Prayers and Meditations — §498
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 498 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَجَمالِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفاطِرَ السَّمآءِ إِنَّ البَهآءَ يَجِدُ نَفَحَاتِ كَلِماتِهِ الَّتِيْ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ فَمِهِ فِي حُبِّكَ وَيَجِدُ الالْتِهابَ الَّذِيْ أَخَذَهُ فِي شَوْقِهِ إِلى لِقائِكَ وَاشْتِياقِهِ إِلى مَطْلَعِ نُورِ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَمَشْرِقِ عِزِّ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By Thy beauty, O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Creator of the heavens! I can smell the fragrance of the words which, in His love for Thee, His lips have uttered, and can feel the glow of the fire that had inflamed His soul in its longing to behold Thy face and in its yearning after the Dayspring of the light of Thy oneness, and the Dawning-Place of Thy transcendent unity.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “By Thy beauty”
beauty 84% among 6% countenance 2% glory 2% beneficent 1% beauteous 1% whose 1% incomparable 1% ancient 1% ornament 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a whilegleaningsGWB §67: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: visageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: Thine incomparable beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the kingsgleaningsGWB §31: and heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §71: the Supreme Kingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the different countries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: most sublimefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Whom Thou hast calledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: hath been cleft asundergleaningsGWB §117: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: have broken my fastthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the true FaithgleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of their own innate powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §207: glory ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: by Thy most gloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the existingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §262: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: their Creatortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thingswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §494: fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: through the fragranceswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §618: the fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: in the One Who conversed with God (Moses)fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §689: however inconsiderable his sharekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: madeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: with such wordstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “proceeded”, “abandoned” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: departethgleaningsGWB §193: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: Unsealtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bid them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: departure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §67: and clung to His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: Whose providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
This form usually rendered as “glow” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §71: undyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: or abate the consuming flamegleaningsGWB §118: consumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: hotter and hotterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: ragethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: the consuming power of its flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: glow
This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §57: vehement desire!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: them that long forthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Thee
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “reunion”, “countenance” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: reunion withfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §22: for this wondrous Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: attain unto the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: sowed
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: unawarefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §612: the revealerskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: dawn forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: Fountainheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
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 §12: the lightfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §676: the light ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: the light it sheddeth proceedeth out oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleamingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerlessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §163: helplessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: unity,—Itablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: oneness
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 §106: shone forthfire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §556: Eastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: in the uttermost corners of the Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: shineth forth abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: gloriousgleaningsGWB §134: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: swear by Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the harmonizingfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §440: unto that which draweth you togetherkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: essential unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: the mystery oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
