Prayers and Meditations — §170
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 170 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما سَبَقَتْهُمْ رَحْمَتُكَ وَأَحاطَهُمْ فَضْلُكَ وَأَلْطافُكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I render Thee thanks that Thy mercy hath overtaken them and Thy grace and bountiful favors compassed them on every side.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §260: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Muhammadan Dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §82: Glorified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: I yield Thee thanksgleaningsGWB §412: Magnified be Thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: precededgleaningsGWB §200: can ever excel themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hadstthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hasten thereuntoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: surpassinggleaningsGWB §610: have excelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: may encompass
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
وَأَحاطَهُمْ
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “encompassed” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “compassed them on every”
encompassed 37% hath 16% have 13% all-encompassing 9% compassed 7% envelop 6% embraced 4% pervaded 3% which 3% enveloped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have encompassedfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §257: encompassethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: surroundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: and have encompassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared on
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: gracious favorgleaningsGWB §683: My gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: all these exponents of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: Whose gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
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 §217: loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §14: kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: and bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: an attentive earepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: bountiesgleaningsGWB §547: the refinementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its noble
