Prayers and Meditations — §766
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 766 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِجَمالِكَ المُشْرِقِ مِنْ أُفُقِ البَقآءِ الَّذِيْ إِذا ظَهَرَ سَجَدَ لَهُ مَلَكُوتُ الجَمالِ وَكَبَّرَ عَنْ وَرائِهِ بِأَعْلى النِّدآءِ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي فانِيًا عَمَّا عِنْدِي وَباقِيًا بِما عِنْدَكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy Beauty that shineth forth above the horizon of eternity, a Beauty before which, as soon as it revealeth itself, the kingdom of beauty boweth down in worship, magnifying it in ringing tones, to grant that I may die to all that I possess and live to whatsoever belongeth unto Thee. 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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: (bloodmoney)gleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hem
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §99: our lastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of this worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §573: “life to come,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: finallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: next
This form usually rendered as “world”, “life”, “fitting” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §279: those gone before youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: formerthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familygleaningsGWB §629: this present world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
SE rendered الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولی، (wálʾúlí،), أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm), إِنِّي (ʾinní), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِجَمالِكَ (bijamálik), المُشْرِقِ (al-mushriq) as “world, to come, I beseech Thee, by Thy Beauty, shineth forth above”
SE rendered وَالأُولی، (wálʾúlí،), أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm), إِنِّي (ʾinní), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِجَمالِكَ (bijamálik), المُشْرِقِ (al-mushriq) as “to come, I beseech Thee, by Thy Beauty, shineth forth above”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §179: entreatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseech
SE expanded to “by Thy Beauty”
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: seemlygleaningsGWB §125: My beauteous Namekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: Beauteoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: of beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shineth forth above”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen and shinethfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §401: is diffusedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shone forth aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: and shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My effulgence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §280: Our realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hast subduedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizongleaningsGWB §63: of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the all-glorious Horizon
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Eternalfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §630: will immortalizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: must enduretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: imperishableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath persisted
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
SE expanded to “boweth down in worship”
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: come to passfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §203: gone forthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: didst successively revealtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE rendered البَقآءِ (al-baqáʾ), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), سَجَدَ (sajad), مَلَكُوتُ (malakút), الجَمالِ (al-jamál) as “eternity, boweth down in worship, kingdom, beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: bow down beforegleaningsGWB §70: prostratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: instantly prostratedthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye bow the kneeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: The MosquegleaningsGWB §272: bowed downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: Czar of RussiagleaningsGWB §273: angel!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: the heavenly kingdomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
This form usually rendered as “arrogance”, “conceit”, “pride” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: supremegleaningsGWB §159: most perfectkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
SE rendered الجَمالِ (al-jamál), وَكَبَّرَ (wakabbar), وَرائِهِ (waráʾih), بِأَعْلى (biʾaʿlى), النِّدآءِ (an-nidáʾ) as “beauty, magnifying it in, ringing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: behind their backsgleaningsGWB §385: beyond itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy backgleaningsGWB §242: themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backsgleaningsGWB §635: thy backepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behindepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §632: cryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: Thou didst calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call
This form usually rendered as “number”, “suffer”, “set” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an actfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §656: Aid mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: they carriedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
transient 15% die 15% mortal 15% nothingness 8% surrender 8% perisheth 8% every 8% covetous 8% transitory 8% vanities 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §119: extinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: deadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: and totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: mortalityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: yours perishethgleaningsGWB §362: transient things
This form usually rendered as “sight”, “into”, “grace” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: whengleaningsGWB §279: the earthly thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: through the appearancethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the governmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thou possessestgleaningsGWB §474: in God
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou seest mefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: that thou mayest beholdgleaningsGWB §77: We see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: cleave tenaciously untogleaningsGWB §719: Hold ye fastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: muskprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: cleavingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: cleavegleaningsGWB §561: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §222: in Our namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: I implore Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: liberategleaningsGWB §407: purge themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §35: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: sanctified be HisgleaningsGWB §6: the Holy of Holies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: shedfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §308: its lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: fiery ordealtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is itfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §534: preciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the Most Preciousthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted and
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: sublimegleaningsGWB §66: “The glory of all greatnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §60: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: moldering bonethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatestgleaningsGWB §404: transcendeth
