Prayers and Meditations — §699
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 699 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِعَيْنِكَ الَّتِي لا تَنامُ أَنْ تَحْفَظَ عَيْنِيْ عَنِ النَّظَرِ إِلى دُونِكَ، ثُمَّ زِدْ نُورَها لِمُشاهَدَةِ آثارِكَ وَالنَّظَرِ إِلى أُفُقِ ظُهُورِكَ، أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ ضَعُفَتْ كَيْنُونَةُ القُدْرَةِ عِنْدَ ظُهُوراتِ قُدْرَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beg of Thee, O my Lord, by Thine eye that sleepeth not, to guard mine eyes from beholding aught beside Thee. Strengthen, then, their vision that they may discern Thy signs, and behold the Horizon of Thy Revelation. Thou art He before the revelations of Whose omnipotence the quintessence of power hath trembled.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §549: of Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your Lord
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (155 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask
SE expanded to “by Thine eye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: damselsgleaningsGWB §254: with acute discernmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: visionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: protect theegleaningsGWB §647: Unfailing Protectorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: protect ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: for the protectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: defence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: hast fixed thy gazefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §167: Behold Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: waitingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §418: All elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: nothing short ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: from the comprehension of othersgleaningsGWB §94: withheld from
SE rendered النَّظَرِ (an-naẓar), دُونِكَ، (dúnika،), زِدْ (zid), نُورَها (núrahá), لِمُشاهَدَةِ (limusháhadah), آثارِكَ (áthárik) as “beholding, beside, vision, discern, signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the greater waxedgleaningsGWB §160: increasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: extravaganceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: deepenedwill-and-testamentW&T §7: enlargedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: grievous their woesgleaningsGWB §254: shall increaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: became so impassioned
This form usually rendered as “vision” (1 occurrences)
light 56% splendors 10% lights 6% illumined 5% resplendent 5% most 4% illumine 4% luminous 3% radiance 3% brightness 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: lightsfire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §203: effulgence of His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: resplendence of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: of the glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: marksgleaningsGWB §363: testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: the signs and tokenswill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §575: influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §441: everywhereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hast subduedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizongleaningsGWB §63: of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: dominions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My Revelationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §563: Our outwardkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: clearlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: the means for the revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
This form usually rendered as “sore”, “trembled” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: powerless to weakengleaningsGWB §310: potentiallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: forlornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: have failed to weakengleaningsGWB §404: dyingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: helpless ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: he wasfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §300: be regardedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: withintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: the aidfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §669: may soarkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §568: Thou hast destinedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
