Prayers and Meditations — §414
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 414 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ِكَ، لأنَّ كُلَّ جَوارِحِيْ تَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْكَرِيمُ ذُو الفَضْلِ العَظِيمِ، يا مَنْ وَجْهُكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I am one of Thy handmaidens, O my Lord! I have turned my face towards the habitation of Thy mercy, and have sought the wonders of Thy manifold favors, inasmuch as all the members of my body proclaim Thee to be the All-Bounteous, He Whose grace is immense.
Translation Notes
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: memberswill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: the membersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: and limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: limbs of my body
bearest 21% thou 14% proclaim 14% thereby 7% beholdest 7% witnessed 7% witness 7% testifiest 7% beareth 7% acknowledgeth 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: beareth Me witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §74: Witness howkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: visible and invisible—fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: that they will testifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
SE rendered جَوارِحِيْ (jawáriḥí), تَشْهَدُ (tashhad), بِأَنَّكَ (biʾannak), الْكَرِيمُ (al-karím), ذُو (dhú) as “the members, proclaim, to be, the All-Bounteous, He Whose”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “all-bountiful”, “generous” (54 occurrences)
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §66: “The source of all bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: and wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountiful
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: as a token ofgleaningsGWB §101: have caused to excelkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: caused to excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
This form usually rendered as “great”, “most”, “grievous” (128 occurrences)
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §9: inestimablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: too vastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How bewilderingly mysteriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatnessgleaningsGWB §317: His majesty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: faces of menfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §709: every tracekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: lifttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
