Prayers and Meditations — §234
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 234 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
SE expanded to “Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “whom” (59 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “beyond”, “highest”, “immeasurable” (42 occurrences)
SE rendered جَعَلْتَ (jaʿalt), مُنْتَهَى (muntahá), وَطَنِ (waṭan), البَالِغِينَ (al-bálighín), إِقْرَارَهُمْ (ʾiqrárahum) as “ordained, utmost limit, they who, the confession of their powerlessness”
This form usually rendered as “who”, “wise”, “have” (3 occurrences)
literal: abode; place; established
SE expanded to “confession of their powerlessness”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “all”, “have”, “comprehend” (75 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they who aspire”
SE rendered العَارِفِينَ (al-ʿárifín), اعْتِرافَهُمْ (iʿtiráfahum), بِالقُصُورِ (biálquṣúr), الوُصُولِ (al-wuṣúl), مَكامِنِ (makámin) as “they who aspire, acknowledgment of their impotence, attain, retreats”
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (193 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “energies” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “created”, “hath” (24 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all”, “entire”, “any” (42 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “set their hopes”
This form usually rendered as “who”, “such”, “all” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have sought Thee”
This form usually rendered as “essences”, “gems”, “essence” (38 occurrences)
literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “mention”, “every” (27 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “which”, “shine”, “behold” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “perceiveth”, “seen”, “seeth” (21 occurrences)