Prayers and Meditations — §110

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 110 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ قَلَّبْتَ الكائِناتِ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَفَصَّلْتَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ بِإِشارَةٍ مِنْ قَلَمِكَ، أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّكَ فِيْ هذا الظُّهُورِ تَكَلَّمْتَ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَبِها قَبَضْتَ الأَرْواحَ مِنْ كُلِّ الأَشْياءِ وَبِكَلِمَةٍ أُ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou art He Who by a word of His mouth hath revolutionized the entire creation, and by a stroke of His pen hath divided Thy servants one from another. I bear witness, O my God, that through a word spoken by Thee in this Revelation all created things were made to expire, and through yet another word all such as Thou didst wish were, by Thy grace and bounty, endued with new life.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ

subḥának s-b-ḥ → “praise be unto thee” Distinctive

literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise

This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)

SE expanded to “Praise be unto Thee”

glorified 27% lauded 19% praised 14% glory 12% praise 10% magnified 6% exalted 5% all 3% unto 2% “glory 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “Glorified gleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exalted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veils prayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Too high art Thou exalted tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on high epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mists gleaningsGWB §102: Divine

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “o my god”

literal: God; divine; god

SE expanded to “O my God”

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: God gleaningsGWB §386: other God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holiness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinity the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God is gleaningsGWB §148: this God-given

قَلَّبْتَ

qallabt q-l-b → “hath revolutionized”

literal: heart; hearts

heart 33% hath 33% hast 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: fearful heart gleaningsGWB §680: soul kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheaval prayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: hath stirred up the-hidden-wordsHW §120: mind will-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heart epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: souls

الكائِناتِ

al-káʾinát k-w-n → “the entire creation”

literal: be; was; to be

SE expanded to “the entire creation”

all 54% whole 15% creation 15% entire 15%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: lay fire-tabletFire §35: universe gleaningsGWB §471: and be filled kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: should prayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: hath made tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combine tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitate tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath

بِكَلِمَةٍ

bikalimahin k-l-m → “by a word”

literal: word; words

SE expanded to “by a word”

word 54% words 21% through 8% most 3% every 3% one 3% hath 2% sayings 2% third 2% divinity 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speak fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining word gleaningsGWB §286: none kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: revelations of Thy wondrous power tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic word will-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistles epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: His Word

عِنْدِكَ

ʿindik ʿ-n-d → “his mouth”

literal: with; at; with/at

thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: estimation of gleaningsGWB §279: their all kitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: with prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: amid the the-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Me will-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the government epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: is with gleaningsGWB §50: Our grace unto men

وَفَصَّلْتَ

wafaṣṣalt f-ṣ-l → “hath divided”

literal: detail; separated; separation

set 40% hath 20% unfolded 20% hast 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth gleaningsGWB §104: differentiation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: the records prayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: hast divided tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealed the-hidden-wordsHW §81: away will-and-testamentW&T §22: settled epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial account

عِبادِكَ

ʿibádik ʿ-b-d → “thy servants”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

servants 89% people 4% creatures 1% unto 1% all 1% sincere 1% servants’ 1% such 1% comprehension 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: others fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §166: I kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: that prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: is Thy servant tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service the-hidden-wordsHW §3: of others will-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant

بِإِشارَةٍ

biʾishárahin sh-y-r → “allusions”

literal: sign; allusion; allusions

hint 25% description 13% allusions 13% degree 13% sign 13% stroke 13% through 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the description gleaningsGWB §19: can adequately describe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: sign prayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: the suggestions the-hidden-wordsHW §104: milk gleaningsGWB §3: hint kitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: references prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: of doubt

قَلَمِكَ،

qalamika، q-l-m → “his pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 74% most 21% own 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the Most Sublime Pen gleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen will-and-testamentW&T §13: clime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Pen gleaningsGWB §719: Our Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy

أَشْهَدُ

ʾashhad sh-h-d → “i bear witness”

literal: witness

SE expanded to “I bear witness”

testify 54% bear 39% “i 2% confess 2% “i 2% authority 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: martyrdom fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §320: reenacted kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: hath been witnessed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: things visible and tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witness the-hidden-wordsHW §47: a martyr

بِأَنَّكَ

biʾannak ʾ-n-n → “thee”

literal: indeed/verily

thee 43% thou 29% verily 14% since 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: now gleaningsGWB §2: to recognize that prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Since Thou hast will-and-testamentW&T §36: for they are gleaningsGWB §11: Verily prayers-and-meditationsP&M §722: to sigh will-and-testamentW&T §36: I call upon Thee gleaningsGWB §698: Such

الظُّهُورِ

aẓ-ẓuhúr ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: be manifested fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §167: to manifest Myself kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstrating kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Revelation,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: recognized tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation

وَبِها

wabihá b-y-ʾ

literal: by-it/with-it

SE rendered الظُّهُورِ (aẓ-ẓuhúr), تَكَلَّمْتَ (takallamt), بِكَلِمَةٍ (bikalimahin), وَبِها (wabihá), قَبَضْتَ (qabaḍt), الأَرْواحَ (ar-rwáḥ) as “Revelation, spoken by Thee, a word, were made to expire, all created things”