Prayers and Meditations — §780
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 780 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلاَّ ما يُصْعِدُهُمْ إِلى سَماءِ قُرْبِكَ وَمَقَرِّ عِزِّ تَوْحِيدِكَ، وَوَضَعْتَ الْحُدُوْدَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَجَعَلْتَها مَطْلَعَ عَدْلِكَ وَمَظْهَرَ فَضْلِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَحِصْنَ حِمايَتِكَ بَيْنَ بَريَّتِكَ لِئَلا يَظْلِمَ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا فِي أَرْضِكَ، طُوْبى لِمَنْ نَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوى وَاتَّبَعَ ما رُقِمَ مِنْ قَلَمِكَ الأَعْلى حُبًّا لِجَمالِكَ وَطَلَبًا لِرِضائِكَ إِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ فازَ بِكُلِّ الْخَيْرِ وَاتَّبَعَ الْهُدی، أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ عَرَّفْتَ نَفْسَكَ عِبادَكَ وَبَرِيَّتَكَ وَاجْتَذَبْتَ أَفْئِدَةَ الْعارِفِيْنَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify, O my God, that Thou hast, from eternity, sent down upon Thy servants naught else except that which can cause them to soar up and be drawn near unto Thee, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy transcendent oneness. Thou hast established Thy bounds among them, and ordained them to stand among Thy creatures as evidences of Thy justice and as signs of Thy mercy, and to be the stronghold of Thy protection amongst Thy people, that no man may in Thy realm transgress against his neighbor. How great is the blessedness of him who, for love of Thy beauty and for the sake of Thy pleasure, hath curbed the desires of a corrupt inclination and observed the precepts laid down by Thy most exalted Pen! He, in truth, is to be numbered with them that have attained unto all good, and followed the way of guidance.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raisedgleaningsGWB §1: ever hope to ascendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: their deathtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Risewill-and-testamentW&T §51: settingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee upgleaningsGWB §685: resume its flight
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: your exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: ascended into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: other namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
SE rendered يُصْعِدُهُمْ (yuṣʿiduhum), سَماءِ (samáʾ), قُرْبِكَ (qurbik), وَمَقَرِّ (wamaqarr), عِزِّ (ʿizz), تَوْحِيدِكَ، (tawḥídika،) as “soar up, heaven, of Thy transcendent, oneness”
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: credencegleaningsGWB §151: gain admittance into the habitationkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the retreatsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: hath confessedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thine exalted singlenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the concord andfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §102: essentially one and the samekitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: of the inmatestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: lowgleaningsGWB §75: hath been appointedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: hast establishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: humblenesswill-and-testamentW&T §39: initiatorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: laygleaningsGWB §63: will cast away
limitations 21% bounds 14% precepts 14% respect 7% subject 7% limits 7% four 7% law 7% confines 7% restricted 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: sharpgleaningsGWB §302: the limitskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of limitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: its confinestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: keen
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “didst” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §343: caused themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: handiworkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: may be assignedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “source” (125 occurrences)
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 §189: readfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §95: these beauteous Countenanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: Daysprings ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to be the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: fruits of the tree of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §508: with those of the unjustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: Who dealest equitablytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: that are justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: fairgleaningsGWB §20: richer than
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (111 occurrences)
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: Godfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §167: to manifest Myselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: will be made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: was fulfilledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
This form usually rendered as “grace”, “tender”, “dawning-places” (118 occurrences)
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created mefire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §97: heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: “rebirth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Create, moreovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Sanctuarythe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §10: the mighty Strongholdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married woman
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: protectionwill-and-testamentW&T §3: the safeguardingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of Thy defensewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy secret Sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: Thy carewill-and-testamentW&T §1: preserved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mengleaningsGWB §621: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: of creationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
SE rendered حِمايَتِكَ (ḥimáyatik), بَريَّتِكَ (baríratik), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يَظْلِمَ (yaẓlim), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), أَحَدًا (ʾaḥadan) as “protection, Thy people, that, transgress, no man, neighbor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timegleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: the daytimeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Day and nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime
This form usually rendered as “deal”, “transgress” (2 occurrences)
deal 50% transgress 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: made by them tofire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §508: the wrongdoerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: by the wrongsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: darksomeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: others similarly wronged
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “anyone” (82 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §584: of no onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §103: Divine Being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §222: territoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citythe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this landfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §532: on the earth
طُوْبى
literal: blessedness; blessed; blessedness, happiness
SE expanded to “How great is the blessedness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: WellgleaningsGWB §205: Happy are theykitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Happy isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: HappygleaningsGWB §311: Blessed isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Great isepistle-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 “forbidden”, “categorically”, “eschew” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbiddenfire-tabletFire §29: of thegleaningsGWB §111: limitlesskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: forbidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: Desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: someonegleaningsGWB §293: Mine own Selfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: the most unletteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: describe Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
SE expanded to “of a corrupt inclination”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: firmamentfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §242: accord with your corrupt inclinationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: worldly desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: their desiresthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: the sungleaningsGWB §706: submissionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: bear allegianceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: Successivetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: followgleaningsGWB §359: followed
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “recorded”, “inscribed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: writtengleaningsGWB §56: hath imprinted the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: hath writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §9: written byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: wrotegleaningsGWB §692: hath fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: irrevocably establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: written down
SE rendered وَاتَّبَعَ (wáttabaʿ), رُقِمَ (ruqim), قَلَمِكَ (qalamik), الأَعْلى (al-ʾaʿlى), حُبًّا (ḥubban), لِجَمالِكَ (lijamálik) as “observed, laid down, Thy, most exalted, for love, Thy beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realmswill-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Penepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: PengleaningsGWB §375: of His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thy most exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §556: his Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: love?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: those that love Himtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My lover
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My BeautygleaningsGWB §181: a little whilekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: Beauteoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
This form usually rendered as “search”, “seeking”, “eagerness” (53 occurrences)
لِرِضائِكَ
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
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 §262: may God be pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §627: of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: be wholly dissolvedthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: My good pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: shinethgleaningsGWB §127: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Who hath enteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: achievegleaningsGWB §642: invested
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: choosegleaningsGWB §509: manifest advantagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: good thingthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §690: shall be better
SE expanded to “the way of guidance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: guidancegleaningsGWB §361: guidedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: thereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: didst guidetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: heavenly guidancewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Guidance—forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the guidancegleaningsGWB §668: rescue
SE expanded to “my God, that Thou hast, from eternity, sent down upon Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §107: Voice of Divinitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
SE rendered الْهُدی، (al-hudí،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “the way of guidance, my”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: pray
SE rendered عَرَّفْتَ (ʿarraft), نَفْسَكَ (nafsak), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak) as “servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: but knowgleaningsGWB §1: and knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine immeasurable knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: discernment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §575: may attractkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Cause them toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: rapturegleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
SE rendered وَاجْتَذَبْتَ (wájtadhabt), أَفْئِدَةَ (ʾafʾidah) as “be drawn”
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: heartsgleaningsGWB §575: the heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: pure in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: thoughtsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §389: of the heart
