Prayers and Meditations — §386
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 386 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
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 سُبُحاتُ الفُجَّارِ وَلا شُبُهاتُ الأَشْرارِ،
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 §118: burned with such a hot flamefire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §684: shinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: glow with the hottest flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: the torchtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: grew fiercer
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: splendorsfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §725: unfading splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: resplendence of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: orbtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE expanded to “Thine own Essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §327: the mystery ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thywill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: EssencegleaningsGWB §97: of the Ancient Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beings
put 52% extinguish 10% putting 5% quench 5% quenched 5% unquenchable 5% inextinguishable 5% have 5% must 5% stayed 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: breath of lifefire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §319: Those soulskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ‘the Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: and rapturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §17: with My spirit
malice 27% sedition 27% discord 14% maliciously 9% dissensions 9% malicious 5% dissension 5% hearts 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: generousfire-tabletFire §10: in malicegleaningsGWB §151: maliciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: self-sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: discordthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: To offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: their craftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: wouldst expend
This form usually rendered as “horizon”, “dayspring”, “above” (195 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: upon the seagleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: the immensitywill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: sea forgleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: that thou mayest show forthfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §36: upon the worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: There shall appearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: He Who is the Revealertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
This form usually rendered as “sovereignty”, “power”, “through” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy sovereign might”
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §78: invested with radiant sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: the power of Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheldgleaningsGWB §151: strayed far from His pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: highly exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: can keep me backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: We, verily, have forbidden you
ascendancy 25% powers 13% awful 13% dominion 13% authorities 6% sovereignty 6% influence 6% threats 6% crushing 6% assaults 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the powersfire-tabletFire §6: mightgleaningsGWB §314: authoritieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the power of Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: overpowering mightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the awful majestygleaningsGWB §512: onslaughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Thine awful majesty
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §163: of the infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: disbelieved inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: and who have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they denygleaningsGWB §593: have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: declare him an infidel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: day andgleaningsGWB §74: the present daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the days of Jesusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: In these days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: bright and friendlygleaningsGWB §466: he release Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: rid me of my bondagewill-and-testamentW&T §23: bountifully and universallygleaningsGWB §8: the pervasivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: been appliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: Separation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §93: central Orbkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-likegleaningsGWB §97: Daystarskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the Manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: and the Luminary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath shone forthfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §31: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: who proceed fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: have shonetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: In the name offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §710: call itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: empty nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: heavens andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: pleasethgleaningsGWB §255: anythingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: that, God willingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: and any willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the veilsfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Too hightablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: have burst forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the morninggleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: workers of iniquity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: suchgleaningsGWB §107: doubtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: doubtedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: similitudewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: doubtsgleaningsGWB §385: none to compare unto Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: hath likened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: Iniquitiesfire-tabletFire §40: the wickedgleaningsGWB §175: the evil designskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: most wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: mischief ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §134: suchwill-and-testamentW&T §12: evilsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: ungodly
