Prayers and Meditations — §145
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 145 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا أَيُّها العادِلُ عَلَى مَنْ فِيْ السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَيا أَيُّها الحاكِمُ عَلَى مَنْ فِيْ مَلَكُوتِ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ كُلَّ عادِلٍ اعْتَرَفَ بِالظُّلْمِ عِنْدَ إِشْراقاتِ أَنْوارِ شَمْسِ عَدْلِكَ، وَكُلَّ مُحَرِّرٍ أَقَرَّ بِالعَجْزِ عِنْدَ حَرَكَةِ قَلَمِكَ الأَعْلی، لَعَمْرُكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Thou Who dealest equitably with all who are in heaven and on earth, and rulest over the kingdom of Thy creation and of Thy Revelation! I testify that every man of equity hath recognized his unfairness in the face of the revelation of the splendors of the Daystar of Thy Justice, and the ablest of pens hath confessed its impotence before the movement of Thy most exalted Pen.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Who dealest equitably”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §638: and justiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy justicegleaningsGWB §473: and of justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §532: on the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: heaven and on earththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earth
SE rendered السَّمَواتِ (as-samawát), وَالأَرْضِ (wálʾarḍ), وَيا (wayá), الحاكِمُ (al-ḥákim) as “heaven, on earth, and, rulest”
This form usually rendered as “ordaineth”, “supreme”, “ordain” (22 occurrences)
SE rendered الحاكِمُ (al-ḥákim), مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), وَالخَلْقِ، (wálkhalqi،), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad) as “rulest, Thy Revelation, Thy creation, I testify”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominiongleaningsGWB §511: rulers and kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “All dominiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conductfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §264: by menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: creation no endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character
hath 32% confessed 16% recognized 11% confessing 11% hast 5% confess 5% borne 5% testifieth 5% acknowledge 5% have 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: will make thee knowngleaningsGWB §61: itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: attributed unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: the apprehensiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: insight
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “cruelty”, “darkness” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: grievous and oppressivefire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §203: victims of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: crueltiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: and the wrongsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: victims of oppression
This form usually rendered as “splendors”, “effulgences”, “radiance” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the realmsfire-tabletFire §14: Dawning PlacegleaningsGWB §22: manifestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: hath risentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen and shineth
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: brightnessfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §399: radiantkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: with the effulgencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-like MirrorsgleaningsGWB §357: Most Great Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: the luminaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: testifygleaningsGWB §93: Lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the Sun of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by
SE rendered أَنْوارِ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), عَدْلِكَ، (ʿadlika،), وَكُلَّ (wakull), مُحَرِّرٍ (muḥarririn), أَقَرَّ (ʾaqarr), بِالعَجْزِ (biálʿajz) as “the splendors, Daystar, Thy Justice, and, the ablest of pens, hath confessed, its impotence”
This form usually rendered as “ablest” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “acknowledged”, “acknowledge”, “testifieth” (15 occurrences)
acknowledged 33% acknowledge 8% testifieth 8% testified 8% hath 8% assigned 8% confessed 8% have 8% witnessed 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: acknowledginggleaningsGWB §307: is independentkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: recognizingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: have acknowledgedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
This form usually rendered as “powerlessness”, “helplessness”, “none” (37 occurrences)
powerlessness 38% helplessness 14% none 10% impotence 10% failed 5% futility 5% incapacity 5% impotent 5% pen 5% weakness 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring upfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §159: agitatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: were stirred uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: She bestirred herselfwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirred
SE expanded to “Thy most exalted Pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: my afflicted penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: No pengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Thy most exalted
SE rendered حَرَكَةِ (ḥarakah), قَلَمِكَ (qalamik), الأَعْلی، (al-ʾaʿlí،) as “the movement, Thy most exalted Pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the Imperial Governmentfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §481: high-minded tokitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §603: to do Thy pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noble
SE rendered حَرَكَةِ (ḥarakah), قَلَمِكَ (qalamik), الأَعْلی، (al-ʾaʿlí،), لَعَمْرُكَ (laʿamruk) as “the movement, Thy most exalted Pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: his declining yearsgleaningsGWB §505: By Myselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: build upthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: by your owngleaningsGWB §675: livesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built up
established 67% foundation 33%
