Prayers and Meditations — §264
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 264 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَعْلَمُ بِأَنِّي ما أَرَدْتُ فِي أَمْرِكَ نَفْسِيْ بَل نَفْسَكَ وَلا إِظْهارَ شَأْنِي بَلْ إِظْهارَ شَأْنِكَ وَما قَصَدْتُ راحَتِي وَسُرُورِي وَبَهْجَتِي فِي سَبِيلِكَ وَرِضائِكَ، وَكُنْتُ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ ناظِرًا إِلى أَوامِرِكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى ما أَمَرْتَنِي بِهِ فِي أَلْواحِكَ، وَما أَصْبَحْتُ إِلاَّ بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَما أَمْسَيْتُ إِلاَّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou knowest that my sole aim in revealing Thy Cause hath been to reveal Thee and not my self, and to manifest Thy glory rather than my glory. In Thy path, and to attain Thy pleasure, I have scorned rest, joy, delight. At all times and under all conditions my gaze hath been fixed on Thy precepts, and mine eyes bent upon the things Thou hast bidden me observe in Thy Tablets. I have wakened every morning to the light of Thy praise and Thy remembrance, and reached every evening inhaling the fragrances of Thy mercy.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §620: the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: All praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §122: praise
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §10: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: comprehendedfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §437: religious leaderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: satisfiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE rendered سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), تَعْلَمُ (taʿlam), بِأَنِّي (biʾanní), أَرَدْتُ (ʾaradt), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “Glorified, O my God, Thou knowest, that, sole aim, Thy Cause”
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “have” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: not soughtgleaningsGWB §67: hast soughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: openprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: what Thou didst willtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: had any wish
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §455: designkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: at Whose biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: and of Thy Revelationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the faithfulgleaningsGWB §707: He is indeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: to this Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: are theywill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: saidfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §465: My outerkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: His Latter Manifestation—atablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §711: Such must be thy steadfastnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: sothe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §620: the stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the changes and chances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the Desire of their heartsgleaningsGWB §127: purpose ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: the Aimthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: repaired
tranquillity 50% rest 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: joyfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §199: savorskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: imperishable fragrance ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: by the fragrancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: RejoicestgleaningsGWB §470: takest delightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: delighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: the inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §4: the Land of Mysteryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: secrets
This form usually rendered as “delight”, “increased” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: joyfire-tabletFire §13: gladnessgleaningsGWB §46: Blissfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: delightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: rejoicegleaningsGWB §79: the gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and increasedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: All-Glorious
وَرِضائِكَ،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthyfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §666: of My good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: of Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: content
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou wastfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §637: could comprehendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I havetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
times 30% conditions 15% under 15% all 10% continually 10% condition 5% state 5% circumstances 5% whatever 5%
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “turned”, “fixed” (63 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: discernmentfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §182: in considerationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: owing to lack ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: fixing their eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
This form usually rendered as “set”, “towards”, “directed” (21 occurrences)
SE expanded to “mine eyes bent”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: for the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §516: are increasingkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: turn their facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
tablets 88% scriptures 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: the Lawh-i-Fu’adgleaningsGWB §230: hath been unfoldedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the symbolic language ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thine irrevocable Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: TabletsgleaningsGWB §689: writings
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: relategleaningsGWB §372: awarekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: attribute unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: hath been mentionedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: to celebrate Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
2 occurrences in corpus
