Prayers and Meditations — §711
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 711 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي وَإِلهَ العالَمِينَ وَمَقْصُودِي وَمَقْصُودَ العارِفِينَ وَمَحْبُوبِيْ وَمَحْبُوبَ المُوَحِّدِينَ وَمَعْبُودِيْ وَمَعْبُودَ المُقَرَّبِيْنَ وَمُنايَ وَمُنَى المُخْلِصِيْنَ وَرَجائِي وَرَجاءَ الآمِلِينَ وَمَلاذِي وَمَلاذَ القاصِدِيْنَ وَمَلْجَأيْ وَمَلْجَأَ اللآئِذِينَ وَمَقْصَدِيْ وَمَقْصَدَ المُتَوَجِّهِينَ وَمَنْظَرِيْ وَمَنْظَرَ النَّاظِرِيْنَ وَجَنَّتِي وَجَنَّةَ البالِغِينَ وَكَعْبَتِيْ وَكَعْبَةَ المُشْتاقِينَ وَجَذْبِي وَجَذْبَ العاشِقِينَ وَنُورِيْ وَنُورَ الهائِمِينَ التَّائِبِينَ وَوَلَهِيْ وَوَلَهَ الذَّاكرِينَ وَكَهْفِيْ وَكَهْفَ الهارِبِينَ وَحِصْنِيْ وَحِصْنَ الخائِفِينَ وَرَبِّيْ وَرَبَّ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرَضِيْنَ، بِما جَعَلْتَنِيْ مُنْجَذِبًا بِآياتِكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى أُفُقٍ مِنْهُ أَشْرَقَتْ أَنْوارُ شَمْسِ وِجْهَتِكَ وَمُقْبِلاً إِذْ كانَ مُعْرِضًا أَكثَرُ خَلْقِكَ، أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be unto Thee, Who art my God and the God of all men, and my Desire and the Desire of all them that have recognized Thee, and my Beloved and the Beloved of such as have acknowledged Thy unity, and the Object of my adoration and of the adoration of them that have near access to Thee, and my Wish and the Wish of such as are wholly devoted to Thee, and my Hope and the Hope of them that have fixed their hearts upon Thee, and my Refuge and the Refuge of all such as have hastened towards Thee, and my Haven and the Haven of whosoever hath repaired unto Thee, and my Goal and the Goal of all them that have set themselves towards Thee, and my Object and the Object of those who have fixed their gaze upon Thee, and my Paradise and the Paradise of them that have ascended towards Thee, and my Lodestar and the Lodestar of all such as yearn after Thee, and my Joy and the Joy of all them that love Thee, and my Light and the Light of all such as have erred and asked to be forgiven by Thee, and my Exultation and the Exultation of all them that remember Thee, and my Stronghold and the Stronghold of all such as have fled to Thee, and my Sanctuary and the Sanctuary of all that dread Thee, and my Lord and the Lord of all such as dwell in the heavens and on the earth!
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §569: and praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: let Thee be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §204: her God
SE expanded to “of all men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §300: your own previous knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: shallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: Who knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: DesiredgleaningsGWB §210: direct thy steps towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: objectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: such as have soughtthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: repaired
SE rendered وَمَقْصُودِي (wamaqṣúdí), وَمَقْصُودَ (wamaqṣúd), العارِفِينَ (al-ʿárifín), وَمَحْبُوبِيْ (wamaḥbúbí), وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb) as “my Desire, the Desire, my Beloved, the Beloved”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: that thou mayest perceivegleaningsGWB §655: made knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Knowledge,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: and acknowledgedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: and as a tokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: tiny seedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nonefire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §540: Through a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: The oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the one God, the Incomparabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §657: all them that serve Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: is Thy servanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE rendered وَمَعْبُودِيْ (wamaʿbúdí), وَمَعْبُودَ (wamaʿbúd), المُقَرَّبِيْنَ (al-muqarrabín), وَمُنايَ (wamunáy), وَمُنَى (wamuná) as “my adoration, the adoration, my Wish, the Wish”
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: draweth you nighfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §618: them who have drawn nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a sacrificeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: who seek to draw nightablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: \‘Wish ye, thengleaningsGWB §543: amongkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: yearnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Hopeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: and my Highest Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Wishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: he aspireth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essencefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §31: pure in heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: entirely devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: free thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Hopethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
SE rendered المُخْلِصِيْنَ (al-mukhliṣín), وَرَجائِي (warajáʾí), وَرَجاءَ (warajáʾ), الآمِلِينَ (al-ámilín), وَمَلاذِي (wamaládhí), وَمَلاذَ (wamaládh) as “wholly, my Hope, the Hope, my Refuge, the Refuge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my utmost HopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §582: hopingthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: OF DESIREepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my hope
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refugeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: whosoever hath repaired unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: hath fledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelter
SE rendered وَمَقْصَدِيْ (wamaqṣadí), وَمَقْصَدَ (wamaqṣad), المُتَوَجِّهِينَ (al-mutawajjihín), وَمَنْظَرِيْ (wamanẓarí), وَمَنْظَرَ (wamanẓar) as “my Goal, the Goal, my Object, the Object”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “fix”, “seeing” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most SublimegleaningsGWB §212: of Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “paradise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: held to be possessedgleaningsGWB §41: lunatic
SE rendered وَجَنَّتِي (wajannatí), وَجَنَّةَ (wajannah), البالِغِينَ (al-bálighín), وَكَعْبَتِيْ (wakaʿbatí), وَكَعْبَةَ (wakaʿbah) as “my Paradise, the Paradise, my Lodestar, the Lodestar”
teach 18% attain 15% proclaim 13% hath 13% attained 10% reached 10% thou 5% inscrutable 5% consummate 5% wise 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §27: disseminatekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: hath reachedwill-and-testamentW&T §55: endeavour proclaimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attained
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: the adored Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: object of the adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lodestar
SE rendered وَكَعْبَتِيْ (wakaʿbatí), وَكَعْبَةَ (wakaʿbah), المُشْتاقِينَ (al-mushtáqín), وَجَذْبِي (wajadhbí), وَجَذْبَ (wajadhb) as “my Lodestar, the Lodestar, my Joy, the Joy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervorfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §591: in its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: irrepressible yearningsthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: drawfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §708: eagernesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: and will be ableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
SE expanded to “all them that love Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §118: matchless Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: God’s lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
SE rendered وَنُورِيْ (wanúrí), وَنُورَ (wanúr), الهائِمِينَ (al-háʾimín), التَّائِبِينَ (at-táʾibín), وَوَلَهِيْ (wawalahí), وَوَلَهَ (wawalah) as “my Light, the Light, all such as have erred, my Exultation, the Exultation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: ForgivinggleaningsGWB §270: to recant his faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: are forgiven by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: repent yegleaningsGWB §469: that have truly repentedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: ask pardongleaningsGWB §195: Prayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: implore Thy pardon
الذَّاكرِينَ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
SE expanded to “all them that remember Thee”
remembrance 28% praise 20% mention 16% remember 10% mentioned 7% remembering 5% make 4% name 4% recorded 3% call 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the remembrancegleaningsGWB §1: Thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: asked him sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: all thoughttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وَكَهْفِيْ (wakahfí), وَكَهْفَ (wakahf), الهارِبِينَ (al-háribín), وَحِصْنِيْ (waḥiṣní), وَحِصْنَ (waḥiṣn) as “my Stronghold, the Stronghold, my Sanctuary, the Sanctuary”
1 occurrence in corpus
stronghold 67% sanctuary 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Sanctuarythe-hidden-wordsHW §34: abidewill-and-testamentW&T §12: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: fortresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married woman
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: full of feargleaningsGWB §340: such fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: andthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: to them that aregleaningsGWB §246: am afraidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their fear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: LordsgleaningsGWB §123: Sovereign Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: sublimefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §39: separate designationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: The term “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have been cast into prisontablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE expanded to “on the earth”
SE rendered وَالأَرَضِيْنَ، (wálʾaraḍína،), جَعَلْتَنِيْ (jaʿaltaní) as “on the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §636: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: to suffer methe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecrate
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §368: this high endowmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the verse itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: the greatest of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the all-glorious Horizonthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Supreme HorizongleaningsGWB §286: worksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: of Thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the Ancient Dayspringfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §399: the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: “easts”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: from poletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: brightness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: by the sungleaningsGWB §44: Luminarykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: radiant splendour of the Sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: testifygleaningsGWB §377: light ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: offire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §689: on a previous occasionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: futureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have been settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
turned 38% who 13% withdrawn 6% strayed 6% disbelieved 6% cast 6% repudiate 6% rejected 6% repudiated 6% faithful 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: turning away from TheegleaningsGWB §150: deniedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: reportingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: fleetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: have turned aside
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: for the most partfire-tabletFire §24: the peoplegleaningsGWB §551: excess of speechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: multitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: a multitudetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §113: riverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: most part
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conductfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §133: creationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: raisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the created things
