Prayers and Meditations — §728
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 728 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ٍ إِلى بَحْرِ الغَنآءِ، وَجَمالِكَ يا سُلْطانَ القِدَمِ وَالمُسْتَوِيْ عَلَى العَرْشِ الأَعْظَمِ إِنَّ مَطْلَعَ آياتِكَ وَمَظْهَرَ شُئُوناتِكَ مَعَ بَحْرِ عِلْم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Day, O my Lord, whose brightness Thou hast exalted above the brightness of the sun and the splendors thereof. I testify that the light it sheddeth proceedeth out of the glory of the light of Thy countenance, and is begotten by the radiance of the morn of Thy Revelation. This is the Day whereon the hopeless have been clothed with the raiment of confidence, and the sick attired with the robe of healing, and the poor drawn nigh unto the ocean of Thy riches.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: seafire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thy billowing oceanstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledge
This form usually rendered as “wealth”, “lord”, “affluent” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the All-PossessinggleaningsGWB §405: independentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: richprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: may be enrichedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §13: Be thou contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notes
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §612: the Manifestation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the beauty of the roseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: KinggleaningsGWB §16: sovereign aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: heavenly Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: potency of Thine exalted mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereign
SE rendered وَجَمالِكَ (wajamálik), سُلْطانَ (sulṭán), القِدَمِ (al-qidam), وَالمُسْتَوِيْ (wálmustawí), العَرْشِ (al-ʿarsh) as “Thy countenance, Lord, exalted”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: footstepsfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §327: Ancient of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: exaltingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Most Ancienttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §132: advancewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE rendered سُلْطانَ (sulṭán), القِدَمِ (al-qidam), وَالمُسْتَوِيْ (wálmustawí), العَرْشِ (al-ʿarsh) as “Lord, exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §684: all elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: his alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of Thy thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the MightygleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”
SE rendered العَرْشِ (al-ʿarsh), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam) as “exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §183: most mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: the mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassinggleaningsGWB §600: most sublime
SE rendered العَرْشِ (al-ʿarsh), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), مَطْلَعَ (maṭlaʿ), آياتِكَ (áyátik), وَمَظْهَرَ (wamaẓhar) as “exalted, Revelation”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-place of Thy forgivenessfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §549: graspedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: the evidences of Thy mighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE rendered آياتِكَ (áyátik), وَمَظْهَرَ (wamaẓhar) as “Revelation”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: acquaintedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (111 occurrences)
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: disclosingfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §107: have claimedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: noontideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: dawnedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE rendered وَمَظْهَرَ (wamaẓhar), شُئُوناتِكَ (shuʾúnátik) as “Revelation”
state 15% manifold 15% changes 10% station 10% rank 10% tokens 10% glory 10% excellence 10% distinction 5% worldly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: stationgleaningsGWB §129: separation and distinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the excellencewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chancesgleaningsGWB §135: a glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: concerning Him
SE rendered وَمَظْهَرَ (wamaẓhar), شُئُوناتِكَ (shuʾúnátik), بَحْرِ (baḥr), عِلْم (ʿilm) as “Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath taughtfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §122: kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: a knowledge”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
