Prayers and Meditations — §57
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 57 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا مالِكَ مَمالِكَ الإِنْشآءِ وَسُلْطَانَ الأَسْمآءِ بِأَنْ تَكْتُبَ اسْمِي مِنَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَزَلْ طَافُوا حَوْلَ سُرادِقِ مَجْدِكَ وَتَشَبَّثُوا بِذَيْلِ عِنايَتِكَ وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِحَبْلِ عُطُوفَتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I entreat Thee, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the kingdoms of creation and the Author of all names, to write down my name with the names of them who, from eternity, have circled round the Tabernacle of Thy majesty, and clung to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, and held fast the cord of Thy tender mercy.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “possessor”, “king” (124 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: Thine inventiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
الإِنْشآءِ
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereignsgleaningsGWB §593: and rebelled against His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: earthly sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: potency of Thine exalted mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thy namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §95: His infinite nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered وَسُلْطَانَ (wasulṭán), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), تَكْتُبَ (taktub), اسْمِي (ismí), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín) as “Author, names, my name, them who”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Divine BooksgleaningsGWB §451: His unerring Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: compositionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: and hath graventhe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy Book
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §669: will everlastingly continue to remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: farprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: will continue unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: lastingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §306: deprive him of
SE rendered الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), يَزَلْ (yazal), طَافُوا (ṭáfúá), حَوْلَ (ḥawl), سُرادِقِ (surádiq), مَجْدِكَ (majdik) as “them who, have circled, round, Tabernacle, majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circledgleaningsGWB §31: circumambulatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian communityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §638: keep company withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce stormepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §542: round whom in life circled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: AnswergleaningsGWB §309: hidden behindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: present dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: times and under all conditionstablet-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 §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §34: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: enter the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: the sanctuary of the tabernaclewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernacle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: in His most great glorygleaningsGWB §665: and glorifying your actionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: great glory.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: Thy majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thy most excellent majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: lauded be Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §509: Thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: laid fast holdgleaningsGWB §645: holdeth fastkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: cleaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: hath clungwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hem
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its meaningfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §311: His loving kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “have”, “clung”, “fixeth” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: to hold fastgleaningsGWB §561: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: joinedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: laid fast hold thereongleaningsGWB §419: provekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: We cleave
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: firm CordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: to the cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
This form usually rendered as “loving”, “mercifulness”, “loving-kindness” (7 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §631: Graciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: Thywill-and-testamentW&T §23: the affectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: the Most Compassionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: tender mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of Thy gracious providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving-kindness
