Prayers and Meditations — §777
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 777 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َعْظَمِ وَأَمْرِكَ الأَتَمِّ فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ اخْتَلَفَتِ الأُمَمُ وَظَهَرَ الانْقِلابُ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّماءِ وَاضْطَرَبَتْ أَرْكانُ الأَشْياءِ، وَبِهِ ظَهَرَتِ الفِتْنَةُ وَفُصِّلَتِ الْكَلِمَةُ وَبِها ظَهَرَ الامْتِيازُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ ذَرَّاتِ الأَشْياءِ وَبِها سُعِّرَتِ الْجَحِيْمُ وَظَهَرَ النَّعِيْمُ، طُوبى لِمَنْ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْكَ فَوَيْلٌ لِمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْكَ وَكَفَرَ بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ فِي هذا الْظُهُورِ الَّذِيْ فِيْهِ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُ مَظاهِرِ النَّفْيِ وَابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُ مَطالِعِ الإِثْباتِ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ وَالصِّفاتِ، وَفِي قَبْضَتِكَ زِمامُ المَوْجُوْداتِ عَمَّا خُلِقَ بَيْنَ الأَرَضِينَ وَالسَّمَواتِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
No sooner had that Revelation been unveiled to men’s eyes than the signs of universal discord appeared among the peoples of the world, and commotion seized the dwellers of earth and heaven, and the foundations of all things were shaken. The forces of dissension were released, the meaning of the Word was unfolded, and every several atom in all created things acquired its own distinct and separate character. Hell was made to blaze, and the delights of Paradise were uncovered to men’s eyes. Blessed is the man that turneth towards Thee, and woe betide him who standeth aloof from Thee, who denieth Thee and repudiateth Thy signs in this Revelation wherein the faces of the exponents of denial have turned black and the faces of the exponents of truthfulness have turned white, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and attributes, Who holdest in Thy grasp the empire of whatever hath been created in heaven and on earth!
Translation Notes
SE rendered َعْظَمِ (aʿẓam), وَأَمْرِكَ (waʾamrik), الأَتَمِّ (at-tamm), فَلَمَّا (falammá) as “Revelation, all, No sooner had”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §305: most mysteriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: too weightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: immensethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §476: highest good
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His great and mighty Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §169: Cause ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to Thy Causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
This form usually rendered as “perfect”, “consummate”, “mightiest” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: hath not yet endedgleaningsGWB §118: perfectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: exhaustedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: that thereby thethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: fully vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: energetically and assiduouslygleaningsGWB §676: every mortal veil
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: it appearedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §49: whether seenkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: hath beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: to have believedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
This form usually rendered as “arose.””, “divided”, “appeared” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: diversgleaningsGWB §316: Any variationkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: dividedthe-hidden-wordsHW §150: from behindwill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: behind
This form usually rendered as “agitation”, “discord”, “upheaval” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §656: that I may turnkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: all their affectionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbiláprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: Thy landthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §449: in the earth
وَاضْطَرَبَتْ
literal: disturbed; be disturbed; agitation
This form usually rendered as “tremble”, “have”, “trembling” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fearfulgleaningsGWB §211: to tremblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: would be sore shakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: heavy blow
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: their limbsgleaningsGWB §571: your entire beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our limbsgleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: foundationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §163: My limbs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §300: He electedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: things
SE rendered وَاضْطَرَبَتْ (wáḍṭarabat), أَرْكانُ (ʾarkán), الأَشْياءِ، (ash-shyáʾi،), وَبِهِ (wabih), ظَهَرَتِ (ẓaharat), الفِتْنَةُ (al-fitnah), وَفُصِّلَتِ (wafuṣṣilat) as “were shaken, foundations, things, were released, The forces of dissension, was unfolded”
SE expanded to “The forces of dissension”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §469: have set forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: lengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: decidedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §11: been cut offepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronouncefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §346: spokekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: third word
SE rendered وَفُصِّلَتِ (wafuṣṣilat), الْكَلِمَةُ (al-kalimah), وَبِها (wabihá), ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), الامْتِيازُ (al-ámtíáz) as “was unfolded, Word, distinct and separate character”
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘Let me alonegleaningsGWB §456: descendantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “Leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: the atomsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leavegleaningsGWB §32: all the atomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earth
SE expanded to “the delights of Paradise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessednessgleaningsGWB §70: the delightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: giftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the delights of Paradiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: done wellgleaningsGWB §10: blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thy bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: BlessedgleaningsGWB §234: Blessed be the mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: Great, therefore, is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §51: “Great is thy blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Great is my blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessedness
This form usually rendered as “whosoever”, “above”, “all” (232 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the peoplefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §287: such a capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: before.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: set himself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Woe betide theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: bewailepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: woekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: “Woeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Woe, thenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: woe betideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: woe betide himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: and woe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: do not protestgleaningsGWB §99: and the exigencieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: opposedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Disputest
This form usually rendered as “recognizing” (2 occurrences)
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §467: as well asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §532: fear of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §155: from the
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “repudiated”, “misbelief” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §35: blasphemykitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: unbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §291: and rejected
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: SiyyidgleaningsGWB §404: corrosionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: afore-mentioned SiyyidgleaningsGWB §84: turned blackprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: SiyyidsgleaningsGWB §181: descendant of the Prophet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: in such wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §548: the exertionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: fixed his gaze upon Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE expanded to “have turned white”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: whitenessgleaningsGWB §36: with the white handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: white handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: have turned whiteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: whitegleaningsGWB §494: snow-white Scrollkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: brightness
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: discoverfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §132: exponents of violencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: was intended to awakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to be the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
الإِثْباتِ
literal: established; establish; affirmation
This form usually rendered as “demonstrate”, “affirmation”, “may” (24 occurrences)
demonstrate 19% affirmation 19% may 13% acceptance 13% establish 6% made 6% purpose 6% vindication 6% confirmation 6% confirmeth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: set downgleaningsGWB §288: inscribekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: justifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: will enable me tothe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fillwill-and-testamentW&T §13: that are steadfastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: established
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the King of KingsgleaningsGWB §632: His kingshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §95: attribute of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: is characterizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: notionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §725: extolledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: that shall speak of Thee
SE rendered مالِكَ (málik), الأَسْماءِ (as-smáʾ), وَالصِّفاتِ، (wálṣṣifáti،), وَفِي (wafí), قَبْضَتِكَ (qabḍatik), زِمامُ (zimám), المَوْجُوْداتِ (al-mawjúdát) as “Possessor, names, attributes, in Thy, grasp, the empire, whatever hath been created”
within 29% under 14% acts 7% throughout 7% upon 7% mortal 7% over 7% hearts 7% prosperity 7% fair 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: thine actsgleaningsGWB §218: in the days to comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: atwill-and-testamentW&T §10: in theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: withingleaningsGWB §594: in prosperity, and thankful inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: bywill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: graspgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the contractprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: were made to expireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: grasp ofgleaningsGWB §78: His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: within Thy grasp
المَوْجُوْداتِ
literal: existence; find; existent
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “creation” (42 occurrences)
SE expanded to “whatever hath been created”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of creationfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §279: find themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: of mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: learningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
SE rendered زِمامُ (zimám), المَوْجُوْداتِ (al-mawjúdát), خُلِقَ (khuliq), الأَرَضِينَ (ar-raḍín), وَالسَّمَواتِ (wálssamawát) as “the empire, whatever hath been created, on earth, heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: His creaturesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: creature of their own conceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: were created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world was called
