Prayers and Meditations — §37
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 37 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي بِعَظَمَتِكَ الكبْرَى عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُهُ رِضاكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ مَوْلاهُ وَمَوْلَى العالَمِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Keep him safe also, O my God, by the power of Thine immeasurable majesty, from all that Thou abhorrest. Thou art, verily, his Lord and the Lord of all worlds.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassinggleaningsGWB §392: so great a bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How bewilderingly mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the GreatgleaningsGWB §181: exalted
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the Lesser PeacegleaningsGWB §230: greet theekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: turned away disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
gleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: whatsoever is obnoxiousgleaningsGWB §460: abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the evilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: may be abhorrent unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme of adversityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: repugnant untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: ills
SE rendered يَكْرَهُهُ (yakrahuh), رِضاكَ، (riḍáka،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), مَوْلاهُ (mawláh) as “Thou abhorrest, Thou art, verily, his Lord”
pleasure 37% good 18% good-pleasure 12% content 9% satisfied 6% acceptable 4% will 4% thee 4% upright 3% contentment 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: good-pleasureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: in Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §71: desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: upright
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a ViceregentgleaningsGWB §543: and be notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: Thy dear oneswill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: onesgleaningsGWB §112: all the holy Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”
SE expanded to “of all worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: knowledgefire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §263: Book of Lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: learningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine omnisciencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
