Prayers and Meditations — §199
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 199 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما جَعَلْتَهُ قَوِيًّا بِقُوَّتِكَ وَمُقْتَدِرًا بِسُلْطانِكَ بِحَيْثُ يَرَى ما سِواكَ كقَبْضَةٍ مِنَ التُّرابِ، وَأَحاطَتْهُ أَنْوارُ القِدَمِ عَلَى شأْنٍ لا يَرَى ما دُونَكَ إِلاَّ كَالعَدَمِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou that Thou hast so strengthened Him with Thy strength, and endowed Him by Thine almighty power with such potency, that aught save Thee is in His estimation but a handful of dust. The lights of unfading splendor have so enveloped Him that all else but Thee is in His eyes but a shadow.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “thanks”, “praised” (146 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: yield Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §62: “Praise
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “whom” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Makefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: and enable thee to becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: to betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
strong 22% all-powerful 13% almighty 13% most 13% potent 9% strength 9% mighty 9% omnipotent 4% powerful 4% sustained 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: is mightier than IgleaningsGWB §125: with the power of My mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: and Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: by the powergleaningsGWB §389: these powers
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
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 §33: His MajestygleaningsGWB §633: through the power of My sovereignkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: rulethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: with the power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominion
SE rendered وَمُقْتَدِرًا (wamuqtadiran), بِسُلْطانِكَ (bisulṭánik), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَرَى (yará), سِواكَ (siwák), كقَبْضَةٍ (kqabḍahin) as “such potency, almighty power, that, is, save, a handful”
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 §105: We behold itfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §356: that thou mayest findkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: that they may seethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: We beheld
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “aught” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §662: from all else but Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: all that is not of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §371: knoweth no
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: this afflictiongleaningsGWB §78: within His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: within the graspgleaningsGWB §476: and hold firmly within the graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: handfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: in the grasp of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §637: dust and asheskitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the lowly dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: groundthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: the clayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §13: of the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: their resting-place
وَأَحاطَتْهُ
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “have”, “compassed” (33 occurrences)
encompassed 30% have 23% compassed 13% hath 13% enveloped 3% all-encompassing 3% encompasseth 3% blew 3% encompass 3% embraced 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared onfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §373: comprehendeth all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: have encompassed them on every sidethe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: encompassed
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Him Who is the Ever-Abidingfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §537: of His everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: exaltingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: Him Who is the Uncreatedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §26: on his waywill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE rendered وَأَحاطَتْهُ (waʾaḥáṭath), أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), القِدَمِ (al-qidam), شأْنٍ (shʾanin), يَرَى (yará), دُونَكَ (dúnak) as “so enveloped, unfading splendor, The, is, but”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the statefire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §481: thy rankkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: concerning Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: and of the tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neither
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §388: and not askitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: save Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: withoutgleaningsGWB §705: refuse to sanction it in
nothingness 26% lack 14% utter 12% nothing 12% evanescent 10% perish 7% ignorance 5% failure 5% want 5% non-existence 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The evanescentgleaningsGWB §540: Lackkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: utterly destroyedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: shadowy creaturewill-and-testamentW&T §5: brought to naught.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §306: decompositionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: lack of
