Prayers and Meditations — §822
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 822 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يَا إِلَهَ الأَسْمَاءِ وَفَاطِرَ السَّمَاءِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَطَالِعِ غَيبِكَ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَبْهَى بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَ صَلَاتي نَارًا لِتُحْرِقَ حُجُبَاتِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Whoso wisheth to recite this prayer, let him stand up and turn unto God, and, as he standeth in his place, let him gaze to the right and to the left, as if awaiting the mercy of his Lord, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. Then let him say:
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: true FaithgleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: the Fashionertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Manifestationfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §99: Imám ‘Alíkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: the evidences of Thy mighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
invisible 36% unseen 24% things 8% visible 7% seen 5% unknowable 5% backbiting 5% hidden 4% concealment 3% invisibles 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: unseengleaningsGWB §552: backbitingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: hidden meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: immemorialtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the seen and unseengleaningsGWB §499: all beings, visible and invisible
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprivedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §426: and ordained you to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and made Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordaineth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: may the blessingsgleaningsGWB §273: My blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: the prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: Blessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: blesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: prayingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: prayer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: Day-Starfire-tabletFire §50: a firegleaningsGWB §88: flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: firesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Daystartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: in the Flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: with fireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: through the fire of my rebelliousness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §576: all the while being consumedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: burntprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: hath consumedwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: were consumedgleaningsGWB §118: consumingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: have shut themselves outgleaningsGWB §635: that are veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: unveiledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may shut them outthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: deter theegleaningsGWB §8: shut out itselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: this densest of all veils
