Prayers and Meditations — §83
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 83 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى يا إِلهِي إِشْراقَ شَمْسِ كَلِمَتِكَ مِنْ أُفُقِ سِجْنِكَ بِما ارْتَفَعَ فِيهِ ذِكْرُكَ بِلِسانِ مَظْهَرِ ذاتِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ أَنْوارِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، وَبِذلِكَ تَضَوَّعَتْ نَفَحاتُ مَحْبُوبِيَّتِكَ فِيْ بِلا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou beholdest, O my God, the Daystar of Thy Word shining above the horizon of Thy prison-city, inasmuch as within its walls He who is the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of the light of Thy unity hath raised His voice and uttered Thy praise. The fragrances of Thy love have thereby been wafted over Thy cities and have encompassed all the dwellers of Thy realm.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: regardfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §720: bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: beholdest all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: perceivedgleaningsGWB §611: the seen
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: in the night seasonfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §686: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the Eastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: the effulgent lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Dawning-Place
SE expanded to “of Thy Word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §564: all-compelling namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §401: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: orientthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizongleaningsGWB §441: everywhereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the world
SE expanded to “of Thy prison-city”
captivity 67% prison-city 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §459: a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: a captivewill-and-testamentW&T §4: that Prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My prisongleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: into prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarceration
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §176: the messagekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: above-mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: with His remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
This form usually rendered as “tongue”, “language”, “tongues” (36 occurrences)
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the Manifestationfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §107: have claimedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: give vent toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: that movethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “of Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §126: His Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: been fashionedwill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: self-subsistentgleaningsGWB §655: May my lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
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 §165: newsfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §260: broken,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: awareprayers-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
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: into lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §667: with the flamekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of the splendors oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “transcendent”, “glory” (35 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy unity”
oneness 42% transcendent 17% glory 13% own 4% holy 4% divine 4% most 4% incomparable 4% billowing 4% spirit 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: WhereforegleaningsGWB §254: by such means as thesekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: “Suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: mine abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §34: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: for this purposegleaningsGWB §188: Such
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be shed abroadgleaningsGWB §28: have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §597: waftedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: diffusegleaningsGWB §367: degradethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: sweet smellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: have diffusedgleaningsGWB §655: and diffused
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §433: grievous afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §129: fragranceswill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breathsgleaningsGWB §214: sweet savorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: the sweet smelling fragrance
SE expanded to “of Thy love”
love 51% loved 16% beloved 16% well-beloved 5% best-beloved 4% loveth 2% dear 2% lover 2% thou 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with love for Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §666: can satisfykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: myprayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: friendstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me
This form usually rendered as “anguish”, “woe”, “new” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflictedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §724: griefs and afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: with such trialsthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
