Prayers and Meditations — §325
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 325 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي كُلَّمَا يَخْطُرُ بِقَلْبِي ذِكْرُكَ وَثَنائُكَ يَأْخُذُنِي الجَذْبُ وَالانْجِذابُ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يَمْنَعُنِي عَنِ الذَّكرِ وَالبَيِانِ وَيُرْجِعُنِي إِلى مَقامٍ أُشاهِدُ هَيْكَلِي نَفْسَ ذِكْرِكَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَكَيْنُونَةَ ثَنائِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ، مَتَى يَكُونُ يَكُونُ ثَنائُكَ مُنْتَشِرًا بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَذِكْرُكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies and am so enravished by Thee that I find myself unable to make mention of Thy name and to extol Thee. I am carried back to such heights that I recognize my self to be the same as the remembrance of Thee in Thy realm, and the essence of Thy praise among Thy servants. As long as that self endureth, so long will Thy praise continue to be shed abroad among Thy creatures and Thy remembrance glorified by Thy people.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §4: Far, farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: hymns of glory and praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: Glorified, immensely glorifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “reminded” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: dire perilgleaningsGWB §600: and momentouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: fancyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: remindedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: perilouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very great dangerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: momentousgleaningsGWB §528: so bewildering and challenging
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), كُلَّمَا (kullamá), يَخْطُرُ (yakhṭur), بِقَلْبِي (biqalbí), ذِكْرُكَ (dhikruk), وَثَنائُكَ (wathanáʾuk), يَأْخُذُنِي (yaʾakhudhuní) as “my God, Every time, reminded, of Thee, muse on Thy virtues, seized”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: thrown into confusiongleaningsGWB §44: whosekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: whose inner beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: the soulsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a sound
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
SE expanded to “muse on Thy virtues”
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 §52: secondgleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: their praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: praise of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: can enraptureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: drawgleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transports
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §449: to hinderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: most exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and have deterred themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: withhold
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “carried” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: returnedgleaningsGWB §313: sinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: While returningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: return unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Turn thy sightwill-and-testamentW&T §38: Unto the Most Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retold
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the purpose of servingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §321: matterkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: anotherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: stirred uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
This form usually rendered as “find”, “must”, “compelled” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: testifiethfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §466: Who is it thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: My witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: is the authoritytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: as the human bodyfire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §277: tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Templesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §597: created thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for myselfgleaningsGWB §689: Those menkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: souls ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Eternal KinggleaningsGWB §522: the kings of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: Who art the Kingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §385: occupykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: I would still have failedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: propagationgleaningsGWB §367: the promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: to spread abroadwill-and-testamentW&T §13: diffuseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: resurrectiongleaningsGWB §618: shall scatter abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the Creatorfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §122: hath assignedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and maketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: God created thee
