Prayers and Meditations — §85
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 85 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
نَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ وَما كانَ أَحَدٌ دُونَكَ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ وَما يَكُونُ غَيْرُكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِالأَبْصارِ الَّتِيْ يَرَوْنَكَ مُسْتَقِرًّا عَلَى عَرْشِ الَّتْوحِيدِ وَكُرْسِيِّ التَّفْرِيدِ بِأَنْ تَنْصُرَ أَحِبَّتَكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ، ثُمَّ ارْفَعْهُمْ إِلى مَقامٍ يَشْهَدُونَ بِذَواتِهِم وَأَلْسُنِهِمْ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الواحِدُ الفَرْدُ الأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ، ما اتَّخَذْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ شَرِيكًا وَلا شَبِيهًا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ المُقْتَدِرُ المُسْتَعانُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We testify, O my God, that Thou art God, and that there is no God besides Thee. From eternity Thou hast existed with none to equal or rival Thee, and wilt abide for ever the same. I beseech Thee, by the eyes which see Thee stablished upon the throne of unity and the seat of oneness, to aid all them that love Thee by Thy Most Great Name, and to lift them up into such heights that they will testify with their own beings and with their tongues that Thou art God alone, the Incomparable, the One, the Ever-Abiding. Thou hast had at no time any peer or partner. Thou, in truth, art the All-Glorious, the Almighty, Whose help is implored by all men.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: borne witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §389: reckonedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: your witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: “I bear witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §385: two Godskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: spiritualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered إِلهَ (ʾilh), تَزَلْ (tazal) as “God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §302: is from everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: through eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: banishthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §117: will everlastingly continue
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §575: Unlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: to aught except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §543: Others
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “remain”, “wilt” (70 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: be notgleaningsGWB §462: those whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: ye speakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: But fortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
SE rendered تَكُونُ (takún), يَكُونُ (yakún), غَيْرُكَ، (ghayruka،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِالأَبْصارِ (biálʾabṣár) as “abide, for, beseech, eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: questioningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: visiongleaningsGWB §325: this facultykitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: understanding heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: man endued with insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keengleaningsGWB §191: ye who are inly blind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §432: eclipsethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: may be discoveredthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: perceiveth
This form usually rendered as “independent”, “stablished” (2 occurrences)
independent 50% stablished 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: It was agreedgleaningsGWB §361: confessedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: embraced the truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: be gladdenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: thronegleaningsGWB §585: the Throne of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: the mercy seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: to the heavenly thronegleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thrones
unity 49% divine 23% oneness 11% belief 5% essential 3% tawhid 2% all 2% acknowledge 2% conception 2% mystery 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: harmonyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §183: believers in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: all such as adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerlessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §99: unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: Thine all-glorious unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: Paradise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He had helpedfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §419: the duty of aidingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: undisputed ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
SE expanded to “all them that love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §552: lovingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Him Who was Thy Friend (Muḥammad)tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
SE expanded to “Thy Most Great Name”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He Who is the Object of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §46: with the ornament of the namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: out of the heaven oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered أَحِبَّتَكَ (ʾaḥibbatak), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ، (al-ʾaʿẓami،), ارْفَعْهُمْ (irfaʿhum), مَقامٍ (maqámin) as “all them that love, Thy Most Great Name, lift them up, such”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: diregleaningsGWB §37: most weightykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: greatness of Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatness
SE expanded to “lift them up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: positionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §689: the loftiness of his stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: In another senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: waitingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §463: with all thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: Onewill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §188: His Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the voicegleaningsGWB §251: whose tongueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the wish oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §535: My words
الصَّمَدُ،
literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting
everlasting 35% eternal 16% ancient 9% eternity 9% ever-abiding 7% immortal 7% celestial 7% god 5% ethereal 2% only 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Ever-AbidinggleaningsGWB §118: immortalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: ecstaticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thine eternitywill-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailinggleaningsGWB §40: everlasting bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of Thine Eternity
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “hast” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: carried away have they beenfire-tabletFire §13: hath befallengleaningsGWB §74: hath cloudedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: takingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: have been coveredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: passionsgleaningsGWB §711: thy neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: their soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: her own selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: thine own self
This form usually rendered as “partner”, “associates”, “partners” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: a partnergleaningsGWB §383: them that have joined partners with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: the partners they join with himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: them that have joined partners with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who dost associate a partner with GodgleaningsGWB §297: infidel
This form usually rendered as “none”, “equal”, “peer” (3 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glorygleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: will exalttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strong
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “supreme”, “one” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “help is implored by”
