Prayers and Meditations — §765
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 765 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْئَلُكَ بِخِباءِ مَجْدِكَ عَلَى أَعْلَى الجِبالِ وَفُسْطاطِ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى أَعْلَى الأَتْلالِ أَنْ تُؤَيِّدَنِي عَلَى ما أَرادَ بِهِ إِرادَتُكَ وَظَهَرَ مِنْ مَشِيَّتِكَ، 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 the Tabernacle of Thy majesty upon the loftiest summits, and the Canopy of Thy Revelation on the highest hills, to graciously aid me to do what Thy will hath desired and Thy purpose hath manifested. 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”
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I imploregleaningsGWB §168: askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the questionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I beg
SE expanded to “by the Tabernacle”
SE expanded to “of Thy majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: My glorygleaningsGWB §665: and glorifying your actionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: great glory.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: Thy majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: lauded be Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: of Thy majesty
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
SE expanded to “upon the loftiest summits”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mountainfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §73: of the mountainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: mountainsgleaningsGWB §718: rocklikeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the mountain
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: authorityfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §658: biddeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: of all thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “to graciously aid me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: to graciously assistgleaningsGWB §101: We strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: only can yieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §302: that Thou wilt graciously assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: nor enterwill-and-testamentW&T §8: may the Lord aidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: handsgleaningsGWB §629: and aid them
SE rendered تُؤَيِّدَنِي (tuʾayyidaní), أَرادَ (ʾarád), إِرادَتُكَ (ʾirádatuk), وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar) as “to graciously aid me, and Thy purpose hath manifested”
SE rendered إِرادَتُكَ (ʾirádatuk), وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar) as “and Thy purpose hath manifested”
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 §61: seek togleaningsGWB §67: hast soughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: is meantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: Thou didst desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §106: wouldst thou gazewill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: WillgleaningsGWB §188: If it be your wish
SE expanded to “and Thy purpose hath manifested”
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
SE rendered وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), مَشِيَّتِكَ، (mashíhatika،), تَرَانِي (tarání), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “and Thy purpose hath manifested, Thou seest me, O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: who wishethgleaningsGWB §2: of Thy Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thou hast desiredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §187: recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: had been reckonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: have I perceived
SE expanded to “holding to Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: adoptgleaningsGWB §125: adheredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: cling untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: wretched soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §561: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: We cleave
SE expanded to “holding to Thy Name”
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 §292: in the exalted person ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: in Thy heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE expanded to “the Most Holy”
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 §216: AqdasgleaningsGWB §707: One immeasurably exalted abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: sanctified themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy puritytablet-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 §59: sanctity
SE expanded to “the Most Luminous”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: this Lightfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §49: All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: and by the splendorstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleamingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE expanded to “the Most Mighty”
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 §118: glorygleaningsGWB §387: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thou hast exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
SE expanded to “the Most Great”
SE expanded to “the Most Glorious”
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the Glory of God (Bahá)fire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §192: of Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: the Self-Exaltingthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: honoredgleaningsGWB §288: of everlasting might
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
SE expanded to “and clinging to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §411: take firm hold onkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: upheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §764: clingingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: clinging togleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observe
SE expanded to “hem of the robe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: the hem of the robethe-hidden-wordsHW §77: holdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: This Hem of His RobegleaningsGWB §645: the hem of Our Robe
SE expanded to “in this world and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §280: yet anotherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: world to comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: through His Lastnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the endgleaningsGWB §285: till the end
SE expanded to “in the world to come”
