Prayers and Meditations — §412
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 412 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا مَنْ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ زِمَامُ أَفْئِدَةِ العارِفِينَ وَفِي يَمِينِكَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ، تَفْعَلُ ما تَشآءُ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَتَحْكُمُ ما تُرِيدُ بِإِرادَتِكَ، كُلُّ ذِيْ مَشِيَّةٍ مَعْدُومٌ عِنْدَ ظُهُوراتِ مَشيَّتِكَ، وَكُلُّ ذِي إِرادَةٍ مَفْقُودٌ لَدَى شُئُوناتِ إِرادَتِكَ، أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ بِكَلِمَتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O Thou in Whose grasp are the reins of the souls of all them that have recognized Thee, and in Whose right hand are the destinies of all that are in heaven and all that are on earth! Thou doest, through the power of Thy might, what Thou willest, and ordainest, by an act of Thy volition, what Thou pleasest. The will of the most resolute of men is as nothing when compared with the compelling evidences of Thy will, and the determination of the most inflexible among Thy creatures is dissipated before the manifold revelations of Thy purpose.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Magnified be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §633: the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §13: celebration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: the graspgleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: holdeth in His graspepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: grasp ofgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the days
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §91: illuminated heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: pure in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: understanding heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’s hearts
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognizegleaningsGWB §387: conceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: of Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: understand
SE rendered زِمَامُ (zimám), أَفْئِدَةِ (ʾafʾidah), العارِفِينَ (al-ʿárifín), وَفِي (wafí), يَمِينِكَ (yamínik), السَّمَواتِ (as-samawát) as “the reins, the souls, recognized Thee, and in, Whose right hand, heaven”
within 29% under 14% acts 7% throughout 7% upon 7% mortal 7% over 7% hearts 7% prosperity 7% fair 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in thisgleaningsGWB §363: after Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: intowill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ongleaningsGWB §594: and guarded in thy speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: though Himself a prisonerwill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
SE expanded to “Whose right hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rightgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: to my rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §537: on his right hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §636: thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gemepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §79: earthly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleasethgleaningsGWB §49: the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: and the potency oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoever
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: the aidfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §586: have We decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: is powerlesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: hath soughtgleaningsGWB §250: hath purposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: Thou didst purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of the willgleaningsGWB §472: ask
SE expanded to “of Thy purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: decidedgleaningsGWB §668: pleasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: wishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: by Thy willtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have purposedthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: purpose
SE expanded to “is as nothing”
nothingness 33% nothing 22% perish 6% wholly 6% non-existent 6% destroyed 6% non-existence 6% brought 6% utter 6% put 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §116: utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: non-existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: nothingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: brought to naught.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: innocencegleaningsGWB §129: destitutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: owing to their failure
This form usually rendered as “revelations”, “manifestations”, “revelation” (95 occurrences)
revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: happenedfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §190: hath been empowered tokitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thine own revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
forgotten 21% thing 14% lost 14% forsook 7% hath 7% withdrawn 7% complete 7% oblivion 7% dissipated 7% nothingness 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: adversitygleaningsGWB §682: withdrawnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: and complete abnegationwill-and-testamentW&T §13: lostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: forsookgleaningsGWB §386: are as a thing forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: thing forgotten
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §567: low estatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: the oppressorthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §197: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: the manifold vicissitudes
SE rendered إِرادَتِكَ، (ʾirádatika،), بِكَلِمَتِكَ (bikalimatik) as “of Thy purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: these exalted wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §441: a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: through yet another wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speak
