Prayers and Meditations — §612
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 612 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َى مَطْلَعِ ذاتِكَ وَمَظْهَرِ إِجْلالِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ هُمْ قَدْ قامُوا لَدى بابِ فَضْلِكَ أَنِ افْتَحْ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ بِمَفاتِيحِ أَلْطافِكَ إِنَّك أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَالحاكِمُ عَلَى ما تُرِيدُ، أَيْ رَبِّ هؤلآءِ قَدْ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَيْكَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلى مَقَرِّكَ فَاعْمَل بِهِمْ ما يَنْبَغِي لِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي سَبَقَتِ العالَمِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
They themselves, O my Lord, have waited at the door of Thy grace. Do Thou open it to their faces with the keys of Thy bountiful favors. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and to ordain what Thou pleasest. These are the ones, O my Lord, who have set their faces towards Thee, and turned unto Thy habitation. Do with them, therefore, as becometh Thy mercy, which hath surpassed the worlds.
Translation Notes
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 §193: Source of all lightfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §549: graspedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: failed to graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: wafting from the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE rendered ذاتِكَ (dhátik), وَمَظْهَرِ (wamaẓhar), إِجْلالِكَ، (ʾijlálika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “O my Lord”
SE rendered وَمَظْهَرِ (wamaẓhar), إِجْلالِكَ، (ʾijlálika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “O my Lord”
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: of Thy revelationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §49: whether seenkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: witnessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the Manifestationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE rendered إِجْلالِكَ، (ʾijlálika،), رَبِّ (rabb), قامُوا (qámúá) as “O my Lord, have waited”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: divine presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and of majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: glorygleaningsGWB §546: grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: great their name.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: majesty and
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: LordshipgleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thytablet-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 §80: of its Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: seatfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §615: ye rebelledkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: pagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and resolvedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), قامُوا (qámúá), لَدى (ladى), بابِ (báb), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), افْتَحْ (iftaḥ) as “O my Lord, have waited, at, the door, of Thy grace, Do Thou open”
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
SE expanded to “Do Thou open”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: is unlockedfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §463: set openkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: cannot for ever remain openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and openedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: OpengleaningsGWB §564: subdue and conquerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: gladness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: visitedfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §28: the countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to turn towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE expanded to “of Thy bountiful favors”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §657: sweetnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: attentivewill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §655: the fragrance of Thy loving-kindness
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongstgleaningsGWB §669: none other butkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: lawgleaningsGWB §511: fully reconciledkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: be thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the essence of Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §270: decidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §96: of Thy good pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §492: thou desirest to achieve
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as shall befire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §623: in the days priorkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: such asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: exposed to its raystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
seat 20% established 14% acknowledged 13% habitation 11% confessed 8% hath 8% have 8% place 6% confess 6% ordained 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: did whatgleaningsGWB §463: all thy doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: what else have we doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: may carry outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §24: Consortepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: his work
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “befitteth” (48 occurrences)
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 §137: Mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §257: have mercy uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: infinite mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: mercy the most mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: Teacherfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §486: and taught theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: that ye may knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of Thy hidden knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
