Prayers and Meditations — §448
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 448 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َرَمِ الأُنْسِ وَكَعْبَةِ القُدْسِ مُقِرًّا بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَسَلْطَنَتِكَ، إِلى أَنْ وَرَدْتُ المَدِيْنَةَ الَّتِيْ فِيْهَا تَجَلَّيْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ الأَشْياءِ بِكُلِّ أَسْمائِكَ وَعَاشَرتُ مَعَ أَحِبَّائِكَ وَوَجَدْتُ مِنَ البَيْتِ نَفَحَاتِ قُدْسِكَ وَفَوْحَاتِ أُنْسِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ لا تُخَيِّبْنِي عَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am he, O my Lord, who, wholly for Thy sake, hath turned his face unto Thee, and who, while acknowledging Thy power and Thy sovereignty, hath directed his steps towards Thy dearly-loved Sanctuary, and Thine adored and hallowed Court. In this state I have reached the City (Baghdád) wherein, in the full glory of Thy names, Thou didst reveal Thy Self unto all created things. In it I have communed with Thy loved ones, and from the House within its walls I have inhaled the breaths of Thy holiness and perceived the fragrances of Thy fellowship.
Translation Notes
SE rendered َرَمِ (aram), الأُنْسِ (an-ns), وَكَعْبَةِ (wakaʿbah), القُدْسِ (al-quds) as “dearly-loved Sanctuary, hallowed Court, am he, O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: deprivedgleaningsGWB §563: disappointkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: remainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: deprive me notthe-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 “fellowship”, “men”, “enjoyed” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §69: and My companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: solacethe-hidden-wordsHW §82: communionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §358: menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunion
gleaningsGWB §661: the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: object of my adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: object of the adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Lodestarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: the adored tabernacle
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §685: loftykitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: holy and immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: acknowledgetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My homeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the Holy SpiritgleaningsGWB §557: praise
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: through the mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §286: akitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: ableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: Thine immutable purposetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the SháhgleaningsGWB §613: dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: heavenly Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Upon Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §490: The tribulations We have sustainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have befallen mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: subjectedgleaningsGWB §561: sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: enter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: The citiesgleaningsGWB §558: that Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Great CitygleaningsGWB §230: native cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: PersiangleaningsGWB §560: the Word
تَجَلَّيْتَ
literal: manifestation; manifest; manifested
SE expanded to “Thou didst reveal Thy Self”
thou 67% manifested 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: effulgent glorygleaningsGWB §563: hath shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: splendorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: effulgent splendorsgleaningsGWB §372: Him Who is the Sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent glories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: WillgleaningsGWB §492: as it pleaseth theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §292: in thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy most excellent titlestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §665: well is itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: for the saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
perceiveth 50% have 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: humanfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §460: can ye findkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: non-existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: whatever hath been createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: that same housegleaningsGWB §680: habitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the Frequented Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §38: this Houseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: his housegleaningsGWB §86: their housesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: my homewill-and-testamentW&T §38: That which this body
This form usually rendered as “breezes”, “sweet”, “fragrances” (84 occurrences)
SE expanded to “inhaled the breaths”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §116: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: sweet smellwill-and-testamentW&T §13: sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §47: breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the holy fragrances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: breathsgleaningsGWB §694: ladenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would send forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: passedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: the sweet savorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: sweet smellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: and perceived the fragrancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: will shed
SE rendered وَفَوْحَاتِ (wafawḥát), أُنْسِكَ، (ʾunsika،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “and perceived the fragrances, of Thy fellowship”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §380: created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Divine
SE rendered أُنْسِكَ، (ʾunsika،), رَبِّ (rabb), تُخَيِّبْنِي (tukhayyibní) as “of Thy fellowship”
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Denyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: disappointestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: Shatter
