Prayers and Meditations — §186
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 186 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَاحَ بِحُبِّكَ، تَرَى يا مَحْبوبَ الأَبْهى تَمَوُّجاتِ بَحْرِ القَلْبِ فِيْ عِشْقِكَ وَهَواكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِآياتِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَظُهُوراتِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ بِأَنْ تُسَخِّرَ العِبَادَ بِهذا الاسْمِ الَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحاكِمُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou seest, O Thou Who art my All-Glorious Beloved, the restless waves that surge within the ocean of my heart, in my love and yearning towards Thee. I implore Thee, by the signs of Thy majesty and the evidences of Thy sovereignty, to subdue Thy servants by this Name Which Thou hast made to be the King of all names in the kingdom of Thy creation. Potent art Thou to rule as Thou pleasest. No God is there but Thee, the All-Glorious, the All-Bountiful.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَاحَ (fáḥ), بِحُبِّكَ، (biḥubbika،), تَرَى (tará), مَحْبوبَ (maḥbúb) as “my love, Thou seest, Beloved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: passedgleaningsGWB §694: ladenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: will shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: breathsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would send forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: sweet smellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: hath been shed abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: the sweet savors
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §363: devotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: O Thou the Best-Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou seestfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §432: beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: that can behold Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to lookgleaningsGWB §611: the seen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: effulgent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: surgethgleaningsGWB §61: that surgethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: surgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: the tumultthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: billowing seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorgleaningsGWB §684: surgingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the Black Seafire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §357: how vast the oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: The floodstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: sea for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: receptive heartsgleaningsGWB §541: every heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the soulsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changed
SE rendered تَمَوُّجاتِ (tamawwuját), بَحْرِ (baḥr), القَلْبِ (al-qalb), عِشْقِكَ (ʿishqik), وَهَواكَ، (wahawáka،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِآياتِ (biáyát) as “restless waves, ocean, heart, yearning, I implore, signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §188: Hekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: his sore longing afterthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmosphere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §467: Find outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §48: and the signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: acquaintedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: MightygleaningsGWB §717: The source of all majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: more grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: Tongue of Grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §305: most mysterious
This form usually rendered as “revelations”, “manifestations”, “revelation” (95 occurrences)
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominiongleaningsGWB §632: all sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: those Kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: by the power oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast subjectedgleaningsGWB §670: to subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: Thou didst subdueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: Subduekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: deridedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the Conquerorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: imposed laws
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of Thy servantfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §700: them that hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
SE rendered تُسَخِّرَ (tusakhkhir), العِبَادَ (al-ʿibád), بِهذا (bihdhá), الاسْمِ (as-sm), جَعَلْتَهُ (jaʿaltah) as “subdue, servants, this, Name, Thou hast made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: ThisgleaningsGWB §468: thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Whereinwill-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: For thisgleaningsGWB §520: the thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this
SE expanded to “Thou hast made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to befire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §268: be deprivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: enableth methe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: allow not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §425: of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: empiretablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
الإِنْشآءِ،
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine invention
This form usually rendered as “ordaineth”, “supreme”, “ordain” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “pleaseth”, “thou”, “do” (75 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §70: naught else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoever
