Prayers and Meditations — §640
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 640 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنَا المُشْتاقُ فِي حُبِّكَ بِما لا يَشْتاقُهُ أَحَدٌ هذا جَسَدِيْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ وَرُوحِيْ تِلْقآءَ وَجْهِكَ فَافْعَلْ بِهِما ما شِئْتَ لإِعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ وَإِبْرازِ ما كُنِزَ فِي خَزائِنِ عِلْمِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما
Shoghi Effendi Translation
In the love I bear to Thee, O my Lord, my heart longeth for Thee with a longing such as no heart hath known. Here am I with my body between Thy hands, and my spirit before Thy face. Do with them as it may please Thee, for the exaltation of Thy word, and the revelation of what hath been enshrined within the treasuries of Thy knowledge.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §591: in its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: that long for Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearn
This form usually rendered as “love”, “thou”, “loveth” (137 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I bear to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §415: His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: I lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
SE rendered حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), يَشْتاقُهُ (yashtáquh), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), جَسَدِيْ (jasadí), يَدَيْكَ (yadayk) as “I bear to Thee, longing, body, Thy hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: one ofgleaningsGWB §510: kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: transcendent onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §620: neighbor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: bodygleaningsGWB §246: My bodykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the deadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: their bodiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: her bodythe-hidden-wordsHW §120: framewill-and-testamentW&T §13: its mortal frameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the body of mankind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §448: I hold within My graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: through the handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §619: the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the stench-filledfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §417: peace and tranquillitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the eternal Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: through the spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an immortal spirit
SE expanded to “before Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Divine Presencefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §506: attained His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attainmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: reuniontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
SE rendered يَدَيْكَ (yadayk), وَرُوحِيْ (warúḥí), تِلْقآءَ (tilqáʾ), وَجْهِكَ (wajhik), فَافْعَلْ (fáfʿal), بِهِما (bihimá) as “Thy hands, spirit, before Thy face, Do, with them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: of His Countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §594: friendly facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: contemplatetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §656: Deal with mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: motive for such deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Thou doestthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine actgleaningsGWB §168: have donekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in deeds
SE rendered فَافْعَلْ (fáfʿal), بِهِما (bihimá), شِئْتَ (shiʾt), لإِعْلآءِ (lʾiʿláʾ), كَلِمَتِكَ (kalimatik), وَإِبْرازِ (waʾibráz) as “Do, with them, exaltation, Thy word, revelation”
exalt 30% exaltation 19% glorify 15% exalted 7% magnify 7% glorification 7% sake 4% proclaim 4% furthering 4% magnifying 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §694: Tongue ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: through yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: One Who conversed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: come to passprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: to revealtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §91: immensely exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: treasuregleaningsGWB §354: lie enshrinedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: treasury of the divine pearlsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: have treasuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: treasuresgleaningsGWB §305: treasuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Well-guarded Treasure
treasuries 47% treasures 16% all 11% within 5% treasury 5% inviolable 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §523: your treasureskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: Thine enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: treasuriesgleaningsGWB §99: Treasuries of the gems
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: knowledgefire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §170: this perverse generationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: commentatorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE rendered عِلْمِكَ، (ʿilmika،), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “Thy knowledge”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
