Prayers and Meditations — §747

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 747 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

كُلُّ ما يَمْنَعُ عِبادَكَ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى جَبَرُوتِ عِرْفانِكَ وَمَلَكُوتِ آياتِكَ، فَيا إِلهِي وَإِلهَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفاطِرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ هذا يَوْمٌ فِيهِ يُناجِيكَ مَنِ اشْتَعَلَ صَدْرُهُ مِنْ نارِ وَصْلِكَ، فَأَيْنَ الفَصْلُ يا إِلهِي لِيُعْرَفَ بِهِ الوَصْلُ عِنْدَ ظُهُورِ نُورِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَبُرُوزِ إِشْراقِ شَمْسِ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ يا إِلهِي عَنْ كُلِّ ذلِكَ وَعَنْ كُلِّ ما جَرى وَيَجْرِيْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

My God, and the God of all things, and my King and the King of all things, and the Beloved of my soul, and the Goal of my desire! Thou knowest full well that I make mention of Thee, in this day, in the name of such of Thy creatures as have detached themselves from all except Thee, and I extol Thy virtues through the tongue of those of Thy people that have recognized Thy oneness, that haply there may pour out from the sighs which they utter in their love and their yearning for Thee what will melt away all that may hinder Thy servants from setting their faces towards the heaven of Thy knowledge and the kingdom of Thy signs.

Translation Notes

يَمْنَعُ

yamnaʿ m-n-ʿ → “hinder” Distinctive

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

This form usually rendered as “withholdeth”, “prevail”, “alloweth” (11 occurrences)

withholdeth 33% prevail 17% alloweth 17% withstand 17% hinder 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade it gleaningsGWB §23: shut out kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: ceased to rain upon mankind prayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: are powerless to deter tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longer will-and-testamentW&T §56: hindrance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: in withholding

عِبادَكَ

ʿibádak ʿ-b-d → “thy servants”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

servants 89% people 4% creatures 1% unto 1% all 1% sincere 1% servants’ 1% such 1% comprehension 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: worship fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §372: him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: those who prayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: appeared tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service the-hidden-wordsHW §3: of others will-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants

التَّوَجُّهِ

at-tawajjuh w-j-h → “setting their faces towards”

literal: face; turning

SE expanded to “setting their faces towards”

turning 30% turn 17% set 13% turned 10% setting 9% hath 4% directed 4% proceeded 4% directing 4% visited 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: directed towards fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §512: may journey kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavens prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: setting tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of the the-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine

جَبَرُوتِ

jabarút j-b-r → “heaven”

literal: dominion

heaven 26% realm 17% dominion 17% kingdom 11% realms 11% kingdoms 6% eternal 3% all 3% heavenly 3% loftiest 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a tyrant fire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realm gleaningsGWB §427: realm kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppression prayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: heaven tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realm the-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominion will-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted

عِرْفانِكَ

ʿirfánik ʿ-r-f → “thy knowledge”

literal: knowledge; know; knower

knowledge 74% wisdom 6% recognize 3% comprehend 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3% witness 3% know 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: promoting the knowledge gleaningsGWB §277: hath recognized kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deeds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: thou wouldst seize prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: and for the sweet savors tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to see the-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know this epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: they that understand

وَمَلَكُوتِ

wamalakút m-l-k → “and”

literal: kingdom; king

SE rendered جَبَرُوتِ (jabarút), عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik), وَمَلَكُوتِ (wamalakút), آياتِكَ، (áyátika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَإِلهَ (waʾilh) as “the heaven, Thy knowledge, and, the kingdom of Thy signs, God, and the God”

kingdom 73% kingdoms 13% heaven 4% empire 4% heavens 2% glory 1% realm 1% whole 1% realms 1% dominion 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy land gleaningsGWB §49: and their kingdom kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: the supremacy tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worlds the-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may be will-and-testamentW&T §48: of the

آياتِكَ،

áyátika، ʾ-y-y → “kingdom of thy signs”

literal: sign; signs; verse

SE expanded to “kingdom of Thy signs”

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 §129: verses fire-tabletFire §26: utterance gleaningsGWB §374: these signs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: attain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: Thy words tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by what will-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse

فَيا

fayá y-ʾ

literal: O; or

SE rendered عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik), وَمَلَكُوتِ (wamalakút), آياتِكَ، (áyátika،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَإِلهَ (waʾilh), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ) as “Thy knowledge, and, the kingdom of Thy signs, God, and the God, of all things”

ye 50% sought 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: O ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: sought epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: O

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: God; divine; god

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestial gleaningsGWB §386: other God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grace gleaningsGWB §560: is

وَإِلهَ

waʾilh ʾ-l-h → “and the god”

literal: God; god

SE expanded to “and the God”

god 85% lord 6% divine 3% other 1% divinity 1% two 1% almighty 1% worship 1% thee 1% there 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: other God gleaningsGWB §385: two Gods kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my God gleaningsGWB §26: of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Almighty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: Lord

الأَسْمآءِ

as-smáʾ s-m-w → “of all things”

literal: name; names

SE expanded to “of all things”

names 72% all 22% name 2% amongst 1% most 1% whose 1% holy 1% names.’ 1% lord 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: exaltation fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §349: all-highest and transcendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in name prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of the name tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven

وَفاطِرَ

wafáṭir f-ṭ-r

literal: creator

SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَإِلهَ (waʾilh), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), وَفاطِرَ (wafáṭir), الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ), وَالسَّمآءِ (wálssamáʾ) as “God, and the God, of all things”

creator 63% maker 25% fashioner 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inner ears gleaningsGWB §300: regarding the creation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving prayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was cleft asunder tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashioner epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the Maker gleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of their kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder

الأَرْضِ

ar-rḍ ʾ-r-ḍ

literal: earth; earth/land; land

SE rendered وَإِلهَ (waʾilh), الأَسْمآءِ (as-smáʾ), وَفاطِرَ (wafáṭir), الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ), وَالسَّمآءِ (wálssamáʾ), يَوْمٌ (yawmun) as “and the God, of all things, day”