Prayers and Meditations — §360
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 360 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ةٌ فِيها فَتَحْتَ أَبْوابَ جُودِكَ عَلَى وَجْهِ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَمَصارِيْعَ عِنايَتِكَ لِمَنْ فِي أَرْضِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِالَّذِينَ سُفِكتْ دِمائُهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَانْقَطَعُوا عَنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ شَوْقًا لِلِقائِكَ، وَأَخَذَتْهُمْ نَفَحاتُ وَحْيِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يُسْمَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ جُزْءٍ مِنْ أَجْزاءِ أَبْدانِهِمْ ذِكْرُكَ وَثَنائُكَ بِأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنا مَحْرُومًا عَمَّا قَدَّرْتَهُ فِي هذا الظُّهُورِ الَّذِيْ بِهِ يَنْطِقُ كُلُّ شَجَرٍ بِما نَطَقَ بِهِ سِدْرَةُ السِّينآءِ لِمُوسى كلِيْمِكَ وَيُسَبِّحُ كُلُّ حَجَرٍ بِما سَبَّحَ بِهِ الحُصاةُ فِي قَبْضَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيبِكَ، فَيا إِلهِي هؤُلآءِ عِبادُكَ الَّذِينَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ مُعاشِرَ نَفْسِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! This is the hour when Thou hast unlocked the doors of Thy bounty before the faces of Thy creatures, and opened wide the portals of Thy tender mercy unto all the dwellers of Thine earth. I beseech Thee, by all them whose blood was shed in Thy path, who, in their yearning over Thee, rid themselves from all attachment to any of Thy creatures, and who were so carried away by the sweet savors of Thine inspiration that every single member of their bodies intoned Thy praise and vibrated to Thy remembrance, not to withhold from us the things Thou hast irrevocably ordained in this Revelation—a Revelation the potency of which hath caused every tree to cry out what the Burning Bush had aforetime proclaimed unto Moses, Who conversed with Thee, a Revelation that hath enabled every least pebble to resound again with Thy praise, as the stones glorified Thee in the days of Muḥammad, Thy Friend.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: unlockedfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §428: to unlockkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: cannot for ever remain openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: with the keysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: conquergleaningsGWB §636: with the keykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: gladness
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §12: bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §156: graciousnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hast set thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §490: action in approaching theekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §436: shall turn towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: men
This form usually rendered as “portals” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “bounty”, “grace” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the gracefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §169: My loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: hidden meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: Thy gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: by the gracewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE expanded to “all the dwellers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citythe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §202: this world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §323: to question his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §574: sheddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: bloodgleaningsGWB §170: breathedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §189: my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the blood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in Thy pathgleaningsGWB §4: is barredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: path but the pathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the pathsthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §394: of its
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §662: detacheth himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: sublime renunciationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: they ridtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: broke the grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §424: in longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: those hearts that yearnthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §582: sent down unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: they yearn to be scatteredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: engravedwill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
This form usually rendered as “who”, “carried”, “taken” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §618: the fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the holy breathswill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §47: breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: wafted
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: Thy purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: by Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspiration
SE rendered نَفَحاتُ (nafaḥát), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يُسْمَعُ (yusmaʿ), جُزْءٍ (juzʾin) as “savors, inspiration, intoned, member”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §567: low estatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §202: all that pertaineth toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of Thine exaltation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: have heardfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §325: the sense of hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: as shall incline their earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered جُزْءٍ (juzʾin), أَجْزاءِ (ʾajzáʾ), أَبْدانِهِمْ (ʾabdánihim), ذِكْرُكَ (dhikruk) as “member, bodies, remembrance”
4 occurrences in corpus
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Call Thou to remembrancegleaningsGWB §156: rememberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: whisperingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to be mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: second
This form usually rendered as “empower”, “withhold”, “number” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprivedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §664: withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: hast chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: hath made
This form usually rendered as “deprived”, “deprive”, “bereft” (86 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: withheldgleaningsGWB §158: had been forbiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: not return, deprivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy namethe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: dishonor
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: Omnipotentfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §377: rank and stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: powerful isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thine irrevocable purpose ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: revealfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §323: through Thy Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: shown forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “speaketh”, “speak”, “proclaimeth” (27 occurrences)
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
tree 70% burning 11% blessedness 2% neither 2% “the 2% blessed 2% same 2% tree—which 2% divine 2% “tree 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the treegleaningsGWB §36: blessed Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Tree—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the corrupt treewill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: its treesgleaningsGWB §36: of the treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the divine Tree
This form usually rendered as “tree”, “lote-tree”, “divine” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: this TreegleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: Sadratu’l-Muntaháprayers-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 §229: TreegleaningsGWB §288: from the Tree
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Him Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §101: spokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §11: by this very wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy Word
This form usually rendered as “everything”, “celebrate”, “resound” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsgleaningsGWB §633: the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Lauded be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GraciousgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exalted
This form usually rendered as “stone”, “stones” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: countgleaningsGWB §305: searchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: reckonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: stonegleaningsGWB §163: canst estimateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: hast reckoned up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: graspgleaningsGWB §78: His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: were made to expireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reliefgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: within Thy grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §610: Render thankskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: let Thee be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Name
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: My loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: those that love Himtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desire
SE rendered قَبْضَةِ (qabḍah), مُحَمَّدٍ (muḥammadin), حَبِيبِكَ، (ḥabíbika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí) as “the days, Muḥammad, Friend, O, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §668: set
SE rendered حَبِيبِكَ، (ḥabíbika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), هؤُلآءِ (hʾuláʾ) as “Friend, O, God”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered حَبِيبِكَ، (ḥabíbika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), هؤُلآءِ (hʾuláʾ), عِبادُكَ (ʿibáduk) as “Friend, O, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the faithfulfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §372: himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: His people?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant
SE rendered مُعاشِرَ (muʿáshir), نَفْسِ (nafs) as “Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: concoursegleaningsGWB §697: minglethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: consortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: communewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: company of HisgleaningsGWB §259: congregation
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: His lifegleaningsGWB §97: access untokitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the eternal Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of Thine own Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
