Prayers and Meditations — §591
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 591 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما عَرَّفْتَنِي مَطْلَعَ رَحْمَتِكَ وَمَشْرِقَ فَضْلِكَ وَمَصْدَرَ أَمْرِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ ابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُ المُقَرَّبِينَ وَطارَتْ أَفْئِدَةُ المُخْلِصِينَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِحَبْلِكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنْ دُونِكَ وَناظِرًا إِلى أُفُقِ وَحْيِكَ وَعامِلاً بِما أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ فِي أَلْواحِكَ، أيْ رَبِّ زَيِّنْ ظاهِرِي وَباطِنِي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O my God! I yield Thee thanks that Thou hast made known unto me Him Who is the Dayspring of Thy mercy, and the Dawning-Place of Thy grace, and the Repository of Thy Cause. I beseech Thee by Thy Name, through which the faces of them that are nigh unto Thee have turned white, and the hearts of such as are devoted to Thee have winged their flight towards Thee, to grant that I may, at all times and under all conditions, lay hold on Thy cord, and be rid of all attachment to anyone except Thee, and may keep mine eyes directed towards the horizon of Thy Revelation, and may carry out what Thou hast prescribed unto me in Thy Tablets.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: Greatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: exalted, immensely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §102: Divine
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE rendered سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), عَرَّفْتَنِي (ʿarraftaní) as “Glorified, O my God, yield Thee thanks, made known”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “yield Thee thanks”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: thanksgivingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §62: “Praise
This form usually rendered as “enabled”, “enable”, “didst” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: art reputedgleaningsGWB §135: discoverkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: knowledge of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: and Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: breath
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: discoverfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §42: may be informedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: hath shone forthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: arose and shonefire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §406: nor even to makekitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: will ariseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: and the brightnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: shining
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §36: celestial dominionkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: to proclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: through the powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: of power
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §467: Find outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: and of heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §217: of Nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”—oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: Thy most excellent namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
SE expanded to “have turned white”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: whitegleaningsGWB §36: with the white handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: have turned whiteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: whitenessgleaningsGWB §588: shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: white handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: brightness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: directethfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §465: your faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: the light of Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
SE expanded to “winged their flight”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: to soarfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §387: The birdskitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of the human mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: wing his flighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: riseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredgleaningsGWB §320: soareth
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: the heartsgleaningsGWB §575: the heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: pure in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: our mindsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’s hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: faithfulfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §233: the sincere loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and deliver metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essence
This form usually rendered as “number”, “suffer”, “set” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §457: and joined you withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: will enable usthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: made thee
SE expanded to “and under all conditions”
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Hearken, nowgleaningsGWB §44: intervenekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: through Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: to hold fastgleaningsGWB §125: centeredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: to clingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: lay holdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: poor
SE expanded to “on Thy cord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the firm cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: CordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cord
SE expanded to “be rid of all attachment”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: withdrewgleaningsGWB §163: my persecutors decapitated mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: sublime renunciationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: detached themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: detached
SE expanded to “to anyone except Thee”
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “keep mine eyes directed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: was promptedfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §182: in considerationkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: wait expectingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: turning their gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: HorizongleaningsGWB §693: dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: horizon of Thy grace
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: Thy most sweet remembranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent down
This form usually rendered as “carry”, “committed”, “perpetrator” (14 occurrences)
carry 10% committed 10% perpetrator 10% observeth 10% observe 10% observed 10% befittingly 10% deeds 10% doeth 10% may 10%
SE expanded to “in Thy Tablets”
tablets 88% scriptures 13%
SE rendered أَلْواحِكَ، (ʾalwáḥika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “in Thy Tablets”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §163: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: might
SE rendered أَلْواحِكَ، (ʾalwáḥika،), رَبِّ (rabb), زَيِّنْ (zayyin) as “in Thy Tablets”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: Godfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §573: its apparelskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: and adornedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: embellishedgleaningsGWB §559: readorned.…prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: do Thou adorn
SE rendered أَلْواحِكَ، (ʾalwáḥika،), رَبِّ (rabb), زَيِّنْ (zayyin), ظاهِرِي (ẓáhirí) as “in Thy Tablets”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: proclaimingfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §467: be distinguishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: revelation of Thy countenancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: ConcealmentgleaningsGWB §324: spiritual perceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: belliesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy Concealmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: wombepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: secretlygleaningsGWB §137: invisiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Concealment,”
