Prayers and Meditations — §465
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 465 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ُهُمْ إِلى سَلْسَبِيلِ عِرْفانِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنتَ الَّذِيْ أَخَذْتَ عَهْدِيْ مِنهُمْ فِي كُلِّ سَطْرٍ مِنْ كِتابِكَ وَأَكَّدْتَ ذلِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ انْقَطَعَ عَنْهُ اعْتِذارُ خَلْقِكَ، قُلْتَ وَقَوْلُكَ الحَقُّ لا يُعَادَلُ بِكَلِمَة
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art He, O my Lord, Who hath, in every line of Thy Book, entered into covenant with them for me, and made it so sure that none of Thy creatures can any longer evade it. Thou didst say—and Thy word is the truth: “One single letter from Him excelleth all that hath been sent down in the Bayán.”
Translation Notes
SE rendered سَلْسَبِيلِ (salsabíl), عِرْفانِكَ، (ʿirfánika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Lord”
SE rendered سَلْسَبِيلِ (salsabíl), عِرْفانِكَ، (ʿirfánika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Lord”
knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: discernmentgleaningsGWB §214: appreciatekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: renownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §759: them that have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: Know
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ExaltedgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: laid holdfire-tabletFire §15: overcomegleaningsGWB §590: have covenantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: have refused to seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: hath been carried awaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: We
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: CovenantgleaningsGWB §122: agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the object of our expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: His covenantthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Covenantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: pledgethgleaningsGWB §560: In the days
SE rendered أَخَذْتَ (ʾakhadht), عَهْدِيْ (ʿahdí), مِنهُمْ (minhum), سَطْرٍ (saṭrin), كِتابِكَ (kitábik) as “hath, covenant, line, Thy Book”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: recordedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: foretoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: linethe-hidden-wordsHW §94: most holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: written downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: hath been set downthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: engraved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all the booksgleaningsGWB §17: Tabletkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Last Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: Thou hast writtenthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered وَأَكَّدْتَ (waʾakkadt), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), انْقَطَعَ (inqaṭaʿ), عَنْهُ (ʿanh), اعْتِذارُ (iʿtidhár) as “and made it so sure, evade”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §620: the stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: that theythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §567: low estateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: that I
SE rendered وَأَكَّدْتَ (waʾakkadt), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), انْقَطَعَ (inqaṭaʿ), عَنْهُ (ʿanh), اعْتِذارُ (iʿtidhár), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،) as “and made it so sure, evade, Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barredgleaningsGWB §310: severed fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: will detachtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: detachment
SE rendered شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), انْقَطَعَ (inqaṭaʿ), عَنْهُ (ʿanh), اعْتِذارُ (iʿtidhár), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), قُلْتَ (qult) as “evade, Thy creatures, Thou didst say—and”
This form usually rendered as “evade” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §154: peoples of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
SE expanded to “Thou didst say—and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: \‘SaygleaningsGWB §305: contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: with His words—exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast saidtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
SE expanded to “is the truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: to thatgleaningsGWB §205: the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: adequatelythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offeringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: fairgleaningsGWB §638: and justiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: judge equitablytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: that are justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: justgleaningsGWB §482: rule with equity
SE rendered الحَقُّ (al-ḥaqq), يُعَادَلُ (yuʿádal), بِكَلِمَة (bikalimah) as “is the truth, excelleth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §532: His wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: utterethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: speak forth
