Prayers and Meditations — §725
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 725 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَرى أَنَّ ظُهُوراتِ عِنايَتِكَ اجْتَذَبَتْنِيْ وَرَحِيقَ بَيانِكَ أَخَذَنِيْ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ بِحَيْثُ لا أَرى مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ وَقَدْ يُعَرِّفُنِيْ وَيُذَكِّرُنِيْ بِآياتِكَ وَظُهُوراتِكَ وَشُئُوناتِكَ، وَعِزَّتِكَ كُلَّما يَتَوَجَّهُ طَرَفُ طَرْفِي إِلى سَمائِكَ يُذَكِّرُنِي بِعُلُوِّكَ وَارْتِفاعِكَ وَسُمُوِّكَ وَاسْتِعْلائِكَ، وَكُلَّما أَلْتَفِتُ إِلى الأَرْضِ إِنَّها تُعَرِّفُنِيْ ظُهُوراتِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَبُرُوزاتِ نِعْمَتِكَ، وَكُلَّما أَنْظُرُ البَحْرَ يُكُلِّمُنِيْ فِي عَظَمَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ وَسَلْطَنَتِكَ وَكِبْرِيائِكَ، وَلَمَّا أَتَوَجَّهُ إِلى الجِبالِ تُرِينِي أَلْوِيَةَ نَصْرِكَ وَأَعلامَ عِزِّكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am well aware, O my Lord, that I have been so carried away by the clear tokens of Thy loving-kindness, and so completely inebriated with the wine of Thine utterance, that whatever I behold I readily discover that it maketh Thee known unto me, and it remindeth me of Thy signs, and of Thy tokens, and of Thy testimonies. By Thy glory! Every time I lift up mine eyes unto Thy heaven, I call to mind Thy highness and Thy loftiness, and Thine incomparable glory and greatness; and every time I turn my gaze to Thine earth, I am made to recognize the evidences of Thy power and the tokens of Thy bounty. And when I behold the sea, I find that it speaketh to me of Thy majesty, and of the potency of Thy might, and of Thy sovereignty and Thy grandeur. And at whatever time I contemplate the mountains, I am led to discover the ensigns of Thy victory and the standards of Thine omnipotence.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §40: ancientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: The All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “discover”, “may”, “behold” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: gazedfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §77: We point outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: outwardly perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceived
This form usually rendered as “revelations”, “manifestations”, “revelation” (98 occurrences)
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Mysticfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §111: gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: manifold blessingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
اجْتَذَبَتْنِيْ
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “so carried away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: I have been so carried awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedgleaningsGWB §653: fervorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and been carried away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: Thy choice sealed Wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and of the pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wine
side 36% direction 23% created 9% country 5% regions 5% every 5% directions 5% things 5% attachment 5% earth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: from every sidegleaningsGWB §609: His seat of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: directionswill-and-testamentW&T §32: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: as a resultgleaningsGWB §130: It is for this reason that
SE rendered أَخَذَنِيْ (ʾakhadhaní), الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), أَرى (ʾarى), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin) as “completely inebriated, by, behold, I”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §468: no circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: whatsoever He desirethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “maketh Thee known unto”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: fragrancegleaningsGWB §685: a true knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: confesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: to acquaint thee
SE expanded to “it remindeth me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Thou didst mentiongleaningsGWB §668: knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thee will I magnifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: at Thy most mighty utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “testimonies”, “clear” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “By Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the AlmightygleaningsGWB §640: of all temporal honor and worldly elevationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: into glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: Set your faces towards Himfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §539: the light of His countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through the light of His countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in various placesgleaningsGWB §40: From every sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: both theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: sidestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her browwill-and-testamentW&T §38: those partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversariesgleaningsGWB §70: in the daytime
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §315: goodly nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: out of the heaven oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: sublimityfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §633: mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: more excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: and by the exaltation oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: exalt mefire-tabletFire §4: upliftedgleaningsGWB §34: did rain upon mankindkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: loftinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: Lift me up to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: consider them notgleaningsGWB §40: Beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: I turntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: turn thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: unawarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: realizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: I would refuse to look upon them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the worldfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §435: in every landkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: soil
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: appreciatefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §610: through the power of the might ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: cannotprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: powerful andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: be in thy power
وَبُرُوزاتِ
literal: manifestation; emergences; appearance
This form usually rendered as “evidences”, “tokens” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: Revealersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: as an evidencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §550: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: prosperitygleaningsGWB §552: a precious benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: Ni’matuprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: of favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: the divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: giftsgleaningsGWB §558: ineffable delightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: delights
This form usually rendered as “look”, “consider”, “gaze” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: from the oceangleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: The floodswill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seasgleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
SE expanded to “speaketh to me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: idle wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §689: the sayings and writingskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: thoughtsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: entitiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §404: transcendethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: than every great onethe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: highly-honored
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powersgleaningsGWB §275: mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: Thine own sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: swelleth with pridegleaningsGWB §612: transcendent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: more awfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: the Most Greattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: their pride
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the mountainfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §718: rocklikeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mountaingleaningsGWB §395: every mountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the mountains
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: render Thy Cause victoriousfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §517: Succorkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: for the triumphprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thou wilt aidthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: All-Knowingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §253: with their professionskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: He, Who is the Object of all knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: I know full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
