Prayers and Meditations — §751

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 751 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

فِي كِتابِكَ العَظِيمِ وَقُلْتَ يا مَلأَ البَيانِ اتَّقُوا الرَّحْمنَ وَلا تَكْفُرُوا بِالَّذِيْ جَعَلْتُ البَيانَ وَرَقَةً مِنْ أَوْراقِ جَنَّتِهِ، وَإِنَّهُ كانَ هَدِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِيْ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ فازَ بِالقَبُولِ إِنَّهُ لَهُو الفَضَّالُ وَإِنْ طُرِدَ وَما فازَ إِنَّهُ لَهُو الحاكِمُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou art the One, O my God and my Ruler, Who hast sent down Thy Book that Thou mayest manifest my Cause, and glorify my Word. Through it Thou didst enter into a Covenant, concerning me, with all that hath been created in Thy realm. Thou seest, O Beloved of the world, how the rebellious among Thy creatures have made of that Covenant a bulwark for themselves, and through it have withdrawn from Thy Beauty, and repudiated Thy signs.

Translation Notes

كِتابِكَ

kitábik k-t-b → “thy book”

literal: book; books; write

book 92% statutes 4% written 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with a Book gleaningsGWB §234: in the Books kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writ kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: they prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: and hath graven the-hidden-wordsHW §68: have written will-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documents epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We

العَظِيمِ

al-ʿaẓím ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered كِتابِكَ (kitábik), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), وَقُلْتَ (waqult), مَلأَ (malʾ), البَيانِ (al-bayán) as “Thy Book, among”

great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: Mighty gleaningsGWB §108: limitless bounty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: truth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: O my God the-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-glorious will-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and most epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: the greatness gleaningsGWB §375: the All-Powerful

وَقُلْتَ

waqult q-w-l

literal: say; said; saying

SE rendered كِتابِكَ (kitábik), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), وَقُلْتَ (waqult), مَلأَ (malʾ), البَيانِ (al-bayán) as “Thy Book, among”

“i 10% didst 10% proclaim 10% acclaim 10% say 10% said 10% made 10% answered 10% asked 10% hast 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: exclaim gleaningsGWB §286: behold kitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: with His words—exalted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him say tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verily tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimed the-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance

مَلأَ

malʾ m-l-ʾ

literal: assembly/people; concourse

SE rendered كِتابِكَ (kitábik), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), وَقُلْتَ (waqult), مَلأَ (malʾ), البَيانِ (al-bayán) as “Thy Book, among”

concourse 37% people 25% ye 12% celestial 6% inmates 4% believers 4% followers 4% chiefs 4% ones 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoples gleaningsGWB §452: ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Concourse gleaningsGWB §198: people kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs

البَيانِ

al-bayán b-y-n → “among” Distinctive

literal: utterance

This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “bayán”, “eloquence” (65 occurrences)

utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Bayán fire-tabletFire §38: Expounder gleaningsGWB §27: most exalted theme kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: resplendent glory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: to lay bare the-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §12: glorious

اتَّقُوا

ittaqúá w-q-y

literal: fear; to fear

SE rendered مَلأَ (malʾ), البَيانِ (al-bayán), اتَّقُوا (ittaqúá), الرَّحْمنَ (ar-raḥmn), تَكْفُرُوا (takfurúá) as “among, repudiated”

fear 73% let 13% lay 7% “fear 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: fear fire-tabletFire §21: of purity gleaningsGWB §699: virtue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: dissimulation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, then the-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit will-and-testamentW&T §1: protected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Fear ye God

الرَّحْمنَ

ar-raḥmn r-ḥ-m

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

SE rendered مَلأَ (malʾ), البَيانِ (al-bayán), اتَّقُوا (ittaqúá), الرَّحْمنَ (ar-raḥmn), تَكْفُرُوا (takfurúá), بِالَّذِيْ (biálladhí) as “among, repudiated, Who”

merciful 40% mercy 20% compassionate 20% all-merciful 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: late Excellency fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §519: Have mercy kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Breath prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: within the precincts tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace

تَكْفُرُوا

takfurúá k-f-r → “repudiated”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever

ye 20% repudiate 20% reject 20% repudiated 20% deny 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: disbelieved gleaningsGWB §614: have rejected kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: and the perverse tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: deny will-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny not gleaningsGWB §44: infidel

بِالَّذِيْ

biálladhí ʾ-l-l → “who” Distinctive

literal: who; which/that; which

This form usually rendered as “which”, “through”, “one” (11 occurrences)

which 38% through 25% one 13% whom 13% who 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: as gleaningsGWB §84: those men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: those prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: through which epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: him whom gleaningsGWB §66: He kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: with that of which prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: He through Whom

جَعَلْتُ

jaʿalt j-ʿ-l → “made”

literal: made

thou 36% hast 24% made 9% ordained 7% hath 7% ordain 4% didst 4% have 4% keep 2% appointed 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: it fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §386: been fashioned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: pretentious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: enabled the-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecrate

وَرَقَةً

waraqahan w-r-q

literal: leaf; leaves

SE rendered بِالَّذِيْ (biálladhí), جَعَلْتُ (jaʿalt), البَيانَ (al-bayán), وَرَقَةً (waraqahan), أَوْراقِ (ʾawráq), جَنَّتِهِ، (jannatihi،) as “Who, made, Beloved”