Prayers and Meditations — §780
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 780 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِاَنَّكَ لا تَزالُ ما نَزَّلْتَ عَلَى عِبادِكَ إِلاَّ ما يُصْعِدُهُمْ إِلى سَماءِ قُرْبِكَ وَمَقَرِّ عِزِّ تَوْحِيدِكَ، وَوَضَعْتَ الْحُدُوْدَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَجَعَلْتَها مَطْلَعَ عَدْلِكَ وَمَظْهَرَ فَضْلِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَحِصْنَ حِمايَتِكَ بَيْنَ بَريَّتِكَ لِئَلا يَظْلِمَ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا فِي أَرْضِكَ، طُوْبى لِمَنْ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوى وَاتَّبَعَ ما رُقِمَ مِنْ قَلَمِكَ الأَعْلى حُبًّا لِجَمالِكَ وَطَلَبًا لِرِضائِكَ إِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ فازَ بِكُلِّ الْخَيْرِ وَاتَّبَعَ الْهُدی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify, O my God, that Thou hast, from eternity, sent down upon Thy servants naught else except that which can cause them to soar up and be drawn near unto Thee, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy transcendent oneness. Thou hast established Thy bounds among them, and ordained them to stand among Thy creatures as evidences of Thy justice and as signs of Thy mercy, and to be the stronghold of Thy protection amongst Thy people, that no man may in Thy realm transgress against his neighbor. How great is the blessedness of him who, for love of Thy beauty and for the sake of Thy pleasure, hath curbed the desires of a corrupt inclination and observed the precepts laid down by Thy most exalted Pen! He, in truth, is to be numbered with them that have attained unto all good, and followed the way of guidance.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: beholdfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §190: mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Having testifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §417: divinely revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “Thou hast, from eternity”
unto 22% everlasting 17% eternity 17% wilt 13% will 9% ever 9% everlastingly 4% shalt 4% continue 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §385: hath from everlasting beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: everlastingly beenthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: hath everwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: everlastingly continuegleaningsGWB §387: throughout eternity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: negligiblegleaningsGWB §139: that which hath been sent downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: have been made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: Rain down, then,tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Adored Onefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §71: among Our servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: cloisters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee upgleaningsGWB §30: He shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: to attain untotablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §58: Day of Ascensionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raised
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §46: with the ornament of the namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: by Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “nearness”, “presence”, “whose” (36 occurrences)
SE expanded to “drawn near unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: as enjoy near access to Theefire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §485: favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: of the favourites of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: such as are nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: credencegleaningsGWB §237: We assuredly testifykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: assignedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: hidden
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: exalted andgleaningsGWB §640: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: He is truly exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: unitefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §486: a true upholder of His onenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: have recognized Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: abandoninggleaningsGWB §241: castkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: casesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: hast establishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: humblenesswill-and-testamentW&T §39: initiatorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: abandonedgleaningsGWB §75: hath been appointed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: limitsgleaningsGWB §694: commandmentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: temporal limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: any human limitationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: keen
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “over” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “which”, “thou”, “hast” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: hath adornedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §219: He shall cause it to becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: Deprive themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “source” (125 occurrences)
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: Sourcefire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §549: graspedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: those countenancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: with the eye of justicegleaningsGWB §516: Decide justlykitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equitythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: that are justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Be unjust to no mangleaningsGWB §422: compared
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%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: it appearedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §341: whatsoever that Manifestation may be pleased to revealkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: declared themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: to proclaimtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “loving-kindness”, “tender” (118 occurrences)
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: is better thangleaningsGWB §234: His gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouring of bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: of Thy holy favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §449: Who hath created theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy creatures
stronghold 55% fortress-town 10% within 10% tower 7% fortress 7% captivity 3% sanctuary 3% bulwark 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tower of strengthgleaningsGWB §490: a strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married womanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: and to be the strongholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §10: secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: fortressgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strength
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: fanaticismprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of Thy defensewill-and-testamentW&T §3: the safeguardingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: decencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy secret Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §1: preserved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §528: heal or cureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: unto Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: for Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §585: creatures
SE rendered حِمايَتِكَ (ḥimáyatik), بَريَّتِكَ (baríratik), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يَظْلِمَ (yaẓlim), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), أَحَدًا (ʾaḥadan) as “protection, people, that, transgress, man, neighbor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the night-seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
This form usually rendered as “deal”, “transgress” (2 occurrences)
deal 50% transgress 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: act unjustlyfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §467: of the unjustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: abjectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: ungodlythe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: for their crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the victim of oppression
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §311: any mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §485: another’s
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “all”, “land” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §202: worldlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: fieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: and on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earth
This form usually rendered as “blessed”, “happy”, “well” (123 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: HappygleaningsGWB §205: “The blessedness awaiting themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: Great, therefore, is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §639: Great is the blessedness awaiting theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: Great is the blessedness of himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Well is it with
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: fivegleaningsGWB §480: their personskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: their soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: to Thee belongtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §467: in his waykitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: worldly desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and their yearning for Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: idlewill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
This form usually rendered as “follow”, “followed”, “walked” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: by reason of my having followedgleaningsGWB §239: transgresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: bear allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and the successivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wert thou to followgleaningsGWB §638: and keepeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: what had been written downgleaningsGWB §689: in his writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: irrevocably establishedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: written byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: wrotegleaningsGWB §586: bearing the wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: hath distinctly writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §40: are writ and recorded
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pensgleaningsGWB §281: of Whose 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 §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: through Thy most exalted Pen
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §494: O ye the beloved ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: O Well-Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Mewill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Among othersgleaningsGWB §103: countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: And it came to pass thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: We beg of TheegleaningsGWB §115: searchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: goalthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: and soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: desirestgleaningsGWB §641: sought and are still seekingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: object of their endeavour
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: willingfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §172: goodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: pleaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: content with thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: His good-pleasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have attainedgleaningsGWB §159: hath not recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: been deprivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: reachtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been honouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: that attain thereunto
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: all that aregleaningsGWB §328: His creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: one andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: alikethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §33: withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the wholegleaningsGWB §135: each one of these Manifestations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: goodgleaningsGWB §71: the righteouskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §562: the chosen amongwill-and-testamentW&T §17: truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: virtuegleaningsGWB §172: the first choice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidance ofgleaningsGWB §121: heavenly guidancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: inspiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: didst guideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: directeth your stepsgleaningsGWB §389: leadeth him to that which is rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of guidance
