Prayers and Meditations — §292
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 292 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِأَنِّي أَحَدٌ مِنْ عِبادِكَ ذُقْتُ حَلاوَةَ بَيَانِكَ وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِوَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَفَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى مَصْدَرِ أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى وَمَطْلَعِ صِفاتِكَ العُلْيا، وَأَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُدْخِلَنِيْ فِي لُجَّةِ بَحْرِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَطَمْطامِ يَمِّ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، أَيْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou knowest, O my Lord, that I am but one of Thy servants. I have tasted of the sweetness of Thy speech, and acknowledged Thy unity and Thy singleness, and set my face towards the Source of Thy most excellent names and the Dayspring of Thy transcendent attributes, and wished to be enabled by Thee to immerse myself beneath the ocean of Thy oneness and to be submerged by the mighty waters of Thy unity.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §620: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §116: and all-pervasive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: AssayergleaningsGWB §555: of longing desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: it profferedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: I have tastedwill-and-testamentW&T §10: quaff my fillgleaningsGWB §363: rapturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of ecstatic delightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: hath tasted
acknowledged 60% have 40%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: failed to recognizegleaningsGWB §117: mysticskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: testifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: sweet smelltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: they that understand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: alonefire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §529: unionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: extolleth Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the One, the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §251: His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: transcendent onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: unique
SE expanded to “and set my face”
SE expanded to “Thy most excellent names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §411: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE rendered مَصْدَرِ (maṣdar), أَسْمائِكَ (ʾasmáʾik), الحُسْنى (al-ḥusnى), وَمَطْلَعِ (wamaṭlaʿ), صِفاتِكَ (ṣifátik) as “the Source, Thy most excellent names, the Dayspring, Thy transcendent attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: or womangleaningsGWB §284: good workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §574: that do good
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: mayest recognizefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §260: broken,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: first stirringstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE expanded to “Thy transcendent attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §91: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: eulogyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §387: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: describedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and Thy most august attributes
SE rendered وَمَطْلَعِ (wamaṭlaʿ), صِفاتِكَ (ṣifátik), العُلْيا، (al-ʿulyá،), وَأَرَدْتَ (waʾaradt), تُدْخِلَنِيْ (tudkhilaní) as “the Dayspring, Thy transcendent attributes, wished, to immerse myself”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “have” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §499: hast no desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: intendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: in conformity with Thy willtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: hath hadgleaningsGWB §472: ask
SE expanded to “to immerse myself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: ingleaningsGWB §320: above allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: in no wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Grant him admission withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §42: leading partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: meddlegleaningsGWB §257: have been called
gleaningsGWB §486: the oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: immersed beneath the oceanstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: the SeasgleaningsGWB §458: billowing oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: froward and perverseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: depthsgleaningsGWB §684: fathomless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceansfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §233: the outpouring gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: all the seastablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seas
This form usually rendered as “depths”, “ocean”, “seas” (6 occurrences)
