Prayers and Meditations — §734
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 734 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ هذا يَوْمٌ بَشَّرْتَ الكُلَّ فِيهِ بِظُهُورِكَ وَطُلُوعِكَ وَإِشْراقِكَ وَأَخَذْتَ عَهْدَ مَشْرِقِ وَحْيِكَ فِي كُتُبِكَ وَزُبُرِكَ وَصُحُفِكَ وَأَلواحِكَ وَجَعَلْتَ البَيانَ مُبَشِّرًا لِهذا الظُّهُورِ الأَعْظَمِ الأَبْهى وَهذا الطُّلُوعِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَسْنی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Day, O my Lord, which Thou didst announce unto all mankind as the Day whereon Thou wouldst reveal Thy Self, and shed Thy radiance, and shine brightly over all Thy creatures. Thou hast, moreover, entered into a covenant with them, in Thy Books, and Thy Scriptures, and Thy Scrolls, and Thy Tablets, concerning Him Who is the Dayspring of Thy Revelation, and hast appointed the Bayán to be the Herald of this Most Great and all-glorious Manifestation, and this most resplendent and most sublime Appearance.
Translation Notes
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), يَوْمٌ (yawmun), بَشَّرْتَ (bashshart), الكُلَّ (al-kull) as “Day, Thou didst announce, all”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §381: educationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: Thy Divine andtablet-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 §168: Godhead
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to daygleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: Many a dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: fleeting daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: Every day
SE expanded to “Thou didst announce”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: of My ForerunnergleaningsGWB §290: announce unto men tidingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: earthlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: upon themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: a messenger of joywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: mankind
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
بِظُهُورِكَ
literal: manifestation; manifest
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “through”, “manifestation” (35 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou wouldst reveal Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: have occurredfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §362: whose outward behaviorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: must needs be revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Whose Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
وَطُلُوعِكَ
literal: rising-place; dawning-place; countenance
This form usually rendered as “announcer”, “shed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §656: towards the Dayspringkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: Revealers of the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: and of the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
SE expanded to “and shine brightly”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dawnfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §406: nor even to makekitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: above the horizonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: shed their radiancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shinewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
SE rendered وَإِشْراقِكَ (waʾishráqik), وَأَخَذْتَ (waʾakhadht), عَهْدَ (ʿahd), مَشْرِقِ (mashriq), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik), كُتُبِكَ (kutubik) as “and shine brightly, entered into a covenant, is the Dayspring, of Thy Revelation, Thy Books”
covenant 40% dispensation 15% days 15% time 6% testament 6% age 6% covenanted 4% pledgeth 2% have 2% cycle 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: covenantedgleaningsGWB §110: Dispensationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: centuriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: the covenants Thou hast madethe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §33: Thy Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §590: have covenanted
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealedgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of His RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: writingsgleaningsGWB §205: the sacred Bookskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: one of his compositionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Thy greatthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy Books
scriptures 75% scrolls 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: ScrollsgleaningsGWB §598: sacred Booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: Thy Scripturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My ScrollsgleaningsGWB §615: nor those of any other Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: and Thy Scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: as strong as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My ScripturesgleaningsGWB §347: Sacred Scriptureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: epistlesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: and the Booksepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: BooksgleaningsGWB §586: Scrollkitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: holy booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and a scroll
tablets 90% scriptures 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Thou hast ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: those images whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: in whichtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have bountifully shedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
SE rendered وَجَعَلْتَ (wajaʿalt), البَيانَ (al-bayán), مُبَشِّرًا (mubashshiran), لِهذا (lihdhá), الظُّهُورِ (aẓ-ẓuhúr), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), الأَبْهى (al-ʾabhى) as “hast appointed, Bayán, Herald, this, Manifestation, Most Great, and all-glorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: greatgleaningsGWB §66: “The glory of all greatnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: the most fundamentalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §5: bitterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the greatness of Thy majesty
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: of all lightfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §135: of the effulgent Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: ancient splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Luminoustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: most sublimegleaningsGWB §549: however longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: precioustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: enlightenmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: yearsgleaningsGWB §588: Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §46: loftiest
