Prayers and Meditations — §530
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 530 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلهِي وَسَيِّدِي أَنِ افْتَحْ عُيُونَهُمْ لِمُشاهَدَةِ جَمالِكَ أَوْ أَرْجِعْهُمْ إِلى مَقَرِّهِمْ فِي أَسْفَلِ النِّيرانِ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَزِيْزُ الحَكِيمُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Open Thou their eyes, O my God, and My Master, that they may gaze on Thy beauty, or cause them to return unto the lowest abyss of the fire. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest. Thou art, verily, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: Call of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: Providenceprayers-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 §150: my MastergleaningsGWB §181: descendant of the Prophetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: and my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: BlackgleaningsGWB §84: turned blackprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: PrincegleaningsGWB §230: from afar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: with His eyegleaningsGWB §622: with his inner eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: assistprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: with Thine own eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
لِمُشاهَدَةِ
literal: witness; observation; witnessed
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that they may gaze”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: regardedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §2: I find myself compelled to admitkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: clearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ornament togleaningsGWB §47: Divine Countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
SE expanded to “cause them to return”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Our returngleaningsGWB §319: return and be gatheredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: can befit onlythe-hidden-wordsHW §36: and returningwill-and-testamentW&T §53: was thus confoundedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou hadst returnedgleaningsGWB §261: Eventually
This form usually rendered as “abode” (2 occurrences)
seat 20% established 14% acknowledged 11% habitation 10% hath 10% have 9% place 6% confess 6% ordained 6% spot 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: worthy of credencegleaningsGWB §30: established upon theekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: fall intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: have been firmly establishedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: be solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
SE rendered أَرْجِعْهُمْ (ʾarjiʿhum), مَقَرِّهِمْ (maqarrihim), أَسْفَلِ (ʾasfal), النِّيرانِ، (an-níráni،) as “cause them to return, lowest abyss, the fire”
gleaningsGWB §151: shall be abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: abased amongst youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §530: the lowest abyssgleaningsGWB §552: into the nethermostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: nethermostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: lowestgleaningsGWB §151: and he that is abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the uttermost depths
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Day-Star offire-tabletFire §20: of Thy firegleaningsGWB §88: flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Daystarthe-hidden-wordsHW §56: with firewill-and-testamentW&T §3: the Day-Starepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: are a world-devouring fire
SE expanded to “Potent art Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “what Thou willest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: whom He willethgleaningsGWB §39: they are the samekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Thou didst desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
