Prayers and Meditations — §146
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 146 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
مآءِ قَدْ تَحَيَّرَ أُولُوا النُّهَى مِنْ بَحْرِ عِلْمِكَ وَسَمآءِ حِكْمَتِكَ وَشَمْسِ فَضْلِكَ، إِنَّ الَّذِيْ خُلِقَ بِإِرادَتِكَ كَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَعْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By Thy life, O Thou the Possessor of all names! The minds of the profoundest thinkers are sore perplexed as they contemplate the ocean of Thy knowledge, and the heaven of Thy wisdom, and the Luminary of Thy grace. How can he who is but a creation of Thy will claim to know what is with Thee, or to conceive Thy nature?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §12: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §292: for the thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: by reason of
تَحَيَّرَ
literal: perplexed; bewilderment; perplexity
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “wonder”, “perplexity” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §116: no beginningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: formerthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familygleaningsGWB §536: beginning that hath no beginning
This form usually rendered as “forbidden”, “categorically”, “eschew” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbiddenfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §537: precededkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: utterlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: attain their final consummationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the ocean of knowledgefire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: ocean oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceans
SE expanded to “of Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Omniscientfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §397: Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: all thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §95: His infinite nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have been cast into prisontablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE expanded to “of Thy wisdom”
This form usually rendered as “sun”, “daystar”, “day-star” (241 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Day-StargleaningsGWB §401: the splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: visible sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §357: resplendent the luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Day-star ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: and by
SE expanded to “of Thy grace”
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: creature of their own conceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: kingdom oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creation
SE expanded to “of Thy will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: WillgleaningsGWB §550: determinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: hath soughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: HowgleaningsGWB §528: much less recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How can I ever befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the naturegleaningsGWB §374: how much lessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: how much more when
This form usually rendered as “can”, “have”, “cannot” (33 occurrences)
SE rendered بِإِرادَتِكَ (biʾirádatik), كَيْفَ (kayf), يَقْدِرُ (yaqdir), يَعْ (yaʿ) as “of Thy will, How can, claim to know”
