Prayers and Meditations — §52
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 52 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهَ السَّماءِ زَيِّنْ رَأْسَ البَهآءِ بِتاجِ الشَّهادَةِ فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ، كما زَيَّنْتَ هَيْكَلَهُ بِطِرازِ البَلآءِ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَقَرِّبِ المُشْتاقِينَ إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ الَّذِيْ أَشْرَقَ مِنْهُ شَمْسُ جَمالِكَ، ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ ما يَجْعَلُهُمْ غَنِيًّا عَمَّا سِواكَ، وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآياتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O God, the Lord of heaven! Attire my head with the crown of martyrdom, even as Thou didst attire my body with the ornament of tribulation before all that dwell in Thy land. Grant, moreover, that they whose hearts yearn over Thee may draw nigh unto the horizon of Thy grace, above which the Daystar of Thy beauty sheddeth its radiance. Ordain, also, for them what will make them rich enough to dispense with aught else except Thee, and rid them of all attachment to such as have repudiated Thy signs.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: hymns of glory and praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: All praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Everything celebratethgleaningsGWB §190: Glory be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: ascended into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: the embodiments of Thy namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered السَّماءِ (as-samáʾ), زَيِّنْ (zayyin), رَأْسَ (raʾas), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), بِتاجِ (bitáj), الشَّهادَةِ (ash-shahádah) as “of heaven, Attire, head, my, the crown, of martyrdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: sentence of His deathfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §222: bear Us witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: to suffer martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: soon realizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
SE rendered بِتاجِ (bitáj), الشَّهادَةِ (ash-shahádah), سَبِيلِكَ، (sabílika،), كما (kmá), زَيَّنْتَ (zayyant), هَيْكَلَهُ (haykalah) as “the crown, of martyrdom, even as, attire, my body”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §9: for its sakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: never approachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and in Thy path.”the-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the StraightgleaningsGWB §394: of its
3 occurrences in corpus
temple 29% form 24% embodiment 6% immortal 6% incarnation 6% glory 6% state 6% idol 6% one 6% age 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: embodiment offire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §277: tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: all createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: our templestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: ornamentgleaningsGWB §426: arrayed inkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the ornamentgleaningsGWB §216: with the jewel
tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §176: Mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: dwellers of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy kindredthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: peoples of the earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy kingdomgleaningsGWB §575: the angelskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: kingdoms oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “proximity”, “nearness” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: draw nigh untofire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §132: The hour is approachingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: well-nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: would draw them nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §36: drawing near
المُشْتاقِينَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “they whose hearts yearn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervorfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §311: great longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: such of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the world of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: HorizongleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: Thy Revelation
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “shone”, “illumined” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: hath arisen and shone forthfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §226: appearedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the revelationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: manifestations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The sungleaningsGWB §357: resplendent the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §401: the splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: one
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My BeautygleaningsGWB §694: beauty.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the adored Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: radiant countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: is a more gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
all-possessing 37% rich 33% dispense 7% afford 3% self-sufficient 3% all 3% can 3% independent 3% truth 3% enrich 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §66: crieth outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: richesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: chantethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §57: rich in its possessionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung
SE expanded to “aught else except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §616: and fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: any one except Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: but Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §680: none except
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: detachmentgleaningsGWB §124: withheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: to forsake ourselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath severed
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny notgleaningsGWB §297: ye believe notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: the infidelsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: and the perversetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §572: refused to acknowledge
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signs
