Prayers and Meditations — §758
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 758 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَمِ مَشِيَّتِكَ وَظَهَرَتْ أَنْوارُهُ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِ بَيانِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَغْمِسْهُمْ فِي بَحْرِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَنَوِّرْهُمْ بِأَنْوارِ فَجْرِ ظُهُورِكَ، ثُمَّ اغْفِرْ يا إِلهِي آبائَهُمْ وَأُمَّهاتِهِمْ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِكَ وَأَلطافِكَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ عَنْ يَمِينِ جَنَّتِكَ العُلْيا نَفَحَاتِ قَمِيْصِ جَمالِكَ الأَبْهی، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحاكِمُ الآمِرُ المُعْطِ الغَفُورُ الكَرِيمُ، وَالحَمْدُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Bless them, O my God, and ascribe unto them such glory as hath shone forth above the horizon of Thy will, and hath shed its splendors from the kingdom of Thine utterance. Immerse them, O my Lord, beneath the ocean of Thy mercy, and illumine them with the dawning light of Thy Revelation. Forgive, then, O my God, their fathers and their mothers, by Thy favor, and Thy bounty, and Thy tender mercies. Send, then, upon them from the right hand of Thy most exalted Paradise the fragrance of the robe of Thine all-glorious Beauty. Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou, verily, art the Governor, the Ordainer, the All-Bountiful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
Translation Notes
SE rendered فَمِ (fam), مَشِيَّتِكَ (mashíhatik), وَظَهَرَتْ (waẓaharat), أَنْوارُهُ (ʾanwáruh) as “will, hath shone forth, splendors”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §317: thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: my pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: proclaimfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §191: made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: Manifestation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: deter nottablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: the firefire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §309: with its lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishable Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy dominiongleaningsGWB §313: heavenlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: ittablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §687: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
gleaningsGWB §61: immersekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: they that are submergedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: immersingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: and may be immersedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hath immersed himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: and didst immerse Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: to immerseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: immerse me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seasfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of the ocean
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
SE rendered وَنَوِّرْهُمْ (wanawwirhum), بِأَنْوارِ (biʾanwár), فَجْرِ (fajr), ظُهُورِكَ، (ẓuhúrika،), اغْفِرْ (ighfir) as “illumine, the dawning light, Revelation, Forgive”
dayspring 38% morning 13% dawn 13% daybreak 6% dawning-light 6% break 6% dawning-place 6% daystar 6% dawning 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impious who murdered and pillagedgleaningsGWB §67: the workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: have burst forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the morninggleaningsGWB §281: gushedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: Daystar
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: grant me Thy pardonfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §569: ask forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of forgivenessgleaningsGWB §375: We implore pardon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §191: God’s
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: of the nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §498: all nationskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the peoples and kindredskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: such nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: of
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §237: His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: the wondersthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
This form usually rendered as “favors”, “gifts”, “loving-kindness” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §119: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: most purethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorwill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: bountygleaningsGWB §310: their fullest development
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: have sent them untogleaningsGWB §323: by Thy Messengerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: Muhammad, the Messengerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: Send downtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: Apostle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: isgleaningsGWB §684: in proportionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: aloudthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: Me at the handsgleaningsGWB §66: from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §537: on his right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: right sidegleaningsGWB §198: the right side
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most SublimegleaningsGWB §56: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “paradise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §36: with all my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: ParadisegleaningsGWB §55: His Paradise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §187: the sweet smelling savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: by the breathswill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §214: sweet savorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: wafted
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: BeneficentgleaningsGWB §38: partiallykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the adored Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: its valuefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §503: howkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: Little perceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: Thou hast ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “ordaineth”, “supreme”, “ordain” (22 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “command” (249 occurrences)
SE rendered المُعْطِ (al-muʿṭ), الغَفُورُ (al-ghafúr), الكَرِيمُ، (al-karímu،), وَالحَمْدُ (wálḥamd) as “All-Bountiful, Ever-Forgiving, Most Generous”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §569: and praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: “Magnifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…
