Prayers and Meditations — §292
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 292 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ 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،
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 §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §381: the bettermentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the All-Knowingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §282: have recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: one of the signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: of His wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §97: divine unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Thy majestytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §570: a man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worshipfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §628: these Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Weprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: this servanttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: among Thy servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §591: the sweetestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §588: sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetness
This form usually rendered as “have”, “having”, “hath” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: what is rightgleaningsGWB §658: inasmuch as thou hast recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: certaintyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: that they may acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: man of judgment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: unifyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §382: true believers in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: the mystery oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §385: without peer or equalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Thy singlenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the All-Highest Paradiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Single
SE expanded to “set my face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §697: directedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: fixingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: men’s breastsgleaningsGWB §77: their heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: bosomsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: Fountainheadthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: thy thoughtswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sourcesgleaningsGWB §610: men’s breasts
SE expanded to “most excellent names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §591: His nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: a separate designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: invested with Thy titletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered مَصْدَرِ (maṣdar), أَسْمائِكَ (ʾasmáʾik), الحُسْنى (al-ḥusnى), وَمَطْلَعِ (wamaṭlaʿ), صِفاتِكَ (ṣifátik) as “Source, most excellent names, Dayspring, transcendent attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: rightgleaningsGWB §67: generouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: through Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: good deedsgleaningsGWB §300: Every good thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profit
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: informingfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §364: beingskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: resplendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: and the Exponentstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §302: portraykitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: unfold their mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: revealerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §311: His attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: dost ascribeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thy
SE rendered وَمَطْلَعِ (wamaṭlaʿ), صِفاتِكَ (ṣifátik), العُلْيا، (al-ʿulyá،), وَأَرَدْتَ (waʾaradt), تُدْخِلَنِيْ (tudkhilaní) as “Dayspring, transcendent attributes, wished, immerse myself”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: and exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §133: loftinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is He aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: In Thine unapproachable loftinesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “what” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: We desiregleaningsGWB §636: He hath refused to reservekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: my wishthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His wishgleaningsGWB §250: hath purposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
This form usually rendered as “enabled” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: meddlegleaningsGWB §27: “Enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: dependent uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Grant him admission withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: enter thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: enterestgleaningsGWB §459: attempted to meddle
SE rendered تُدْخِلَنِيْ (tudkhilaní), لُجَّةِ (lujjah), بَحْرِ (baḥr), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), وَطَمْطامِ (waṭamṭám) as “immerse myself, the ocean, oneness, to be submerged”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: CatastrophegleaningsGWB §685: seasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: billowingwill-and-testamentW&T §32: tribulationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the depthsgleaningsGWB §116: billowing oceanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: billowing oceansgleaningsGWB §631: ocean
