Prayers and Meditations — §280
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 280 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ رَبُّ البَهآءِ وَمَحْبُوبُ البَهآءِ وَالمَذْكورُ فِي قَلْبِ البَهآءِ وَالنَّاطِقُ بِلِسانِ البَهآءِ وَالمُسْتَوِي عَلَى قَلْبِ البَهآءِ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيُّ الأَعْلى وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُتَعالِ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the Lord of Bahá, and the Beloved of his heart, and the Object of his desire, and the Inspirer of his tongue, and the Source of his soul. No God is there but Thee, the Inaccessible, the Most High. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §376: the Lord, my Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: my Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: The firethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §200: glorious
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §486: unto His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: Thy willtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: wouldst not have ascribedwill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
This form usually rendered as “recorded”, “mentioned”, “hath” (129 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Object of his desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Thou didst mentiongleaningsGWB §96: recountedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: whisperingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: the mere mentiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE rendered البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), وَالمَذْكورُ (wálmadhkúr), قَلْبِ (qalb), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), وَالنَّاطِقُ (wálnnáṭiq), بِلِسانِ (bilisán), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ) as “heart, Object of his desire, Inspirer, tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changedgleaningsGWB §670: his affectionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: of the spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: hath been transmutedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls
This form usually rendered as “uttering”, “speak”, “uttered” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: uttering His praisefire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §324: power of speechkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: celebratetablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the voicegleaningsGWB §603: in a languagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the wish oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §347: in that tongue
وَالمُسْتَوِي
literal: other than; other-than; other than, except
This form usually rendered as “occupied”, “imprinted”, “established” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: all else but HimgleaningsGWB §374: besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: any one save Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: setepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: occupiedgleaningsGWB §571: except His remembrance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: uttered by Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §189: the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: God verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: art Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Ever-Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §650: “the Ever-Forgiving”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: revealedst Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: , thefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Generousfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §117: His favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: who can deal bountifully with metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give
