Prayers and Meditations — §255
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 255 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لُ إِلَيْكَ أَظْهَرْتَ مَظاهِرَ نَفْسِكَ بِأَمْرِكَ وَمَشِيَّتِكَ وَأَرْسَلْتَهُمْ إِلى بَرِيَّتِكَ وَجَعَلْتَهُمْ مَشارِقَ إِلْهامِكَ وَمَطالِعَ وَحْيِكَ وَمَخازِنَ عِلْمِكَ وَمَكامِنَ أَمْر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Having barred the way that leadeth unto Thee, Thou hast, by virtue of Thine authority and through the potency of Thy will, called into being Them Who are the Manifestations of Thy Self, and hast entrusted Them with Thy message unto Thy people, and caused Them to become the Daysprings of Thine inspiration, the Exponents of Thy Revelation, the Treasuries of Thy Knowledge and the Repositories of Thy Faith, that all men may, through Them, turn their faces towards Thee, and may draw nigh unto the kingdom of Thy Revelation and the heaven of Thy grace.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (32 occurrences)
SE expanded to “called into being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: backfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §112: manifold revelationskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: this wondrous Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: that concerneth the revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “of Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: one wrongedgleaningsGWB §480: for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: the most unletteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by virtue of Thine authority”
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 §97: nothinggleaningsGWB §408: may pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all created things
apostle 24% messengers 24% messenger 15% sent 14% apostles 6% send 6% messengership 4% hath 3% prophets 3% epistle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: sent Him downgleaningsGWB §616: and sent downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: Communion with Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: sent forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §195: Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: of Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mengleaningsGWB §693: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
SE expanded to “caused Them to become”
daysprings 38% manifestations 19% day-springs 10% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% embodiments 5% easts 5% “easts” 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: splendorfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §655: revealeth itselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: Lightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Dawning-Places
SE expanded to “of Thine inspiration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: didst inspireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §662: inspire
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: wellspringfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §42: may be informedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Divine RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the repositoriesgleaningsGWB §520: your treasurieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: depository of the divine mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §693: treasures
SE expanded to “of Thy Knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: for thy learningfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §100: clear and evidentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: the realm oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
This form usually rendered as “habitation”, “court”, “depositories” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: repositorygleaningsGWB §168: their habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: seattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the Heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: glorygleaningsGWB §168: the inmost shrineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the court
SE expanded to “of Thy Faith”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hath it been decreedgleaningsGWB §493: recordedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: aimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: the dominion of Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy commandmentsgleaningsGWB §395: the Faith
