Prayers and Meditations — §19
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 19 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِهذا الظُّهُورِ الَّذِيْ فِيهِ بُدِّلَ الدَّيْجُورُ بِالبُكُورِ، وَبُنِيَ البَيْتُ المَعْمُورُ، وَنُزِّلَ اللَّوْحُ المَسْطُورُ، وَظَهَرَ الرَّقُّ المَنْشُورُ، بِأَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيَّ وَمَنْ مَعِي ما يُطَيِّرُنَا إِلى هَوآءِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، وَيُطَهِّرُنَا مِنَ الشُّبُهاتِ الَّتِي بِها مُنِعَ المُرِيبُونَ عَنِ الدُّخُولِ فِيْ حَرَمِ تَوْحِيدِكَ ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented Fane hath been built, and the Written Tablet revealed, and the Outspread Roll uncovered, to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent glory, and will wash us from the stain of such doubts as have hindered the suspicious from entering into the tabernacle of Thy unity.
Translation Notes
سُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Praise be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §597: burn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: Praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
SE expanded to “darkness hath been turned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bartergleaningsGWB §30: turnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: “alterationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §819: insteadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: were changed intogleaningsGWB §361: bartered away
SE rendered بُدِّلَ (buddil), الدَّيْجُورُ (ad-dayjúr), بِالبُكُورِ، (biálbukúri،), وَبُنِيَ (wabuní) as “darkness hath been turned, into light, Fane hath been built”
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: at morngleaningsGWB §67: dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: into lightwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: at dawngleaningsGWB §633: the night seasonwill-and-testamentW&T §16: first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: first-fruits of
SE expanded to “Fane hath been built”
son 76% children 6% foundations 4% edifice 3% sons 3% scion 2% built 1% descendant 1% foundation 1% divine 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Our sonsgleaningsGWB §452: their sonskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: foundationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: SongleaningsGWB §682: the foundations
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: housegleaningsGWB §240: habitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Thy holy Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §25: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: My housegleaningsGWB §543: your habitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §38: this House
SE rendered وَبُنِيَ (wabuní), البَيْتُ (al-bayt), المَعْمُورُ، (al-maʿmúru،), وَنُزِّلَ (wanuzzil), اللَّوْحُ (al-lawḥ) as “Fane hath been built, Frequented, Tablet revealed, Written”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: yearsgleaningsGWB §339: and to this I bear witnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build upthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: by your owngleaningsGWB §712: inhabitedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Frequented
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §111: rainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: to send downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
SE rendered وَنُزِّلَ (wanuzzil), اللَّوْحُ (al-lawḥ), المَسْطُورُ، (al-masṭúru،), وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), الرَّقُّ (ar-raqq) as “Tablet revealed, Written, uncovered, Outspread Roll”
This form usually rendered as “roll” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy slavesgleaningsGWB §627: Thy thrallskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: kindlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Rollwill-and-testamentW&T §35: their hearts were moved with compassiongleaningsGWB §387: but slaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: upon Thy servants
SE rendered وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), الرَّقُّ (ar-raqq), المَنْشُورُ، (al-manshúru،), تُنَزِّلَ (tunazzil) as “uncovered, Outspread Roll, send down”
spread 26% spreading 11% diffuse 11% resurrection 7% may 7% have 7% noised 7% promotion 7% scattering 7% shed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: resurrectiongleaningsGWB §16: promotekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazonwill-and-testamentW&T §13: disperseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §187: may be spread abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: be spread
This form usually rendered as “atmosphere”, “heights”, “immensity” (37 occurrences)
atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3%
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: precious in my estimationgleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: of Thine all-glorioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: on thy glory
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy unitygleaningsGWB §148: of the Unity of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: any one of themgleaningsGWB §97: divine unity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: deter themgleaningsGWB §627: to hinder themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: turn awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: hath been hinderedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessible
This form usually rendered as “suspicious” (1 occurrences)
doubt 44% doubters 16% doubteth 9% doubtest 6% doubter 6% misgivings 6% doubted 3% suspicious.’” 3% doubter.” 3% doubts 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: doubt Our truthgleaningsGWB §555: and misgivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: doubtsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: idle fanciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: a doubt thereofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: doubterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: misgivingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the suspicious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: enteredgleaningsGWB §486: take heedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: entered thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let me gain admissionthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: hath enteredgleaningsGWB §461: I have frequented
sanctuary 43% tabernacle 13% forbidden 9% habitations 9% had 4% hath 4% court 4% dishonor 4% holy 4% precincts 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: utterly deprivedgleaningsGWB §677: hinder it notkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: preventedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thine honorthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: them that have attained and revolve round
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: those that have recognized Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §541: fellowshipkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: conception of Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
