Prayers and Meditations — §737
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 737 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
SE rendered ْصِيها (ṣíhá), عِلْمُكَ (ʿilmuk), مالِكَ (málik) as “then, the King”
This form usually rendered as “see” (3 occurrences)
literal: turn away; turning away; objection
This form usually rendered as “denials”, “belief”, “opposition” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they have broken off”
SE expanded to “of Thine Essence”
SE expanded to “One Who is the Fountainhead”
This form usually rendered as “who”, “carried”, “taken” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered أَخَذَتْهُمُ (ʾakhadhathum), العِزَّةُ (al-ʿizzah), بِالإِثْمِ (biálʾithm), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), أَنْكَرُوا (ʾankarúá) as “down with, thirst for fame, that they, rejected”
literal: manifestation; emergences; appearance
This form usually rendered as “testimonies” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “all” (188 occurrences)
literal: pavilion; pavilion, tent; pavilion/tabernacle
SE expanded to “of Thy chosen Ones”
SE rendered أَصْفِيآئِكَ (ʾaṣfíáʾik), وَقُلُوبُ (waqulúb), أَوْليائِكَ (ʾawlíáʾik), وَأَخَذَتْهُمُ (waʾakhadhathum), الغَفْلَةُ (al-ghaflah) as “of Thy chosen Ones, the hearts, have erred, so grievously”
This form usually rendered as “waywardness”, “wayward”, “forgetfulness” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy most resplendent signs”
SE rendered شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), نَبَذُوا (nabadhúá), آياتِكَ (áyátik), الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), وَأَخَذُوا (waʾakhadhúá), أَوْهامَهُمْ (ʾawhámahum) as “that they, cast away, Thy most resplendent signs, clung to, their idle fancies”
SE expanded to “their idle fancies”
SE expanded to “of the Throne”
SE expanded to “of earth below”
SE rendered وَالثَّری، (wálththarí،), وَأَنْتَ (waʾant), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb), فُؤآدِي (fuʾádí) as “of earth below, Thou, Beloved, of the world”
SE rendered وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb), فُؤآدِي (fuʾádí), زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant) as “Beloved, of the world”
SE rendered وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb), فُؤآدِي (fuʾádí), زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant), بِذِكْرِ (bidhikr) as “Beloved, of the world”
SE rendered نَفْسُكَ (nafsuk), وَسَمَّيْتَهُ (wasammaytah) as “Name”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “conferred”, “himself” (7 occurrences)
SE rendered وَسَمَّيْتَهُ (wasammaytah), بِيَوْمِ (bíawm), اللَّهِ (al-lah), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يُرى (yurى) as “Name, seest”
SE rendered الأَحْلی، (al-ʾaḥlí،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar) as “Revelation”
SE rendered فَلَمَّا (falammá), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar) as “Revelation”
SE rendered ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), أَخَذَتِ (ʾakhadhat), الزَّلازِلُ (az-zalázil) as “Revelation”
SE rendered ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), أَخَذَتِ (ʾakhadhat), الزَّلازِلُ (az-zalázil), أَرْكانَ (ʾarkán) as “Revelation”