Prayers and Meditations — §150
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 150 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ْهَدُ جَوارِحِيْ بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَشَعَراتِي بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ وَقُمْتُ لَدى بابِ فَضْلِكَ بِالكَيْنُونَةِ المَعْدُومَةِ وَالذَّاتِيَّةِ المَفْقُودَةِ مُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلِ كَرَمِكَ وَناظِرًا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The limbs of my body testify to Thy unity, and the hair of my head declareth the power of Thy sovereignty and might. I have stood at the door of Thy grace with utter self-effacement and complete abnegation, and clung to the hem of Thy bounty, and fixed mine eyes upon the horizon of Thy gifts.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: bear witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §180: testified.…kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: statementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: testified totablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE expanded to “limbs of my body”
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: the membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my body
SE expanded to “to Thy unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: afire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §529: unionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: one trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: by the onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
SE expanded to “hair of my head”
consciousness 16% perceive 16% comprehend 11% expressive 11% indicate 11% indicative 11% hair 11% understand 5% indicating 5% mental 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: notgleaningsGWB §566: be roused from their heedlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: indicateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: wisdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: ofgleaningsGWB §568: to perceive itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: slumber of negligenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hair
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the kingsgleaningsGWB §481: rule over and dominatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §27: Thy most ancient sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereignty
power 34% might 32% omnipotence 9% dominion 8% through 4% potency 4% sovereign 4% overpowering 2% strength 2% hand 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of strength and of mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §480: extentkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: Thine ascendancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
SE expanded to “I have stood”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: that mostfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §460: raise upkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: “Resurrection” isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: I have stoodtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
SE rendered بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ (bisalṭanatik), وَاقْتِدارِكَ (wáqtidárik), وَقُمْتُ (waqumt), لَدى (ladى), بابِ (báb), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), بِالكَيْنُونَةِ (biálkaynúnah) as “sovereignty, and might, I have stood, at, the door, of Thy grace, with utter self-effacement”
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
This form usually rendered as “quintessence”, “utter”, “essence” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §257: and bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thou werttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered بابِ (báb), فَضْلِكَ (faḍlik), بِالكَيْنُونَةِ (biálkaynúnah), المَعْدُومَةِ (al-maʿdúmah), وَالذَّاتِيَّةِ (wáldhdhátítah), المَفْقُودَةِ (al-mafqúdah) as “the door, of Thy grace, with utter self-effacement, and complete abnegation”
nothingness 33% nothing 22% perish 6% wholly 6% non-existent 6% destroyed 6% non-existence 6% brought 6% utter 6% put 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nonegleaningsGWB §325: wholly untruekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: utter destructionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: nothingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: brought to naught.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §344: absencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: owing to their failure
SE rendered بِالكَيْنُونَةِ (biálkaynúnah), المَعْدُومَةِ (al-maʿdúmah), وَالذَّاتِيَّةِ (wáldhdhátítah), المَفْقُودَةِ (al-mafqúdah), مُتَشَبِّثًا (mutashabbithan) as “with utter self-effacement, and complete abnegation, and clung”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Most Sublime EssencegleaningsGWB §461: judgmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy Beingwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §92: unchangeable Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: innermost Essence
forgotten 21% thing 14% lost 14% forsook 7% hath 7% withdrawn 7% complete 7% oblivion 7% dissipated 7% nothingness 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: adversitygleaningsGWB §448: My death and utter annihilationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the lossprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: are as lostwill-and-testamentW&T §16: passing awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: hath ceasedgleaningsGWB §132: forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §511: resolvekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: set our hearts onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: and clingingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observe
SE expanded to “to the hem”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosity
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §282: My bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the Most Generouswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: bounty
SE expanded to “fixed mine eyes”
