Prayers and Meditations — §728
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 728 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ هذا يَومٌ قَدْ جَعَلْتَ نُورَهُ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الشَّمْسِ وَإِشْراقِها، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ تَنَوَّرَ مِنْ نُوْرِ وَجْهِكَ وَإِشْراقِ أَنْوارِ صُبْحِ ظُهُورِكَ، وَهذا يَوْمٌ فِيهِ تَرَدَّى كُلُّ مَأْيُوسٍ بِرِدآءِ الرَّجآءِ وَتَزَيَّنَ كُلُّ عَلِيلٍ بِقَمِيصِ الشِّفاءِ وَتَقَرَّبَ كُلُّ فَقِيرٍ إِلى بَحْرِ الغَنآءِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Day, O my Lord, whose brightness Thou hast exalted above the brightness of the sun and the splendors thereof. I testify that the light it sheddeth proceedeth out of the glory of the light of Thy countenance, and is begotten by the radiance of the morn of Thy Revelation. This is the Day whereon the hopeless have been clothed with the raiment of confidence, and the sick attired with the robe of healing, and the poor drawn nigh unto the ocean of Thy riches.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §319: Educatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: Thytablet-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 §168: Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: In the daygleaningsGWB §74: the present daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: their lives longtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: Every day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: hath made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §664: withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the foulest beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: numbertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Lightfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §235: resplendent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the splendors oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE rendered جَعَلْتَ (jaʿalt), نُورَهُ (núrah), مُقَدَّسًا (muqaddasan), الشَّمْسِ (ash-shams), وَإِشْراقِها، (waʾishráqihá،) as “exalted, brightness, the brightness, and the splendors thereof”
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have sanctified themselvesgleaningsGWB §91: is immensely exalted beyondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: purewill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the Holy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Day-StargleaningsGWB §670: the Daystar of Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Orbprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: sunlightgleaningsGWB §121: Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: this sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: the brightness of the sun
SE expanded to “and the splendors thereof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §599: are the rayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: dawningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: to set his face in the direction offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §506: ye refused to turn your faces towards Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: that I may so fix my gaze upon Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: until the morningfire-tabletFire §22: LightgleaningsGWB §680: through the morning-lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: every lampthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lampfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning
This form usually rendered as “clothed” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “mantle”, “robe”, “garment” (13 occurrences)
hope 41% desire 14% longing 9% ardent 9% may 5% suppliant 5% beholdest 5% aspiration 5% one 5% confidence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §631: suppliantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: the ardent desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
This form usually rendered as “adorned”, “adorn”, “deck” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseemethfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §415: adorn yourselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: Seize the timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thou didst adornthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: have We adorned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a balmgleaningsGWB §438: the remedykitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: sought deliverance from his illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are restoredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: all-sufficingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: healingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §621: the Healerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy healing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: are nigh untofire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §684: closer tokitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: of the favourites of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: would draw them nearertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: certaingleaningsGWB §104: destitutionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: mine own povertythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: sanctify thyself from richesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: subjectgleaningsGWB §268: as poor and needykitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: one of these instances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §233: through the outpouringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: of the waterswill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a seagleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
This form usually rendered as “wealth”, “lord”, “lived” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy riches”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sunggleaningsGWB §408: with the richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: richerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: chantethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
