Prayers and Meditations — §761
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 761 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَالأُولی، أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْئَلُكَ بِنِدائِكَ الأَحْلى وَالكَلِمَةِ العُلْيا أَنْ تُقَرِّبَنِي فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ إِلى فِناءِ بابِكَ وَلا تُبْعِدَنِي عَنْ ظِلِّ رَحْمَتِكَ وَقِبابِ كَرَمِكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، أَللَّهُمَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy most sweet Voice and by Thy most exalted Word, to draw me ever nearer to the threshold of Thy door, and to suffer me not to be far removed from the shadow of Thy mercy and the canopy of Thy bounty. Thou seest me, O my God, holding to Thy Name, the Most Holy, the Most Luminous, the Most Mighty, the Most Great, the Most Exalted, the Most Glorious, and clinging to the hem of the robe to which have clung all in this world and in the world to come.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §257: of the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: firstgleaningsGWB §536: beginning that hath no beginning
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
SE rendered أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm), إِنِّي (ʾinní), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِنِدائِكَ (binidáʾik), الأَحْلى (al-ʾaḥlى) as “O my God, I beseech Thee, by Thy, most sweet”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: I entreatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
SE rendered أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm), إِنِّي (ʾinní), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِنِدائِكَ (binidáʾik), الأَحْلى (al-ʾaḥlى), وَالكَلِمَةِ (wálkalimah) as “O my God, I beseech Thee, by Thy, most sweet, and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §609: thy crykitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the clamortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: sweetgleaningsGWB §127: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §591: in the sweetest of languagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetnessgleaningsGWB §622: beauty
SE rendered بِنِدائِكَ (binidáʾik), الأَحْلى (al-ʾaḥlى), وَالكَلِمَةِ (wálkalimah), العُلْيا (al-ʿulyá), تُقَرِّبَنِي (tuqarribaní) as “by Thy, most sweet, and, most exalted, draw me ever nearer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sayingsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §286: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: crieth outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath come
SE expanded to “draw me ever nearer”
SE rendered تُقَرِّبَنِي (tuqarribaní), الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), فِناءِ (fináʾ), بابِكَ (bábik) as “draw me ever nearer, the threshold, Thy door”
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
This form usually rendered as “door”, “perisheth”, “court” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: dieth to himselfgleaningsGWB §279: will perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: and totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thy perishingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: perishgleaningsGWB §250: bring to naught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: doorstepgleaningsGWB §387: His doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Thy gateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: chaptergleaningsGWB §176: bright and shiningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the door of Thy
SE expanded to “to be far removed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: more recentlyfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §168: Then summonedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: have strayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: have kept me backwill-and-testamentW&T §40: avoidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §533: sheltered beneath the shadowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the shelter of the shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: beneath the shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §550: ephemeral
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §519: Have mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §234: and goodnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: of Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bounty
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: beheldfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: I recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to lookgleaningsGWB §703: find
SE expanded to “to Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: in My Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: of Thy shadowing Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: blessedgleaningsGWB §564: cleansekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of those Manifestations of Holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: sanctified abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: holinessgleaningsGWB §187: of sanctity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: enlighteningfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §152: wonderskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: Luminariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: flood histablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Mightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §495: His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: that attest Thy transcendent onenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: greatgleaningsGWB §495: the Most Great Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: leadingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: is Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeurgleaningsGWB §606: however meritorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: most effulgent
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: upheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: and clingingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: seizedgleaningsGWB §645: holdeth fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hem
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §691: otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of this worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §305: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: in the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
