Prayers and Meditations — §804
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 804 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كْمُ الْكافِ وَالنُّونِ وَبَرَزَ سِرُّ اللّهِ الْمَكْنُونُ وَبُدِئَتِ الْمُمْكِناتُ وَبُعِثَتِ الْظُّهُوراتُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ بِجَمالِكَ ظَهَرَ جَمالُ الْمَعْبُودِ وَبِوَجْهِكَ لَاحَ وَجْهُ الْمَقْصُودِ وَبِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ فُصِّلَ بَيْنَ الْمُمْكِناتِ وَصَعَدَ الْمُخْلِصُونَ إِلَى الذُّرْوَةِ الْعُلْيا وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ إِلَى الدَّرَكاتِ السُّفْلى، وَأ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I bear witness, moreover, that through Thy beauty the beauty of the Adored One hath been unveiled, and through Thy face the face of the Desired One hath shone forth, and that through a word from Thee Thou hast decided between all created things, causing them who are devoted to Thee to ascend unto the summit of glory, and the infidels to fall into the lowest abyss.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: How manygleaningsGWB §240: Would that ye mightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Manyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: how numerousgleaningsGWB §453: iniquity waxed greater and greaterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: and manyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and how numerous
suffice 27% content 13% all-sufficing 13% insufficient 7% ever 7% will 7% verily 7% sufficing 7% himself 7% let 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §450: will surely suffice tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the Restrainerthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §34: still they restedgleaningsGWB §259: is insufficientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §82: content ourselves
2 occurrences in corpus
revelation 31% evidence 13% evidences 13% disclosed 6% effulgence 6% immensely 6% manifestation 6% revealers 6% come 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §550: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and manifesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §91: immensely exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: Revealers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: headsgleaningsGWB §712: or pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: openly and privilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: consciencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: the inner mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: joy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Hidden Secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §612: Scriptures
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achievedfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §708: of all mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: stablish methe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable in
SE rendered وَبُعِثَتِ (wabuʿithat), الْظُّهُوراتُ، (aẓ-ẓuhúrátu،), وَأَشْهَدُ (waʾashhad) as “I bear witness”
sent 28% hath 16% raise 8% begotten 8% will 8% “resurrection” 8% “revelation 8% made 8% gathering 4% raiser 4%
SE expanded to “hath been unveiled”
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 §217: gloryfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §723: avowedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: boweth down in worshiptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
SE expanded to “through Thy 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 §122: AmonggleaningsGWB §103: Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
SE expanded to “of the Adored One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §218: Our servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: the soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: for Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
SE expanded to “through Thy face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: set his facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §78: their own faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: have settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE expanded to “hath shone forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: ingleaningsGWB §709: His Tabletskitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the heavenly Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: the light of Thy countenancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: the Lawh-i-Fu’adgleaningsGWB §286: comprehend
SE expanded to “of the Desired One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: DesiredgleaningsGWB §672: Haste forth untokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: such as have sought Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: thy goal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §279: at a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: the perplexingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Most Sublime Word
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: in the sightgleaningsGWB §397: with Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: through the appearancethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the governmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: with HimgleaningsGWB §282: My grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §128: separatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: the recordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: set forth with clearnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §11: been cut offepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
This form usually rendered as “sincere”, “faithful”, “true” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §159: deliverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: devoted to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: set it free
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the summitgleaningsGWB §725: Summitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: the highest goalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: Most Sublime Pinnacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: heightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: Sublime Summitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: unto the summitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: Pinnacle
This form usually rendered as “most”, “exalted”, “upon” (345 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Most Sublimefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §424: hasten ye untokitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: transcendent greatnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUS
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: joined partnersgleaningsGWB §684: ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: an act of blasphemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: naught but open blasphemythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: partnergleaningsGWB §270: the infidels
This form usually rendered as “lowest” (2 occurrences)
comprehend 22% understanding 22% taketh 13% attain 6% grasp 6% apprehend 6% failed 6% comprehension 6% understood 6% comprehended 6%
SE rendered وَالْمُشْرِكُونَ (wálmushrikún), الدَّرَكاتِ (ad-darakát), السُّفْلى، (as-suflى،) as “the infidels, the lowest abyss”
SE rendered الدَّرَكاتِ (ad-darakát), السُّفْلى، (as-suflى،), وَأ (waʾ) as “the lowest abyss”
2 occurrences in corpus
