Prayers and Meditations — §830
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 830 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فِنَاءِ بَابِكَ طُيوْرُ أَف ْئِدَةِ الْمُخْلِصِيْنَ. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كُنْتَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الصِّفَاتِ وَمُنَزَّهًا عَنِ الْأَسْمَاءِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ الْعَلِيُّ الْأَبْهَى.
أَشْهَدُ بِمَا شَهِدتِ الْأَشْياءُ وَالْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى وَالْجَنَّةُ الْعُلْيَا وَعَنْ وَرَائِهَا لِسَان
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Greater is God than every great one!
Too high art Thou for the praise of those who are nigh unto Thee to ascend unto the heaven of Thy nearness, or for the birds of the hearts of them who are devoted to Thee to attain to the door of Thy gate. I testify that Thou hast been sanctified above all attributes and holy above all names. No God is there but Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: pass awaygleaningsGWB §622: vainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the doortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §675: perisheth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §338: winged its flightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Birds ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: hast enabledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: may soarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: soar yegleaningsGWB §496: have soared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §62: In His right hand
SE expanded to “them who are devoted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: seenfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §447: be completely transformedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: acknowledgethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hallowedgleaningsGWB §326: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: eternal holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cleansed and sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §407: purge them
وَمُنَزَّهًا
literal: exaltation; exalted; transcendence
This form usually rendered as “stainless”, “most”, “sanctified” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §95: His infinite nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: and by Thy Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the crownfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §139: unto Muḥammadkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: apart fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: In Thine unapproachable loftinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §468: circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: of creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleaseth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §464: congregationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoplesgleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the GardengleaningsGWB §292: madnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: lunatic”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most SublimegleaningsGWB §396: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §155: from theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §467: as well asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §635: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy backgleaningsGWB §385: beyond itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: behind their backsgleaningsGWB §635: thy backepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after theegleaningsGWB §242: themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: behindepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backs
