Prayers and Meditations — §613
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 613 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلهِي وَسَيِّدِيْ أَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ قَدْ قُمْتُ عَنِ الفِراشِ فِي هذا الفَجْرِ الَّذِيْ فِيهِ أَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ عَنْ أُفُقِ سَمآءِ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَاسْتَضَاءَ مِنْها الآفاقُ بِما قُدِّرَ فِي صَحائِفِ قَضا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O my God and my Master! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have risen from my couch at this dawntide when the Daystar of Thy oneness hath shone forth from the Dayspring of Thy will, and hath shed its radiance upon the whole world, according to what had been ordained in the Books of Thy Decree.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §386: other Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: blackgleaningsGWB §404: corrosionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: princesgleaningsGWB §181: descendant of the Prophetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: PrincegleaningsGWB §84: turned black
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §122: Servants.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: have gathered and preyedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sublime retreatfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §318: rebelledkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: sojourned inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: they may all arisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: pitchedgleaningsGWB §362: couchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their couchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: my pillowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: beddinggleaningsGWB §690: couchesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: my couchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: bed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impious who murdered and pillagedgleaningsGWB §44: wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: wicked doers
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the effulgencesfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §670: a radiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: effulgent splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: caused Him to shinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My effulgence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: testifygleaningsGWB §100: Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: “Suns,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §377: light ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: those Sunsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §115: Nonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §385: alone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §629: Thy realm of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: the all-highest horizonthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizongleaningsGWB §385: the realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: horizon of Thy grace
SE rendered أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), أُفُقِ (ʾufuq), سَمآءِ (samáʾ), مَشِيَّتِكَ (mashíhatik), وَاسْتَضَاءَ (wástaḍáʾ) as “Thy oneness, the Dayspring, Thy will, hath shed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §719: hathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: for whatsoevergleaningsGWB §29: things.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased awayfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §458: envelopedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: resplendent with the glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §33: its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: aglowfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §198: and whose light
SE expanded to “had been ordained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: conditionskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: would be powerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: through Thine irrevocable appointmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the BooksgleaningsGWB §323: the sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: epistlesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the Scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yougleaningsGWB §586: the sealed and mystic Scrollprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the companionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §191: hath fixedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: Thy decreethe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happened
