Prayers and Meditations — §311
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 311 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ عَلَى ما أَسْمَعْتَنِي نِدَائَكَ وَدَعَوْتَنِي إِلى نَفْسِكَ وَفَتَحْتَ عَيْنِيْ لِمُشَاهَدَةِ جَمالِكَ وَنَوَّرْتَ قَلْبِي بِعِرْفانِكَ وَقَدَّسْتَ صَدْرِيْ عَنْ شُبُهَاتِ المُشرِكيِنَ فِي أَيَّامِكَ، أَنَا الَّذِيْ يا إِلهِي كُنْتُ راقِدًا عَلَى البِسَاطِ أَرْسَلْتَ عَلَيَّ مُرْسَلاتِ عِناياتِكَ وَنَسَمَاتِ أَلْطَافِكَ وَأَيْقَظَتْنِي عَنِ النَّومِ مُقْبِلاً إِلى حَرَمِ عِرْفانِكَ وَمُتَوَجّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God, inasmuch as Thou hast inclined mine ear to Thy voice, and called me to Thyself, and opened mine eyes to gaze on Thy beauty, and illumined my heart with Thy knowledge, and sanctified my breast from the doubts of the infidels in Thy days. I am the one, O my God, who lay fast asleep on his couch, when lo, the messengers of Thy manifold mercies were sent down upon me by Thee, and the gentle winds of Thy loving-kindness blew over me, and roused me up, and caused me to set my face towards the sanctuary of Thy knowledge, and to fix mine eyes upon the splendors of the light of Thy face.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: LordshipgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
SE expanded to “Magnified be Thy name”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “thanks”, “praise”, “all” (145 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Magnified be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: let Thee be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”
SE expanded to “hast inclined mine ear to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thatfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §522: Hearken untokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: to hearkentablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: calling aloud sayingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §609: thy crykitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: to proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: aloud
SE expanded to “and called me to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dictates of my passionsgleaningsGWB §151: they whokitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: with my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: evidentgleaningsGWB §30: and thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: with Thine own eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
لِمُشَاهَدَةِ
literal: witness; observation; witnessed
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to gaze on”
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §34: promised Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the beauty of the roseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the Day-Starfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §117: effulgent lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishable Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the heartsgleaningsGWB §281: revolutionizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: “Heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §515: hearts of Thy dear onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
SE expanded to “with Thy knowledge”
knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledgegleaningsGWB §566: that understandkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: Thou wilt appreciate
sanctified 50% holiness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the HolygleaningsGWB §669: veiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of Thy holy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: hallowedgleaningsGWB §645: untainted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: asgleaningsGWB §126: peerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: unequivocalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: such doubtswill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: confoundedgleaningsGWB §126: Incomparablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: this self-same Book
SE expanded to “of the infidels”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: associate a partnergleaningsGWB §387: associationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: and blasphemous whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: such of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: joined partnersgleaningsGWB §297: infidel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to daygleaningsGWB §341: This is the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of the dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: throughout my lifewill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the daysgleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: the bedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: off the slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: slumbererepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: asleepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: have slumbered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the CourtgleaningsGWB §279: pomp and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: unfoldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: stretched outthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: lengthygleaningsGWB §587: outstretched Handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: spread
This form usually rendered as “prophets”, “entrusted”, “whom” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “were sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His ApostlegleaningsGWB §451: entrusted with His Messagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: His Messengers!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: Prophets unsent.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Epistle
SE expanded to “of Thy manifold mercies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: through the gracefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §311: His loving kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: loving careprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: of Thy manifold merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
SE expanded to “and the gentle winds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: breezegleaningsGWB §152: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: galesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: fragrancesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: breezesgleaningsGWB §655: the sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: one breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the holy breaths
SE expanded to “of Thy loving-kindness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §14: benevolencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §59: the favors
SE expanded to “and roused me up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst wakengleaningsGWB §167: roused Meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and roused me upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: awakened
SE rendered أَلْطَافِكَ (ʾalṭáfik), وَأَيْقَظَتْنِي (waʾayqaẓatní), النَّومِ (an-nawm), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), حَرَمِ (ḥaram) as “of Thy loving-kindness, and roused me up, the sanctuary”
SE rendered وَأَيْقَظَتْنِي (waʾayqaẓatní), النَّومِ (an-nawm), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), حَرَمِ (ḥaram), عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik) as “and roused me up, the sanctuary, of Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: his having recognizedfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §72: celebrateth the praisekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: toward the eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: sufferedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
sanctuary 43% forbidden 10% habitations 10% tabernacle 10% had 5% hath 5% holy 5% dishonor 5% members 5% imperishable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: withheldgleaningsGWB §412: destitute ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: from the imperishable Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: to denythe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Sanctuary
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “turned”, “fixed” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: turn his face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §323: My countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
