Prayers and Meditations — §188
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 188 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ سُجِنَ فِي العَكَّا وَتَراهُ يا إِلهِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الأَعْداءِ وَتَحْتَ سُيُوفِ الأَشْقِيآءِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مُسْتَقِيمًا عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَناظِرًا إِلى شَطْرِهِ فِيْ كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ بِحَيْثُ لا يَمْنَعُنِي شَيْءٌ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْهِ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّهُ فَدى
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name Who hath been shut up in the prison-town of ‘Akká, and Who—as Thou beholdest, O my God—hath fallen into the hands of His enemies, and is threatened by the swords of the wicked doers, to make me steadfast in His Cause, and to direct mine eyes continually towards His court, in such wise that nothing whatsoever will have the power to turn me back from Him.
Translation Notes
سُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thee be praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Far be ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §102: Divine
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), سُجِنَ (sujin) as “my God, I beseech, by Thy, Most Great, been shut up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: heaven of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: producedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: by Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Most GreatgleaningsGWB §174: most effectivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: So deepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatnessgleaningsGWB §392: so great a bounty
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: dungeongleaningsGWB §459: a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: hath been shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarcerationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: HisgleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prison
SE expanded to “Who—as Thou beholdest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: unveiled to thine eyesfire-tabletFire §46: flashgleaningsGWB §86: Will ye not recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §510: Thou dost considerwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: We behold itfire-tabletFire §14: Thou seest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my longing handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §63: all his might
SE expanded to “of His enemies”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: ingleaningsGWB §481: at the mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: beneath theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: and is threatenedwill-and-testamentW&T §13: neathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: underprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: onepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: beneath
SE rendered أَيْدِي (ʾaydí), الأَعْداءِ (al-ʾaʿdáʾ), وَتَحْتَ (wataḥt), سُيُوفِ (suyúf), الأَشْقِيآءِ (ash-shqíáʾ), تَجْعَلَنِي (tajʿalaní) as “the hands, of His enemies, and is threatened, by the, swords of the wicked doers, me steadfast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy swordgleaningsGWB §636: annulledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: a swordgleaningsGWB §361: swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: with the swordsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: swordsgleaningsGWB §620: with the sword
الأَشْقِيآءِ
literal: wretched; wretchedness; hardships
SE expanded to “swords of the wicked doers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my remotenessgleaningsGWB §279: the ungodlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: wicked doerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: ungodlygleaningsGWB §110: their oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserable
This form usually rendered as “number”, “suffer”, “set” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: “Consecratefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: are deprivedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: set thee king
This form usually rendered as “steadfast”, “straight”, “path” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: straightfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §705: circumstanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: conditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: they may all arisetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE rendered تَجْعَلَنِي (tajʿalaní), مُسْتَقِيمًا (mustaqíman), أَمْرِهِ (ʾamrih), وَناظِرًا (wanáẓiran), شَطْرِهِ (shaṭrih) as “me steadfast, in His Cause, to direct”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: rulersfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §605: obligationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: to proclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: promote Thy Causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: Observe thoufire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §425: this Spot, this scenekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: can such expectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: scenetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §20: OF
SE rendered وَناظِرًا (wanáẓiran), شَطْرِهِ (shaṭrih), الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál) as “to direct, continually”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §282: the presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: direction ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the KaabagleaningsGWB §411: on anything except
This form usually rendered as “times”, “conditions”, “under” (43 occurrences)
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: the present daygleaningsGWB §338: state and conditionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: can in no wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: under all conditionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
SE rendered الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní) as “continually, turn me back from”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: They are such thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: with suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will ceaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to wait
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: bangleaningsGWB §450: prevail against itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: withhold the handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: have hinderedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: will not hinder
SE rendered يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun), التَّوَجُّهِ (at-tawajjuh), إِلَيْهِ، (ʾilayhi،) as “turn me back from, Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleasethgleaningsGWB §468: circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: such a mantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleaseth
SE rendered يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun), التَّوَجُّهِ (at-tawajjuh), إِلَيْهِ، (ʾilayhi،) as “turn me back from, Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: gonefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §499: on whatever will ensurekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: beholdtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
SE rendered إِلَيْهِ، (ʾilayhi،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §149: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
SE rendered إِلَيْهِ، (ʾilayhi،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad) as “Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: witness Thy signsfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §222: bear Us witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: to suffer martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §530: gaze ontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE rendered إِلَيْهِ، (ʾilayhi،), رَبِّ (rabb), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad), بِأَنَّهُ (biʾannah) as “Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §272: offer upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: to offer upwill-and-testamentW&T §36: offered up for themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: offered up for His sakefire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
