Prayers and Meditations — §367
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 367 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما جَعَلْتَنِي مَرْجِعَ القَضَايا وَمَطْلَعَ البَلايا لِحَيوةِ عِبادِكَ وَخَلْقِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I yield Thee thanks for that Thou hast made me the target of divers tribulations and the mark of manifold trials, in order that Thy servants may be endued with new life and all Thy creatures may be quickened.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: Glorified be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §197: to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §260: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: Thou art to be praisedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §427: august
SE expanded to “Thou hast made”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: sufferfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §157: Fastenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: the abject beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: Do not bringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “end”, “object” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: to address theegleaningsGWB §195: them that have returnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: applicableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: arethe-hidden-wordsHW §36: and returningwill-and-testamentW&T §25: must be referredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retoldgleaningsGWB §631: they may be filled
القَضَايا
literal: decree; decree/judgment; decreed
This form usually rendered as “judgment”, “decree”, “destiny” (12 occurrences)
judgment 10% decree 10% destiny 10% trials 10% tribulations 10% troubles 10% vicissitudes 10% assaults 10% every 10% divers 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: hath it been decidedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §162: of Thy inscrutable decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: such will it beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §402: what is preordained for themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Hadst thou realizedfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §338: well awarekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: dawningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: and the splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “troubles” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrowsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: He might proveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: teststhe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: We have proved thee
This form usually rendered as “signalize”, “earthly”, “true” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: hath revivedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §724: Thoughkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: endued with new lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §220: they havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of God
SE expanded to “all Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §290: called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: a praiseworthy character
