Prayers and Meditations — §383
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 383 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي ما أَعْظَمَ قُدْرَتَكَ وَسُلْطَانَكَ وَما أَكْبَرَ قُوَّتَكَ وَاقْتِدارَكَ، أَظْهَرْتَ مَنْ يَنْطِقُ بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ وَأَمَرْتَهُ بِالنِّدآءِ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ، فَلَمَّا نَطَقَ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ العُلَمآءُ مِن
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion! Thou hast called into being Him Who speaketh in Thy name before all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and hast bidden Him cry out amongst Thy creatures.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Lauded be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §597: veils
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §668: set
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “greatest” (226 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §708: absolutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How bewilderingly mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §9: inestimable
This form usually rendered as “power”, “might”, “omnipotence” (64 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and Thy dominion”
power 34% might 32% omnipotence 9% dominion 8% through 4% potency 4% sovereign 4% overpowering 2% strength 2% hand 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: though not whollyfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §607: hath providedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: hast decreedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “and Thy sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: powergleaningsGWB §531: an all-compelling sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: King of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereignty
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “transcendent” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most greatgleaningsGWB §471: swell with pridekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
SE rendered وَسُلْطَانَكَ (wasulṭának), أَكْبَرَ (ʾakbar), قُوَّتَكَ (qúqatak), وَاقْتِدارَكَ، (wáqtidáraka،), أَظْهَرْتَ (ʾaẓhart) as “and Thy sovereignty, Thy strength, and Thy dominion, Thou hast called into being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mightgleaningsGWB §597: power to restore the forcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power and strengthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: potencythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of powerwill-and-testamentW&T §25: forcesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: OmnipotentgleaningsGWB §63: to the things
SE expanded to “Thou hast called into being”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: backfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §286: bekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: visibly supremetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
SE expanded to “in Thy name”
SE expanded to “and on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §711: the powers of earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §636: refrain from contending
SE expanded to “and hast bidden Him”
This form usually rendered as “voice”, “call”, “cried” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: cry outfire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet callgleaningsGWB §31: callingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: crytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: didst supplicate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yourfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §669: creature of their own conceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §284: the eyes of Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that people
SE rendered بِالنِّدآءِ (biálnnidáʾ), خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá) as “cry out, Thy creatures”
SE rendered خَلْقِكَ، (khalqika،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), نَطَقَ (naṭaq), بِكَلِمَةٍ (bikalimahin) as “Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: Divinityfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §537: speak yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: by Thy most exalted Wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: they that have turnedgleaningsGWB §658: withdrawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: repudiateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: and turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have gone astray
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §635: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §635: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: from recognizing Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §155: from the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: of the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §486: and taught theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: knowledge—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
