Prayers and Meditations — §739
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 739 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َ، وَلَكَ الثَّنآءُ يا وَلَهَ أَفْئِدَةِ المُشْتاقِينَ، يا إِلهِي وَسَيِّدِي وَغايَةَ رَجآئِي وَمُنْتَهى أَمَلِي تَرَى وَتَسْمَعُ حَنِينَ المَظْلُومِ مِنَ البِئْرِ الظَّلْمآءِ الَّتِيْ بُنِيَتْ مِنْ أَوْهامِ أَعْدائِكَ وَفِي حُفْرَةٍ عَمْياءِ الَّتِي حُفِرَتْ مِنْ ظُن
Shoghi Effendi Translation
No sooner had He revealed Himself than the foundations of the kindreds of the earth shook and trembled, and the learned swooned away, and the wise were bewildered, except such as have, through the power of Thy might, drawn nigh unto Thee, and received the choice wine of Thy Revelation from the hand of Thy grace, and have quaffed it in Thy name, and exclaimed: “Praise be unto Thee, O Thou the Desire of the worlds! and glory be to Thee, O Thou Who art the Exultation of the hearts that pant after Thee!”
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: cease to glorify Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §321: createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: to extol Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §575: the heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: pure in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: our mindsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: the heartsgleaningsGWB §91: illuminated heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn forfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §118: thirstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: them that long for Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
SE rendered أَفْئِدَةِ (ʾafʾidah), المُشْتاقِينَ، (al-mushtáqína،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَسَيِّدِي (wasayyidí), وَغايَةَ (wagháyah) as “the hearts, that pant after Thee!”, Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §204: her Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
SE rendered المُشْتاقِينَ، (al-mushtáqína،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَسَيِّدِي (wasayyidí), وَغايَةَ (wagháyah) as “that pant after Thee!”, Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: SiyyidgleaningsGWB §404: corrosionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: as much as thegleaningsGWB §84: turned blackprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Siyyid JavádgleaningsGWB §181: descendant of the Prophet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: made to errfire-tabletFire §8: heightgleaningsGWB §725: Desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: ultimateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: highest aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: surely strayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the cherished desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: dearest wish
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَسَيِّدِي (wasayyidí), وَغايَةَ (wagháyah), رَجآئِي (rajáʾí) as “Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspirationfire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §627: in the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desire
SE rendered وَغايَةَ (wagháyah), رَجآئِي (rajáʾí), وَمُنْتَهى (wamuntahى) as “Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: unnumberedfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §17: incalculablekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: forbidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: utmost limittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
SE rendered وَغايَةَ (wagháyah), رَجآئِي (rajáʾí), وَمُنْتَهى (wamuntahى), أَمَلِي (ʾamalí) as “Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: cherish the hopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: hopesthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: OF DESIREepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: supreme
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §187: may recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: beholdestthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdestgleaningsGWB §720: bring
SE rendered وَتَسْمَعُ (watasmaʿ), حَنِينَ (ḥanín), المَظْلُومِ (al-maẓlúm) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: to hearfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §44: acquainted withkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and hearkenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered حَنِينَ (ḥanín), المَظْلُومِ (al-maẓlúm) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentationgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: crygleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: voice of His lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: lamentationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: injusticefire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §467: of the unjustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: been sore oppressedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: sinned
SE rendered البِئْرِ (al-biʾr), الظَّلْمآءِ (aẓ-ẓalmáʾ), بُنِيَتْ (buníat) as “foundations”
son 79% children 7% foundations 3% sons 3% edifice 2% descendant 2% baní-háshim 2% foundation 2% “o 1% rear 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the childrengleaningsGWB §271: her sonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: Son of Maryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: edificegleaningsGWB §222: rear
SE rendered بُنِيَتْ (buníat), أَوْهامِ (ʾawhám) as “foundations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: superstitiousfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §148: idle imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE rendered بُنِيَتْ (buníat), أَوْهامِ (ʾawhám), أَعْدائِكَ (ʾaʿdáʾik) as “foundations”
within 29% under 14% acts 7% throughout 7% upon 7% mortal 7% over 7% hearts 7% prosperity 7% fair 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: withgleaningsGWB §554: for Us,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: bywill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: ofgleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: are in heavenwill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: idle fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §78: they fondly imaginekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: fanciedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: mine own fancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of your idle fancies
