Prayers and Meditations — §807
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 807 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
عَلَيْكَ يَا جَمَالَ اللّهِ ثَنَاءُ اللّهِ وَذِكْرُهُ وَبَهَاءُ اللّهِ وَنُورُهُ، أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ مَا رَأَتْ عَيْنُ الإِبْدَاعِ مَظْلُومًا شِبْهَكَ كُنْتَ فِي أَيّامِكَ فِي غَمَراتِ الْبَلَايَا، مَرَّةً كُنْتَ تَحْتَ السَّلَاسِلِ وَالْأَغْلَالِ وَمَرَّةً كُنْتَ تَحْتَ سُيُوفِ الْأَعْداءِ وَمَعَ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ أَمَرْتَ النَّاسَ بِمَا أُمِرْتَ مِنْ لَدنْ عَلِيمٍ حَكِيمٍ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The remembrance of God and His praise, and the glory of God and His splendor, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art His Beauty! I bear witness that the eye of creation hath never gazed upon one wronged like Thee. Thou wast immersed all the days of Thy life beneath an ocean of tribulations. At one time Thou wast in chains and fetters; at another Thou wast threatened by the sword of Thine enemies. Yet, despite all this, Thou didst enjoin upon all men to observe what had been prescribed unto Thee by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: seemlygleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: a more glorious thingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §24: By the righteousness ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ‘Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: art Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: SecondlygleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: to praise Theewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondary
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: uttereth praisesgleaningsGWB §105: utteranceskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: maintainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: of the praisestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §200: gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: and all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §207: glory of
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: Bear Thou witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §118: to beholdkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: he will perceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: and would attesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §453: witnessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: I would readily recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdest
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §167: with Minekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: unknownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: I shedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: IncomparablegleaningsGWB §432: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Its wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: of Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wondrousgleaningsGWB §117: wonders
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: this darknessfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §545: Him Whom the world hath wrongedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: wronged and oppressedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: transgressions committed against Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that have wrought injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: such as have acted unjustly
SE rendered عَيْنُ (ʿayn), الإِبْدَاعِ (al-ʾibdáʿ), مَظْلُومًا (maẓlúman), شِبْهَكَ (shibhak), أَيّامِكَ (ʾayyámik) as “eye, creation, wronged”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: all comparisongleaningsGWB §675: Nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscuritiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: equal Themwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: the like of whichgleaningsGWB §107: doubtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: uncertainty
SE rendered مَظْلُومًا (maẓlúman), شِبْهَكَ (shibhak), أَيّامِكَ (ʾayyámik), غَمَراتِ (ghamarát), الْبَلَايَا، (al-baláyá،) as “wronged, an ocean, tribulations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other daysgleaningsGWB §279: your bygone dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the days of Jesusprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Thy Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: days
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflictedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: of woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We have proved thee
one 24% again 21% once 14% utterly 10% another 10% subsequent 7% “again 3% following 3% later 3% revelation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: swordgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy swordgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: a swordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: with the swords
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “thou”, “hast” (26 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: State officialsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §305: as decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: have bidden themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §641: All menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: mengleaningsGWB §643: the children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: of the people around Him
This form usually rendered as “who”, “part”, “bidden” (46 occurrences)
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: doctorsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §222: all worldskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: world ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Thou art well awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its commandgleaningsGWB §592: and doethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: of its commandprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy lawstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §6: into the hands of the government
