Prayers and Meditations — §347
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 347 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سْمِكَ 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، أَيْ رَبِّ طَهِّرْنِي بِمِياهِ رَحْمَتِكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي
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 “Thine All-Glorious Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: the Object of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: of their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: through Thy most resplendent Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
SE rendered سْمِكَ (smik), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant) as “Thine All-Glorious Name, adorn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: (bloodmoney)gleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: effulgent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: adornedfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §700: forgoethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst deck forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: GodgleaningsGWB §179: illuminateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been adorned
SE rendered زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant), مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَجَبَرُوْتِ (wajabarút) as “adorn, revelation, the inmates of the heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the King of KingsgleaningsGWB §60: “The Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the transcendent giftstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §475: the affairskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: to proclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Thy behesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: of power
SE expanded to “inmates of the heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §612: and their dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of the kingdomstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nothinggleaningsGWB §669: operation of His own Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: rapturefire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §708: eagernesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and attractedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
This form usually rendered as “melodies”, “accents”, “sweet” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §106: melodykitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the melodiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: with such melodiestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §612: the sweet melodies
SE expanded to “Bird of Heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenixkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: pagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: the scrollstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §30: itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Dove
SE rendered نَغَماتِ (naghamát), وَرْقآءِ (warqáʾ), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), تَغَنُّ (taghann) as “the melody, the Bird of Heaven, chanteth”
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
This form usually rendered as “crieth”, “chanteth” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the richgleaningsGWB §179: All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: richesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: richest of the richtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: wealthy manepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-Possessing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §175: the Burning Bushkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: of the Treetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Sacred Lote-Treeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: fruits of the tree of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §288: from the Tree
decree 69% irrevocable 10% dispositions 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% ordained 3% through 3%
SE rendered أَفْنانِ (ʾafnán), سِدْرَةِ (sidrah), قَضائِكَ (qaḍáʾik), بِأَنَّكَ (biʾannak), اللَّهُ (al-lah), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “the branches, the tree, Thy decree, that, God”
SE rendered إِلهَ (ʾilh), رَبِّ (rabb) as “God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), طَهِّرْنِي (ṭahhirní), بِمِياهِ (bimíáh), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: be sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §636: may cleanseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: will wash usthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §617: cleansethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: methe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainless
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), طَهِّرْنِي (ṭahhirní), بِمِياهِ (bimíáh), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik) as “”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast caused methe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: allow not
