Prayers and Meditations — §69
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 69 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنَا الَّذِيْ انْقَطَعْتُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَوَجَّهْتُ إِلى بَوَارِقِ أَنْوارِ وَجْهِكَ وَقَطَعْتُ حَبْلَ النِّسْبَةِ عَنْ كُلِّ ذِيْ نِسْبَةٍ وَتَمَسَّكْتُ بحَبْلِ حُبِّكَ وَرِضائِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ قَبِلْتُ حُبَّكَ وَضُرَّ العالَمِينَ، وَفَدَيْتُ نَفْسِي حُبًّا لأَحِبَّائِكَ لِيَصْعَدُنَّ إِلى سَمواتِ قُرْبِكَ وَعِرْفانِكَ وَيَطِيرُنَّ فِيْ هَوَآءِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I am the one who hath forsaken his all and set his face towards the splendors of the glory of Thy countenance, who hath severed every tie and clung to the cord of Thy love and of Thy good-pleasure. I am he, O my God, who hath embraced Thy love and accepted all the adversities which the world can inflict, who hath offered up himself as a ransom for the sake of Thy loved ones, that they may ascend into the heavens of Thy knowledge and be drawn nearer unto Thee, and may soar in the atmosphere of Thy love and Thy good-pleasure.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Too high art Thou exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Everything celebratethgleaningsGWB §597: veils
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath severedgleaningsGWB §428: detach himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §382: that they may ridtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: renunciation
SE rendered انْقَطَعْتُ (inqaṭaʿt), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), وَتَوَجَّهْتُ (watawajjaht), بَوَارِقِ (bawáriq) as “forsaken, and set, splendors”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He willethgleaningsGWB §302: elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Thine own willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoever
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §666: your facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Thy countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: flashgleaningsGWB §552: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: effulgencethe-hidden-wordsHW §121: the swiftness of lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: brightnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: a mere cupful
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the glory”
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 §198: My radiancefire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §120: radiance ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and illuminedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: to the cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cord of my hopegleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: cord of His bountygleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously to
SE rendered وَجْهِكَ (wajhik), وَقَطَعْتُ (waqaṭaʿt), حَبْلَ (ḥabl), النِّسْبَةِ (an-nisbah) as “of Thy countenance, hath severed, every tie”
relationship 22% related 15% kinship 11% ascribed 7% charges 7% have 7% attributed 7% accusations 7% impute 7% kindred 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: accusationgleaningsGWB §383: the distancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: My Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: applicable toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: by virtue of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: towill-and-testamentW&T §43: connectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: charges
SE rendered حَبْلَ (ḥabl), النِّسْبَةِ (an-nisbah), ذِيْ (dhí), نِسْبَةٍ (nisbahin), وَتَمَسَّكْتُ (watamassakt), بحَبْلِ (bḥabl) as “every tie, clung, to the cord”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “clinging” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §176: adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: to clingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: laid holdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: hath clunggleaningsGWB §418: adherencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishestfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §697: of utmost kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: they who love me suffertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
وَرِضائِكَ،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
SE expanded to “and of Thy good-pleasure”
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: uprightfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: Thy good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasure
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §585: and the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
This form usually rendered as “would”, “didst”, “hast” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: conversionfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §257: acknowledge the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: faithful, and inducethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of Thine acceptancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the blindgleaningsGWB §501: afflictionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my troublestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §594: blind
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the distinguished divinesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §600: world-devouringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: motive-forceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
SE expanded to “hath offered up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: be a sacrifice untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: be sacrificedwill-and-testamentW&T §49: Martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrificefire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: your naturegleaningsGWB §338: They thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: Himself”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
SE expanded to “that they may ascend”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: advancementfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §97: the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: by Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered لِيَصْعَدُنَّ (líaṣʿadunn), سَمواتِ (samúát), قُرْبِكَ (qurbik), وَعِرْفانِكَ (waʿirfánik), وَيَطِيرُنَّ (wayaṭírunn) as “that they may ascend, the heavens, of Thy, knowledge and, and may soar”
knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: every understanding heartgleaningsGWB §300: Will ye not comprehendkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: thou wouldst seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: make known unto metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy knowledge
SE expanded to “and may soar”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §713: the Birds of Darknesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: Phoenixprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: winged their flighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: may soarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: soargleaningsGWB §656: shall cause
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §283: and of akitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: worldlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: corrupt inclinationthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passions
