Prayers and Meditations — §464
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 464 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِالَّذِيْ لَمْ يَكنْ لَهْ شَأْنٌ لِيَتَكَلَّمَ عِنْدَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ خُدَّامِ بابِكَ وَكَيْفَ المَقَامُ الَّذِيْ فِيْهِ يَنْطِقُ لِسَانُ عَظَمَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَأَبْصَارَهُمْ لِيَنْظُرُوا بِعُيُونِهِمْ وَيَفْقَهُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ لَعَلَّ يَجْذِبُهُمْ آياتُكَ إِلى مَشْرِقِ وَحْيِكَ وَيُقَرِّبُهُمْ إِلى سَلْسَبِيلِ عِرْفانِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Some have chosen to cleave to him who is counted unworthy to converse with any of Thy servants that watch at Thy door (Mírzá Yaḥyá), how much more to enter into the court in which the Tongue of Thy majesty speaketh. Cleanse Thou their hearts and their eyes, O my Lord, that they may see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, that haply they may be attracted by Thine utterances to the Dayspring of Thine inspiration, and draw nigh unto the soft-flowing stream of Thy knowledge.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hold fast untogleaningsGWB §396: tenaciouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: worldlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: holdingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: are cleaving fastgleaningsGWB §606: Cleave thou untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
SE rendered تَمَسَّكَ (tamassak), بِالَّذِيْ (biálladhí), يَكنْ (yakn), شَأْنٌ (shaʾanun), لِيَتَكَلَّمَ (líatakallam) as “cleave, him who is, converse”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: it weregleaningsGWB §195: and bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the world and allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: is countedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
SE rendered بِالَّذِيْ (biálladhí), يَكنْ (yakn), شَأْنٌ (shaʾanun), لِيَتَكَلَّمَ (líatakallam), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin) as “him who is, converse, any”
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 §198: My rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §221: Such iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: Who, otherwise, am Ithe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinction
This form usually rendered as “pronounce”, “speak”, “speaketh” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: conversefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §426: through a wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: speaketh to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §669: human mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: glorifying the onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §486: unity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: Our servantsgleaningsGWB §513: promote the best interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: servantswill-and-testamentW&T §48: might serveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: servedgleaningsGWB §656: serve Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: went
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: menfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §102: missionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “resurrection”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: Endue them, then, with such constancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: spokefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §635: Proclaimkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: will unloose their tonguetablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §535: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: in the languagegleaningsGWB §506: from His own mouth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatestgleaningsGWB §587: impenetrablekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: more grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: excellentthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeur
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §385: thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: supremacytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: puregleaningsGWB §532: Were ye to cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst sanctifythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §201: rend asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: Guard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: My heartgleaningsGWB §350: cataclysmskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: and be drawntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keengleaningsGWB §720: Him Who is the All-Seeingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: gazeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: mine eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: with their own eyesgleaningsGWB §75: all eyes
This form usually rendered as “may” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Behold yefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §40: endeavor to apprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: feel inclinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: gaze ontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: they shedgleaningsGWB §562: is but a reflection ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: assayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: I shedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eye
doctors 23% understand 23% could 19% divines 12% comprehend 4% ye 4% what 4% insight 4% comprehending 4% religious 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: could ye but comprehend itgleaningsGWB §134: if ye be not devoid of understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: The religious doctorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §643: of insightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: attractfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §233: which have causedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: to enraptureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: that they may draw himgleaningsGWB §654: the Lode Star of my soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: enraptured me
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: These versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §151: the words of God thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: verses ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: through the influence of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: He Who is the Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §296: embracethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: who proceed fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and the radiance of my Glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: abovefire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §127: hath drawn nigh unto Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: drawn nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: that ye may be made aware ofgleaningsGWB §203: knowethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: to apprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine immeasurable knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: know it
