Prayers and Meditations — §134
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 134 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ْجُلٍ حَدِيدَةٍ لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَإِبْرازِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ فِيْ مَمْلَكَتِكَ، ما أَعْظَمَ يا إِلهِي هذا الصُّنْعَ الأَكْبَرَ وَما أَكْمَلَ هذا الخَلْقَ الَّذِيْ مِنْهُ تَحَيَّرَتْ أَفْئِدَةُ أَهْلِ العِبَرِ وَالفِكْرِ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى المِيقاتُ وَظَهَرَ القَضآءُ بَعْدَ القَدَرِ بِالإمْضاءِ أَنْطَقْتَهُ بِثَنائِكَ وَأَسْرارِكَ بَيْنَ مَلإِ الإِنْشآءِ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفاطِرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، وَبِهِ نَطَقَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَتَوَجَّهَ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ إِلى مَلَكُوتِ أَمْرِكَ وَسُلْطان
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How great, O my God, is this Thy most excellent handiwork, and how consummate Thy creation, which hath caused every understanding heart and mind to marvel! And when the set time was fulfilled, and what had been preordained came to pass, Thou didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee, and to lay bare Thy mysteries before all Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names, and the Fashioner of earth and heaven! Through Him all created things were made to glorify Thee, and to celebrate Thy praise, and every soul was directed towards the kingdom of Thy revelation and Thy sovereignty.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: begleaningsGWB §546: grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: great their name.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §86: transcendent majestyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: exalted be HisgleaningsGWB §60: and Glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: majesticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Thy majesty
SE rendered حَدِيدَةٍ (ḥadídahin), لإِظْهارِ (lʾiẓhár), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: that have been setgleaningsGWB §100: infinitekitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: established principleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of limitationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: sharper
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: showfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §599: proceeded fromkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: hath proclaimedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: brought me forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §35: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: the Fashionertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created me
SE rendered خَلْقِكَ (khalqik), وَإِبْرازِ (waʾibráz) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: disclosedgleaningsGWB §357: of the revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: revelation within itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: demonstratingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: recounteth that whichepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the revelation of My glorygleaningsGWB §112: the effulgencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: manifestation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigngleaningsGWB §484: every kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of the greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereignty
SE expanded to “Thou Who art the Possessor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy landgleaningsGWB §525: your territorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “All dominiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §287: vast and mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: Thy greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §504: immeasurably great
SE rendered أَعْظَمَ (ʾaʿẓam), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), الصُّنْعَ (aṣ-ṣunʿ), الأَكْبَرَ (al-ʾakbar) as “O my God, handiwork, most excellent”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: revelations of Thine handiworkgleaningsGWB §707: workkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: “creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: Thy hands have fashionedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: madewill-and-testamentW&T §6: forgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: formethgleaningsGWB §707: their author
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: most weightygleaningsGWB §124: excelkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: have dealt disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
This form usually rendered as “most”, “perfect”, “accomplished” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the greatestgleaningsGWB §27: utmostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: gravestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: hath been perfectedthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have perfectedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: greatestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: hath been fulfilledgleaningsGWB §529: all-powerful
This form usually rendered as “marvel”, “have” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: astoundedgleaningsGWB §321: amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: marvelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: marvelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: sore perplexedgleaningsGWB §361: marveledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: How strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: I am bewildered
This form usually rendered as “hearts”, “souls”, “minds” (73 occurrences)
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §575: the heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: pure in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: heartsgleaningsGWB §506: your souls
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: all the peoplesgleaningsGWB §556: the jewelerkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: people of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the denizensthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: wicked
SE rendered تَحَيَّرَتْ (taḥayyarat), أَفْئِدَةُ (ʾafʾidah), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), العِبَرِ (al-ʿibar), وَالفِكْرِ، (wálfikri،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), أَتَى (ʾatá) as “marvel, understanding heart, every, mind, And when, came to pass”
tears 36% words 18% take 9% utterances 9% interpretations 5% warned 5% thou 5% lesson 5% (‘ibrání) 5% crossing.” 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: that thou mayest profitgleaningsGWB §347: (‘Ibrání)kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: the tears I shedwill-and-testamentW&T §34: with tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: TakegleaningsGWB §355: expressionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: verses
This form usually rendered as “mind” (1 occurrences)
ponder 46% reflect 22% meditate 19% consider 3% considered 2% pondering 2% visualize 2% minds 2% diligently 2% thoughts 2%
This form usually rendered as “come”, “appeared”, “coming” (31 occurrences)
SE expanded to “came to pass”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Produce thougleaningsGWB §101: We gavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: givethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: will bringgleaningsGWB §691: be the authorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: came down
SE expanded to “the set time”
SE rendered أَتَى (ʾatá), المِيقاتُ (al-míqát), وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), القَضآءُ (al-qaḍáʾ), القَدَرِ (al-qadar) as “came to pass, the set time, was fulfilled, what had been preordained”
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
SE expanded to “what had been preordained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: authorityfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §266: Grantkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: the power of Whose mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE rendered القَدَرِ (al-qadar), بِالإمْضاءِ (biálʾimḍáʾ), أَنْطَقْتَهُ (ʾanṭaqtah), بِثَنائِكَ (bithanáʾik) as “what had been preordained, didst unloose His tongue, to praise”
divine 50% irrevocable 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passedgleaningsGWB §250: far spentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: irrevocable purposegleaningsGWB §488: shall all pass awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: Thine appointmentgleaningsGWB §245: shall pass away
SE expanded to “didst unloose His tongue”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: to praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His mysteriesgleaningsGWB §63: of the unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: openly and privilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: and the mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the Land of Mysteryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse ofgleaningsGWB §568: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §281: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
الإِنْشآءِ
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creatureswill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creatures
SE expanded to “of all names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §120: one of His nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: MakergleaningsGWB §292: Mouthpiecekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: was cleft asundertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the true FaithgleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §636: thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: on Thine earththe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §594: soil of the human heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §249: recompensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: and every description of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the will
بِذِكْرِكَ
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to glorify Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: mentionedgleaningsGWB §40: Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: above-mentionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: Thy praise and Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “turning”, “turn”, “set” (116 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and every soul was directed”
SE rendered وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), وَتَوَجَّهَ (watawajjah), نَفْسٍ (nafsin), مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “to celebrate Thy praise, and every soul was directed, revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy passionsgleaningsGWB §371: in Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: for Thy favortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
