Prayers and Meditations — §26
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 26 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِذًا تَرَى يا إِلهِي مِصْبَاحَكَ بَيْنَ هُبُوبِ أَرْياحِ قَضائِكَ، وَكُلَّما تَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ العَواصِفُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَطْرٍ يَزْدادُ نُورُهُ وَضِيائُهُ لَكَ الحَمْدُ فِيْ كُلِّ ذلِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold, then, O my God, how Thy Light hath been compassed with the onrushing winds of Thy decree, how the tempests that blow and beat upon it from every side have added to its brightness and increased its splendor. For all this let Thee be praised.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §654: O my Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: which have been waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Vouchsafeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and to waft
decree 66% irrevocable 13% dispositions 3% decreed 3% judgment 3% purpose 3% appointments 3% irrevocably 3% through 3%
This form usually rendered as “passeth”, “flee”, “blow” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “direction”, “towards”, “court” (92 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §109: from place to placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §296: allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chamber
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “waxeth”, “have” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: add fresh recruitsgleaningsGWB §321: “Increasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: greater thanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: waxeth hotter and hotterwill-and-testamentW&T §52: still moreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: so arduouslygleaningsGWB §559: in aboutkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: extravagance
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: any Lightfire-tabletFire §48: flaminggleaningsGWB §235: resplendent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: resplendence of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: Thy lighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
This form usually rendered as “increased” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased awayfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §210: hath irradiatedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would seek illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: to the splendorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: to shed on thee its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: been illumined
SE rendered نُورُهُ (núruh), وَضِيائُهُ (waḍíáʾuh), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “brightness, splendor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §266: glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: Prophet Muhammadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “Praiseworthytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §219: All praise
