Prayers and Meditations — §712

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 712 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

فَتَحْتَ بابَ السَّمآءِ بِمِفْتاحِ اسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ الأَبْهى وَدَعَوْتَ الكُلَّ إِلى بَحْرِ اللِّقآءِ، فَلَمَّا ارْتَفَعَ نِدائُكَ الأَحْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Unto Thee be praise for that Thou hast enraptured me by the sweetness of Thine utterances, and set me towards the horizon above which the splendors of the Daystar of Thy face have shone, and caused me to turn unto Thee at a time when most of Thy creatures had broken off from Thee.

Translation Notes

فَتَحْتَ

fataḥt f-t-ḥ → “open”

literal: open; opened

opened 33% unlocked 33% illumined 17% thou 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: unlocked fire-tabletFire §33: the key gleaningsGWB §463: did set open kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: prayed for victory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: open them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: been opened gleaningsGWB §563: wide open kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: unlocked the

بابَ

báb b-w-b

literal: door; doors; door/gate

SE rendered فَتَحْتَ (fataḥt), بابَ (báb), السَّمآءِ (as-samáʾ), بِمِفْتاحِ (bimiftáḥ), اسْمِكَ (ismik) as “Thou hast enraptured, by the sweetness”

door 74% gate 7% portals 5% words 5% doorstep 2% chapter 2% gates 2% portal 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: door gleaningsGWB §124: portal kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereof prayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: Cast me not from epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: doorstep gleaningsGWB §387: His door kitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: words prayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: to Thy door

اسْمِكَ

ismik s-m-w → “heaven” Distinctive

literal: name; heaven; names

This form usually rendered as “name”, “most”, “through” (158 occurrences)

name 87% most 4% through 2% whose 2% called 1% all-glorious 1% beareth 1% friend 1% shadowing 1% have 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: named fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §416: upon My name kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: “Heaven prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of the name tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name

الأَقْدَسِ

al-ʾaqdas q-d-s

literal: holy; sanctified

SE rendered اسْمِكَ (ismik), الأَقْدَسِ (al-ʾaqdas) as “by the sweetness”

most 60% holy 15% kitáb-i-aqdas 5% sanctified 5% sacred 5% presence 5% lofty 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: liberate gleaningsGWB §328: independent of, and transcendeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of glory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: Divine holiness tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concourse the-hidden-wordsHW §120: pure epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dwellers of the habitations of holiness gleaningsGWB §669: veiled

الأَعَزِّ

al-ʾaʿazz ʿ-z-z

literal: mighty; might

SE rendered اسْمِكَ (ismik), الأَقْدَسِ (al-ʾaqdas), الأَعَزِّ (al-ʾaʿazz), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), وَدَعَوْتَ (wadaʿawt) as “by the sweetness, caused me to turn”

most 63% precious 6% inestimable 6% noble 6% more 6% dignitaries 6% mighty 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is it fire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishment gleaningsGWB §640: glory of all temporal honor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitaries prayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: of Thy great glory the-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glory will-and-testamentW&T §10: my pride epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blest

الأَعْظَمِ

al-ʾaʿẓam ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered اسْمِكَ (ismik), الأَقْدَسِ (al-ʾaqdas), الأَعَزِّ (al-ʾaʿazz), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), وَدَعَوْتَ (wadaʿawt), الكُلَّ (al-kull) as “by the sweetness, caused me to turn, most of Thy creatures”

most 61% greater 10% greatest 6% great 5% more 5% supreme 4% mightier 4% transcendeth 2% potency 2% mightiest 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: great gleaningsGWB §169: How vast kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: dense prayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of majesty the-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-glorious will-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguished epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great Prison gleaningsGWB §486: august

الأَبْهى

al-ʾabhى b-h-w

literal: glory; most glorious; most-glorious

SE rendered الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى), وَدَعَوْتَ (wadaʿawt), الكُلَّ (al-kull) as “caused me to turn, most of Thy creatures”

all-glorious 63% most 12% glorious 7% abhá 7% effulgent 5% immortality 2% glory 2% brightest 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious light gleaningsGWB §273: My glory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Light the-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glory will-and-testamentW&T §14: Abhá epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glory gleaningsGWB §661: of Glory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thine

وَدَعَوْتَ

wadaʿawt d-ʿ-w → “caused me to turn” Distinctive

literal: call; invitation

This form usually rendered as “summoned”, “summon”, “have” (31 occurrences)

SE expanded to “caused me to turn”

summoned 42% summon 19% have 12% called 8% hath 4% summoning 4% invited 4% empowered 4% caused 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: summoned, and art still summoning gleaningsGWB §220: hath invited kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Pray kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pretensions prayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Leave tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was called the-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: a name

الكُلَّ

al-kull k-l-l → “all”

literal: all; every; all, every

all 60% every 27% each 3% whole 3% whatsoever 1% unto 1% entire 1% everyone 1% whatever 1% one 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: whosoever gleaningsGWB §328: the world of being kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyone kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: “All things prayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: he who tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: be the-hidden-wordsHW §13: naught will-and-testamentW&T §58: he

بَحْرِ

baḥr b-ḥ-r

literal: sea; ocean; sea, ocean

SE rendered وَدَعَوْتَ (wadaʿawt), الكُلَّ (al-kull), بَحْرِ (baḥr), اللِّقآءِ، (al-liqáʾi،), فَلَمَّا (falammá) as “caused me to turn, most of Thy creatures, at a time when”