Prayers and Meditations — §769
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 769 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَسْئَلُكَ بِالحَرْفِ الَّتِي إِذا خَرَجَتْ مِنْ فَمِ مَشِيَّتِكَ ماجَتِ البِحارُ وَهاجَتِ الأَرْياحُ وَظَهَرَتِ الأَثْمارُ وَتَطاوَلَتِ الأَشْجارُ وَمَحَتِ الآثارُ وَخُرِقَتِ الأَسْتارُ وَسَرُعَ المُخْلِصُونَ إِلى أَنْوارِ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمِ المُخْتارِ أَنْ تُعَرِّفَنِي ما كانَ مَكْنُونًا فِي كَنائِزِ عِرْفانِكَ وَمَسْتُورًا فِي خَزائِنِ عِلْمِكَ، تَرَانِي يا إِلهِي مُتَمَسِّكًا بِاسْمِكَ الأَقْدَسِ الأَنْوَرِ الأَعَزِّ الأَعْظَمِ العَلِيِّ الأَبْهى وَمُتَشَبِّثًا بِذَيْلٍ تَشَبَّثَ بِهِ مَنْ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my God, by that Letter which, as soon as it proceeded out of the mouth of Thy will, hath caused the oceans to surge, and the winds to blow, and the fruits to be revealed, and the trees to spring forth, and all past traces to vanish, and all veils to be rent asunder, and them who are devoted to Thee to hasten unto the light of the countenance of their Lord, the Unconstrained, to make known unto me what lay hid in the treasuries of Thy knowledge and concealed within the repositories of Thy wisdom. 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
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §189: the Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: O Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §467: by askingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problemsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §668: grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: was questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliant
letter 41% letters 16% words 9% word 9% contention 6% sayings 6% have 3% intimation 3% whilst 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: statementsgleaningsGWB §168: whilst the second letter was pronouncedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the same contentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: His Lettersthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the second letterwill-and-testamentW&T §5: passed outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: wordsgleaningsGWB §238: however insignificant
SE expanded to “it proceeded out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: describegleaningsGWB §310: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: hath mischief proceededprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: have set outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bid them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §17: cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: went forth out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: He willethgleaningsGWB §154: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: of the Will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: and the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: billowsgleaningsGWB §652: surgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: restlessnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: wavesgleaningsGWB §684: surgingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: movethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the waves thereof
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: oceangleaningsGWB §233: through the outpouringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: of the waterswill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of the oceangleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows
This form usually rendered as “blow” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “fruits to be revealed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: exponentsfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §163: for having unveiledkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the day of the manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: be distinguishedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being
SE rendered الأَرْياحُ (ar-ryáḥ), وَظَهَرَتِ (waẓaharat), الأَثْمارُ (ath-thmár), وَتَطاوَلَتِ (wataṭáwalat), الأَشْجارُ (ash-shjár) as “winds, fruits to be revealed, to spring forth, trees”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the fruitsgleaningsGWB §548: for every fruitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: the fruits thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: to bring forth good fruittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: bringeth forththe-hidden-wordsHW §109: of its fruitingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: yield your fruitgleaningsGWB §264: fruit of My Tree
وَتَطاوَلَتِ
literal: at length; became long/stretched; grow tall
This form usually rendered as “spring” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: their midstgleaningsGWB §56: leaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Tree—whichtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Verily He is the Treewill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: upon the treegleaningsGWB §98: the same Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: trees
SE expanded to “to vanish, and all”
blot 30% effaced 23% destroy 10% blotted 10% completely 7% vanish 7% dissipate 3% abolish 3% obliterated 3% annulment 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: dissipategleaningsGWB §174: obliteratedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: annulmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: vanish into nothingnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: been banishedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: destroyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: blot outgleaningsGWB §697: be blotted out
This form usually rendered as “signs”, “evidences”, “writings” (81 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: signsgleaningsGWB §378: potencykitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: its potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the virtue wherewith Thou hast endowed itthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §34: that which hath been revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: tracegleaningsGWB §618: the verses
SE expanded to “veils to be rent”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: miraclesgleaningsGWB §640: completely dissipatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: to rend them asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: so vehemently rentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the whole creationgleaningsGWB §341: rent asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: to be rent asunderepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Rend thou asunder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: hiddenfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §412: O Concealerkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst veilthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: that lie concealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: hurried alonggleaningsGWB §656: I have made hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hasten unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: so that they may rush forwardthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §31: Hasten forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swift
This form usually rendered as “who”, “sincere”, “faithful” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §159: deliverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: whosoever is wholly devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sincere ones
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My radiancefire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §23: envelopkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: with the splendors of the lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: We set Our stepsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §548: the exertionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: the facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our LordgleaningsGWB §233: of his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lord.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: rulerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §592: Unrestrainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: the Unrestrainedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessinggleaningsGWB §405: Him Who is the Unconstrained
SE expanded to “make known unto me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: renownedgleaningsGWB §414: enable them to attain the knowledge ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: reveal Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ye have believed
SE rendered تُعَرِّفَنِي (tuʿarrifaní), مَكْنُونًا (maknúnan), كَنائِزِ (kanáʾiz), عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik) as “make known unto me, treasuries, knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: He Who was hidgleaningsGWB §558: are treasuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: the things which lie hidtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: had been wraptepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: hidgleaningsGWB §52: the Invisible of the Invisiblesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid from the eyes of men
treasuries 80% depositories 20%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is treasuredgleaningsGWB §480: be pampered with luxurieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: have treasuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: treasuresgleaningsGWB §630: treasuriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the treasuries
This form usually rendered as “treasuries”, “treasures”, “all” (20 occurrences)
treasuries 40% treasures 15% all 10% within 10% stronghold 5% treasury 5% out 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: repositoriesgleaningsGWB §558: lie hiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: and the Treasuriesthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: storehousesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the repositoriesgleaningsGWB §523: your treasures
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: Those divines, however, whofire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §549: studiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: he becometh acquainted withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: well awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: to regardfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §49: Canst thou discoverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Beholdest thou notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: he will regardthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never beheld
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: cleaveth fast untogleaningsGWB §176: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the exampleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: have laid holdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: laid fast hold thereongleaningsGWB §394: in their pursuit ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: clinging
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: from the Name of Godfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §588: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: and all that are in heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
most 61% aqdas 10% holy 10% sanctified 3% sacred 3% glory 3% presence 3% sanctity 3% ever-blessed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: the Holy CitygleaningsGWB §6: Unsearchable and high abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: sanctified themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: entirely striptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: sanctified be His
most 58% more 8% how 8% precious 4% inestimable 4% high-minded 4% priceless 4% dignitaries 4% all-powerful 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exaltedgleaningsGWB §512: gracious and almightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: effulgenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is it
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §497: above the reach and kenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: which He hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified be thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
وَمُتَشَبِّثًا
literal: cling; clinging; clinging/holding fast
SE expanded to “hem of the robe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §647: to the hem of the Robekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemthe-hidden-wordsHW §77: holdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemgleaningsGWB §645: the hem of Our Robe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the greatestfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: in this present worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: endowed withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: of this world andthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the one
