Prayers and Meditations — §803
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 803 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَلثَّنآءُ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ الْأَعْلَى وَالْبَهآءُ الَّذِي طَلَعَ مِنْ جَمَالِكَ الْأَبْهَى عَلَيْكَ يَا مَظْهَرَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَسُلْطَانَ الْبَقَاءِ وَمَلِيْكَ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَآءِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ بِكَ ظَهَرَتْ سَلْطَنَةُ اللّهِ وَإِقْتِدَارُهُ وَعَظَمَةُ اللّهِ وَكِبْرِيَائُهُ، وَبِكَ أَشْرَقَتْ شُمُوسُ الْقِدَمِ فِي سَمآءِ الْقَضآءِ وَطَلَعَ جَمالُ الْغَيْبِ عَنْ أُفُقِ الْبَدَاءِ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ بِحَرَكَةٍ مِنْ قَلَمِكَ ظَهَرَ حُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty, rest upon Thee, O Thou Who art the Manifestation of Grandeur, and the King of Eternity, and the Lord of all who are in heaven and on earth! I testify that through Thee the sovereignty of God and His dominion, and the majesty of God and His grandeur, were revealed, and the Day-Stars of ancient splendor have shed their radiance in the heaven of Thine irrevocable decree, and the Beauty of the Unseen hath shone forth above the horizon of creation. I testify, moreover, that with but a movement of Thy Pen Thine injunction "Be Thou" hath been enforced, and God's hidden Secret hath been divulged, and all created things have been called into being, and all the Revelations have been sent down.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebration
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 §117: exponentsfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §360: most resplendentkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: temporalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: signs oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “Thy most august Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: mine owngleaningsGWB §96: throughkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inclinationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thine all-glorious Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
SE rendered ظَهَرَ (ẓahar), نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), الْأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), وَالْبَهآءُ (wálbaháʾ), طَلَعَ (ṭalaʿ) as “dawned, Thy most august Self, glory, shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §32: of allkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the exaltation oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily gloriousgleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: at all times ignorantfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §137: comprehendedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: revelation of Thy purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE expanded to “Thy most effulgent Beauty”
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 §184: seemlygleaningsGWB §165: Thy Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: is a more gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
SE expanded to “rest upon Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of GrandeurgleaningsGWB §665: away disdainfullykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: most excellenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: through the power ofgleaningsGWB §319: Ideal Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: King of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §616: Lord and King oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereign
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Immortalityfire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §652: of eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: of everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: Thine eternitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: eternally liveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath persisted
king 24% angels 20% lord 16% ruler 12% sovereign 8% kingship 4% transcendent 4% overruling 4% all-sufficient 4% supremacy 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: and of heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §48: By Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: the atmosphere oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
This form usually rendered as “power”, “might”, “potency” (51 occurrences)
power 65% might 11% potency 5% divine 3% sovereignty 3% greatness 3% mighty 3% almighty 3% omnipotence 3% strength 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: grievousgleaningsGWB §122: supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: graveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How bewilderingly mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Most GreatgleaningsGWB §606: first and foremost
SE expanded to “shed their radiance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: been illuminedfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §670: a radiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: “easts”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §160: the Wellspring of alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Floodingthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Dawning-Place
This form usually rendered as “luminaries”, “suns”, “sun” (35 occurrences)
luminaries 46% suns 19% sun 8% sun-like 4% countless 4% daystars 4% day-star 4% manifestations 4% truth 4% “suns” 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-like MirrorsgleaningsGWB §43: that Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: “sun,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §401: the splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: those Sunsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Who isfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §59: of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: keep himself aloofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: by Thy footstepstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: on his waywill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §286: worksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: Thy Revelationthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldgleaningsGWB §693: dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: of the Dayspring
This form usually rendered as “creation” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring upfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §170: movementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Movertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: She bestirred herselfwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: move
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thy most exaltedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: with the pengleaningsGWB §387: His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen
