Prayers and Meditations — §712
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 712 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِما جَعَلْتَنِيْ مُنْجَذِبًا بِآياتِكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى أُفُقٍ مِنْهُ أَشْرَقَتْ أَنْوارُ شَمْسِ وِجْهَتِكَ وَمُقْبِلاً إِذْ كانَ مُعْرِضًا أَكثَرُ خَلْقِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Unto Thee be praise for that Thou hast enraptured me by the sweetness of Thine utterances, and set me towards the horizon above which the splendors of the Daystar of Thy face have shone, and caused me to turn unto Thee at a time when most of Thy creatures had broken off from Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: makethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §621: and made themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: unspeakableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to cause metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
مُنْجَذِبًا
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
SE expanded to “Thou hast enraptured me”
carried 50% enraptured 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: to enraptureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: attractgleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Joy
SE rendered جَعَلْتَنِيْ (jaʿaltaní), مُنْجَذِبًا (munjadhiban), بِآياتِكَ (biáyátik), وَمُتَوَجِّهًا (wamutawajjihan), أُفُقٍ (ʾufuqin) as “me to turn unto, Thou hast enraptured me, horizon”
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: only one verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through the generative power of His utterancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §568: Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: set my facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “shed”, “shineth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dawnfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §583: heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the Eastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: and the brightnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
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 §106: Lightfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §27: with the morning lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: the dawning lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: was illuminedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sunsgleaningsGWB §401: the splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: ‘sun’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: by the sungleaningsGWB §35: Sun ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
SE rendered أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), وِجْهَتِكَ (wijhatik), وَمُقْبِلاً (wamuqbiláan), مُعْرِضًا (muʿriḍan), أَكثَرُ (ʾakthar) as “the splendors, Daystar, Thy face, had broken off from, most of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: faithfulfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §538: in the preceding Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: acknowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: to turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have turned aside from MegleaningsGWB §568: contended with Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: spakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: are turned back from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have gone astray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: vastgleaningsGWB §99: of pluralitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: increasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: the Rivertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: a river of lifewill-and-testamentW&T §38: by a majorityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: manygleaningsGWB §111: the greater part of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §655: of all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: all Thou hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the Creator
