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 أُخْرى أَحْيَيْتَ مَنْ أَرَدْتَهُ بِجُودِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: Exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: the All-Praisedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: from Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §131: one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Thou my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their heartsgleaningsGWB §118: mine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: within my hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: they begleaningsGWB §516: and be yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdeth, for all timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have expectantly awaitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
This form usually rendered as “thee”, “thou”, “which” (55 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His mouth hath”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: resistethgleaningsGWB §468: the sight ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: of God.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: with Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: presence
This form usually rendered as “set”, “divided”, “unfolded” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §425: expoundedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sunderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: set forth with clearnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: hath been revealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §41: many other thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Abdi’llahfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §452: whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: ye worship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: can allude unto Himfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §387: pen or tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: fanciful illusionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: hintsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: No allusion of MinegleaningsGWB §123: allusions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §174: writtenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: Pen—awill-and-testamentW&T §54: to appear asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: Bear Thou witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §286: ye now witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thou wouldst behold metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: have proceededfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §495: of the earthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: give vent toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: as soon as it revealeth itselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
SE rendered تَكَلَّمْتَ (takallamt), بِكَلِمَةٍ (bikalimahin), وَبِها (wabihá), قَبَضْتَ (qabaḍt), الأَرْواحَ (ar-rwáḥ) as “spoken, a word, through, to, all created things were”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: were held firmlygleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: my movementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: in Whose graspgleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: swayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the days
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “soul”, “essences” (30 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all created things were”
SE rendered الأَرْواحَ (ar-rwáḥ), الأَشْياءِ (ash-shyáʾ), وَبِكَلِمَةٍ (wabikalimahin) as “all created things were, yet another word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: thatgleaningsGWB §536: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: by the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered وَبِكَلِمَةٍ (wabikalimahin), أُخْرى (ʾukhrى), أَحْيَيْتَ (ʾaḥyayt), أَرَدْتَهُ (ʾaradtah) as “yet another word, bounty, endued with new, Thou didst wish”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: in the endgleaningsGWB §68: tonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: world to comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: and the life that is to comethe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: the concluding passagesgleaningsGWB §573: The “life to come,” on the other hand,
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “would”, “hast” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “bounty, endued with new”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §704: animalkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: lifetimeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: that are life indeedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §23: endued with life
SE expanded to “Thou didst wish”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of the willgleaningsGWB §461: cravingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: longingthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: desirestgleaningsGWB §492: thou desirest to achieve, nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
SE rendered أَحْيَيْتَ (ʾaḥyayt), أَرَدْتَهُ (ʾaradtah), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَفَضْلِكَ، (wafaḍlika،) as “bounty, endued with new, Thou didst wish, Thy grace and”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §237: through His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: everlasting gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: through Thy gracious providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
SE expanded to “Thy grace and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: through His gracegleaningsGWB §479: the gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: God’s holy graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: and loving-kindnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
