Prayers and Meditations — §749
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 749 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا مُضْرِمَ النَّارِ فِي صَدْرِ البَهآءِ وَمُظْهِرَ النُّورِ فِي قَلْبِ البَهآءِ أَشْكُرُكَ بِما عَلَّمْتَ عِبادَكَ ذِكْرَكَ وَسُبُلَ مُناجاتِكَ مِنْ لِسانِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَعْلَى وَبَيانِكَ الأَعَزِّ الأَسْنی، لَوْلا إِذْنُكَ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَصِفَكَ بِالعِزِّ وَالكِبريآءِ وَلَوْلا تَعْلِيمُكَ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ سُبُلَ الرِّضاءِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الإِنشآءِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I render Thee thanks, O Thou Who hast lighted Thy fire within my soul, and cast the beams of Thy light into my heart, that Thou hast taught Thy servants how to make mention of Thee, and revealed unto them the ways whereby they can supplicate Thee, through Thy most holy and exalted tongue, and Thy most august and precious speech. But for Thy leave, who is there that could venture to express Thy might and Thy grandeur; and were it not for Thine instruction, who is the man that could discover the ways of Thy pleasure in the kingdom of Thy creation?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “who”, “thou” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: firegleaningsGWB §109: into firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “hell,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: Thy firetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: of firewill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §689: inflammatory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: SourcegleaningsGWB §567: in their heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: issueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: within my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: thy thoughtswill-and-testamentW&T §34: Mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sourcesgleaningsGWB §610: men’s breasts
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of BahágleaningsGWB §207: the glory of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §280: tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: BahágleaningsGWB §207: glory of
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (112 occurrences)
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the beams of Thy”
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
SE expanded to “into my heart”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: troublousgleaningsGWB §228: in travailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: and be drawntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: of Mine heart
SE expanded to “I render Thee thanks”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: thanksfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §334: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: thanks.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: glorifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankful
SE expanded to “Thou hast taught”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: ascertainedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §98: the peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: that nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §234: unto His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: pious worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: unto Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardian
ذِكْرَكَ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “make mention of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: thatgleaningsGWB §351: tales and traditionskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: to recounttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §598: Causekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: these two waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and in Thy path.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in Thy path
This form usually rendered as “whereby” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وَسُبُلَ (wasubul), مُناجاتِكَ (munájátik), لِسانِكَ (lisánik), الأَقْدَسِ (al-ʾaqdas), الأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá) as “the ways, can supplicate Thee, tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: tonguegleaningsGWB §40: the words uttered bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: by the tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §506: from His own mouth
SE rendered مُناجاتِكَ (munájátik), لِسانِكَ (lisánik), الأَقْدَسِ (al-ʾaqdas), الأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá) as “can supplicate Thee, tongue”
most 61% aqdas 10% holy 10% sanctified 3% sacred 3% glory 3% presence 3% sanctity 3% ever-blessed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §115: immeasurably abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: sanctified themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: blessed
SE rendered الأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), وَبَيانِكَ (wabayánik), الأَعَزِّ (al-ʾaʿazz), الأَسْنی، (as-sní،), لَوْلا (lawlá) as “tongue, But for”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Set forth the truthfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §520: and Ourkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: with sure testimoniesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: at the hands oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: see
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (193 occurrences)
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: magnified begleaningsGWB §135: peerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: through the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
SE rendered الأَسْنی، (as-sní،), لَوْلا (lawlá), إِذْنُكَ (ʾidhnuk), يَقْدِرُ (yaqdir) as “But for, Thy leave, is there that could”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: yeargleaningsGWB §549: however longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: of yearstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: enlightenmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: yearsgleaningsGWB §159: sublimeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §46: loftiest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a hearing eargleaningsGWB §486: by the leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: by the permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: unless I be permitted by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: hearinggleaningsGWB §490: the burden of their recital
This form usually rendered as “can”, “hath”, “have” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is there that could”
attributes 66% description 9% describe 7% attribute 6% describing 2% most 2% express 2% described 2% characterized 2% highest 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §627: and of Thine attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: reputedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: being praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §387: the descriptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: traits and limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: extolling Thy virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: repeatinggleaningsGWB §390: magnified bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: wax disdainfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: Proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §32: unsurpassed
This form usually rendered as “can”, “recognize”, “know” (31 occurrences)
can 24% recognize 19% know 14% known 10% comprehend 10% recognizeth 5% maketh 5% discover 5% perceive 5% apprehendeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: acknowledging thegleaningsGWB §118: can unravel the secretkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: all the learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: all them that have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: that ye may be made aware of
SE expanded to “of Thy pleasure”
good-pleasure 50% pleasure 50%
gleaningsGWB §66: everlasting Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: acquiescence to His willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: unto the Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the celestial paradisegleaningsGWB §287: the good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: resignationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: in Thine all highest Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: OF MY PARADISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the landgleaningsGWB §64: all they that dwell on earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: “Earth
الإِنشآءِ،
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
SE expanded to “of Thy creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of creationgleaningsGWB §617: creation,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: as fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: the kingdom of creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: belowwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thingsgleaningsGWB §2: by Thee and are but the evidences of Thine handiwork
