Prayers and Meditations — §135
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 135 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِكَ، مَرَّةً أَظْهَرْتَهُ يا إِلهِي وَزَيَّنْتَ هَيْكَلَهُ بِطِرازِ اسْمِ الكَلِيمِ وَأَظْهَرْتَ مِنْهُ ما أَرَدْتَهُ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَقَدَّرْتَهُ بِتَقْدِيرِكَ، وَطَوْرًا زَيَّنْتَهُ بِاسْمِ الرُّوحِ وَأَنْزَلْتَهُ مِنْ سَمآءِ مَشِيَّتِكَ لِتَرْبِيَةِ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَبِهِ نَفَخْتَ رُوحَ الحَيَوانِ فِيْ أَفْئِدَةِ المُقْبِلِينَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَالمُخْلِصيِنَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ، وَتارَةً أَظْهَرْتَهُ بِطِرازِ اسْمِ الحَبِيبِ وَأَشْرَقْتَهُ مِنْ أُفُقِ الحِجازِ إِظْهارًا لأَمْرِكَ وَإِبْرازًا لِقُدْرَتِكَ وَبَلَّغْتَ بِهِ العِبادَ ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ مُرْتَقِيًا إِلى مَعارِجِ تَوْحِيدِكَ وَمُرْتَغِبًا بَدائِعَ عُلُومِكَ وَعِلْمِكَ، أَشْهَدُ يا إِله
Shoghi Effendi Translation
At one time, Thou didst raise Him up, O my God, and didst attire Him with the ornament of the name of Him Who conversed with Thee (Moses), and didst through Him uncover all that Thy will had decreed and Thine irrevocable purpose ordained. At another time, Thou didst adorn Him with the name of Him Who was Thy Spirit (Jesus), and didst send Him down out of the heaven of Thy will, for the edification of Thy people, infusing thereby the spirit of life into the hearts of the sincere among Thy servants and the faithful among Thy creatures. Again, Thou didst reveal Him, decked forth by the name of Him Who was Thy Friend (Muḥammad), and caused Him to shine brightly above the horizon of Hijáz, as a token of Thy power and an evidence of Thy might. Through Him Thou didst send unto Thy servants what enabled them to scale the heights of Thy unity, and to yearn over the wonders of Thy manifold knowledge and wisdom.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “At one time”
SE expanded to “Thou didst raise Him up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: laid barefire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §135: He hath, verily, manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: revealed and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: hath been manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “and didst attire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: embellishedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §591: I was adornedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: didst adornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: adorngleaningsGWB §719: have deckedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: Thou hast adorned
temple 29% form 24% embodiment 6% immortal 6% incarnation 6% glory 6% state 6% idol 6% one 6% age 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: templefire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §195: formkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: all createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the bodiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
SE expanded to “with the ornament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: raimentgleaningsGWB §210: thy jewelkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: decked forth bytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: vesturegleaningsGWB §589: beauteous image
SE expanded to “of the name”
SE expanded to “Him Who conversed with Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: the wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: by Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: breathe
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “have” (27 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy will had decreed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: hath hadgleaningsGWB §448: is His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: Thou didst purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: desiregleaningsGWB §499: hast no desire
SE expanded to “of Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He willethgleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
وَقَدَّرْتَهُ
literal: power; powerful
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thine irrevocable purpose ordained”
SE expanded to “At another time”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Mount rising abovegleaningsGWB §683: mysterious and transcendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: and soaredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: soaredwill-and-testamentW&T §42: machinationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountain sidegleaningsGWB §557: rustlingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: At another time
وَأَنْزَلْتَهُ
literal: send down; descending; descend
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “sent”, “hast” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and didst send Him down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: it hath been sent downgleaningsGWB §219: inflictedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: stagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §47: pourtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “edification” (3 occurrences)
hath 50% edification 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: nurturedgleaningsGWB §484: fostereth the growthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: educative influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: rearedthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: trainingwill-and-testamentW&T §21: edifyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: hath been brought upgleaningsGWB §44: trained
SE expanded to “of Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thy creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creation
SE rendered لِتَرْبِيَةِ (litarbíah), بَرِيَّتِكَ (baríratik), وَبِهِ (wabih), نَفَخْتَ (nafakht), رُوحَ (rúḥ), الحَيَوانِ (al-ḥayawán) as “for the edification, of Thy people, infusing thereby, the spirit, of life”
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
This form usually rendered as “faithful”, “turn”, “set” (23 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the sincere”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Qiblihfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §238: in the pastkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: turned away fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §246: that they may turntablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “creatures”, “among”, “creation” (114 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §122: hath assignedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: hath been generatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createth
وَالمُخْلِصيِنَ
literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones
This form usually rendered as “sincere”, “wholly”, “devoted” (44 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and the faithful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the essencefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §233: the sincere loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it free
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the peoplefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §173: children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: have gathered and preyedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
This form usually rendered as “lover”, “beloved”, “well-beloved” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: For the love of Godfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §202: of God, my Well-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: to love Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §603: the lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: shineth forth abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: been illumined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §693: dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hast subduedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizongleaningsGWB §280: Our realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: dominions
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy power”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: Peacefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §367: enjoinethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Command,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: Thou shouldst bid metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
SE expanded to “and an evidence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: plenteousnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §550: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within it
SE expanded to “Through Him Thou didst send”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: teachfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §558: inscrutablekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: weightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: and so fiercely opposed mewill-and-testamentW&T §14: Teachingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §70: Let His love be akitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Thou hast appointedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: hath made
This form usually rendered as “scale” (1 occurrences)
ascended 20% ascend 20% ascension 13% advancement 7% ladder 7% have 7% attained 7% spiritual 7% separation 7% promotion 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: laddergleaningsGWB §115: attained the heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: I wouldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ascendedgleaningsGWB §311: its separationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: hath ascendedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: have ascended
SE expanded to “of Thy unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: butfire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §462: the unity of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: one and the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
وَمُرْتَغِبًا
literal: desiring; encouragement; desirable
This form usually rendered as “yearn” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “over the wonders”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §116: wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: matchless tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §621: His wondrous remembrance
SE expanded to “of Thy manifold knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the distinguished divinesfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: their religious leadersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the All-Knowingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE rendered عُلُومِكَ (ʿulúmik), وَعِلْمِكَ، (waʿilmika،), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad) as “of Thy manifold knowledge, and wisdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: witnessethfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §532: sufficient witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: observestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have acknowledgedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE rendered عُلُومِكَ (ʿulúmik), وَعِلْمِكَ، (waʿilmika،), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad), إِله (ʾilh) as “of Thy manifold knowledge, and wisdom”
