Prayers and Meditations — §717
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 717 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َهآءَ العالَمِ إِنَّ البَهآءَ يَحْتَرِقُ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ بِنارِ مَحَبَّتِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لَوْ يَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ وَيَتَوَجَّهُ إِلَيْهِ بِسَمْعِ الفِطْرَةِ ليَسْمَعُ زَفِيرَ النَّارِ مِنْ كُلِّ عِرْقٍ مِنْ عُرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold Thou this stranger, O my Lord, who hath hastened to attain his most exalted Home in the shelter of Thy shadowing mercy, and this ailing soul who hath set his face towards the ocean of Thy healing.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “splendor” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: knowingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §123: indubitably clearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: of Qur’ánicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: have realizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
This form usually rendered as “may”, “all”, “burnt” (8 occurrences)
SE rendered البَهآءَ (al-baháʾ), يَحْتَرِقُ (yaḥtariq), حِينٍ (ḥínin) as “, who, hath hastened”
SE rendered يَحْتَرِقُ (yaḥtariq), حِينٍ (ḥínin), بِنارِ (binár) as “hath hastened”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: HellgleaningsGWB §36: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: fire—their endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §551: is a smoldering fire
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §159: All honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: have loved Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §629: the assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §496: to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the manifold evidences
8 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered إِلَيْهِ (ʾilayh), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah) as “face”
SE rendered أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah) as “face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §486: unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §103: Singleness
SE rendered خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah) as “face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §290: called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: didst create metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was created
This form usually rendered as “who”, “lift”, “inclined” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the countenance of truthfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §594: friendly facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §21: for Thy saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE rendered وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah), إِلَيْهِ (ʾilayh), بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ) as “face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §342: their earskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered وَيَتَوَجَّهُ (wayatawajjah), إِلَيْهِ (ʾilayh), بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ), الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah) as “face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §549: their innate powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the Creatortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inner earsgleaningsGWB §423: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: The sighstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: my sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: cries
