Prayers and Meditations — §232
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 232 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا مَنْ ناداكَ أَلْسُنُ الكائِناتِ فِي أَزَلِ اللاَّبَداياتِ وَأبَدِ اللاَّنِهاياتِ، وَما وَصَلَ نِدآءُ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلى هَوآءِ بَقاءِ قُدْسِ كِبْرِيائِكَ، وَفُتِحَتْ عُيونُ المَوْجُوداتِ لِمُشاهَدَةِ أَنْوارِ جَمالِكَ، وَما وَقَعَتْ عَيْنُ نَفْسٍ إِلى بَوارِقِ ظُهُوراتِ شَمْسِ وِجْهَتِكَ، وَرَفَعَتْ أَيادِي المُقَرَّبِينَ بِدَوامِ عِزِّ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَبَقاءِ قُدْسِ حُكُومَتِكَ، وَما بَلَغَتْ يَدُ أَحَدٍ إِلى ذَيْلِ رِدآءِ سُلْطانِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ، مَعَ الَّذِيْ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ بِبَدائِعِ جُودِكَ وَإِحسانِكَ قائِمًا عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَكُونُ أَقْرَبَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَيْهِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things have, from eternity, called, and yet failed to attain the heaven of Thine eternal holiness and grandeur. The eyes of all beings have been opened to behold the beauty of Thy radiant countenance, yet none hath succeeded in gazing on the brightness of the light of Thy face. The hands of them that are nigh unto Thee have, ever since the foundation of Thy glorious sovereignty and the establishment of Thy holy dominion, been raised suppliantly towards Thee, yet no one hath been able to touch the hem of the robe that clotheth Thy Divine and sovereign Essence. And yet none can deny that Thou hast ever been, through the wonders of Thy generosity and bounty, supreme over all things, art powerful to do all things, and art nearer unto all things than they are unto themselves.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Greatfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: callethfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §366: to the voicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: my voicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: your tonguegleaningsGWB §535: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the wish oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §251: whose tongues
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: all wouldgleaningsGWB §210: had chosen thee alone to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: hast beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
eternity 37% everlasting 11% through 11% ever 11% time 5% before 5% unto 5% forever 5% eternally 5% throughout 5%
SE rendered الكائِناتِ (al-káʾinát), أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،) as “all created things, from eternity”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،), وَصَلَ (waṣal) as “from eternity, failed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: nevergleaningsGWB §419: eternallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: unhesitatinglytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §130: imperishablewill-and-testamentW&T §23: whatsoeverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: ever
SE rendered أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،), وَصَلَ (waṣal), نِدآءُ (nidáʾ), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin) as “from eternity, failed, none”
beyond 19% infinite 17% end 17% utmost 15% ended 8% highest 8% forbiddeth 6% until 4% immeasurable 4% divine 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurablefire-tabletFire §29: DivinegleaningsGWB §537: even untokitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: that which is forbiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: the profoundest thinkerstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His presencefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §127: His Presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: leadeth him toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: of Thy meetingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: the joy of reunion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: nonegleaningsGWB §115: His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: those who are initiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: no soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §103: Singleness
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%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: desirefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §473: desires of a corrupt inclinationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: of divine mightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: evil desirestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: idlewill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: liberategleaningsGWB §674: holy and everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalem, the holy cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: purify metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinesswill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His holiness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: SublimegleaningsGWB §715: “greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: and ascribetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §6: more glaring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: evidentgleaningsGWB §101: distinctkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have made
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “any” (42 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: would they findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §464: shall never obtain themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: come to existprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: that I amtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: is awarefire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §487: Who well knoweth our statekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: Martyrs”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: that they will testifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
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 §79: of lightfire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §27: with the morning lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: resplendence of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Brightentablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flamewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: seemlygleaningsGWB §47: Divine Countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: my glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “succeeded”, “fallen” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: come to passgleaningsGWB §338: arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: it cometh to passprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: beholdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: shonethe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §30: partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: fell
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: themselvesgleaningsGWB §669: for the purposes of none other but His own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: over any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: mighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they
SE rendered وَقَعَتْ (waqaʿat), عَيْنُ (ʿayn), نَفْسٍ (nafsin), بَوارِقِ (bawáriq), ظُهُوراتِ (ẓuhúrát), شَمْسِ (shams), وِجْهَتِكَ، (wijhatika،) as “gazing, light, face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: flashgleaningsGWB §552: the swiftness of lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: splendorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Even as the swiftness of lightningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: telegraphgleaningsGWB §675: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightning
SE rendered بَوارِقِ (bawáriq), ظُهُوراتِ (ẓuhúrát), شَمْسِ (shams), وِجْهَتِكَ، (wijhatika،), وَرَفَعَتْ (warafaʿat) as “light, face, raised”
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: turningfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §506: ye refused to turn your faces towards Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to set their affections upon ittablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the advancementfire-tabletFire §4: upliftedgleaningsGWB §214: hath raised thee up on highkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: annulledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: were made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: into the hands ofgleaningsGWB §40: their own handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: in my handswill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: at the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §85: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: are nigh untofire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §118: glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: of the favourites of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: draw them nearer untotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §385: unchangeablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: through the whole continuance ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perisheth notwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §311: as long as
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (193 occurrences)
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 §115: the AlmightygleaningsGWB §195: resistlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: of all dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §392: how precious in my estimationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy might
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigngleaningsGWB §3: to Thy sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: Kingdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §416: the Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
SE rendered سَلْطَنَتِكَ (salṭanatik), وَبَقاءِ (wabaqáʾ), قُدْسِ (quds), حُكُومَتِكَ، (ḥukúmatika،), بَلَغَتْ (balaghat), يَدُ (yad), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin) as “sovereignty, dominion, holy, been, no”
This form usually rendered as “reached”, “hath”, “such” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Such arefire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §567: and exalted itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: endueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thou didst send untotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of Thy LordgleaningsGWB §548: unfadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: The All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: her Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: eliminategleaningsGWB §200: Ancientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: will continue unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §595: hath never ceased
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §117: wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: melodiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: matchless tokenstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §116: The wonders
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: downpourgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy never-failing providencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: the showerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the beauty thereofgleaningsGWB §665: the righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and Thy bountiful favorwill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: ExcellentgleaningsGWB §631: and bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: loving-kindness
This form usually rendered as “qá’im”, “standing”, “have” (47 occurrences)
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: their stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §295: people!”kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: Thy transcendent mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: hath been pleased togleaningsGWB §286: created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §437: do Thy pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered قائِمًا (qáʾiman), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), وَمُهَيْمِنًا (wamuhayminan), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), وَتَكُونُ (watakún) as “supreme, things, art”
help 44% sovereign 13% omnipotent 11% supreme 9% transcendeth 7% overshadoweth 4% ruler 4% transcendent 2% protector 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §579: Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-Subduingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: rulerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §278: the omnipotent protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Thy
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
