Prayers and Meditations — §720
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 720 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ْلِكَ عَلَى وُجُوهِ خَلْقِكَ بَعْدَ إِذْ فَتَحْتَهُ بِعِزِّكَ وَسُلْطانِكَ، وَهَلْ تُسَكِّرُ أَبْصارَ بَرِيَّتِكَ بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَهُمْ إِلى مَشْرِقِ جَمالِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِك؟ لا وَعِزَّتِكَ لَيْسَ هذا ظَنِّيْ وَظَنَّ المُقَرَّبِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَالمُخْلِصِينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ تَعْلَمُ وَتَرَى وَتَسْمَعُ بِأَنَّ عِنْدَ كُلِّ شَجَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Wilt Thou keep back from Thee the stranger whom Thou didst call unto his most exalted Home beneath the shadow of the wings of Thy mercy, or cast away the wretched creature that hath hastened to attain the shores of the ocean of Thy wealth? Wilt Thou shut up the door of Thy grace to the face of Thy creatures after having opened it through the power of Thy might and of Thy sovereignty, or close the eyes of Thy people when Thou hast already commanded them to turn unto the Dayspring of Thy Beauty and the Dawning-Place of the splendors of Thy countenance?
Translation Notes
SE rendered ْلِكَ (lik), وُجُوهِ (wujúh), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik) as “turn, creatures”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “faces”, “face”, “all” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: in such wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §637: fasten your eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: cleave totablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creaturefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §97: heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: creation—will have been closedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: the eyes of Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Creator
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: is unlockedfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §563: wide openkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: open themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: conquerorgleaningsGWB §564: subdue and conquerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: prayed for victory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hardfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §640: greater honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: KinggleaningsGWB §531: an all-compelling sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the divine Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereignty
This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)
inebriated 24% drunkenness 24% drunken 18% state 6% agonies 6% drunk 6% inebriating 6% all 6% burneth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: state of strange stuporfire-tabletFire §21: drunkennessgleaningsGWB §65: inebriating effectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: inebriatedfire-tabletFire §19: agonies of deathgleaningsGWB §77: in their drunkennessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: burneth continually
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: and the sick made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creation
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “thou”, “commanded” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: directeth your stepsgleaningsGWB §472: showeth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: been guidedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: the way of guidancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: heavenly guidancewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Guidance—forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: guidancegleaningsGWB §485: approach
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: in the night seasonfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §696: appear like the sunkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: the shiningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: AmonggleaningsGWB §694: beauty.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: By Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
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 §157: been informedfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §619: that thou mayestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: wafting from the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: shiningfire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §117: effulgent lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: light.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: and enlightentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
SE rendered وَجْهِك؟ (wajhik؟), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik), لَيْسَ (lays) as “countenance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: To none is givengleaningsGWB §184: I sorrow notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: can uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: isgleaningsGWB §225: can bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: I am not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: deemedfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §626: your idle fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: we deemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: my belieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thinkest
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 §129: onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §220: they havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: they who serve Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essencefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §159: deliverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: lamentationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it free
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §123: Sovereign Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: of the worldsfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §174: world.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: is obviousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: of all Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §78: they beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: may see Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: gazedgleaningsGWB §273: any eye to gaze
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: thine inner earfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §298: perceive itkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: catch thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
1 occurrence in corpus
