Prayers and Meditations — §834
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 834 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يَذُوْبُ كَبِدِيْ وَيَغْلِي الْدَّمُ فِي عُرُوْقِي، وَجَمَالِكَ يَا مَقْصُوْدَ الْعَالَمِ إِنَّ الْوَجْهَ يَسْتَحْيي أَنْ يَتَوَجَّهَ إِلَيْكَ وَأَيَادِي الْرَّجَاءِ تَخْجَلُ أَنْ تَرْتَفِعَ إِلَى سَمَاءِ كَرَمِكَ، تَرَى يَا إِلَهِي عَبَرَاتِي تَمْنَعُنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ وَالثَّنَاءِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ وَالْثَّرَى، أَسْأَلُكَ بِآيَاتِ مَلَكُوْتِكَ وَأَسْرَارِ جَبَرُوْتِكَ بِأَنْ تَعْمَلَ بِأَوْلِيَائِكَ مَا يَنْبَغِي لِجُوْدِكَ يَا مَالِكَ الْوُجُوْدِ وَيَلِيْقُ لِفَضْلِكَ يَا سُلْطَانَ الْغَيْبِ وَالْشُّهُوْدِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O God, my God! My back is bowed by the burden of my sins, and my heedlessness hath destroyed me. Whenever I ponder my evil doings and Thy benevolence, my heart melteth within me, and my blood boileth in my veins. By Thy Beauty, O Thou the Desire of the world! I blush to lift up my face to Thee, and my longing hands are ashamed to stretch forth toward the heaven of Thy bounty. Thou seest, O my God, how my tears prevent me from remembering Thee and from extolling Thy virtues, O Thou the Lord of the Throne on high and of earth below! I implore Thee by the signs of Thy Kingdom and the mysteries of Thy Dominion to do with Thy loved ones as becometh Thy bounty, O Lord of all being, and is worthy of Thy grace, O King of the seen and the unseen!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: consumedgleaningsGWB §644: melt awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: would melt awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my heart meltethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: are meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: hath meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath caused
SE rendered يَذُوْبُ (yadhúb), كَبِدِيْ (kabidí), وَيَغْلِي (wayaghlí), الْدَّمُ (ad-dam) as “my heart melteth, my blood boileth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Our soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: have meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servantsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: the heartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hearts
SE rendered يَذُوْبُ (yadhúb), كَبِدِيْ (kabidí), وَيَغْلِي (wayaghlí), الْدَّمُ (ad-dam), عُرُوْقِي، (ʿurúqí،), وَجَمَالِكَ (wajamálik) as “my heart melteth, my blood boileth, my veins, By Thy Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §189: my bloodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: bloodgleaningsGWB §170: breathedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the blood
SE expanded to “By 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 §181: a little whilekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: a whileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Abhá Beauty
SE expanded to “Thou the Desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: SeekgleaningsGWB §328: this is itskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: whosoever hath soughtthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: end is attained
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: ensigns offire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §312: earthly lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: studiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: that knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
This form usually rendered as “ashamed”, “blush” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “my longing hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §476: designs
SE rendered إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَأَيَادِي (waʾayádí), الْرَّجَاءِ (ar-rajáʾ), تَخْجَلُ (takhjal), تَرْتَفِعَ (tartafiʿ) as “to Thee, my longing hands, are ashamed, to stretch forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Desirefire-tabletFire §4: LonginggleaningsGWB §627: in the hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our hopes were fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: Thy heart’s desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §50: even as dothwill-and-testamentW&T §32: heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my supreme Aspiration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shamegleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: whatsoever shameththe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: abashedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: blush and feel ashamedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: are ashamed
This form usually rendered as “lift”, “lifted”, “unfurled” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy bounty”
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §77: We point outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: he will regardthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdestgleaningsGWB §47: thou hast halted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §560: is
tears 36% words 18% take 9% utterances 9% interpretations 5% warned 5% thou 5% lesson 5% (‘ibrání) 5% crossing.” 5%
This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “thou”, “suffer” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: DebargleaningsGWB §173: obstructethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: detachmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: hinder metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: prevented
الذِّكْرِ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
وَالثَّنَاءِ
literal: praise; praise, commendation
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “glory”, “celebrate” (20 occurrences)
SE expanded to “from extolling Thy virtues”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: speak forth Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §396: magnifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: and the gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
SE expanded to “Thou the Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §156: the Lord, his Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord
SE expanded to “of the Throne”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the MightygleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §118: realities ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
SE expanded to “of earth below”
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §592: be askedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §179: entreatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE expanded to “by the signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §48: and the signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: and acknowledged Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: verses
SE expanded to “of Thy Kingdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: layethgleaningsGWB §425: of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: the empiretablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “and the mysteries”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: MysterygleaningsGWB §67: privatelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: divine mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §516: Rejoicetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfiedwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteries
SE expanded to “of Thy Dominion”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: integrity and uprightnessgleaningsGWB §457: until ye rose upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: deeds.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: fulfilledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §39: transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: doeth
SE expanded to “with Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: loved onesgleaningsGWB §689: By the righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: Thy sovereigntywill-and-testamentW&T §17: Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: men ofgleaningsGWB §603: If anyone should refusekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “befitteth” (48 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §477: It well beseemeth theekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: of
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §569: Thy favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
SE expanded to “of all being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: humanfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §190: of all creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: I would still find myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has madewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: fitgleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: best befitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: to bestowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: worthygleaningsGWB §411: beseemethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: what can truly befitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unseemly
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominiongleaningsGWB §78: with radiant sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: the Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereignty
الْغَيْبِ
literal: unseen; unseen/hidden; unseen, invisible
This form usually rendered as “invisible”, “unseen”, “visible” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the seen”
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the visiblegleaningsGWB §552: backbitingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: of the Invisiblesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: Thesetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: seengleaningsGWB §586: impenetrable mystery
SE expanded to “and the unseen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: wouldst bear witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §320: that beareth witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: evincedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: that they may recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: a martyr
