Prayers and Meditations — §823
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 823 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يْ الَّتِيْ مَنَعَتْنِيْ عَنْ مُشَاهَدَةِ جَمَالِكَ وَنُورًا يَدُلُّنِيْ إِلَى بَحْرِ وِصَالِكَ.
يَا مَقْصُوْدَ الْعَالَمِ وَمَحْبُوبَ الْأُمَمِ تَرَانِي مُقْبِلاً إِلَيكَ مُنْقَطِعًا عَمَّا سِوَاكَ مُتَمَسِّكًا بِحَبْلِكَ الَّذِي بِحَرَكَتِهِ تَحَرَّكَتِ الْمُمْكِنَاتُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Daysprings of Thine invisible Essence, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious, to make of my prayer a fire that will burn away the veils which have shut me out from Thy beauty, and a light that will lead me unto the ocean of Thy Presence.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “have shut me out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterredgleaningsGWB §108: hinderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: most exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Wilt Thou keep backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: will not hinder
SE rendered مَنَعَتْنِيْ (manaʿatní), مُشَاهَدَةِ (musháhadah), جَمَالِكَ (jamálik), وَنُورًا (wanúran) as “have shut me out, Thy beauty, a light”
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 §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §694: beauty.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: light of the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Thy most effulgent Beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the Sunfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §31: splendorkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: illumined and inspiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and illuminedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
This form usually rendered as “will” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: TestimoniesgleaningsGWB §387: an embodimentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: a proofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: allusionswill-and-testamentW&T §6: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: is a proofgleaningsGWB §359: demonstratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: foreshadow
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: from the oceanfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §71: the waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thy billowing oceanstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ocean of God’s bounty
SE expanded to “of Thy Presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: gracefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §555: leadeth him to the stationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: to passtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: may attainthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: the joy of reunionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: clear and manifest
SE rendered بَحْرِ (baḥr), وِصَالِكَ (wiṣálik), مَقْصُوْدَ (maqṣúd) as “the ocean, of Thy Presence”
SE rendered وِصَالِكَ (wiṣálik), مَقْصُوْدَ (maqṣúd), الْعَالَمِ (al-ʿálam) as “of Thy Presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §657: upon the whole worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
SE rendered مَقْصُوْدَ (maqṣúd), الْعَالَمِ (al-ʿálam), وَمَحْبُوبَ (wamaḥbúb) as “”
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §36: of the lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Belovedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: love for Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §403: unlettered Onekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the peoples and kindredskitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: peacethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: of the nations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou seest mefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §611: the unseenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: I recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: to regardgleaningsGWB §279: ye claim
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: are acceptablefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §661: to fixkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: acceptance of the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Thine acceptancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that are rid of all attachment to any save TheegleaningsGWB §656: detached fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: to forsake ourselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: to any one excepttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §349: else but Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: holding fastgleaningsGWB §606: Cleave thou untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §595: clingingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: cleave tenaciously untogleaningsGWB §419: provekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the firm cordgleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clung togleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: to the cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: CordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: movefire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §358: move and have their beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the restlessnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: moving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §200: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: Placelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: haththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of being
