Prayers and Meditations — §822 Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 822 of 858. Source (Arabic) يَا إِلَهَ الأَسْمَاءِ وَفَاطِرَ السَّمَاءِ أَسْأَلُكَ بِمَطَالِعِ غَيبِكَ الْعَلِيِّ الْأَبْهَى بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَ صَلَاتي نَارًا لِتُحْرِقَ حُجُبَاتِ Shoghi Effendi Translation Whoso wisheth to recite this prayer, let him stand up and turn unto God, and, as he standeth in his place, let him gaze to the right and to the left, as if awaiting the mercy of his Lord, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate. Then let him say: Translation Notes إِلَهَ ʾilah ʾ-l-h literal: God; god god 85% lord 8% other 4% there 2% thou 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: other GodgleaningsGWB §26: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: divine wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: is thereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: GodgleaningsGWB §127: God inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: O Lord my God الأَسْمَاءِ as-smáʾ s-m-w literal: name; names names 72% all 22% name 2% amongst 1% most 1% whose 1% holy 1% names.’ 1% lord 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §7: empyreankitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”—oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven وَفَاطِرَ wafáṭir f-ṭ-r literal: creator creator 63% maker 25% fashioner 13% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the power ofgleaningsGWB §405: soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: cleft asundergleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder أَسْأَلُكَ ʾasʾaluk s-ʾ-l literal: ask; ask/request; ask/beseech beseech 25% implore 17% entreat 17% ask 8% pray 8% grant 8% hath 8% beg 8% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §592: be askedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: entreat Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask بِمَطَالِعِ bimaṭáliʿ ṭ-l-ʿ literal: dawning-place daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §59: reckonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: my Risingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company غَيبِكَ ghaybik gh-y-b literal: unseen, invisible invisible 36% unseen 24% things 8% visible 7% seen 5% unknowable 5% backbiting 5% hidden 4% concealment 3% invisibles 3% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: unseengleaningsGWB §552: backbitingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: veiledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: Thesetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §117: unknowable الْعَلِيِّ al-ʿalíl ʿ-l-w literal: highest; upon; exalted most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: tofire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §163: whatsoever hath befallen mekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: Concourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified, therefore, betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee الْأَبْهَى al-ʾabhá b-h-w literal: glory; most glorious; most-glorious all-glorious 63% most 12% glorious 7% abhá 7% effulgent 5% immortality 2% glory 2% brightest 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Glorious تَجْعَلَ tajʿal j-ʿ-l literal: make; to make may 25% suffer 13% allow 13% debaseth 13% become 13% make 13% exalt 13% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: makethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §466: Imagine thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: handiworkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: hath been madethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: made thee صَلَاتي ṣalátí ṣ-l-w literal: prayer; bless; blessing prayer 35% bless 22% blessings 17% blessing 9% blessed 4% benediction 4% may 4% praying 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: blessedgleaningsGWB §273: My blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: Blessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: blesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: prayingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: may the blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: the prayer نَارًا náran n-y-r literal: fire; fires fire 77% flame 8% through 4% whereas 4% such 4% outwardly 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: firefire-tabletFire §50: a firegleaningsGWB §38: the firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: firesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: whereas the Firetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: in the Flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: through the fire of my rebelliousness لِتُحْرِقَ lituḥriq ḥ-r-q literal: burn; burned; burning consumed 24% hath 14% consuming 10% burned 10% burn 7% devour 7% burnt 7% have 7% may 7% would 7% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §651: The firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: have been consumedwill-and-testamentW&T §51: the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath burnt upgleaningsGWB §720: devourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: consumeth حُجُبَاتِ ḥujubát ḥ-j-b literal: veil; veiled; veils veils 63% veil 22% veiled 2% every 2% dust 2% mysterious 2% grievous 2% deeds 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: a veilgleaningsGWB §287: the dense veilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: power to shutthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the veilsgleaningsGWB §324: deprivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: to