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 ج
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
سُبْحَانَكَ
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 §244: the veilsgleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: All praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §190: Glory be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Callfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §632: cryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §510: He crieth outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voice
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: wertfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §300: be regardedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: endurethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered الكائِناتِ (al-káʾinát), أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،) as “all created things, from eternity”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،), وَصَلَ (waṣal) as “from eternity, to attain”
SE rendered أَزَلِ (ʾazal), اللاَّبَداياتِ (al-lálabadáyát), وَأبَدِ (waʾabad), اللاَّنِهاياتِ، (al-lálaniháyáti،), وَصَلَ (waṣal), نِدآءُ (nidáʾ), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin) as “from eternity, to attain, one”
end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: endedfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §612: Did We not forbidkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: utterlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: highest thoughtstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: gracefire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §618: been receivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: can give of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hast obtainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: results and consequences
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §99: anykitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thine own eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §98: God
SE rendered وَصَلَ (waṣal), نِدآءُ (nidáʾ), أَحَدٍ (ʾaḥadin), مِنْهُمْ (minhum), هَوآءِ (hawáʾ), بَقاءِ (baqáʾ), قُدْسِ (quds) as “to attain, one, of, heaven, eternal, holiness”
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §414: the immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: any evil or corrupt desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the atmosphere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the last tracefire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §50: Ancient of Dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: abidingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: as long astablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: for everlasting lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: remain
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: sanctitygleaningsGWB §384: and sacredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: holy and immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: removed far abovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sanctifygleaningsGWB §302: immeasurably exalted above
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: supremegleaningsGWB §212: transcendent glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: been openedfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §463: did set openkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: cannot for ever remain openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: Open Thouepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: can conquergleaningsGWB §555: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: prayed for victory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: eyegleaningsGWB §505: thine eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: and mine eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: eyes and thinewill-and-testamentW&T §34: nobility
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: world of beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §95: illuminated Soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: of mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: I would still find myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
SE expanded to “beauty of Thy”
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 §264: the firefire-tabletFire §1: of the lightgleaningsGWB §667: with the flamekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: unfadingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: flood histablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: fairest and most comelygleaningsGWB §128: the Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: a whileprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: transcendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “gazing”, “fallen”, “gazed” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: come to passgleaningsGWB §137: have afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: Recipientsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: have fallentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: fell uponthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §39: have causedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: occurred
SE rendered جَمالِكَ، (jamálika،), وَقَعَتْ (waqaʿat), عَيْنُ (ʿayn), نَفْسٍ (nafsin), بَوارِقِ (bawáriq) as “radiant countenance, in gazing, brightness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: He WhogleaningsGWB §357: himself.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own personsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: myself whollytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: flashgleaningsGWB §552: lightningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: swiftness of lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: the splendorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: a mere cupfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: swift as lightningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: effulgencethe-hidden-wordsHW §121: the swiftness of lightning
SE rendered بَوارِقِ (bawáriq), ظُهُوراتِ (ẓuhúrát), شَمْسِ (shams), وِجْهَتِكَ، (wijhatika،), وَرَفَعَتْ (warafaʿat) as “brightness, the light, Thy face, been raised”
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: manifestfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §122: physicalkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: hath made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
This form usually rendered as “sun”, “daystar”, “day-star” (241 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §666: your facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: set your faces towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §448: thine own handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §615: under the eyes of
SE expanded to “them that are nigh”
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: as long aswill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (190 occurrences)
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Mightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §1: of Thy majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thou hast exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kingsgleaningsGWB §632: My sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Ancient of Daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: by Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
This form usually rendered as “governance”, “rule”, “dominion” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath enjoinedgleaningsGWB §404: Ḥakímkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: conclusiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: ruling of Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §6: into the hands
SE expanded to “hath been able”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §139: the stage of maturitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §158: weightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: to reachwill-and-testamentW&T §14: Teachingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst attain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hemfire-tabletFire §31: The robegleaningsGWB §223: skirtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §293: Lord, your Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Exalted
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “thou”, “eternity” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast ever been”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §130: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: of its transiencethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: hath everwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetually afflictedgleaningsGWB §669: hath ever been
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §432: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: the wondrous tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §477: the wondrous
