Prayers and Meditations — §439
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 439 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَجِدُ نَفْسِيْ مُسْتَطِيعًا عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ، وَلَوْ أَصِفُكَ بِوَصْفٍ وَأَذْكُرُكَ بِذِكْرٍ أَجِدُ نَفْسِي خَجِلاً عَمَّا تَحَرَّكَ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَجَرَى عَلَيْهِ قَلَمِي، أَيْ رَبِّ كَيْنُونَةُ العِرْفانِ تَشْهَدُ بِعَجْزِها عَنْ عِرْفانِكَ، وَإِنِّيَّةُ الحَيْرَةِ تَشْهَدُ بِحَيْرَتِها لِظُهُورَاتِ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَكَيْنُونَةُ الذِّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thy glory beareth me witness! How can I, aware as I am of this truth, hope to befittingly make mention of Thee and celebrate Thy praise? Howsoever I describe Thee, whichever of Thy virtues I recount, I cannot but blush and feel ashamed of what my tongue hath uttered or my pen written.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “find”, “perceive”, “discover” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: hathfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §257: into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Notwithstanding all thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: havetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: despite
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: unto ThyselfgleaningsGWB §669: this truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: selfish desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: to myselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §58: To none
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: from magnifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §46: celebrate His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
8 occurrences in corpus
attributes 66% description 7% describe 6% attribute 5% praise 4% virtues 3% all 3% describing 2% characterized 2% affirm 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §387: the descriptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: Thy virtuesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: norgleaningsGWB §101: characterizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: men’s praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: notion
SE expanded to “blush and feel ashamed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: abashedgleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: greater shamethe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ashamedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: are ashamedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: blush and feel ashamed
This form usually rendered as “moved”, “agitate”, “set” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirredfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §324: motionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: the movementtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: standethwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: flowethgleaningsGWB §168: was utteredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: have streamed forthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: knowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: flowinggleaningsGWB §680: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: universally enforced
SE rendered لِسَانِي (lisání), وَجَرَى (wajará), عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayh), قَلَمِي، (qalamí،), رَبِّ (rabb), كَيْنُونَةُ (kaynúnah) as “tongue, written, pen, truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §719: Our Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thywill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: Sublime PengleaningsGWB §375: of His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms
SE rendered وَجَرَى (wajará), عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayh), قَلَمِي، (qalamí،), رَبِّ (rabb), كَيْنُونَةُ (kaynúnah), العِرْفانِ (al-ʿirfán), تَشْهَدُ (tashhad) as “written, pen, truth, glory, beareth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §389: Lord of all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord
This form usually rendered as “quintessence”, “utter”, “essence” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: essencefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §457: remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: earthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
This form usually rendered as “bearest”, “thou”, “proclaim” (18 occurrences)
bearest 21% thou 14% proclaim 14% thereby 7% beholdest 7% witnessed 7% witness 7% testifiest 7% beareth 7% acknowledgeth 7%
SE rendered العِرْفانِ (al-ʿirfán), تَشْهَدُ (tashhad), بِعَجْزِها (biʿajzihá), عِرْفانِكَ، (ʿirfánika،), وَإِنِّيَّةُ (waʾinnínah) as “glory, beareth, witness, Thee”
powerlessness 24% powerless 14% can 14% frustrate 10% helplessness 8% impotent 8% impotence 8% unable 6% failed 4% none 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: frustrategleaningsGWB §449: to frustrate His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: and feeblenesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: none can producegleaningsGWB §196: failethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: miracle
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered عِرْفانِكَ، (ʿirfánika،), وَإِنِّيَّةُ (waʾinnínah), الحَيْرَةِ (al-ḥayrah) as “witness, Thee”
astounded 50% perplexity 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: astoundedgleaningsGWB §321: amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: marvelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: would be bewilderedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: perplexedgleaningsGWB §361: marveledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: How strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: bewildered
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 §256: hath happenedfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §387: the greatnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: come forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: were brought forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powersgleaningsGWB §56: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the divine Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §616: Lord and King oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King of
