Prayers and Meditations — §763
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 763 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِشَعَراتِكَ الَّتِيْ تَتَحَرَّكَ عَلَى صَفَحاتِ الوَجْهِ كما يَتَحَرَّكَ عَلَى صَفَحاتِ الأَلْواحِ قَلَمُكَ الأَعْلى وَبِها تَضَوَّعَتْ رائِحَةُ مِسْكَ المَعَانِي فِي مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ أَنْ تُقيمَنِي عَلَى خِدْمَةِ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يَعْقُبُهُ القُعُودُ وَلا تَمْنَعُهُ إِشاراتُ الَّذِينَ جادَلُوا بِآياتِكَ وَأَعْرَضُوا عَنْ وَجْهِكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy hair which moveth across Thy face, even as Thy most exalted pen moveth across the pages of Thy Tablets, shedding the musk of hidden meanings over the kingdom of Thy creation, so to raise me up to serve Thy Cause that I shall not fall back, nor be hindered by the suggestions of them who have caviled at Thy signs and turned away from Thy face. Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name, the Most Holy, the Most Luminous, the Most Mighty, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious, and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: to Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §179: Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §323: for any man to question his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: we implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I beseech TheegleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: We entreat Thee
hair 19% understand 12% consciousness 12% indicative 12% expressive 8% poet 8% revealed 8% perceive 8% failed 8% observe 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicatinggleaningsGWB §456: failed to realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: shake off the slumber of negligence and realizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hair of my headwill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hairgleaningsGWB §618: remain unawarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: indicate the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: movingfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §619: be still movingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: Through the restlessness He evincedthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §43: alertepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: through the motion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: with snow-white facesfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §323: My countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: for Thy saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My TabletsgleaningsGWB §424: the holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: the symbolicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: scrolltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: one of Our TabletsgleaningsGWB §21: hath been lifted up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy most august Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §281: of Whose Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: any pen
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: that samefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §151: He that is exalted among youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: shall be proclaimed.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: glorify Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: have diffusedgleaningsGWB §210: caused thee to diffuseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: sheddethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be shed abroadgleaningsGWB §367: degradethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: were diffusedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: diffusegleaningsGWB §232: hath been shed
This form usually rendered as “fragrance”, “sweet”, “breath” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: cleavegleaningsGWB §418: a faithful adherencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: those that have clung toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: this wretched creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: cleave tenaciously untogleaningsGWB §125: cleave tenaciously tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: have held fast
meaning 21% inner 19% divine 13% mystic 11% understanding 9% mysteries 6% truth 6% spirit 6% ma’ani 4% revelation 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: Spiritualfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §125: Divinekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: of Thy gracious providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: divine mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the kingdomsgleaningsGWB §64: and in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: belong unto ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: land
الإِنْشآءِ
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thingsgleaningsGWB §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 §155: of creationgleaningsGWB §49: the entire creation
station 28% people 24% arise 12% self-subsisting 12% such 5% connection 4% straight 4% qá’im 4% have 4% steadfast 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Him Who is the Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §643: unto menkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: every timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: may speed outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: servinggleaningsGWB §711: thy dutykitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: associated withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: him adequate servicewill-and-testamentW&T §48: might serveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: of My servantsgleaningsGWB §419: of serving his best interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: before
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
This form usually rendered as “such”, “station”, “state” (112 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that I shall”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chancesfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §496: to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: manifold revelations ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinction
This form usually rendered as “fall”, “while” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a \‘seatgleaningsGWB §453: on your seats of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: artprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: upon the seatswill-and-testamentW&T §38: after the mannerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: remainethgleaningsGWB §292: seatskitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: rituals
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: ye have been forbiddengleaningsGWB §506: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: from the Most Highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbidden
This form usually rendered as “allusions”, “evil”, “whisperings” (35 occurrences)
allusions 38% evil 19% whisperings 8% hints 8% suggestions 8% blind 4% vain 4% fanciful 4% implications 4% obscure 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: can allude unto Himfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §19: can adequately describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: obscure intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: the whisperingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §19: any reference to Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: controversiesgleaningsGWB §711: dispute with theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: contendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: hath disputedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: disputethwill-and-testamentW&T §17: disputeth with himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: gainsaidgleaningsGWB §16: contention
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §376: signs of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: withdrawn fromgleaningsGWB §215: that turneth away from theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the infidelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: have turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have turned aside from Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: mirrorfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §78: they beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: unconstrainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seen
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: infire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: My attributekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: by Thy treasured Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
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 §223: holinessgleaningsGWB §182: is such as nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: of eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: removed far abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: sanctified be His
This form usually rendered as “most”, “transcendent”, “effulgent” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: with a lightfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §152: wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: of Thy lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
This form usually rendered as “most”, “more”, “how” (24 occurrences)
most 58% more 8% how 8% precious 4% inestimable 4% high-minded 4% priceless 4% dignitaries 4% all-powerful 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: mightygleaningsGWB §43: bow the kneekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: in my bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: most great
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §411: take firm hold onkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: set our hearts onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Behold me cleaving fast towill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: seizedgleaningsGWB §645: holdeth fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §645: the hem of Our Robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemthe-hidden-wordsHW §77: holdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the hem of His robegleaningsGWB §647: to the hem of the Robe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §669: from the beginningkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: the interpretation thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O Source of my beingthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
