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، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ يا مَحْبُوبَ العالَمِينَ وَمَقْصُودَ العا
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 §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §122: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veils of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: veil of vain imaginingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thou
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §668: setkitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered اللَّهُمَّ (al-lahumm), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd), جَعَلْتَنِي (jaʿaltaní), مَرْجِعَ (marjiʿ) as “O Lord, my God, Thee thanks, Thou hast made me, target”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §343: All glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: and extol Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §569: and praise
SE expanded to “Thou hast made me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: imprisonedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §656: Aid mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: Thou hast suffered methe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make thee
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “object”, “target” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: returnedgleaningsGWB §257: return ye tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: come againprayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: targettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §36: and returningwill-and-testamentW&T §16: unto whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: return
trials 11% tribulations 11% troubles 11% vicissitudes 11% assaults 11% ordeal 11% divers 11% all 11% manifold 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: decidedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §162: revelations of Thy inscrutable decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: Thou hast fulfilledthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: have ordainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: passed
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: Day-Starfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §35: Revealers ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: may shine brightlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “tribulation”, “adversities” (53 occurrences)
tribulations 38% tribulation 15% adversities 12% trials 6% afflictions 6% every 6% manifold 6% woes 6% all 3% ills 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I sufferfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: a fresh tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: anguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: calamitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievously
This form usually rendered as “earthly”, “true”, “order” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: abashedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §724: Though encompassedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: the true lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: creationfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §584: the entire human racekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: been fixedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createth
SE rendered لِحَيوةِ (liḥayúh), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), وَخَلْقِكَ، (wakhalqika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik) as “in order that, Thy servants, Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pompfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §199: all-compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: would—I swear by Thy glory—declarethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Almighty
SE rendered وَخَلْقِكَ، (wakhalqika،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), مَحْبُوبَ (maḥbúb) as “Thy creatures”
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: love notfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §415: His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: cherish the desiretablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: learningfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §183: the whole worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: acquired learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant thegleaningsGWB §128: His purposekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: the heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: direct our steps towardsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: aim
