Prayers and Meditations — §74
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 74 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِهَياكِلِ قُدْسِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَظَاهِرِ عِزِّ فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ وَمَطالِعِ وَحْيِكَ وَإِلْهامِكَ بِأَنْ لا تَمْنَعَ عِبادَكَ مِنْ هذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِيْ انْشَعَبَتْ مِنَ البَحْرِ الأَعْظَمِ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَإِرَادَتِكَ، ثُمَّ قَدِّرْ لَهُمْ ما قَدَّرْتَهُ لأَصْفِيائِكَ وَخِيْرَةِ خَلْقِكَ الَّذِينَ ما حَرَّكَتْهُمْ عَواصِفُ الافْتِتانِ عَنِ الاسْتِقامَةِ عَلَى أَمْرِكَ وَما مَنَعَتْهُمْ قَوَاصِفُ الامْتِحانِ عَنْ إَعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِكَ العُلْيا الَّتِيْ بِها انْفَطَرَتْ سَمواتُ الظُّنُونِ وَالأَوْهامِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ العَلاّمُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Them Who are the Tabernacles of Thy Divine holiness, Who are the Manifestations of Thy transcendent unity and the Daysprings of Thine inspiration and revelation, to grant that Thy servants may not be kept back from this Divine Law which, at Thy will and according to Thy pleasure, hath branched out from Thy most great Ocean. Do Thou, then, ordain for them that which Thou didst ordain for Thy chosen ones and for the righteous among Thy creatures, whose constancy in Thy Cause the tempests of trials have failed to shake, and whom the tumults of tests have been powerless to hinder from magnifying Thy most exalted Word—the Word through Which the heavens of men’s idle fancies and vain imaginations have been split asunder. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to Theefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: Praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God hathfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §189: God is my witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: God, theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, thatgleaningsGWB §476: examinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Thee
This form usually rendered as “embodiments”, “temples”, “beings” (36 occurrences)
embodiments 22% temples 15% beings 15% manifestations 11% persons 11% tabernacles 7% bodies 7% inmost 4% noble 4% temple 4%
This form usually rendered as “holiness”, “holy”, “most” (158 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint PaulgleaningsGWB §546: is exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: liberate
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “unity”, “glory” (46 occurrences)
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §134: No onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: His Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §181: commoners
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: His backfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §95: be shorn ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Day of Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: Do Thou unveiltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy mightgleaningsGWB §184: My glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: resplendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, the
SE rendered وَمَظَاهِرِ (wamaẓáhir), عِزِّ (ʿizz), فَرْدَانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik), وَمَطالِعِ (wamaṭáliʿ), وَحْيِكَ (waḥyik) as “Manifestations, unity, Daysprings, revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §251: His onenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: Thine all-glorious unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §2: uniqueepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Incomparable
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that haply thou mayest recognizefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §93: by them is revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: and of the Manifestationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
وَحْيِكَ
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: Thou hast inspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealedgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Inspire then my soulgleaningsGWB §662: will, no doubt, inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: didst inspire
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterredgleaningsGWB §507: restrainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: withhold metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: has been powerless to withhold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardianfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §578: faithful servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: and the Object of my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: worship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the dictatesgleaningsGWB §37: lawskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: the riverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §684: Let him, then, repeatwill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Resplendent Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: FaithgleaningsGWB §40: the pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: the Law.”
انْشَعَبَتْ
literal: branched; branch out, diverge; branched, diverged
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the seagleaningsGWB §108: unto Him Who is the Oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: most great Oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §233: through the outpouringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: glorygleaningsGWB §10: most excellentkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: leadingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §310: is immensethe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the greatness of Thy majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §669: Through His world-pervading Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: through the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: that which pleasethgleaningsGWB §232: is Our wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: listedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: through the force of Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: hath never had any wish for thee savegleaningsGWB §188: intent on
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: canfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §139: had been clearly foreordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: providedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: and of Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined
This form usually rendered as “good”, “better”, “best” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §663: thou wouldst choosekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: preferableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: righteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: for the goodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: chosegleaningsGWB §690: shall be better
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §301: the origin of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thou didst call into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtues
This form usually rendered as “failed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: is powerlessfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §591: stirred and trembledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: set in motionthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §43: activeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen up against Usfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §584: shall arisekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: degreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: stirred uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
This form usually rendered as “whirlwinds”, “tumults” (2 occurrences)
whirlwinds 50% tumults 50%
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “glorify”, “exaltation” (34 occurrences)
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: glorifiedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §171: perfectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: which He hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: will be glorifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Who conversed with Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §537: speak yekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: those verses of the Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: my Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “cleft”, “rent”, “hath” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: true naturegleaningsGWB §300: the naturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Makerthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §300: the creation of mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §279: their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: to Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “idle”, “vain”, “fancy” (46 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Thinkest thoufire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §626: your idle fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: fanciedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §721: nor the thoughttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thinkest
This form usually rendered as “vain”, “idle”, “vague” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: superstitiousfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §413: Vain and profitlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: taught Mefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §163: through Thy knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: mysteries of divine Knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
