Prayers and Meditations — §653
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 653 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي بِما أَيْقَظْتَنِيْ بَعْدَ نَوْمِيْ وَأَظْهَرْتَنِيْ بَعْدَ غَيْبَتِيْ وَأَقَمْتَنِيْ بَعْدَ رَقْدِيْ، أَصْبَحْتُ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى أَنْوارِ فَجْرِ ظُهُورِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ أَنارَتْ آفاقُ سَمَواتِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَعَظَمَتِكَ وَمُعْتَرِفًا بِآياتِكَ وَمُوقِنًا بِكِتابِكَ وَمُتَمَسِّكًا بِحَبْلِكَ، أَسْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast awakened me out of my sleep, and brought me forth after my disappearance, and raised me up from my slumber. I have wakened this morning with my face set toward the splendors of the Daystar of Thy Revelation, through Which the heavens of Thy power and Thy majesty have been illumined, acknowledging Thy signs, believing in Thy Book, and holding fast unto Thy Cord.
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §163: time Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: Praised betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §386: other God
This form usually rendered as “roused”, “didst”, “hast” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §167: roused Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: awakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and roused me upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst waken
SE expanded to “brought me forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: committedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §259: have happenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sprungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: showeth forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “absence”, “disappearance”, “absent” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §34: the Unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: the secret thingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the seen and unseengleaningsGWB §93: Invisibles
SE expanded to “raised me up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the purpose of servingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §401: this most blessed Seatkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: the right way.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and resolvedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: off the slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: the bedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: asleepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: all that lay asleep
SE expanded to “wakened this morning”
SE expanded to “with my face set”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: sum offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §510: fix Thy gaze uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: the light of Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the firesfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §684: surpassing lusterkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and by the lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
dayspring 38% morning 13% dawn 13% daybreak 6% dawning-light 6% break 6% dawning-place 6% daystar 6% dawning 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impious who murdered and pillagedgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: have burst forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: workers of iniquity
SE rendered ظُهُورِكَ (ẓuhúrik), أَنارَتْ (ʾanárat), آفاقُ (áfáq), سَمَواتِ (samawát), قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik), وَعَظَمَتِكَ (waʿaẓamatik) as “Revelation, been illumined, heavens, power, majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §401: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: of the Dayspringthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: HorizongleaningsGWB §286: created thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: all the world
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with Thy powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §525: a measurekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: leastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: according to Thine irrevocable decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §390: sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §408: great is
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: acquaintedgleaningsGWB §118: comprehendedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the want of capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: enabled me to recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: Know
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §157: in His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: acquaintedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: Thy most resplendent signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: thou mayest befire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §388: truekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Certitude,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: firmly believetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudegleaningsGWB §239: the undoubted truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: booksgleaningsGWB §234: in the Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Last Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: Write us upthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: Book
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: cleave tenaciously untogleaningsGWB §367: take yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: poorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: cleaving steadfastlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: seized upongleaningsGWB §419: provekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: “Cling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the firm cordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: every tieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: firm CordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
SE rendered وَمُتَمَسِّكًا (wamutamassikan), بِحَبْلِكَ، (biḥablika،), أَسْ (ʾas) as “holding fast, Cord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §39: thy questionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §157: askedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
