Prayers and Meditations — §765
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 765 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْئَلُكَ بِخِباءِ مَجْدِكَ عَلَى أَعْلَى الجِبالِ وَفُسْطاطِ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى أَعْلَى الأَتْلالِ أَنْ تُؤَيِّدَنِي عَلَى ما أَرادَ بِهِ إِرادَتُكَ وَظَهَرَ مِنْ مَشِيَّتِكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by the Tabernacle of Thy majesty upon the loftiest summits, and the Canopy of Thy Revelation on the highest hills, to graciously aid me to do what Thy will hath desired and Thy purpose hath manifested. 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
This form usually rendered as “most”, “transcendent”, “effulgent” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: illuminedfire-tabletFire §48: and with thegleaningsGWB §562: The Daystarkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: shining lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: be enlightenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
This form usually rendered as “most”, “precious”, “inestimable” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exalted and glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §184: My glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: of Thythe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strong
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §181: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: through His glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: Most Great RevelationgleaningsGWB §486: august
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Light
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: clinging togleaningsGWB §645: holdeth fastkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: set our hearts onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: cling towill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: laid fast holdgleaningsGWB §411: take firm hold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosity
SE expanded to “the world to come”
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 §111: culminationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: and the world to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §188: againprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
SE rendered الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولی، (wálʾúlí،), أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm) as “the world to come, O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §116: no beginningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Primalthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstgleaningsGWB §99: our first
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE rendered أَللَّهُمَّ (ʾalllahumm), إِنِّيْ (ʾinní), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِخِباءِ (bikhibáʾ), مَجْدِكَ (majdik) as “O my God, beseech Thee, Tabernacle, majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §467: Find outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: lauded be HisgleaningsGWB §665: and glorifying your actionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: great glory.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: of Thy majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: great gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: Thy majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: two mountainsfire-tabletFire §42: peaksgleaningsGWB §73: of the mountainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: summitsthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: Mountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the mountainsgleaningsGWB §395: every mountainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: mountains
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §610: hath aidedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: assist methe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §729: graciously assistprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: be assisted
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: desiregleaningsGWB §246: My heart’s desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: willest, andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: purposedgleaningsGWB §275: to seek it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: desirethgleaningsGWB §8: by virtue ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thy will had decreedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: determined
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
This form usually rendered as “will”, “desire”, “daystar” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §520: perishable thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Will
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §432: beholdingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: Wilt Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedgleaningsGWB §720: bring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: hold fastgleaningsGWB §125: adheredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: cling toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: held fast the cordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: holding fastgleaningsGWB §686: musk-laden fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: earthfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: producedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: I implore Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: holygleaningsGWB §645: untaintedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: am he, O my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to the sanctitygleaningsGWB §384: and sacred
