Prayers and Meditations — §768
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 768 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْئَلُكَ بِحَفِيفِ سِدْرَةِ المُنْتَهى وَهَزِيزِ نَسَماتِ أَيَّامِكَ فِي جَبَرُوتِ الأَسْمآءِ أَنْ تُبْعِدَنِي عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُهُ رِضائُكَ وَتُقَرِّبَنِي إِلى مَقامٍ تَجَلَّى فِيْهِ مَطْلَعُ آياتِكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِيْ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by the rustling of the Divine Lote-Tree and the murmur of the breezes of Thine utterance in the kingdom of Thy names, to remove me far from whatsoever Thy will abhorreth, and draw me nigh unto the station wherein He Who is the Dayspring of Thy signs hath shone forth. 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 §228: the mirrorsfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §247: Thou didstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §764: me to gaze onwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §46: flash
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: cleavethgleaningsGWB §418: adherencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: poorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: holding totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §125: centeredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: In the name offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §210: in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: upon themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Purge and sanctifygleaningsGWB §685: loftykitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: Holy Ghostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: infinitely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: PurgegleaningsGWB §135: sacred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the Sunfire-tabletFire §22: Thy dawning lightgleaningsGWB §307: its radiancekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: Thy lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: effulgentthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Almighty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of the GrandeurgleaningsGWB §494: Most Great Prisonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: swear by the greatness of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §523: wholly and grossly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §411: take firm holdkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: cleaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: and clinging towill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: seizedgleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observe
SE expanded to “to the hem”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosityfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hem
SE expanded to “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 §136: the firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §116: no beginningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldgleaningsGWB §729: interpreteth
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §467: Find outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE expanded to “by the rustling”
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: SadrahgleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: Sadratu’l-Muntaháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Sacred Lote-Treeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: fruits of the tree of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §288: from the Tree
SE rendered أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِحَفِيفِ (biḥafíf), سِدْرَةِ (sidrah), المُنْتَهى (al-muntahى), وَهَزِيزِ (wahazíz), نَسَماتِ (nasamát), أَيَّامِكَ (ʾayyámik) as “Thee, by the rustling, the Divine Lote-Tree, the murmur, the breezes, Thine utterance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: unnumberedfire-tabletFire §29: of thegleaningsGWB §318: forbiddethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: forbidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: highesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
This form usually rendered as “whispering”, “whisper”, “murmur” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: tremblethgleaningsGWB §56: whispering breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been quickenedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §634: Therein hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: was shaken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breezegleaningsGWB §212: the Breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fragranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and the gentle windsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: breathgleaningsGWB §674: sweetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: one breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: fragrances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §250: days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: is the Daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the days of MygleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”
This form usually rendered as “heaven”, “realm”, “dominion” (56 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: dominionfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §311: His dominionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of Thy Dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Divine
SE expanded to “remove me far”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “thou”, “repugnant” (9 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: abhorrentgleaningsGWB §460: abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: repugnant untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: abhorrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme of adversity
رِضائُكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “pleasure”, “good”, “good-pleasure” (55 occurrences)
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: satisfied with His pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §627: of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: Thy good-pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: his own willwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: may God be pleased
SE expanded to “draw me nigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sanctuary of Thy presencefire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §248: drawing closerkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: that can favor themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: near unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: occasionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §323: to arisekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Day of Resurrection—asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: most exalted stationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
تَجَلَّى
literal: manifestation; manifest; manifested
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “shed”, “splendor” (31 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
revelation 37% shed 16% splendor 11% effulgence 5% resplendent 5% ordained 5% through 5% effulgent 5% plentitude 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: effulgencegleaningsGWB §160: hath been vouchsafedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Thou hast revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: revealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: RevelationgleaningsGWB §669: through the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendours
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dayspringfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §46: daystar of blissfulness shinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
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 §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the verse itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: to Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
SE rendered مَطْلَعُ (maṭlaʿ), آياتِكَ، (áyátika،), تَرَانِي (tarání) as “the Dayspring, Thy signs”
