Prayers and Meditations — §153
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 153 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي لا يُعْرَفُ تَوْحِيدُكَ إِلاَّ بِمَعْرِفَةِ مَظْهَرِ فَرْدانِيَّتِكَ وَمَطْلَعِ وَحْدانيَّتِكَ، مَنْ يَرَى لَهُ ضِدَّا قَدْ أَقَرَّ لَكَ بِضِدٍّ وَمَنْ اعْتَرَفَ لَهُ نِدًّا اعْتَرَفَ بِنِدٍّ لَكَ، كَلاَّ ثُمَّ كَلاَّ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ ضِدٌّ فِيْ الإِمْكانِ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الأَشْباهِ وَالأَمْثالِ قَدْ ثَبَتَ تَوْحِيدُكَ بِتَوْحِيدِ مَطْلَعِ أَمْرِكَ، مَنْ أَنْكَرَ هذا قَدْ أَنْكَرَ تَوْحِيدَكَ وَنازَعَكَ فِيْ سُلْطانِكَ وَحارَبَكَ فِيْ مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَجاحَدَكَ فِيْ أَوامِرِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy unity is inscrutable, O my God, to all except them that have recognized Him Who is the Manifestation of Thy singleness and the Dayspring of Thy oneness. Whoso assigneth a rival unto Him hath assigned a rival unto Thee, and whoso hath set up a peer for Him hath set up a peer for Thyself. No, no, none can withstand Thee in the whole of creation. Thou hast everlastingly been exalted far above all comparison and likeness. Thy oneness hath been demonstrated by the oneness of Him Who is the Dawning-Place of Thy Revelation. Whosoever denieth this, hath denied Thy unity, and disputed with Thee about Thy sovereignty, and contended with Thee in Thy realm, and repudiated Thy commandments.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: By the righteousness of God!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “can”, “recognize”, “know” (31 occurrences)
can 24% recognize 19% know 14% known 10% comprehend 10% recognizeth 5% maketh 5% discover 5% perceive 5% apprehendeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: O thou who art reputedgleaningsGWB §118: knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: unrenownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: hath recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: apprehended
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §471: of the unitykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: such as have acknowledged Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
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 §25: seemingfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §95: hath been reflectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Manifestations of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: to Him Who is the Manifestationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: give forth
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 §136: that haply thou mayest recognizefire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §95: Countenanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: unravelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: and the splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
This form usually rendered as “perceiveth”, “seen”, “seeth” (21 occurrences)
perceiveth 17% seen 17% seeth 8% reflecting 8% beholding 8% can 8% unseen 8% doth 8% maketh 8% assigneth 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never beheldfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §720: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Beholdest thou notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: that Thou mayest behold himthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: see
بِضِدٍّ
literal: opposite; opposite, contrary, conflicting; opposite/contrary
This form usually rendered as “acknowledged”, “acknowledge”, “whoso” (15 occurrences)
acknowledged 31% acknowledge 8% whoso 8% testified 8% hath 8% assigned 8% acknowledgeth 8% confessed 8% have 8% recognized 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the realmsgleaningsGWB §44: laid downkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: acknowledgethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: Solacedwill-and-testamentW&T §8: quietness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: most sweet VoicegleaningsGWB §57: have cried out and shoutedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: our voiceswill-and-testamentW&T §32: my heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: voice ofgleaningsGWB §415: the Callprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: tones
SE rendered اعْتَرَفَ (iʿtaraf), بِنِدٍّ (biniddin), لَكَ، (laka،), كَلاَّ (kalál), كَلاَّ (kalál), يَكُونَ (yakún) as “set, peer, Thyself, no, withstand”
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: of Mine inmost beinggleaningsGWB §485: cankitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §115: all creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
الإِمْكانِ،
literal: possibility; possible; possible things
This form usually rendered as “all”, “world”, “entire” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creationfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §521: the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: abodewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: can
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetuallygleaningsGWB §124: to the end that hath no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: to everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §116: never
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: exalted abovegleaningsGWB §126: Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: purify metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingwill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: sanctified
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: the like of whichgleaningsGWB §314: doubts and fancieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: doubtedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: perplexingwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: likegleaningsGWB §289: distinguishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: uncertainty
such 33% like 31% similar 15% likeness 5% equal 3% resemble 3% uttered 3% violence 3% likenesses 3% comparisons 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: such asgleaningsGWB §670: the like of whichkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: Andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: for such as are like unto usthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Such a one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be revealedgleaningsGWB §321: establishethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: demonstratedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: truththe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §13: ye that stand fastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: be demonstrated
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: commandethfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §719: the whisperingskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: to whose commandprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Thy behesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: My way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: been repudiatedgleaningsGWB §577: condemnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: deniestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: He was rejectedwill-and-testamentW&T §34: disbelieved in Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: deniergleaningsGWB §79: such as have repudiated His truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: denials
This form usually rendered as “disputed” (1 occurrences)
contention 20% strife 20% conflict 13% quarrels 7% war 7% dissension 7% despoiled 7% disputed 7% can 7% contendeth 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: quarrelsgleaningsGWB §717: be despoiledkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: Conflictprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can divestwill-and-testamentW&T §17: contended withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: contentiongleaningsGWB §395: dissensionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: and disputed with Thee
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the SháhgleaningsGWB §105: Divinekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: by the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: Majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: conflictsgleaningsGWB §296: contended with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: to assailprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have assailed themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: contendedgleaningsGWB §579: contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: foughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: contended with Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: or themselvesgleaningsGWB §87: and the angels of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: a favoriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: and the Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: My sacred realmwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: “Earth
This form usually rendered as “repudiated” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §86: ye gainsaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: rejectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: them who gainsaidwill-and-testamentW&T §17: deniedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the opponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: and repudiatedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: denieth himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: gainsaid
