Prayers and Meditations — §751
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 751 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ يا إِلهِي وَرَبِّي أَنْزَلْتَ الكِتابَ لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِيْ وَإِعْلآءِ كَلِمَتِي وَبِهِ أَخَذْتَ عَهْدَ نَفْسِيْ عَنْ كُلِّ ما خُلِقَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ، وَتَرَى يا مَحْبُوبَ العالَمِ أَنَّ طُغاةَ خَلْقِكَ جَعَلُوهُ حِصْنًا لَهُمْ وَبِهِ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْ جَمالِكَ وَكَفَروا بِآياتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art the One, O my God and my Ruler, Who hast sent down Thy Book that Thou mayest manifest my Cause, and glorify my Word. Through it Thou didst enter into a Covenant, concerning me, with all that hath been created in Thy realm. Thou seest, O Beloved of the world, how the rebellious among Thy creatures have made of that Covenant a bulwark for themselves, and through it have withdrawn from Thy Beauty, and repudiated Thy signs.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: God forbid!—orprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord ofgleaningsGWB §319: Educatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-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 §102: thy Lord
SE expanded to “hast sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §486: hath been decreed and written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: sent down by Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all the booksgleaningsGWB §350: recordskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: the Book?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: and write downthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: Writewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thou didst revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: I have written down
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: it appearedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §228: there shall suddenly appearkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: Thou hast revealedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
cause 39% nothing 11% command 11% revelation 9% mission 7% every 5% chief 5% whatsoever 5% any 5% thing 5%
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 §234: the Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: with his ownkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: one Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: One single lettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
SE rendered كَلِمَتِي (kalimatí), وَبِهِ (wabih), أَخَذْتَ (ʾakhadht), عَهْدَ (ʿahd), نَفْسِيْ (nafsí), خُلِقَ (khuliq) as “my Word, Through it, didst enter, me, hath been created”
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 §8: of Thy CovenantgleaningsGWB §122: agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: centuriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: covenant with them for methe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §33: Thy Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the time ofgleaningsGWB §110: Dispensation
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the souls of mengleaningsGWB §362: breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: for Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: My true
SE expanded to “hath been created”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §536: He Who shall continue to create themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: “rebirth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: is itself createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy creatures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy landgleaningsGWB §87: and the angels of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: their allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: O Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: gazefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §495: considered viewskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: outwardly perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: have I perceived
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: because of their lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: My loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: my Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §482: all the worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: be knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: world and all thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: the wickedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: rebellionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have transgressed against Theewill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious onesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have transgressed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: sufferfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §157: Fastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to make themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: to grant thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
stronghold 55% fortress-town 10% within 10% tower 7% fortress 7% captivity 3% sanctuary 3% bulwark 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: StronggleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: and to be the strongholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §10: secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tower of strengthgleaningsGWB §490: a stronghold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: DisputestgleaningsGWB §647: arise and oppose theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: spakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: reviledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: objections to
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §613: By My Beauty!kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the beauty of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
وَكَفَروا
literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbelief
This form usually rendered as “have”, “disbelieved”, “who” (59 occurrences)
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §262: repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: denounce Him as an infidelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §531: cast it behind your backskitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the infidels
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §547: signs andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: through the influence of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
