Prayers and Meditations — §779
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 779 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنِّيْ بِعَيْنِ الْيَقِينِ رَأَيْتُ وَبِعِلْمِ اليَقِيْنِ أَيْقَنْتُ بِأَنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنْ ذِكْرِ المَوْجُوْداتِ وَلا تَزالُ تَكوْنُ مُتَعالِيًا عَنْ وَصْفِ المُمْكِناتِ، لا يَنْبَغِيْ لَكَ ذِكْرُ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ ذِكْرُكَ أَوْ ذِكْرُ مِثْلِكَ وَإِنَّكَ كُنْتَ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ وَلا تَزالُ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الشِّبْهِ وَالمِثْلِ وَمُتَعالِيًا عَنِ الْكفْوِ والْعِدْلِ، فَلَمَّا ثَبَتَ تَقْدِيْسُ ذاتِكَ عَنِ الْمِثْلِيَّةِ وَتَنْزِيْهُ نَفْسِكَ عَنِ الشِّبْهِيَّةِ يَثْبُتُ بِأَنَّ الذِّكْرَ مِنْ أَيِّ ذاكرٍ كانَ يَرْجِعُ إِلى نَفْسِهِ وَحَدِّهِ وَلا يَرْتَقِيْ إِلى سُلْطانِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَقَرِّ قُدْسِ عَظَمَتِكَ، فَما أَحْلى ذِكْرَكَ ذاتَكَ وَوَصْفَكَ نَفْسَكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I have clearly perceived, and I am wholly persuaded, that Thou hast from everlasting been immeasurably exalted above the mention of all beings, and wilt continue unto everlasting to remain far above the conception of Thy creatures. None can befittingly praise Thee except Thine own Self and such as are like unto Thee. Thou hast, verily, been at all times, and wilt everlastingly continue to remain, immensely exalted beyond and above all comparison and likeness, above all imagination of parity or resemblance. Having, thus, recognized Thee as One Who is incomparable, and Whose nature none can possess, it becometh incontrovertibly evident that whosoever may praise Thee, his praise can befit only such as are of his own nature, and are subject to his own limitations, and it can in no wise adequately describe the sublimity of Thy sovereignty, nor scale the heights of Thy majesty and holiness. How sweet, therefore, is the praise Thou givest to Thine own Self, and the description Thou givest of Thine own Being!
Translation Notes
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: consignedgleaningsGWB §101: distinctkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: them who are well assuredfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §682: your beliefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: Positiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: firmly believethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: that ye may have firm faithgleaningsGWB §195: them that have believed in Him
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thou”, “found” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: perceivethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §278: to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: am persuadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to look
This form usually rendered as “wholly” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §282: have recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the standardsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: Thou art awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: shall pass awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt continue unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: hath everwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: hath, at all timesgleaningsGWB §669: hath ever been
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §328: is Himself independent of, and transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: purify metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint Paul
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: repliedgleaningsGWB §114: be characterizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: dwell uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: of the praisestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: there lieth concealedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §190: of all creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: independent existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: may perceivetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “remain”, “wilt” (70 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: should ever beargleaningsGWB §506: Ye continuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: thou mayestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thou didsttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
most 26% far 19% exalted 15% transcendent 7% glorious 7% inaccessible 7% immeasurably 7% all-highest 4% sublime 4% will 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Most Exalted Onefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §311: all-highestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: exalted areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Thy greattablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “description”, “described”, “describing” (33 occurrences)
description 25% described 13% describing 13% conception 13% highest 6% such 6% portray 6% applicable 6% fathom 6% praise 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §99: dost ascribe to them the same attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: extol and magnifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of Thine attributes.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: descriptiongleaningsGWB §387: abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: unfold their mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: canst Thou be described
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “created” (73 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §635: all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: the lordship of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: homelesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: imperturbability
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §492: befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becomethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §9: befittinglykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
SE rendered يَنْبَغِيْ (yanbaghí), لَكَ (lak), ذِكْرُ (dhikr), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin), ذِكْرُكَ (dhikruk), ذِكْرُ (dhikr) as “can, Self, own”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy unitygleaningsGWB §620: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: of the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the Onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §97: divine unity
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “such” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: same asgleaningsGWB §638: in the wayskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: every comparisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: such as are like him
This form usually rendered as “like”, “peer”, “such” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: doubtsgleaningsGWB §314: doubts and fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: incomparableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §124: led to doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: such asgleaningsGWB §432: all otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: shadow of a doubt
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: justgleaningsGWB §408: can comparekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of those who judge equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: whose justicegleaningsGWB §70: excelleth
This form usually rendered as “graven”, “demonstrated”, “set” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: demonstrategleaningsGWB §322: fixed starkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: unwavering constancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: cling steadfastlythe-hidden-wordsHW §124: writ and recordedwill-and-testamentW&T §1: established firmlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: establish
This form usually rendered as “purity”, “detached”, “exalted” (17 occurrences)
purity 29% detached 14% exalted 7% sanctified 7% indivisible 7% shall 7% detachment 7% holy 7% singleness 7% essence 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the purity offire-tabletFire §31: Thy holinessgleaningsGWB §115: is exalted beyondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: stainlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy sanctitythe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy freedomwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the essence of purityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: purity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a fewgleaningsGWB §618: upon his soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: sordidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: from myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: all men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: returned notgleaningsGWB §319: concerningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “return”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: pertaineth unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §27: to be offeredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn asidegleaningsGWB §449: of them that have truly repented and returned
This form usually rendered as “alone”, “except”, “one” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §386: of His unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: the one Godtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “soar”, “scale” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ascendedgleaningsGWB §311: its separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: and are wholly subject to Thy willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: advancegleaningsGWB §374: having ascendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: scaleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the exaltation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the power of His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §105: Divinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: into the sovereignty oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: another
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: More precious is it thangleaningsGWB §708: I swear by the majesty of Thy glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: of all dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: of Thy mightytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: mighty
SE rendered سُلْطانِ (sulṭán), عِزِّ (ʿizz), أَحَدِيَّتِكَ (ʾaḥadídatik), وَمَقَرِّ (wamaqarr), قُدْسِ (quds), عَظَمَتِكَ، (ʿaẓamatika،) as “sovereignty, sublimity, the, heights, majesty”
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: sublimegleaningsGWB §66: “The glory of all greatnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: abounding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §588: sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthralling
