Prayers and Meditations — §69
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 69 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنَا الَّذِيْ انْقَطَعْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى بَوَارِقِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ وَقَطَعْتُ حَبْلَ النِّسْبَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِيْ نِسْبَةٍ وَتَمَسَّكْتُ بحَبْلِ حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ قَبِلْتُ حُبَّكَ وَضُرَّ العالَمِينَ، وَفَدَيْتُ نَفْسِي حُبًّا لأَحِبَّائِكَ لِيَصْعَدُنَّ إِلى سَمواتِ قُرْبِكَ وَعِرْفانِكَ وَيَطِيرُنَّ فِيْ هَوَآءِ حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance, who hath severed every tie and clung to the cord of Thy love and of Thy good-pleasure. I am he, O my God, who hath embraced Thy love and accepted all the adversities which the world can inflict, who hath offered up himself as a ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones, that they may ascend into the heavens of Thy knowledge and be drawn nearer unto Thee, and may soar in the atmosphere of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebrateth the praise offire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: All glory be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §619: God beareth Me witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: All these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §682: all-pervasivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: be stayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: rid themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §53: conclusiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: fragments ofgleaningsGWB §311: absolute detachment
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “created” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: He willethgleaningsGWB §2: of Thy Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: no one elsetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “set his face towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §259: Our presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: Thy beautytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: telegraphgleaningsGWB §552: the swiftness of lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: brightnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: cupfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: flashgleaningsGWB §675: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightning
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §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 §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: chargesgleaningsGWB §41: These malicious imputationskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: declaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: claim to be relatedwill-and-testamentW&T §43: connectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the relativesgleaningsGWB §381: the gulf fixed between
SE rendered حَبْلَ (ḥabl), النِّسْبَةِ (an-nisbah), ذِيْ (dhí), نِسْبَةٍ (nisbahin), وَتَمَسَّكْتُ (watamassakt) as “cord, tie, clung”
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “clinging” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: to hold fastgleaningsGWB §719: Hold ye fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: seek to justify themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He who is poor and needytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou holdest fastgleaningsGWB §501: proclaimed their allegiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: depend upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: My loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: in its attachment to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §252: would not desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: surrender my willthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Minewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §311: its Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “would”, “didst”, “hast” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: former agesfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §129: godlykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: of a former Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He deign to accepttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
harm 33% hurt 13% trouble 7% woe 7% pernicious 7% sorely 7% injury 7% manifold 7% malice 7% afflictions 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: doeth Me no harmgleaningsGWB §441: distresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: and tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §25: injuriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §644: ills
SE expanded to “world can inflict”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: discoveredfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §35: the leaders of their faithkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: with the pursuit of knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thy worldstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE expanded to “hath offered up himself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §151: be a sacrifice unto Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: self-sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: yieldedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §56: as a sacrifice forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrifice
SE rendered العالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), وَفَدَيْتُ (wafadayt), نَفْسِي (nafsí), حُبًّا (ḥubban), لأَحِبَّائِكَ (lʾaḥibbáʾik), لِيَصْعَدُنَّ (líaṣʿadunn) as “world can inflict, hath offered up himself, for, Thy loved ones, ascend into”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: soulsgleaningsGWB §651: anyone amongst themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: a soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: thy life
This form usually rendered as “may” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: his ascentgleaningsGWB §202: cause them to attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: Help them, then, O God, to reach forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: settingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raised
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of His Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §174: promote the interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “nearness”, “presence”, “whose” (36 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be drawn nearer unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: draw nigh untofire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §636: and enable them to draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: offer a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: approachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the breezegleaningsGWB §51: its perfumekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: all the learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: is endued with understandingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: acknowledging the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §387: The birdskitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: that haply thou mayest soarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: hast enabledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have never attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: soar yegleaningsGWB §320: soareth
SE rendered وَعِرْفانِكَ (waʿirfánik), وَيَطِيرُنَّ (wayaṭírunn), هَوَآءِ (hawáʾ), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَرِضائِكَ، (wariḍáʾika،) as “Thy knowledge, may soar, love, good-pleasure”
atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: by their own capricesfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §656: the limitless immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: after their own fancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: in the atmospheretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: resplendentwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
