Prayers and Meditations — §831
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 831 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَشْهَدُ بِمَا شَهِدتِ الْأَشْياءُ وَالْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى وَالْجَنَّةُ الْعُلْيَا وَعَنْ وَرَائِهَا لِسَانُ الْعَظمَةِ مِنَ الْأُفُقِ الْأَبْهَى أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَالَّذِي ظَهَرَ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْسِّرُّ الْمَكْنُوْنُ وَالرَّمْزُ الْمَخْزوْنُ الَّذِي بِهِ اقْتَرَنَ الْكَافُ بِرُكْنِهِ النُّونُ. أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ هُوَ الْمَسْطُوْرُ مِنَ الْقَلَمِ الْأَعْلَى وَالْمَذْكُوْرُ فِي كُتُبِ اللهِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ وَالثَّرَى.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify unto that whereunto have testified all created things, and the Concourse on high, and the inmates of the all-highest Paradise, and beyond them the Tongue of Grandeur itself from the all-glorious Horizon, that Thou art God, that there is no God but Thee, and that He Who hath been manifested is the Hidden Mystery, the Treasured Symbol, through Whom the letters B and E (Be) have been joined and knit together. I testify that it is He whose name hath been set down by the Pen of the Most High, and Who hath been mentioned in the Books of God, the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: suffered martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §487: Who well knoweth our statekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: which he may seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thou didst beholdtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: who wishethgleaningsGWB §128: pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Each and every thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: Thy desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “and the Concourse”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse offire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §51: O Concoursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §34: filling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: greatestfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §222: noble and imposingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: high be He upliftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: inaccessible heightstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
SE rendered وَالْمَلَأُ (wálmalaʾ), الْأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), وَالْجَنَّةُ (wáljannah), الْعُلْيَا (al-ʿulyá), وَعَنْ (waʿan) as “and the Concourse, on high, all-highest Paradise, and beyond”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: possessedgleaningsGWB §56: This is the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and the inmates of the all-highest Paradisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenly
SE rendered الْعُلْيَا (al-ʿulyá), وَعَنْ (waʿan), وَرَائِهَا (waráʾihá), لِسَانُ (lisán), الْعَظمَةِ (al-ʿaẓmah) as “all-highest Paradise, and beyond, the Tongue, of Grandeur”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after theegleaningsGWB §385: beyond itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreovertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: behind their backsgleaningsGWB §445: in his rearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: behind thy back
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: tonguesgleaningsGWB §174: saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with eloquencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the voicegleaningsGWB §464: mouths
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: supremegleaningsGWB §481: excessivekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: and Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: sovereign
SE expanded to “the all-glorious Horizon”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Most Sublime Horizonfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §220: to turn their faces towards the Dayspringkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the Realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §34: all regions
SE rendered الْعَظمَةِ (al-ʿaẓmah), الْأُفُقِ (al-ʾufuq), الْأَبْهَى (al-ʾabhá), اللهُ (al-lh) as “of Grandeur, the all-glorious Horizon, God”
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §288: of everlasting mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: to pride himselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: HE IS THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: honoredgleaningsGWB §234: and the brightness of His light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: except in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §541: God’s”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: appearfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §548: the latent energieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: letterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: been unveiled to men’s eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine innergleaningsGWB §288: veritieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inmost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and the mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: throne
الْمَكْنُوْنُ
literal: hidden; hidden/concealed; hidden, treasured
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “HiddengleaningsGWB §29: lay hiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: had been wraptepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: lie hidgleaningsGWB §32: wraptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hidden
kitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: symbolicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Treasured Symbolthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the symbolsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the revelation of Thine enshrined mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: secretprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: and an impenetrable Mysterykitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: a single sign
SE expanded to “the Treasured Symbol”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: all the treasuresgleaningsGWB §627: within the treasurieskitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: depositoryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: preservedgleaningsGWB §630: stronghold
SE rendered وَالرَّمْزُ (wálrramz), الْمَخْزوْنُ (al-makhzwn), اقْتَرَنَ (iqtaran), الْكَافُ (al-káf), بِرُكْنِهِ (biruknih), النُّونُ (an-nún) as “the Treasured Symbol, letters B, and E, (Be)”
ages 29% centuries 25% century 13% like 8% generations 4% revolution 4% time 4% fast 4% have 4% union 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: centuriesgleaningsGWB §262: ageskitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: fast companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: have been joined and knit togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: likewill-and-testamentW&T §16: unionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: centurygleaningsGWB §108: generations
This form usually rendered as “self-sufficing” (1 occurrences)
suffice 28% sufficient 25% content 13% can 6% full 6% all-sufficing 6% would 6% insufficient 3% will 3% sufficiently 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §298: can ever profit theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficient Witness unto me isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: to withhold from usthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §34: rested notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §450: will surely suffice to
This form usually rendered as “pillar” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your limbsgleaningsGWB §163: My limbskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the foundationsgleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and members
SE rendered أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad), الْمَسْطُوْرُ (al-masṭúr), الْقَلَمِ (al-qalam), الْأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá) as “I testify, the Pen, the Most High”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: recordedgleaningsGWB §607: describedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: talesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: whose name hath been set downthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: engravedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: inscribedgleaningsGWB §149: bear witnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: records
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thywill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §174: writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: through Thy most exalted Pen
SE expanded to “Who hath been mentioned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: saidgleaningsGWB §107: an utterancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: connected withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: and every praise wherewith they who are devoted unto Thee praise Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: My BookgleaningsGWB §73: in the Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: holy scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: Thy greatthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §41: Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy Book
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: LordgleaningsGWB §302: none to recognize His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My Lord
SE expanded to “of the Throne”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: to the heavenly thronegleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: the mercy seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §707: of the Throne abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thrones
SE rendered كُتُبِ (kutub), اللهِ (al-lh), رَبِّ (rabb), الْعَرْشِ (al-ʿarsh), وَالثَّرَى (wálththará) as “the Books, of God, the Lord, of the Throne”
