Prayers and Meditations — §41
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 41 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَرَى عَجْزِي وَفَقْرِي وَتَشْهَدُ ضُرِّيْ وَابْتِلائِي، إِلى مَ تَرَكْتَنِي بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ فَأَصْعِدْنِي إِلَيْكَ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّ البَلايا أَحَاطَتْنِي عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَها تِلْقآءَ وَجْهِكَ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَحْصَيْتَها بِعِلْمِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All praise be to Thee, O my God! Thou beholdest my helplessness and poverty, and bearest witness unto my woes and trials. How long wilt Thou abandon me among Thy servants? Suffer me to ascend into Thy presence. The power of Thy might beareth me witness! Such are the tribulations with which I am encompassed that I am powerless to recount them before Thy face. Thou, alone, verily, hast through Thy knowledge reckoned them.
Translation Notes
سُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “All praise be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Graciousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §80: cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: Hightablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: towards Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of divine mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never beheldfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §666: may becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: Who—as Thou beholdestthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regard
This form usually rendered as “powerlessness”, “unto”, “utter” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §297: powerlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his powerlessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cangleaningsGWB §196: failethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: this mattergleaningsGWB §268: my povertykitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: povertyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: is destitutethe-hidden-wordsHW §132: of povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: one who is poorgleaningsGWB §594: to the poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: destitute souls
SE expanded to “bearest witness unto”
thou 19% bearest 19% testify 13% proclaim 13% beholdest 6% witnessed 6% witness 6% testifiest 6% proclaimeth 6% confesseth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: suffered martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §40: made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: evincedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: that they will testifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
This form usually rendered as “harm”, “troubles”, “hurt” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §501: sorely hurtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: adversitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §25: injuriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §629: tribulations
This form usually rendered as “afflictions”, “tribulation”, “anguish” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §610: been searched out and testedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and trialthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: the trialsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflicted
This form usually rendered as “wilt”, “thou”, “hast” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: renouncefire-tabletFire §2: been abandonedgleaningsGWB §463: noted downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: embracethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: wilt Thou forsake methe-hidden-wordsHW §55: forsakeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: abandoned himfire-tabletFire §18: been forsaken
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: othersfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §700: them that hearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: This servant of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankind
SE expanded to “Suffer me to ascend”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raisedgleaningsGWB §91: ascentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: soar uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: settingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: his ascent
SE rendered فَأَصْعِدْنِي (faʾaṣʿidní), إِلَيْكَ، (ʾilayka،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), البَلايا (al-baláyá), أَحَاطَتْنِي (ʾaḥáṭatní) as “Suffer me to ascend, into Thy presence, tribulations, encompassed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pompgleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: Dear friend!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: divinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: More precious is it than
أَحَاطَتْنِي
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “assault”, “which”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have encompassedfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §390: all-embracing knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: comprehendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: conceivedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: overshadoweth
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §48: glorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: manifold exigenciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rank
This form usually rendered as “am” (1 occurrences)
remembrance 24% praise 17% mention 15% mentioned 11% remember 7% make 7% recorded 6% recount 5% remembering 5% describe 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: remembergleaningsGWB §621: of the remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: quotingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: worthy of mentiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: beforefire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §127: attain His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: the face of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: behold the countenance oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: sowed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the countenancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §639: shall be hiskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: we still set our facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
can 27% countless 15% number 12% reckon 12% unnumbered 8% man 8% hast 8% incalculable 4% stone 4% count 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have We set downgleaningsGWB §684: innumerablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: estimate their numberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: hast reckoned upthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: countgleaningsGWB §305: All-Searching
SE expanded to “through Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: know notfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §665: their attainmentskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: evident and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy manifold knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
