Prayers and Meditations — §718
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 718 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَانْظُرْ يا إِلهِي وَمُضْرِمَ النَّارِ فِي كَبِدِيْ إِلى عَبَراتِ عَيْنَيَّ وَزَفَراتِ قَلْبِي وَاحْتِراقِ كَبِدِيْ وَاشْتِعالِ جَوارِحِي، وَعِزَّتِكَ يا بَهآءَ العالَمِ إِنَّ البَهآءَ يَحْتَرِقُ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ بِنارِ مَحَبَّتِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لَوْ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَيَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بِسَمْعِ الفِطْرَةِ ليَسْمَعُ زَفِيرَ النَّارِ مِنْ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ مِنْ عُرُوقِهِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Look, then, O Thou my God Who settest my soul on fire, upon the tears I shed, and the sighs I utter, and the anguish that afflicteth my heart and the fire that consumeth my being. Thy glory beareth me witness, O Thou, the Light of the world! The fire of Thy love that burneth continually within me hath so inflamed me that whoever among Thy creatures approacheth me, and inclineth his inner ear towards me, cannot fail to hear its raging within each of my veins.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thou my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: I adjure theefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §544: and to this the Almighty is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “who”, “thou” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §175: the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: utter perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: itstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: into the firegleaningsGWB §593: the fire of hell
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Our soulsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: soulsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soul
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
SE rendered كَبِدِيْ (kabidí), عَبَراتِ (ʿabarát), عَيْنَيَّ (ʿaynayy), وَزَفَراتِ (wazafarát), قَلْبِي (qalbí), وَاحْتِراقِ (wáḥtiráq) as “my heart, the tears, the sighs, that consumeth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: appointgleaningsGWB §622: with his inner eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: with a sore lamentationgleaningsGWB §30: tearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: and lamentationswill-and-testamentW&T §34: sighs and lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: My sighs
SE rendered عَبَراتِ (ʿabarát), عَيْنَيَّ (ʿaynayy), وَزَفَراتِ (wazafarát), قَلْبِي (qalbí), وَاحْتِراقِ (wáḥtiráq), كَبِدِيْ (kabidí) as “the tears, the sighs, that consumeth, my being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your heartsgleaningsGWB §486: whollykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: in Our bleeding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: all their heartstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: hearts
This form usually rendered as “burning”, “melting”, “fire” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §576: being consumedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: consumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: may consumetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: consumedgleaningsGWB §456: to be consumed with grief
SE rendered وَاحْتِراقِ (wáḥtiráq), كَبِدِيْ (kabidí), وَاشْتِعالِ (wáshtiʿál), جَوارِحِي، (jawáriḥí،), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik) as “that consumeth, my being, Thy glory beareth me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flamefire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §668: afirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the fiercer groweth the blazeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: which Thou hast enkindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: burneth
SE rendered كَبِدِيْ (kabidí), وَاشْتِعالِ (wáshtiʿál), جَوارِحِي، (jawáriḥí،), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik), بَهآءَ (baháʾ) as “my being, Thy glory beareth me witness, Thou, the Light”
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: within my limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespasses
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth me witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: More precious is it thangleaningsGWB §279: your pomp and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: We swear by Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy power
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “bahá”, “splendor” (18 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou, the Light”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §591: the Spirit of Bahákitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: most resplendentthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §273: My glory
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: apparentfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §151: a leader among the learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: world of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered البَهآءَ (al-baháʾ), يَحْتَرِقُ (yaḥtariq), حِينٍ (ḥínin), بِنارِ (binár), مَحَبَّتِكَ (maḥabbatik) as “The fire, burneth continually, Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §552: hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: timesgleaningsGWB §74: From the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: one moment
love 50% beloved 16% loved 14% well-beloved 6% best-beloved 4% dear 3% thou 2% who 2% all 1% lover 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grainfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: of them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: regardingfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §187: sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: and the manifold revelationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
befit 50% approacheth 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: draweth nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §700: them that shall be brought nigh unto Uskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: them that are nigh unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “man” (144 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: nonegleaningsGWB §469: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thy transcendent singlenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §116: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: of a goodly characterfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §290: called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the first creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy creatures—Itablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: of Makers
وَيَتَوَجَّهُ
literal: face; attention; turning
This form usually rendered as “would”, “set”, “lift” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “inclineth his inner ear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Wert thou to inclinefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §370: stainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: direct his facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE expanded to “hear its raging”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §506: that ye might hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: caughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE rendered وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah), إِلَيْهِ (ʾilayh), بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ), الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah), ليَسْمَعُ (lyasmaʿ), زَفِيرَ (zafír) as “inclineth his inner ear, towards me, hear its raging”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the CreatorgleaningsGWB §300: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the Creatorthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: through the power of the true FaithgleaningsGWB §292: Mouthpiecekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: veinfire-tabletFire §50: veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every pulsating vein within metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: Arabianwill-and-testamentW&T §18: lineagefire-tabletFire §50: their veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: myprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my veins
