Prayers and Meditations — §122
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 122 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي قَدْ أَخَذَتْنِي نَفَحاتُ وَصْلِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ نَسِيْتُ نَفْسِيْ وَما عِنْدِي، إِنْ هذا إِلاَّ مِنْ بَدائِعِ فَضْلِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، لَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ما اصْطَفَيْتَنِيْ بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِيْ مَطْلَعَ قُوَّتِكَ وَمَظْهَرَ قُدْرَتِكَ وَأَظْهَرْتَ مِنِّيْ مِنْ آياتِكَ وَشُئُوناتِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ ما عَجِزَ عَنْها مَنْ فِيْ أَرْضِكَ وَسَمائِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I am so carried away by the breezes blowing from Thy presence that I have forgotten my self and all that I possess. This is but a sign of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors vouchsafed unto me. I give praise to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast chosen me out of all Thy creatures, and made me to be the Dayspring of Thy strength and the Manifestation of Thy might, and empowered me to reveal such of Thy signs and such tokens of Thy majesty and power as none, whether in Thy heaven or on Thy earth, can produce.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory tofire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §152: of the All-Glorious Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all thingstablet-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 §243: Hefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §374: of the revelation of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: God, theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: remaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “am”, “hath”, “upon” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: will have been transmuted intofire-tabletFire §7: grippedgleaningsGWB §77: are bewilderedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: overtakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: who were so vexedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the breezesgleaningsGWB §187: sweet smelling savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Thy sweet savorswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §29: the vitalizing fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §106: them that have attained unto that Courtkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: hath been attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: reunion with Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: reunion with Me
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §115: tokenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: such strengththe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Have ye forgottengleaningsGWB §463: forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: a thing forgottenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: hath forgottenthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: it cannot be forgottengleaningsGWB §250: forget notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: ignoredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: forgetfulness
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: residentsgleaningsGWB §544: for himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: among the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: character
This form usually rendered as “sight”, “into”, “grace” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with WhomgleaningsGWB §386: when compared tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: when confronted withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §47: in the presence ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: possessions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §39: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: Thou hast createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: BadigleaningsGWB §117: wonders
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: preferablegleaningsGWB §432: good gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: so great an outpouring of bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: Thy gracious favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the plenteousness of Thy giftswill-and-testamentW&T §56: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §621: upon His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: the gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §266: glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: I offer thanksgiving unto Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §162: Praise be to Thee
SE expanded to “hast chosen me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are healedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §528: heal or cureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: a human creatureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §122: emerge
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “having” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §664: withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §636: will set metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: newsfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §570: He Who is the Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: Revealersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Him Who is the Dawning-Place oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: every Manifestationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §190: He hath been empowered to manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: externalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: the Revealertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §157: in His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: revealed versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §417: tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §491: more severekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: most gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatest
This form usually rendered as “powerlessness”, “impotence”, “helplessness” (37 occurrences)
powerlessness 44% impotence 15% helplessness 11% none 7% tearful 4% can 4% failure 4% failed 4% man 4% futility 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: with tearful eyesgleaningsGWB §685: impotentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: the sickprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: and he who is destitute of all strengthwill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cangleaningsGWB §327: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the miracle
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: countryfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §513: human racekitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: places of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: upon earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: and of heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §588: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: called by Thine own nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
