Prayers and Meditations — §112
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 112 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَافْتَحْ يا إِلهِي عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ أَبْوابَ عِرْفانِكَ لِيَعْرِفُوكَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنْ خَلْقِكَ وَمُتَعالِيًا مِنْ إِشاراتِ بَريَّتِكَ وَلِئَلاَّ يَتَّبِعُوا كُلَّ ناعِقٍ يَدَّعِي مَقامَكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ فَاجْعَلْهُمْ مُسْتَقِيمًا فِيْ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى مَقامٍ لا تُحَرِّكُهُمْ كَلِماتٌ مُتَشابِهاتٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِأَهْوائِهِمْ ما لا قُدِّرَ لَهُمْ فِيْ صُحُفِكَ وَأَلْواحِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Unlock, then, to their hearts, O my God, the portals of Thy knowledge, that they may recognize Thee as One Who is far above the reach and ken of the understanding of Thy creatures, and immeasurably exalted above the strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy nature, and may not follow every clamorous impostor that presumeth to speak in Thy name. Enable them, moreover, O my Lord, to cleave so tenaciously to Thy Cause that they may remain unmoved by the perplexing suggestions of them who, prompted by their desires, utter what hath been forbidden unto them in Thy Tablets and Thy Scriptures.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “to their hearts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: turngleaningsGWB §621: of the hearts of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: of the spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all heartstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: one heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: of Mine heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the doorgleaningsGWB §118: portalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: Thy doorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: doorsgleaningsGWB §112: the gateskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the door of Thy gate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: ComprehendgleaningsGWB §135: discover His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: hath made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: men of understanding
SE rendered عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik), لِيَعْرِفُوكَ (líaʿrifúk), مُقَدَّسًا (muqaddasan), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَمُتَعالِيًا (wamutaʿáliyan) as “knowledge, recognize, creatures, exalted”
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: PurgegleaningsGWB §546: is exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalem, the holy cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: hallowed Courttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingwill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Aqdas
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: but a creationfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §618: all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: is thereintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: created youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: righteousness
most 26% far 19% exalted 15% transcendent 7% glorious 7% inaccessible 7% immeasurably 7% all-highest 4% sublime 4% will 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: exalted abovefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §364: preeminentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the heightsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: the preeminence oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “allusions”, “evil”, “whisperings” (35 occurrences)
allusions 38% evil 19% whisperings 8% hints 8% suggestions 8% blind 4% vain 4% fanciful 4% implications 4% obscure 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: can allude unto Himfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §387: hint atkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: through yet another motionthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §66: in any degree
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §195: God, your Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §130: arisenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: for Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §584: of their Creator
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightsgleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night season
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: followgleaningsGWB §225: yet in fact followkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: borne allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §7: rallied around himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: followestgleaningsGWB §468: observed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: such as shout aloudgleaningsGWB §605: enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: clamor of menwill-and-testamentW&T §35: foreboders of evilepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: prattlergleaningsGWB §605: clamorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: clamorous impostorgleaningsGWB §619: loud clamor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: laid claimgleaningsGWB §465: hath laid claimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: pretensionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: to claimthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: claimwill-and-testamentW&T §9: layeth a claimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou didst professgleaningsGWB §501: claims
This form usually rendered as “speak” (4 occurrences)
station 28% people 24% arise 12% self-subsisting 12% such 5% connection 4% straight 4% qá’im 4% have 4% steadfast 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §395: high destinykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: live, move, and have their beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: Thy transcendent mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: in his (Bahá’u’lláh’s) DivinitygleaningsGWB §156: the Lord, his Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: Enlightenertablet-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 §229: educated
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to befire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §704: It debaseth him to the level ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: appointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: Thou hast causedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: progressfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §10: movedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: stir upthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: through the motion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: these most sublime wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §167: was unloosed to voicekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: this wish of minetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “perplexing” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “prompted”, “own”, “things” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the promptings of thine own desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §683: worldly desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: passionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: the wingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: scripturesgleaningsGWB §323: the sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: chroniclesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the Scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy ScripturesgleaningsGWB §347: Sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: holy booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: in His Scriptures
tablets 90% scriptures 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: originalgleaningsGWB §39: the allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: allusionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and Thy Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: shinethgleaningsGWB §585: Tablet of
