Prayers and Meditations — §439
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 439 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَوَعِزَّتِكَ بَعْدَ عِلْمِيْ بِذلِكَ لا أَجِدُ نَفْسِيْ مُسْتَطِيعًا عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ، وَلَوْ أَصِفُكَ بِوَصْفٍ وَأَذْكُرُكَ بِذِكْرٍ أَجِدُ نَفْسِي خَجِلاً عَمَّا تَحَرَّكَ بِهِ لِسَانِي وَجَرَى عَلَيْهِ قَلَمِي،
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
SE expanded to “Thy glory beareth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessedgleaningsGWB §486: pricelesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the Most Precioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §622: the things of this worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: knowledge—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: thentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “find”, “can”, “discover” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: embodiedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §666: and to inhalekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: all creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: I can smelltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: him thatgleaningsGWB §465: My statekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the faint-heartedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: to be the same astablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
SE expanded to “mention of Thee”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: setteth forthgleaningsGWB §619: a glimmerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: hath been recountedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: of my remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
SE expanded to “and celebrate Thy praise”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: celebrate Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: celebrated her praisegleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
SE rendered ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَثَنَائِكَ، (wathanáʾika،), وَلَوْ (walaw), أَصِفُكَ (ʾaṣifuk), بِوَصْفٍ (biwaṣfin), وَأَذْكُرُكَ (waʾadhkuruk) as “mention of Thee, and celebrate Thy praise, Howsoever I describe Thee, of Thy virtues I”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §702: with the ornament of an upright and praiseworthy characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: recount His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: Howsoeverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: depict that placegleaningsGWB §627: and of Thine attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: and Thine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: my shamegleaningsGWB §611: hast refused to shame Meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: greater shamethe-hidden-wordsHW §31: be then abashedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: shameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: whatsoever shamethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ashamedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: blush and feel ashamed
This form usually rendered as “moved”, “agitate”, “set” (5 occurrences)
SE rendered تَحَرَّكَ (taḥarrak), لِسَانِي (lisání), وَجَرَى (wajará) as “hath, pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: in the languagegleaningsGWB §251: whose tongueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the wish oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagegleaningsGWB §346: a language
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: streamedgleaningsGWB §38: enforcedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: stream forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: have flowed downtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: knoweththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: utteredwill-and-testamentW&T §5: audaciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: enforce
SE rendered وَجَرَى (wajará), عَلَيْهِ (ʿalayh), قَلَمِي، (qalamí،) as “pen”
