Prayers and Meditations — §397
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 397 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَوْ تَهَبُ مِثْلَ السَّمَواتِ وَالارْضِ لأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ لا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِكَ مِقْدارُ ذَرَّةٍ، أَنْتَ الأَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَنْ تُدْعى بِالعَظِيمِ لأَنَّهُ اسْمٌ مِنْ أَسْمائِكَ قَدْ خُلِقَ بِإِرادَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، لا إِلهَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Wert Thou to bestow on one of Thy creatures what would equal the kingdoms of earth and heaven, it would still not diminish by even as much as an atom the immensity of Thy dominion. Far greater art Thou than the Great One men are wont to call Thee, for such a title is but one of Thy names all of which were created by a mere indication of Thy will.
Translation Notes
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingfire-tabletFire §29: onrushing galesgleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §72: onrushingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: breezesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to waftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: tempests
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: noblefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §323: of the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: heaven”—oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: in thine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §222: territoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earththe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §711: the powers of earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anygleaningsGWB §293: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: agitate the soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thy transcendent singlenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §193: alonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: man be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: hath been createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §506: the entire creation.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: the Makertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conduct
This form usually rendered as “detracting”, “diminish”, “cause” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered يَنْقُصُ (yanquṣ), مَلَكُوتِكَ (malakútik), مِقْدارُ (miqdár), ذَرَّةٍ، (dharrahin،), الأَعْظَمُ (al-ʾaʿẓam) as “diminish, the immensity of, atom, greater”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassinggleaningsGWB §317: His majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeurgleaningsGWB §406: suffered
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: thatgleaningsGWB §690: Oprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a momentgleaningsGWB §242: such as to justifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: that shouldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: isgleaningsGWB §353: that just as thou
will 41% purpose 9% desire 9% desired 6% purposed 6% determined 6% pleaseth 6% hath 6% determineth 6% wished 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: purposedgleaningsGWB §387: His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: Thou didst desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: gaze uponwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Will
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
SE rendered بِإِرادَةٍ (biʾirádahin), عِنْدِكَ، (ʿindika،), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “by a mere indication, will”
