Prayers and Meditations — §661
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 661 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي أَصْبَحْتُ فِي جِوارِكَ وَالَّذِيْ اسْتَجارَكَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي كَنَفِ حِفْظِكَ وَحِصْنِ حِمايَتِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ نَوِّرْ باطِنِيْ بِأَنْوارِ فَجْرِ ظُهُورِكَ كما نَوَّرْتَ ظاهِرِيْ بَنُورِ صَباحِ عَطائِك.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have wakened in Thy shelter, O my God, and it becometh him that seeketh that shelter to abide within the Sanctuary of Thy protection and the Stronghold of Thy defense. Illumine my inner being, O my Lord, with the splendors of the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, even as Thou didst illumine my outer being with the morning light of Thy favor.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §204: her God
SE expanded to “I have wakened”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: lampfire-tabletFire §22: LightgleaningsGWB §556: the resplendent mornkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: break of dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: each daybreakthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: My lightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the dawn to appearfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning light
This form usually rendered as “precincts”, “court”, “within” (10 occurrences)
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “befitteth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §428: Allkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: it behoovegleaningsGWB §702: must needskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: of
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (69 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: all that hath beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §343: be thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: hast, verily, beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “of Thy protection”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: We watchedgleaningsGWB §475: strict guardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: tightenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Preserved Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: protect His Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: defence
SE expanded to “and the Stronghold”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: fortressgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: so to seek refugethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §12: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married woman
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of Thy defensewill-and-testamentW&T §3: the safeguardingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: Thy carewill-and-testamentW&T §1: preservedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy secret Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §370: His revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: the Lord yourtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my Lord
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My radiancefire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §203: effulgence of His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: and my Lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
SE expanded to “my inner being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: secretlygleaningsGWB §324: suspensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: and innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Concealmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: wombepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: ConcealmentgleaningsGWB §248: mothers’ wombskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the womb
SE expanded to “of the Dayspring”
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 §94: the DayspringgleaningsGWB §44: wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: wicked doerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: impiousgleaningsGWB §67: the workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: dawntide
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: seemingfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §300: accomplishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: that movethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy generosityfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bounteousnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy generosity
