Prayers and Meditations — §285
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 285 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَيا إِلهِي تَرَى بِأَنَّ كُلَّ عَظْمٍ مِنْ عِظامِي جُعِلَ مِزْمارَ وَحْيِكَ وَمِنْهُ ظَهَرَتْ آياتُ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَبَيِّناتُ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ، يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ المُجَلِّي عَلَى الأَشْيآءِ بِأَنْ تَخْلُقَ عِبادًا يَسْمَعُنَّ نَغَماتِ الَّتِيْ ارْتَفَعَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَشْرِبْهُمْ رَاحَ رَحْمَتِكَ مِنْ راحَةِ فَضْلِكَ لِيَسْتَرِيحُوا بِها فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَيَتَوَجَّهُوا مِنْ شِمالِ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ إِلى يَمِيْنِ اليَقِينِ وَالاطْمِينانِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, O my God, how every bone in my body soundeth like a pipe with the music of Thine inspiration, revealing the signs of Thy oneness and the clear tokens of Thy unity. I entreat Thee, O my God, by Thy Name which irradiateth all things, to raise up such servants as shall incline their ears to the voice of the melodies that hath ascended from the right hand of the throne of Thy glory. Make them, then, to quaff from the hand of Thy grace the wine of Thy mercy, that it may assure their hearts, and cause them to turn away from the left hand of idle fancies and vain imaginings to the right hand of confidence and certitude.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God hathfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §89: indeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §692: will readily recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: Thou hast seen andthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seen
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “grandeur”, “glory” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfectgleaningsGWB §606: however meritoriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: the greatness of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Azim
SE rendered عَظْمٍ (ʿaẓmin), عِظامِي (ʿiẓámí), جُعِلَ (juʿil), مِزْمارَ (mizmár), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “bone, body, pipe, inspiration”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §386: been fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: Knit ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
1 occurrence in corpus
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: of Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: RevelationgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of Revelation
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: to be unveiledfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §300: already accomplishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: was vouchsafed by me unto Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: through His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §75: the verses of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: those which descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy wordstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: one commonfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §526: Be unitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: the one Godtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the Onefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §163: helplessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreatgleaningsGWB §300: questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: I pray
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: in the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §134: in the person ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “reflecteth”, “reflected”, “wellspring” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: with the effulgentgleaningsGWB §688: glorious, will be unveiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: and on whom are pouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hath shed the splendor of His effulgent glorygleaningsGWB §115: evidenceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §484: beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: about Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: Thy desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creaturesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: hath called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: hath been generatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: was called into being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Abdi’llahfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §452: whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: are they whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creatures
SE expanded to “shall incline their ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Give earfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §362: worthy of attentionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: caughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: let him give earwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: melodious voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: Melodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: with such melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §618: sweetness of thy melody
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: the right-handgleaningsGWB §192: my right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand sideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: at the right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right hand
SE expanded to “Make them, then”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: quaffedgleaningsGWB §201: shall drink deepkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinkingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: suffer me to drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Let me quaffgleaningsGWB §467: given to
This form usually rendered as “peace”, “repose”, “wine” (8 occurrences)
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the God of mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §548: eternalkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: Thy merciful favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: MufaddalgleaningsGWB §720: scienceskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
This form usually rendered as “own”, “themselves”, “souls” (61 occurrences)
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Mine own soul promptethgleaningsGWB §683: corruptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Turn, then, thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §259: Our presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: to fix his gazetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: left handgleaningsGWB §128: such remotenesswill-and-testamentW&T §22: includeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the left handgleaningsGWB §409: shall most certainly aid himwill-and-testamentW&T §23: extended toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: leftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: shine upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: Hast thou fondly imaginedfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §449: mere conceitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: idle desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §721: nor the thoughttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Didst thou imagine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: the idle fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §329: deludedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §353: believe with undoubting faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: believedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: persuadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: of a certaintygleaningsGWB §286: certain
assurance 21% confidence 16% peace 11% tranquillity 11% certitude 11% certainty 11% security 5% rest 5% faith 5% into 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: rest on itgleaningsGWB §503: confident in their beliefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: peaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: will assurethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: confidentwill-and-testamentW&T §2: rested assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: securitygleaningsGWB §315: benevolence
