Prayers and Meditations — §269
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 269 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الأَعْظَمِ بِأَنْ تَفْتَحَ أَبْصارَ عِبادِكَ لِيَرَوْكَ مُشْرِقَاً عَنْ أُفُقِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَكِبْرِيائِكَ وَلا يَمْنَعُهُمْ نَعِيبُ الغُرابِ عَنْ هَدِيرِ وَرْقآءِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَلا مَاءُ الآسِنِ عَنْ زُلالِ خَمْرِ أَلْطافِكَ وَكَوْثَرِ مَواهِبِكَ، ثُمَّ اجْتَمِعْهُمْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, to open the eyes of Thy servants, that they may behold Thee shining above the horizon of Thy majesty and glory, and that they may not be hindered by the croaking of the raven from hearkening to the voice of the Dove of Thy sublime oneness, nor be prevented by the corrupt waters from partaking of the pure wine of Thy bounty and the everlasting streams of Thy gifts.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §533: greatness of the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: most excellent favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: greatness of Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §486: august
SE rendered الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), تَفْتَحَ (taftaḥ), أَبْصارَ (ʾabṣár), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), لِيَرَوْكَ (líarawk) as “Most Great, eyes, servants, that they may behold Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: men of insightgleaningsGWB §111: penetrating visionkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: will ye not then beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: our eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: an eyegleaningsGWB §70: all eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankindfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §71: among Our servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy sincere servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE expanded to “that they may behold Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: beheldfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §49: discoverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: maketh any distinctionthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedgleaningsGWB §187: may recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the radiance of My lightfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §289: have risenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shone forth aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: amidsttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: brightness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: Horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §286: created thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldgleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: most mightygleaningsGWB §23: most grievouskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: His grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-HighestgleaningsGWB §35: nor strayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: hinder metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: withheld
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “raven” (1 occurrences)
cooing 50% hearkening 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: documentsfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §56: foliagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: Dove ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: the wings of the dovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §30: itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: its leaves
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Almightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §684: glorious bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: divinethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §181: commonerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Not oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: to equal or rivaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §684: no one be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §82: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §395: the soft-flowing watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: by reason of
incorruptible 50% corrupt 50%
gleaningsGWB §424: pure waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: dewdrop of the crystal watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the pure milktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: did shriek and tremblegleaningsGWB §157: not cause you to slipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: puregleaningsGWB §26: crystal waters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of the winethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdomgleaningsGWB §383: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine of
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “gifts”, “loving-kindness” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §14: benevolencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §288: the subtleties
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: the riverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the living waters of Thy pardongleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to quaff the living waters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: Thy bestowalswill-and-testamentW&T §53: Bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty
SE rendered وَكَوْثَرِ (wakawthar), مَواهِبِكَ، (mawáhibika،), اجْتَمِعْهُمْ (ijtamiʿhum) as “the everlasting streams, gifts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: a great manygleaningsGWB §34: they allkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: These haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: combinationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accordwill-and-testamentW&T §22: body
