Prayers and Meditations — §156
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 156 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يَشْهَدُ بِكَرَمِكَ مَنْ فِي الإِمْكانِ فَارْحَمْنِيْ بِجُودِكَ ثُمَّ أَكْرِمْنِي بِسُلْطانِكَ ثُمَّ قَرِّبْنِي بِأَلْطافِكَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُعْطِ المُقْتَدِرُ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The whole universe testifieth to Thy generosity. Have mercy, then, upon me by Thy graciousness, and deal bountifully with me through the power of Thy sovereignty, and suffer me to enjoy near access to Thee by Thy manifold favors. Thou, truly, art the Great Giver, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
Translation Notes
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: witnessedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §378: possesseth the power of exertingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: evident and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: visible worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
SE rendered يَشْهَدُ (yashhad), بِكَرَمِكَ (bikaramik), الإِمْكانِ (al-ʾimkán), فَارْحَمْنِيْ (fárḥamní), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik) as “testifieth, Thy generosity, Have mercy, then, upon me, by Thy graciousness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §595: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: the lordship of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: in existencewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoples
SE expanded to “Have mercy, then, upon me”
mercy 52% all-merciful 16% most 9% god 5% merciful 5% have 4% compassionate 3% tender 2% divine 2% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §149: His irrefutablekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: who can have compassiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
بِجُودِكَ
literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Thy graciousness”
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §463: Most Generouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: in Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: downpour
SE expanded to “power of Thy sovereignty”
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 §91: by the power of His mightgleaningsGWB §682: resistless powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Ancient of Daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: overrulingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereignty
SE rendered أَكْرِمْنِي (ʾakrimní), بِسُلْطانِكَ (bisulṭánik), قَرِّبْنِي (qarribní), بِأَلْطافِكَ، (biʾalṭáfika،) as “deal bountifully, the power of Thy sovereignty, by Thy manifold favors”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: at handfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §684: closer tokitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: is at hand.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: and to enable them to draw nigh untotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
SE expanded to “by Thy manifold favors”
favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is puregleaningsGWB §340: choicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: tender merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §340: the manifold bountieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou hast givengleaningsGWB §134: givethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall not giveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: bounteousnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: will bestowgleaningsGWB §479: He bestowethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thou hast given him
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: may God forgive himfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §375: implore pardonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: Forgive me, then,will-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to beg Thy forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
