Prayers and Meditations — §199
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 199 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِما جَعَلْتَهُ قَوِيًّا بِقُوَّتِكَ وَمُقْتَدِرًا بِسُلْطانِكَ بِحَيْثُ يَرَى ما سِواكَ كقَبْضَةٍ مِنَ التُّرابِ، وَأَحاطَتْهُ أَنْوارُ القِدَمِ عَلَى شأْنٍ لا يَرَى ما دُونَكَ إِلاَّ كَالع
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
SE expanded to “Thou hast so strengthened Him”
This form usually rendered as “strength”, “most”, “omnipotent” (21 occurrences)
strength 17% most 17% omnipotent 8% all-powerful 8% power 8% all-compelling 8% art 8% potency 8% strong 8% all-possessing 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: strengthenedgleaningsGWB §434: forces ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and Thy powerthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §10: the Mightyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: through the forcegleaningsGWB §647: All-Compelling
SE rendered قَوِيًّا (qawiyyan), بِقُوَّتِكَ (biqúqatik), وَمُقْتَدِرًا (wamuqtadiran), بِسُلْطانِكَ (bisulṭánik), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَرَى (yará) as “potency, with Thy strength, almighty power, with such, is in His estimation”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powersgleaningsGWB §78: with radiant sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of the greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: with suchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will ceaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness that
This form usually rendered as “would”, “seeth”, “beholding” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: regardfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §279: ye claimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: perceivethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdestgleaningsGWB §47: thou hast halted
SE rendered بِسُلْطانِكَ (bisulṭánik), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَرَى (yará), سِواكَ (siwák), كقَبْضَةٍ (kqabḍahin), التُّرابِ، (at-turábi،) as “almighty power, with such, is in His estimation, but a handful, dust”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: mountedgleaningsGWB §571: His remembrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: establishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: but Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §573: aught else but Him
SE expanded to “but a handful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: reliefgleaningsGWB §78: His graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: within Thy graspepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: the graspgleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the contractprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: were made to expire
SE expanded to “have so enveloped”
encompassed 32% have 18% compassed 14% hath 14% whisperings 4% enveloped 4% all-encompassing 4% encompasseth 4% blew 4% encompass 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: throughoutfire-tabletFire §20: whisperingsgleaningsGWB §373: all-encompassing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: pervading influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: encompassed aboutthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: compassed me about
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: by their lightfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §203: effulgence of His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §823: a lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §254: stationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: a detachmentthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §115: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: my glory
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: for thy neighborgleaningsGWB §94: withheld fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: besideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: all else except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal decreegleaningsGWB §387: besides Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: clouds,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: a shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §25: the shadow
