Prayers and Meditations — §731
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 731 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَعِزَّتِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفَاطِرَ السَّمآءِ، كُلُّ ما تَزَيَّنَ بِقَمِيْصِ الأَلْفاظِ إِنَّهُ خُلِقَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَذُوِّتَ بِإِرادَتِكَ وَلا يَنْبَغِيْ لِحَضْرَتِكَ وَلا يَلِيقُ لِجَنابِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by Thy might, O Thou Who art the King of names and the Maker of the heavens! Whatsoever hath been adorned with the robe of words is but Thy creation which hath been generated in Thy realm and begotten through the operation of Thy will, and is wholly unworthy of Thy highness and falleth short of Thine excellence.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glorygleaningsGWB §717: influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: most exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: precious in my estimation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine empiregleaningsGWB §622: into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: into Thine all-sufficienttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: in the eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: the knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: a separate designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: in Thy daystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: would cleave asundergleaningsGWB §300: the creation of mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the Creatorthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the true FaithgleaningsGWB §28: Fashionerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
SE rendered وَفَاطِرَ (wafáṭir), السَّمآءِ، (as-samáʾi،), تَزَيَّنَ (tazayyan), بِقَمِيْصِ (biqamíṣ), الأَلْفاظِ (al-lfáẓ) as “Maker, heavens, robe, words”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: embellishedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §415: adorn yourselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: adornmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: to adornthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseemeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creationfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §122: His creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: didst create metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: beinggleaningsGWB §2: have themselves been generatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: of Thy Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §536: by My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recesses
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: purposegleaningsGWB §361: one aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: pleaseth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: and have soughtthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: pleasethgleaningsGWB §222: have striven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fit forgleaningsGWB §620: would be unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §492: befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Present thyselfgleaningsGWB §347: Hekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: on Thy facethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §8: to the presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Her MajestygleaningsGWB §311: attaineth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: worthygleaningsGWB §486: befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: have been and will ever be forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: unworthygleaningsGWB §395: is worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: would be wholly unworthy
