Prayers and Meditations — §837
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 837 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ يا إِلهِي لَمَّا اسْتَوَيْتَ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ عِزِّ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَتَعَلَّيْتَ عَلَى عَرْشِ رَحْمَةِ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، يَنْبَغِيْ بِأَنْ تَمْحُوَ عَنْ قُلُوبِ المُمْكِناتِ ما يَمْنَعُهُمْ عَنِ الدُّخُولِ فِي حَرَمِ أَسْرارِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ، وَيَحْجُبُهُمْ عَنِ الوُرُودِ فِي سُرادِقِ أُلُوهِيَّتِكَ، لِيَجْعَلَ كُلَّ القُلُوبِ مِرْآةً لِجَمالِكَ وَمُدِلاًّ عَلَيْكَ وَحاكِيًا عَنْكَ، لِيَظْهَرَ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ آثارُ عِزِّ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَإِشْراقُ أَنْوارِ قُدْسِ حُكُومَتِكَ، لِيُوَحِّدَكَ كُلُّ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ بِما تَجَلَّيْتَ لَهُمْ بِهِمْ بِمَظْهَرِ تَفْرِيْدِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Since Thou hast, O my God, established Thyself upon the throne of Thy transcendent unity, and ascended the mercy seat of Thy oneness, it befitteth Thee to blot out from the hearts of all beings whatsoever may keep them back from gaining admittance into the sanctuary of Thy Divine mysteries, and may shut them out from the tabernacle of Thy Divinity, that all hearts may mirror Thy beauty, and may reveal Thee, and speak of Thee, and that all created things may show forth the tokens of Thy most august sovereignty, and shed the splendors of the light of Thy most holy governance, and that all who are in heaven and on earth may laud and magnify Thy unity, and give Thee glory, for having manifested Thy Self unto them through Him Who is the Revealer of Thy oneness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the things that are God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §123: the Divinity Itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
اسْتَوَيْتَ
literal: other than; other-than; other than, except
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “shalt”, “didst” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §371: knoweth nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: no one except Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: occupiedgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned you
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 §189: All-Powerful, thegleaningsGWB §184: My glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §2: Incomparable Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerless
This form usually rendered as “ascended” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Gloryfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §311: all-highestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the most exalted—mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thy highnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §86: ruinskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §836: Thy mighty Thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thrones
SE rendered وَتَعَلَّيْتَ (wataʿallayt), عَرْشِ (ʿarsh), رَحْمَةِ (raḥmah), وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، (waḥdánínatika،), يَنْبَغِيْ (yanbaghí) as “ascended, mercy seat, oneness, befitteth”
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: the mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §120: bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: that I may crave his mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: unifyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §109: the unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: they who recognized Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “must” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fit forgleaningsGWB §428: mustkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §520: must needskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: completely obliteratedgleaningsGWB §350: effacedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: mutilateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: effacementwill-and-testamentW&T §54: exterminateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: dissipategleaningsGWB §178: blotted out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §159: and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: of the spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: turn asidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abodefire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §124: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: every humanthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: abodewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of being
يَمْنَعُهُمْ
literal: prevent; prevented; prevention
This form usually rendered as “may”, “withhold”, “will” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “keep them back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: withholdgleaningsGWB §584: will never defeatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: detachmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: can withstandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: connected withgleaningsGWB §240: shall be made to enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: entered thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: may enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: hath enteredgleaningsGWB §517: and entereth
sanctuary 43% tabernacle 13% forbidden 9% habitations 9% had 4% hath 4% court 4% dishonor 4% holy 4% precincts 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: forbiddengleaningsGWB §569: suffer them not to be deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the habitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: deprived ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: them that have attained and revolve round
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteriesgleaningsGWB §357: is My mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inmost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Hidden Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteries
SE rendered حَرَمِ (ḥaram), أَسْرارِ (ʾasrár), رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ، (rubúbíbatika،), وَيَحْجُبُهُمْ (wayaḥjubuhum) as “sanctuary, Divine mysteries, Thy, shut them out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §376: the Lord, my Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: O Thou Who art the Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “may” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “shut them out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: veiling yourselvesgleaningsGWB §48: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: such grievous veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: have shut offtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: a veil
SE rendered رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ، (rubúbíbatika،), وَيَحْجُبُهُمْ (wayaḥjubuhum), الوُرُودِ (al-wurúd), سُرادِقِ (surádiq), أُلُوهِيَّتِكَ، (ʾulúhíhatika،) as “Thy, shut them out, tabernacle, Divinity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: aimedgleaningsGWB §163: suffered at their handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: instanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose court of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: committedgleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attain and enter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §58: Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: Thy Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §34: the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: and the tabernacle
This form usually rendered as “make”, “maketh”, “ordaineth” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reckonfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §428: preparedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: May my life beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: Thou hast enshrinedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered لِيَجْعَلَ (líajʿal), القُلُوبِ (al-qulúb), مِرْآةً (miráhan), لِجَمالِكَ (lijamálik), وَمُدِلاًّ (wamudilálan) as “mirror, hearts, beauty, may reveal Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: mirrorfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §78: they beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Beholdest thou notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: I discoverthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdest
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 §240: amongst othersgleaningsGWB §93: His imagekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: Allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: through Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “indicate”, “indicateth”, “expressive” (19 occurrences)
indicate 20% indicateth 13% expressive 13% bear 13% pertain 7% unmistakably 7% testify 7% prove 7% testifying 7% indicative 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: is a proofgleaningsGWB §195: testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: whatever iswill-and-testamentW&T §6: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: thou hast producedgleaningsGWB §104: standardskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: evidences
This form usually rendered as “testify”, “declare”, “eloquently” (8 occurrences)
may 16% shall 14% show 11% revealed 11% reveal 9% manifested 9% manifest 9% whom 7% will 7% revelation 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Who is manifestfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §358: a power of revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: There shall appearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: onrushingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §408: may please to bestowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: at Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “signs”, “evidences”, “writings” (81 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these writingsgleaningsGWB §203: have laid down their lives and sacrificed their allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: footstepsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: and Thy signsthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §5: aloftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsgleaningsGWB §378: All-Pervading
SE rendered شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), آثارُ (áthár), عِزِّ (ʿizz), سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik), وَإِشْراقُ (waʾishráq), أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), قُدْسِ (quds) as “created things, tokens, most august sovereignty, shed, splendors of, most holy”
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigngleaningsGWB §633: through the power of My sovereignkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: omnipotenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereignty
shining 17% shed 11% brightness 11% effulgent 11% shineth 11% shone 8% light 8% revelation 8% rise 8% splendor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lightethfire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §583: heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: rising above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: and shine brightly over all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: enlightenedfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §425: of transcendent splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: traditions establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: of thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the sanctitygleaningsGWB §290: eternal holinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalem, the holy cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: will thoroughly purge themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint Paul
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: the knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: in terms ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the immensitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: In those regionsfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §587: and all that are on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: these regions
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “having” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: effulgent glorygleaningsGWB §59: hath shed uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: the brightnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: the sun beam falls alike uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: with the effulgentgleaningsGWB §383: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
