Prayers and Meditations — §533
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 533 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَمَحْبُوبَ البَهآءِ بِأَنْ تَكْشِفَ الحِجابَ الَّذِيْ حالَ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ عِبادِكَ لِيَعْرِفُنَّكَ بِعَيْنِكَ وَيَنْقَطِعُنَّ عَمَّا سِواكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُتَعالِ الكَافِ المُتَباهِ العَزِيزُ العَلِيمُ، وَالحَمْدُ لَكَ إِذْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I entreat Thee, O Thou Who art my Companion and my Best-Beloved, to lift the veil that hath come in between Thee and Thy servants, that they may recognize Thee with Thine own eye and rid themselves of all attachment to any one but Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate. No God is there beside Thee, the Most Exalted, the Self-Sufficing, the Self-Exalting, the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §134: Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: of Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee
SE rendered وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), تَكْشِفَ (takshif), الحِجابَ (al-ḥijáb) as “my Best-Beloved, the veil”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Glorious
SE rendered وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb), البَهآءِ (al-baháʾ), تَكْشِفَ (takshif), الحِجابَ (al-ḥijáb), حالَ (ḥál) as “my Best-Beloved, the veil, hath come in”
This form usually rendered as “now”, “consider”, “present” (178 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath come in”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: AnswergleaningsGWB §499: Consideringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Reflect thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: came in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §388: the worshiperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: ‘Worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
SE expanded to “that they may recognize”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledgegleaningsGWB §367: what is rightkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: attributed unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: Enabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: knewepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: recognized as derived
SE expanded to “with Thine own eye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: appointedgleaningsGWB §167: with Minekitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: visionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §18: is appointed
SE expanded to “and rid themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: torn in piecesgleaningsGWB §641: complete detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and be so detachedtablet-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
SE expanded to “to any one but”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §211: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: but Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: other thantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §559: all else but Him
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: how greatfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §532: achievekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: everlasting dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: of Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §257: wash awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: PardonergleaningsGWB §569: ask forgiveness
SE expanded to “the Most Compassionate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: late Excellencyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §391: token of His all-encompassing mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: of Thine all-encompassing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my GodgleaningsGWB §127: God inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: GodgleaningsGWB §385: two Godskitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: divine wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godhead
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
suffice 27% content 13% all-sufficing 13% insufficient 7% ever 7% will 7% verily 7% sufficing 7% himself 7% let 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §595: can satisfy the needskitab-i-iqanKIQ §82: content ourselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would sufficethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: suffice theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Not contentgleaningsGWB §510: be Thy sufficingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficient
all-glorious 63% glory 11% most 11% upon 2% abhá 2% effulgent 2% everlasting 2% smitten 2% resplendent 2% glorious 2%
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy powerfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §10: exaltationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: onethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: precious in my estimation
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “knower” (77 occurrences)
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the divinesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §20: well imaginedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: rabbisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: to Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
SE rendered العَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), العَلِيمُ، (al-ʿalímu،), وَالحَمْدُ (wálḥamd) as “the All-Glorious, the All-Wise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: let Thee be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §219: the All-Praised
SE rendered العَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), العَلِيمُ، (al-ʿalímu،), وَالحَمْدُ (wálḥamd), لَكَ (lak) as “the All-Glorious, the All-Wise”
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