Prayers and Meditations — §395
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 395 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي قَدْ اسْتَظَلَّتْ فِي ظِلِّ سِدرَةِ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ أَمَةٌ مِنْ إِمَائِكَ الَّتِيْ آمَنَتْ بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ، يا إِلهِي فَأَشْرِبْها رَحِيْقَكَ المَخْتُومَ بِاسْمِكَ الظَّاهِرِ المَكْنُونِ لِيأْخُذَها عَنْ نَفْسِهَا وَيَجْعَلَهَا خالِصَةً لِذِكْرِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعَةً عَمَّا سِواكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glory to Thee, O my God! One of Thy handmaidens, who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, hath entered beneath the shadow of the tree of Thy oneness. Give her to quaff, O my God, by Thy Name, the Manifest and the Hidden, of Thy choice sealed Wine that it may take her away from her own self, and make her to be entirely devoted to Thy remembrance, and wholly detached from any one beside Thee.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §387: Far be it from His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Immensely exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: All praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §186: the Faith of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: beneath the shadowgleaningsGWB §25: the shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: the sheltering shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: beneath the shadethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §378: under the shadow
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 §136: upon the Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §193: Treeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Sadrihprayers-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 §138: BushgleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’l
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Afire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §386: of His unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “mother”, “people”, “indeed” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: peoples and kindredsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §180: unlettered Onekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: nationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: of nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
handmaidens 89% such 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaidsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaid
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hast believedgleaningsGWB §461: a believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: we believeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: firmly believedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will protect
SE expanded to “and in Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: These versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: His verses?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thy most mighty signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
SE expanded to “Give her to quaff”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the draughtgleaningsGWB §78: They drinkkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinkingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: hath partakenthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §353: and their drink
SE expanded to “choice sealed Wine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Thy choice sealed Wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and of the pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wine
SE rendered فَأَشْرِبْها (faʾashribhá), رَحِيْقَكَ (raḥíqak), المَخْتُومَ (al-makhtúm), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الظَّاهِرِ (aẓ-ẓáhir) as “Give her to quaff, choice sealed Wine, by Thy Name, Manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a ringgleaningsGWB §114: “Sealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: hath declaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: to be the Sealthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: with My sealwill-and-testamentW&T §10: last hourepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as a ringgleaningsGWB §65: He concludeth
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He Who is the Object of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §387: of supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: a separate designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: other namestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the Revelationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §378: been endowed with the capacity to exercisekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the Revelation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: hath shown forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: lie hidgleaningsGWB §677: which I have treasured thereinkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: He that was hidden from mortal eyesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: hidgleaningsGWB §32: wraptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hidden
SE expanded to “that it may take”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: carried away have they beenfire-tabletFire §12: afflictedgleaningsGWB §719: Cleave ye tokitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: hath extinguished in themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: Thou didst establishtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
SE expanded to “her own self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: My truegleaningsGWB §391: the gift ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Mine own soul prompteth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: makethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §70: Letkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Empower ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “wholly”, “essence”, “pure” (27 occurrences)
SE expanded to “her to be entirely”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of the sincerefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §159: deliverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: they who are devotedthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: them who are devoted to God
SE expanded to “devoted to Thy remembrance”
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 §32: at the mention of Whose namekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: were to accompanyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to glorifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “and wholly detached”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I had been severedgleaningsGWB §310: pieceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: wholly detach themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: highwaymengleaningsGWB §533: may detach yourselves
SE expanded to “from any one beside”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §145: embracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: all that is not of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §374: besides Him
