §245: the few remaining dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: these dayswill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this daygleaningsGWB §27: Day.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”
This form usually rendered as “divorce”, “judgment”, “great” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: arose and shonefire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §603: the lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: caused Him to shinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
SE rendered شَمْسٌ (shamsun), أَشْرَقَتْ (ʾashraqat), أُفُقِ (ʾufuq), سَمآءِ (samáʾ), مَشِيَّتِكَ (mashíhatik), تَمْنَعُها (tamnaʿuhá), سُب (sub) as “Sun, that shineth, the heaven, of Thy will, cloud, the veils”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: ascended into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: titlestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
SE expanded to “of Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §300: certain eventkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: the Daystar of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nothing
This form usually rendered as “blaspheme”, “curse”, “cursed” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: instrumentgleaningsGWB §564: primary instrumentkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: cursingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: with the emblemsthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the wailingwill-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: to
