Prayers and Meditations — §328
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 328 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتَ عِرْفانَ نَفْسِكَ أَظْهَرْتَ مَظْهَرًا مِنْ مَظاهِرِ أَمْرِكَ وَجَعَلْتَهُ آيَةَ ظُهُورِكَ بَيْنَ بَريَّتِكَ وَمَظْهَرَ غَيْبِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ إِلى أَنِ انْتَهَتِ الظُّهُوراتُ بِالَّذِيْ جَعَلْتَهُ سُلْطَانًا عَلَى مَنْ فِي جَبَرُوتِ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا مُقْتَدِرًا عَلَى مَنْ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْتَهُ مُبَشِّرًا لِظُهُورِكَ الأَعْظَمِ وَطُلُوعِكَ الأَقْدَمِ، وَما كانَ مَقْصُودُكَ فِي ذلِكَ إِلاَّ بِأَنْ تَمْتَحِنَ مَظاهِرَ أَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ وَأَمَرْتَهُ بِأَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَهْدَ نَفْسِهِ عَنْ كُلِّ الأَشْيآءِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And when Thou didst purpose to make Thyself known unto men, Thou didst successively reveal the Manifestations of Thy Cause, and ordained each to be a sign of Thy Revelation among Thy people, and the Dayspring of Thine invisible Self amidst Thy creatures, until the time when, as decreed by Thee, all Thy previous Revelations culminated in Him Whom Thou hast appointed as the Lord of all who are in the heaven of revelation and the kingdom of creation, Him Whom Thou hast established as the Sovereign Lord of all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth. He it was Whom Thou hast determined to be the Herald of Thy Most Great Revelation and the Announcer of Thy Most Ancient Splendor. In this Thou hadst no other purpose except to try them who have manifested Thy most excellent titles unto all who are in heaven and on earth. He it was Whom Thou hast commanded to establish His covenant with all created things.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thou didst purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §619: of His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: decreedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: through Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §17: purposethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: torrentgleaningsGWB §415: the Will of God
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognize” (144 occurrences)
SE expanded to “make Thyself known”
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: KnowgleaningsGWB §546: the knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: learnedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: confessed
SE rendered فَلَمَّا (falammá), أَرَدْتَ (ʾaradt), عِرْفانَ (ʿirfán), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), أَظْهَرْتَ (ʾaẓhart) as “And when, Thou didst purpose, make Thyself known, successively reveal”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thougleaningsGWB §521: yourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: breathe a single breathtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: corrupt and selfish
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (33 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “whom” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to befire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §268: suffer mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: which Thou didst ordain to betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §362: breathe naught but
invisible 50% unseen 25% things 6% unknowable 4% backbiting 4% hidden 4% concealment 2% inner 2% invisibles 2% seen 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §122: Their wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of the seentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §122: the spiritual
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: was called into beingfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §244: of the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtues
This form usually rendered as “have”, “until”, “attain” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: infinitefire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §168: the Sadratu’l-Muntahákitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: summitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the supreme aspirationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powergleaningsGWB §593: and rebelled against His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Ancient of Daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: through the power of My might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: the Realm of Gloryfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §267: oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: and greatnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of necessity prompteth
وَمُهَيْمِنًا
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
help 44% sovereign 13% omnipotent 11% supreme 9% transcendeth 7% overshadoweth 4% ruler 4% transcendent 2% protector 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §706: pervadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §648: and supreme over alltablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: rulerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §32: the rulerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: overshadowest
SE rendered وَمُهَيْمِنًا (wamuhayminan), مُقْتَدِرًا (muqtadiran), مَلَكُوتِ (malakút) as “Sovereign, the, kingdom”
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 §167: celestialgleaningsGWB §163: to men’s eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: contingenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: they themselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §352: all that are in heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: inaccessible heightstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §717: all that is on the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earth
forerunner 28% herald 22% bringest 11% heralded 6% harbinger 6% heralding 6% shall 6% foretold 6% announcer 6% announceth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: of My ForerunnergleaningsGWB §170: tidingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: foretoldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: upon themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: a messenger of joywill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: mankind
وَطُلُوعِكَ
literal: rising-place; dawning-place; countenance
This form usually rendered as “announcer”, “shed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: ignorancefire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §40: countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: Him Who is the Revealer oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
This form usually rendered as “most” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: Him Who is the Ancient of Daysfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §120: so enduringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: roseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: the footstepstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: your footstepswill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: That which is meantgleaningsGWB §52: were ye to seek itkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: Desire of all menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: cherishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §25: By this House is meantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant the
This form usually rendered as “try” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered تَمْتَحِنَ (tamtaḥin), مَظاهِرَ (maẓáhir), أَسْمائِكَ (ʾasmáʾik), الحُسْنى (al-ḥusnى), الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ), وَالسَّمآءِ (wálssamáʾ) as “try, manifested, most excellent titles, earth, heaven”
covenant 40% dispensation 15% days 15% time 6% testament 6% age 6% covenanted 4% pledgeth 2% have 2% cycle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: covenantedgleaningsGWB §109: Testamentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: hath covenantedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: covenant with them for methe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §33: Thy Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: the covenantgleaningsGWB §122: age
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §397: We willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: willeth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
