Prayers and Meditations — §287
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 287 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي يَشْهَدُ لِسانُ سِرِّي وَجَهْرِي وَأَعْضائِي وَجَوارِحِي وَعُرُوقِي وَأَشْعارِي بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الأَمْثالِ وَالأَشْباهِ وَمُنَزَّهًا عَمَّا فِي الإِبْداعِ وَالاخْتِراعِ، كُنْتَ فِي أَزَلِ الآزالِ مُتَوَحِّدًا بِسُلْطانِ تَفْرِيدِكَ وَمُتَعالِيًا مِنْ شُئُوناتِ خَلْقِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتَ إِظْهارَ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَإِعْلاءَ كَلِمَتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart, my limbs and members, every pulsating vein within me, every hair of my head, all proclaim that Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee. From everlasting Thou hast been immeasurably exalted above all similitudes and comparisons, and sanctified from whatsoever pertaineth to the creation Thou hast created and fashioned. From eternity Thou hast been alone, with none to share the majesty of Thy singleness, and hast remained far above the changes and chances to which all Thy creatures are subjected.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Everything celebratethgleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: sung Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thou
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
This form usually rendered as “testifieth”, “beareth”, “testify” (57 occurrences)
testifieth 22% beareth 22% testify 18% bear 13% witness 7% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% witnesseth 2% well 2%
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “inmost”, “inner” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy mysteriesgleaningsGWB §357: am his mystery.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the headsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Impenetrable Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfiedwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: satisfaction
This form usually rendered as “body” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: limb of My bodygleaningsGWB §527: restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: the memberswill-and-testamentW&T §17: membersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: memberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bodywill-and-testamentW&T §38: those of Englandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: limb
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my bodywill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: the membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespasses
consciousness 16% perceive 16% comprehend 11% expressive 11% indicate 11% indicative 11% hair 11% understand 5% indicating 5% mental 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: ofgleaningsGWB §618: remain unawarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: indicate theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Faneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §464: did ye but perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: foolishly interpretedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: wisdom
SE rendered وَعُرُوقِي (waʿurúqí), وَأَشْعارِي (waʾashʿárí), بِأَنَّكَ (biʾannak), اللَّهُ (al-lah), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “every pulsating vein, every hair, that, God”
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “thou”, “eternity” (40 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: everlastinglygleaningsGWB §649: timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: shall pass awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thou wertthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §555: be dispelled
sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: Purge and sanctifygleaningsGWB §387: unknowablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Holytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: of My mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the Holy SpiritgleaningsGWB §13: glory
such 33% like 27% similar 15% likeness 6% resemble 3% how 3% likenesses 3% comparisons 3% others 3% other 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: confoundedgleaningsGWB §201: resemblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscuritiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: the doubtswill-and-testamentW&T §4: the seeds of doubtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: peergleaningsGWB §311: vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: so utterly unlike
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §5: majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: melodiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: matchless tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §682: wondrous works
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “created” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: chosengleaningsGWB §3: inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: clothed itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creationgleaningsGWB §281: the Unconstrainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Most Bountifulthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Prefer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: butfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §462: the unity of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: successivelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: of Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powersgleaningsGWB §319: Ideal Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: Authortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings
SE expanded to “hast remained far above”
exalted 29% most 14% far 14% inaccessible 10% above 10% comprehend 5% immensely 5% transcendent 5% glorious 5% immeasurably 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorified befire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §396: of heavenskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: through the ennobling influencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: on thee
SE expanded to “changes and chances”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §197: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: the noise and distractionthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §629: the assaultsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: and the manifold revelations
SE expanded to “all Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §287: My creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: didst createtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: hath been created
SE rendered شُئُوناتِ (shuʾúnát), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá) as “the changes and chances, all Thy creatures”
SE rendered شُئُوناتِ (shuʾúnát), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), أَرَدْتَ (ʾaradt) as “the changes and chances, all Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: purposegleaningsGWB §668: pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: Thou pleasesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: pleaseth
SE rendered خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), أَرَدْتَ (ʾaradt), إِظْهارَ (ʾiẓhár) as “all Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: instilledfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §307: manifestingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Revelation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: laying baretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speakfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §697: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: conversed
