Prayers and Meditations — §781
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 781 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلى مَقَرِّ عِزِّ وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ وَأَفْئِدَةَ المُقَرَّبِيْنَ إِلى مَطْلَعِ ظُهُورِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنِيْ عَلَى الصِّيامِ خالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ يا ذاْ الجَلالِ وَالإِكْرامِ، ثُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي يا إِلهِي مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ تَمَسَّكُوْا بِسُنَنِكَ وَحُدُوْداتِكَ خالِصِينَ لِوَجْهِكَ مِنْ دُوْنِ أَنْ يَكوْنُوا ناظِرِيْنَ إِلى غَيْرِكَ، أُوْلئِكَ كانَتْ خَمْرُهُمْ ما خَرَجَ مِنْ فَمِ مَشِيَّتِكَ الأُولى وَرَحِيقُهُمْ نِدَائَكَ الأَحْلى وَسَلْسَبِيلُهُمْ حُبَّكَ وَجَنَّتُهُمْ وَصْلَكَ وَلِقائَكَ لأنَّكَ كُنْتَ مَبْدَأَهُمْ وَمُنْتَهَاهُمْ وَغايَةَ أَمَلِهِمْ وَرَجائِهِمْ، عَمِيَتْ عَيْنٌ تَرَى ما لا تُحِبُّ وَانْعَدَمَتْ نَفْسٌ تُرِيْدُ ما لا تُرِيْدُ، فَيا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِنَفْسِكَ وَبِهِمْ بِأَنْ تَقْبَلَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I beseech Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Name through which Thou hast enabled Thy servants and Thy people to know Thee, through which Thou hast drawn the hearts of those who have recognized Thee towards the resplendent court of Thy oneness, and the souls of Thy favored ones unto the Dayspring of Thy unity,—I beseech Thee to grant that I may be assisted to observe the fast wholly for Thy sake, O Thou Who art full of majesty and glory! Empower me, then, O my God, to be reckoned among them that have clung to Thy laws and precepts for the sake of Thee alone, their eyes fixed on Thy face. These, indeed, are they whose wine is all that hath proceeded out of the mouth of Thy primal will, whose pure beverage is Thine enthralling call, whose heavenly River is Thy love, whose Paradise is entrance into Thy presence and reunion with Thee. For Thou hast been their Beginning and their End, and their Highest Hope, and their Supreme Desire. Blinded be the eye that gazeth on whatsoever may displease Thee, and confounded be the soul that seeketh the things that are contrary to Thy will.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “place” (96 occurrences)
seat 36% habitation 13% place 10% abide 10% court 8% spot 5% confessed 5% abode 5% retreats 5% acceptance 3%
SE rendered مَقَرِّ (maqarr), عِزِّ (ʿizz), وَحْدانِيَّتِكَ (waḥdánínatik), وَأَفْئِدَةَ (waʾafʾidah) as “court, Thy oneness, the souls”
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 §196: blestfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §402: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy transcendent Essencethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: pride
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the unionfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §102: essentially one and the samekitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: The oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: by the onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: dust
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
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 §229: the Dawning-Placefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §161: revealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: holy Soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: those countenancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE rendered المُقَرَّبِيْنَ (al-muqarrabín), مَطْلَعِ (maṭlaʿ), ظُهُورِ (ẓuhúr), فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ (fardánínatik) as “favored ones, Dayspring, of, Thy unity,—I”
revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: have proceededfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §372: the lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: comingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: can last but an hourtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: One, the Incomparablefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §384: Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the one God, the Incomparabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §49: alone
SE expanded to “may be assisted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the harmonygleaningsGWB §72: it may fulfillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: leagued themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: assist themwill-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailing helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: aidgleaningsGWB §396: strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: according to our
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it freefire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §680: essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servants
SE expanded to “for Thy sake”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: visitedfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §499: on whatever will ensurekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: from turning their faces towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “all-glorious”, “exalted” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: exalted begleaningsGWB §222: magnified be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §86: transcendent majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy glory
bounty 23% most 22% all-bountiful 13% generosity 12% favor 8% bountiful 8% generous 6% grace 2% glory 2% bounteousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Generousfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §93: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bounty
This form usually rendered as “make”, “cause”, “aid” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: caused Them to becomethe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: take fast holdgleaningsGWB §647: take thou firm holdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: “Clingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: have laid holdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: cleavegleaningsGWB §176: adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the example
limitations 33% limits 11% bounds 11% limitation 9% precepts 9% limited 9% sharper 4% sharp 4% temporal 4% discernment 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: capacitygleaningsGWB §101: designated limitationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: discernmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of limitationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sharper
SE rendered خالِصِينَ (kháliṣín), لِوَجْهِكَ (liwajhik), دُوْنِ (dún), يَكوْنُوا (yakwnúá), ناظِرِيْنَ (náẓirín) as “for the sake of Thee alone, their eyes fixed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: withoutgleaningsGWB §326: all else besideskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: withheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: not of Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: withgleaningsGWB §705: refuse to sanction it in
SE rendered دُوْنِ (dún), يَكوْنُوا (yakwnúá), ناظِرِيْنَ (náẓirín), غَيْرِكَ، (ghayrika،) as “their eyes fixed, Thy face”
SE expanded to “their eyes fixed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: hast fixed thy gazefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §195: beholdkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: to directtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: turn your eyes
This form usually rendered as “any”, “except”, “save” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflictfire-tabletFire §27: honorgleaningsGWB §617: besideskitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: annulmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §814: anyone but Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §12: other than Mewill-and-testamentW&T §19: dissentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: elsewhere
This form usually rendered as “god”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: beginninggleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: shall despairprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the beginninggleaningsGWB §702: ere he
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §467: wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: of the winethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §383: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofgleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdom
This form usually rendered as “have”, “departeth”, “revealed” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath proceeded out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: Draw it forthgleaningsGWB §320: egresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: spring forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: uttertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: “Begone
SE expanded to “Thy primal will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §154: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: none to describe Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nothing
This form usually rendered as “world”, “life”, “fitting” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §125: early dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Primalthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldgleaningsGWB §729: interpreteth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §200: glorious Chaliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: the choiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: unto the choice wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wine
SE expanded to “Thine enthralling call”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: calling aloud sayingfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §282: is callingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: voicedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: calleth aloud
وَسَلْسَبِيلُهُمْ
literal: pure-fountain; Salsabil (heavenly fountain); soft-flowing-stream
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §665: well is itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: and them that love metablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: held to be possessedgleaningsGWB §212: of Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: follyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Most SublimegleaningsGWB §55: garden
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “court”, “meeting” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: results and consequencesfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §122: Detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: thou mayest attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §323: light of Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: to attain the presenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: However
SE expanded to “entrance into Thy presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §109: proclamationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: We impartedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: drawn nigh untotablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: engravedwill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: That knightgleaningsGWB §414: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: if thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: that theyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: they sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: howepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: reported to have
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: begingleaningsGWB §124: a beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: proceedethgleaningsGWB §352: the source thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: Thou Who art mygleaningsGWB §720: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Origin
end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: endfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §111: limitlesskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: eschewprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: infinite glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
SE expanded to “their Highest Hope”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: made to errfire-tabletFire §8: heightgleaningsGWB §725: Desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: ultimateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: highest aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: surely strayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the highest aspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: dearest wish
SE rendered وَمُنْتَهَاهُمْ (wamuntaháhum), وَغايَةَ (wagháyah), أَمَلِهِمْ (ʾamalihim), وَرَجائِهِمْ، (warajáʾihim،), عَمِيَتْ (ʿamíat), عَيْنٌ (ʿaynun) as “their End, their Highest Hope, Supreme Desire, Blinded, eye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my utmost HopegleaningsGWB §395: longing to partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: whose hopesthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: desiresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: consider and reflectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the hope
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §629: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: supreme aspirationthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: yearnethwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: blindgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: bereft of visionthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: OF THE SUPREMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: \‘BlindedgleaningsGWB §685: blindness of heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: Blind is
eye 51% spring 14% eyes 14% well-spring 3% identical 3% aynu’l-baqar 3% damsels 3% acute 3% before 3% face 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the well-springgleaningsGWB §505: thine eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have madewill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: Thou dost perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: beheldgleaningsGWB §49: discover
وَانْعَدَمَتْ
literal: non-existence; non-existent; nonexistent
This form usually rendered as “confounded” (1 occurrences)
nothingness 26% nothing 15% utter 12% lack 12% perish 9% evanescent 6% ignorance 6% want 6% non-existence 6% none 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §344: absencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: neverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: is as nothingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: brought to naught.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: nonegleaningsGWB §161: to existkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: the non-fulfilment
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “wish”, “days” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: hath soughtgleaningsGWB §532: What I have wishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: Thou hast pleasedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: purposedgleaningsGWB §492: thou desirest to achieve
SE rendered نَفْسٌ (nafsun), تُرِيْدُ (turíd), تُرِيْدُ، (turídu،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik) as “soul, to Thy will, O my Lord, I beseech, by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §179: entreatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §259: questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik), وَبِهِمْ (wabihim) as “O my Lord, I beseech, by Thy Name”
SE rendered بِنَفْسِكَ (binafsik), وَبِهِمْ (wabihim), تَقْبَلَ (taqbal) as “by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: Turn yourselves towardsfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §391: recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: alreadyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §410: inclinedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
