Prayers and Meditations — §804
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 804 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ بِجَمالِكَ ظَهَرَ جَمالُ الْمَعْبُودِ وَبِوَجْهِكَ لَاحَ وَجْهُ الْمَقْصُودِ وَبِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فُصِّلَ بَيْنَ الْمُمْكِناتِ وَصَعَدَ الْمُخْلِصُونَ إِلَى الذُّرْوَةِ الْعُلْيا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ إِلَى الدَّرَكاتِ السُّفْلى،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I bear witness, moreover, that through Thy beauty the beauty of the Adored One hath been unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the Desired One hath shone forth, and that through a word from Thee Thou hast decided between all created things, causing them who are devoted to Thee to ascend unto the summit of glory, and the infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: of His deathfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §685: findeth itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: clear and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE expanded to “through Thy beauty”
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 §100: My BeautygleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: And it came to pass thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the beauty of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: seemingfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §203: had enveloped theekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: the middle of the same dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: Them Who are the Manifestations of these names and attributestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
SE expanded to “of the Adored One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardianfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §192: mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: people fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: such servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: ‘Abdi’llah
SE expanded to “through Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: in such wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §610: Whose countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: against themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My TabletgleaningsGWB §39: the allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: allusionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: hath shone forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §347: shed
SE expanded to “of the Desired One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: Mine aimgleaningsGWB §672: Haste forth untokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: the purpose underlyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: cherishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §25: By this House is meantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: That which is meant
SE expanded to “through a word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: have spokenfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §167: was unloosed to voicekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: unfoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: all wordstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the things thou dost possessgleaningsGWB §250: all the things ye possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: possessedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in the midstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the things they possess
This form usually rendered as “separation”, “thou”, “sundered” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: a decisiongleaningsGWB §548: a seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: Thou didst separatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §41: many other thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creationfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §71: of the worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: of this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §75: realm of the infinitewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee upgleaningsGWB §171: to advanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and from ascendingtablet-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 §48: his ascent
SE rendered الْمُمْكِناتِ (al-mumkinát), وَصَعَدَ (waṣaʿad), الْمُخْلِصُونَ (al-mukhliṣún), الذُّرْوَةِ (adh-dhurwah), الْعُلْيا (al-ʿulyá) as “all created things, ascend, summit, glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: them who are devoted to Godfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §680: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: all them who are devoted to Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essence
This form usually rendered as “most”, “exalted”, “inaccessible” (137 occurrences)
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 §37: the crownfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §424: hasten ye untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: and by the exaltation oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: O thou who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §684: ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: idolatorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §581: as have repudiated Thy Causethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §163: perverse
This form usually rendered as “fall”, “abyss” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: apprehendinggleaningsGWB §197: capable of experiencingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: is revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: can seeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: attaingleaningsGWB §44: acknowledgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: the comprehension of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: to fathom
SE rendered وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ (wálmushrikún), الدَّرَكاتِ (ad-darakát), السُّفْلى، (as-suflى،) as “the infidels, lowest abyss”
gleaningsGWB §151: shall be abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: abased amongst youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: lowestgleaningsGWB §151: and he that is abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the uttermost depthsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §530: the lowest abyssgleaningsGWB §552: into the nethermostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: nethermost
