Prayers and Meditations — §288
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 288 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتَ إِظْهارَ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَإِعْلاءَ كَلِمَتِكَ وَهِدايَةَ بِرِيَّتِكَ اصْطَفَيْتَ أَحَدًا مِنْ عِبادِكَ وَأَرْسَلْتَهُ بِآياتِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَبَيِّناتِ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ لِتَتِمَّ حُجَّتُكَ عَلَى الإِمْكانِ وَيَكْمُلَ بُرْهانُكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي الأَكْوانِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And when Thou didst purpose to demonstrate the power of Thy sovereign might, and to glorify Thy word, and to guide the steps of Thy people, Thou didst raise up from among Thy creatures One of Thy servants, Whom Thou didst send forth with the signs of Thy sovereignty, and Whom Thou didst endue with the clear tokens of Thy oneness, that He might fulfill Thy testimony unto all created things, and perfect Thy proof before all men.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: purposegleaningsGWB §498: what God hath willedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: pleaseth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: have sought Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §106: wouldst thou gazewill-and-testamentW&T §38: meant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: of the willgleaningsGWB §465: through the operation of His Will
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “may”, “proclaim” (69 occurrences)
SE expanded to “demonstrate the power”
This form usually rendered as “sovereignty”, “through”, “power” (53 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy sovereign might”
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: SháhgleaningsGWB §16: sovereign aidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: undisputed sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: Thine own sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereigns
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: loftiestfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §691: of transcendent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: exalted areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: How exaltedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Our wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §292: with his ownkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: termprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: speaketh to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic wordthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: directeth your stepsgleaningsGWB §554: shall We assuredly guide himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: have shownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: Thou hast already commanded them to turn untoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: guidancegleaningsGWB §556: a Divine guidancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: of divine guidance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §621: His creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §48: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: made wholeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: BrieflygleaningsGWB §384: exalted
SE expanded to “Thou didst raise up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: but a man likegleaningsGWB §680: Who elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: no man elsetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §584: of no one
SE expanded to “among Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §647: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: such servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: ‘Abdi’llah
SE expanded to “Whom Thou didst send”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the Apostle (Muḥammad)gleaningsGWB §107: Messengershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: against their Messengerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: sent down by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: of the Messengersthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: sent Him down
SE expanded to “with the signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: in the versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: at Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
This form usually rendered as “clear”, “manifest”, “proofs” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and Whom Thou didst”
This form usually rendered as “might” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: endedgleaningsGWB §116: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: of perfectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: the entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: fully vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: assiduouslygleaningsGWB §391: consummate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His ProofgleaningsGWB §293: the testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: The proofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy proofsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: argumentwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: for what reasongleaningsGWB §97: the evidences of His Truth
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: Placelessfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §124: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: the contingent worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: in existencewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: hath been fulfilledgleaningsGWB §529: all-powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: and most perfectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: the things that have been perfected thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have perfectedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: perfectionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: perfectgleaningsGWB §552: all
SE rendered بُرْهانُكَ (burhánuk), الأَكْوانِ، (al-ʾakwáni،) as “proof before”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: be not ofgleaningsGWB §466: I hadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: could haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: attaintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
