Prayers and Meditations — §726
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 726 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَعِزَّتِكَ، يا مَنْ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ زِمامُ العالَمِ وَأَزِمَّةُ الأُمَمِ، قَدْ أَخَذَتْنِيْ حَرارَةُ حُبِّكَ وَسُكْرُ رَحِيقِ تَوحِيدِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ أَسْمَعُ مِنْ هَزِيزِ الأَرْياحِ ذِكْرَكَ وَثَنائَكَ وَمِنْ خَرِيْرِ المآءِ نَعْتَكَ وَأَوْصافَكَ وَمِنْ حَفِيْفِ الأَشْجارِ أَسْرارَ قَضائِكَ الَّتِيْ أَوُدَعْتَها فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by Thy might, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of all mankind, and the destinies of the nations! I am so inflamed by my love for Thee, and so inebriated with the wine of Thy oneness, that I can hear from the whisper of the winds the sound of Thy glorification and praise, and can recognize in the murmur of the waters the voice that proclaimeth Thy virtues and Thine attributes, and can apprehend from the rustling of the leaves the mysteries that have been irrevocably ordained by Thee in Thy realm.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: mightygleaningsGWB §640: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: graspgleaningsGWB §303: yield upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: in the grasp ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: this afflictiongleaningsGWB §476: and hold firmly within the graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: in His grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: destiniestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the empireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reins
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: earthfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §20: well imaginedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: It instructedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: Motherfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §170: its peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
SE expanded to “so inflamed by”
SE rendered الأُمَمِ، (al-ʾumami،), أَخَذَتْنِيْ (ʾakhadhatní), حَرارَةُ (ḥarárah), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), وَسُكْرُ (wasukr), رَحِيقِ (raḥíq) as “the nations, so inflamed by, love, inebriated, wine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: setting downfire-tabletFire §7: warmthgleaningsGWB §161: the energies latent within itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: describeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the ablest of pensthe-hidden-wordsHW §135: righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: to writeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: pen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §486: affectionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: and for such as are dear to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: drunkfire-tabletFire §21: drunkennessgleaningsGWB §75: have stared up with terrorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: frenzyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: inebriatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: stuporfire-tabletFire §19: The agoniesgleaningsGWB §77: in their drunkenness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: and of the pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: the choiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: onefire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §383: They that have truly recognized the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Supreme Singlenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: them who have recognized Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE rendered رَحِيقِ (raḥíq), تَوحِيدِكَ (tawḥídik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), أَسْمَعُ (ʾasmaʿ), هَزِيزِ (hazíz), الأَرْياحِ (ar-ryáḥ) as “wine, oneness, hear, whisper, winds”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neitherfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §516: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: such strengththe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Wert thou to incline thine earsfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §286: ye have never heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hearing themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: catch thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “whisper”, “murmur” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: stir me uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §652: overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: hath been made to vibrate
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: connectiongleaningsGWB §490: recounteth themkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: the mere mentiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: to recountwill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise TheegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “murmur” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §634: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §311: leavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: the waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregs
نَعْتَكَ
literal: attribution/praise; description; description/attribute
This form usually rendered as “voice” (1 occurrences)
attributes 66% description 9% describe 7% attribute 6% describing 2% most 2% express 2% described 2% characterized 2% highest 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: descriptiongleaningsGWB §94: the embodiments ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: concerning the character ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §702: adorn himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: that shall speak of Thee
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the Burning BushgleaningsGWB §98: the same Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: “Treetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Verily He is the Treewill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: that TreegleaningsGWB §56: leaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Tree—which
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: MysterygleaningsGWB §288: veritieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inmost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and the mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine inner
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “dispositions” (35 occurrences)
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: judgefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §92: according tokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: Such is His decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: of Thine irrevocable decreethe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
This form usually rendered as “irrevocably” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Cast themgleaningsGWB §525: disregardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: entrustethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: forsakethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: breathedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: to cast awaygleaningsGWB §163: Thou didst deliver me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: angelsgleaningsGWB §130: mortalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: the world.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: downtroddentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the sovereign Lord of all
