Prayers and Meditations — §408
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 408 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ مِنْهُ تَمَوَّجَ فِي كُلِّ قَطْرَةٍ بُحُورُ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَلْطَافِكَ، وَظَهَرَ فِي كُلِّ ذَرَّةٍ أَنْوارُ شَمْسِ مَكْرُمَتِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، بِأَنْ تُزَي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness and mercy, and to shine within every atom the luminaries of Thy bountiful blessings and favors,—I implore Thee to adorn every soul with the ornament of Thy love, that none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned towards Thee, or hath failed to detach himself from all except Thy Self.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Praise be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsgleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Immeasurably highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Lauded and glorifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §102: Divine
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the mystic trumpetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
SE expanded to “I implore Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Dealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §214: imploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §139: in the person ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: visible heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: to Thy Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My heaven
SE expanded to “hath caused to surge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorgleaningsGWB §692: risenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: surgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: restless wavesthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: billowing seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the billowsgleaningsGWB §180: oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: regionsgleaningsGWB §581: dewdropkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: single dropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: landsgleaningsGWB §261: abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: Thy dominionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: drop
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: seafire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §233: the outpouring gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: all the seastablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: the ancient seawill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceans
This form usually rendered as “mercy”, “all-encompassing”, “transcendent” (136 occurrences)
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §273: My mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: Thy transcendent mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §657: sweetnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: loving and kindnesswill-and-testamentW&T §27: as a signepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: crystal puregleaningsGWB §59: His most gracious favors
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: proceededfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §135: He hath, verily, manifestedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “manifest”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: to show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: atomsgleaningsGWB §118: insignificant as I amkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: moteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: the atomsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leavegleaningsGWB §13: same atomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earth
This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)
light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: into lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §667: with the flamekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the splendors of thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame
SE rendered ذَرَّةٍ (dharrahin), أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), مَكْرُمَتِكَ (makrumatik), وَمَواهِبِكَ، (wamawáhibika،) as “atom, the luminaries, Thy bountiful blessings, and favors,—I”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: sunlightgleaningsGWB §43: that Daystarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: terms “sun”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun of TruthgleaningsGWB §286: beholdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: Day-star of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
SE expanded to “Thy bountiful blessings”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §246: of Thy heavenly favorswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §195: All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: of Thy favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: befire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §573: its apparelskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst deck forthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the most great ornamentgleaningsGWB §480: deckprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been adorned
