Prayers and Meditations — §347
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 347 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَبْهى الَّذِيْ بِهِ زَيَّنْتَ مَنْ فِي مَلَكُوتِ أَمْرِكَ وَجَبَرُوْتِ مَشيَّتِكَ بِأَنْ تَجْذِبَنِيْ مِنْ نَغَماتِ وَرْقآءِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ الَّتِيْ تَغَنُّ عَلَى أَفْنانِ سِدْرَةِ قَضائِكَ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee by Thine All-Glorious Name, wherewith Thou didst adorn all the denizens of the kingdom of Thy revelation and the inmates of the heaven of Thy will, to grant that my soul may be attracted by the sweetness of the melody of the Bird of Heaven that chanteth amidst the branches of the tree of Thy decree that Thou art God, that there is none other God beside Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
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 §64: offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §378: poisonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: all that are in Thy heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant) as “I implore Thee, All-Glorious Name, adorn”
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: have We adornedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §243: its vanitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: re-adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: and adornedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: adorned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: layeth lowgleaningsGWB §64: all they that dwell on earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §384: the kings themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: celestial
SE expanded to “Thy revelation and the inmates of”
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: what elsefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §592: at His own behestkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: those happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thy bidding given ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §486: realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: and the duration of the heaven of Thine omnipotencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Nothing whatsoevergleaningsGWB §404: particles of matterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: willeth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: please themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §588: accent of the Voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: anyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: the voice of the melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §210: the melody
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: put forth your leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §263: the leaf thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the Nightingaleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the scrollswill-and-testamentW&T §52: leafletsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: leafgleaningsGWB §494: Scroll
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “unity”, “glory” (46 occurrences)
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 §149: unto onegleaningsGWB §467: elevenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: of the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the unitygleaningsGWB §680: Who else
This form usually rendered as “crieth”, “poureth”, “chanteth” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §581: enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: accentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the cooingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: wealthy manwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: BushgleaningsGWB §127: Sadratu’lkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Sadrihprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Burning BushgleaningsGWB §193: Trees
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God hathfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §20: the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
