Prayers and Meditations — §10
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 10 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ كُنْتَ إِلهًا وَلا مَأْلُوهٌ وَرَبًّا وَلا مَرْبُوبٌ، وَعَالِمًا وَلا مَعْلُومٌ أَحْبَبْتَ أَنْ تُعْرَفَ تَكَلَّمْتَ بِكَلِمَةٍ بِها خُلِقَتِ المُمْكِناتُ وَذُوِّتَتِ المَوْجُوداتُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الخالِقُ الباعِثُ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيرُ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِهذِهِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou art He Whom all things worship and Who worshippeth no one, Who is the Lord of all things and is the vassal of none, Who knoweth all things and is known of none. Thou didst wish to make Thyself known unto men; therefore, Thou didst, through a word of Thy mouth, bring creation into being and fashion the universe. There is none other God except Thee, the Fashioner, the Creator, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: Exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §668: set
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: GodhoodgleaningsGWB §123: Sovereign Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: none other Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: apparentfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §40: commentators of the Qur’ánkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: become manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thy worldstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
SE expanded to “Thou didst wish”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §45: that loveth Mefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §495: the loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Thy Friendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved
SE expanded to “make Thyself known”
thou 31% know 13% discover 13% understand 6% recognition 6% may 6% unacquainted 6% appreciate 6% make 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of knowledgegleaningsGWB §664: perceive itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: noised abroadtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: discern
This form usually rendered as “utter”, “spoke”, “thou” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speakfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §537: utteringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: or describetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: word
خُلِقَتِ
literal: creation; create; created
This form usually rendered as “created”, “thou”, “hath” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “bring creation into being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §417: of creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: “rebirth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: own creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye were created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achievedfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §360: all that is therein.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attachmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: every human attemptthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of being
This form usually rendered as “generated”, “propelled”, “fashion” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §92: unchangeable Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: innermost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: and fashionwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §3: is propelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: person
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “creation” (42 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: existethfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §464: obtainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: I cannottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
This form usually rendered as “raiser”, “fashioner” (2 occurrences)
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Lord of Strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §546: loftykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thine authoritytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
SE rendered المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir), القَدِيرُ، (al-qadíru،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “the Almighty, the Most Powerful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: I entreatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §656: Grant, I beseech Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: Destroy not, I implore Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE rendered المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir), القَدِيرُ، (al-qadíru،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِهذِهِ (bihdhih) as “the Almighty, the Most Powerful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: ThisgleaningsGWB §402: verily, istablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and thiswill-and-testamentW&T §34: of this landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who isgleaningsGWB §520: the thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein
