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 §13: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §212: of the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: Praise be unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §127: heavenlykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: namedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: the knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: by Thy treasured Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
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 §204: Thy lightgleaningsGWB §200: gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: for myselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: MygleaningsGWB §591: the Spirit of Bahá
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: beholdestfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §167: a witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: hath been witnessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: didst bear witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
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 §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §472: coursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the ways
This form usually rendered as “temple”, “form”, “embodiment” (39 occurrences)
temple 29% form 17% embodiment 8% idol 8% body 8% one 8% person 8% súratu’l-haykal 4% incarnation 4% breast 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the formfire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §534: personkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §597: created thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: angelicthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Temple
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: with the ornamentgleaningsGWB §216: with the jewelkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: decked forth bytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: ornamentgleaningsGWB §426: glory
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: afflictionsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievously
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of the peoplefire-tabletFire §22: the SyriansgleaningsGWB §58: “Put awaykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: who is endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: them that have recognizedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §669: majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: their allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: countries
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “proximity”, “nearness” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: nearer accessfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §700: them that shall be brought nigh unto Uskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: those who are nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
المُشْتاقِينَ
literal: longing; yearning; longing, yearning
SE expanded to “they whose hearts yearn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Theefire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §1: however great its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: those hearts that yearn after Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn after
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “shone”, “arisen” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the dayspringfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §191: effulgent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: shineth forth abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: the fairest and most comely of womengleaningsGWB §416: the Beneficentkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: of the Ancient Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §480: to deckkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: to blot outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
all-possessing 43% rich 26% independent 9% can 4% riches 4% dispense 4% all-sufficing 2% verily 2% self-sufficient 2% lofty 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: shall profit theegleaningsGWB §295: profit youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the wealthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the cooingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
سِواكَ،
literal: other than; other-than; other than, except
SE expanded to “aught else except Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §666: for naught elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: to anyone save Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: that there I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §386: but Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: detachmentgleaningsGWB §551: detach himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: be stayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will detach ourselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: cut it offgleaningsGWB §75: and who have detached themselves
This form usually rendered as “have”, “disbelieved”, “who” (59 occurrences)
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §297: ye believe notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ungratefulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: have deniedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §35: blasphemykitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §368: a sign of His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thy most mighty signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
