Prayers and Meditations — §492
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 492 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ العِبادَ لَوْ يَتَوَجَّهُونَ إِلَيْكَ بِبَصَرِ الَّذِيْ خَلَقْتَ فِيْهِمْ وَسَمْعِ الَّذِيْ أَعْطَيْتَهُمْ لَتَجْذِبُهُم كَلِمَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ الَّتِيْ نُزِّلَتْ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ عَظَمَتِكَ وَبِها تَسْتَضِيْءُ وُجُوهُهُمْ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَتَطِيرُ أَرْواحُهُمْ فِي هَوآءِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَسَمَاءِ رُبُوبِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O my God! I testify that if Thy servants were to turn towards Thee with the eyes Thou didst create in them and with the ears wherewith Thou didst endow them, they would all be carried away by a single word sent down from the right hand of the throne of Thy majesty. That word alone would suffice to brighten their faces, and to assure their hearts, and to cause their souls to soar up to the atmosphere of Thy great glory, and to ascend into the heaven of Thy sovereignty.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Greatfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Lauded and glorifiedtablet-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 §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §539: By the righteousness of the Almighty!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: indubitablefire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §537: that ye may perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: witness.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: testifiesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the peoplefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §578: faithful servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: Him, Who is the Object of all adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: Thy servant’stablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the guardian
SE expanded to “turn towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: journeyedfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §619: inclinedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through the light of His countenancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
eye 31% penetrating 13% sight 13% discernment 6% keen 6% carefully 6% outward 6% mine 6% both 6% gaze 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: were ye to perceive itgleaningsGWB §262: They whose eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: man endued with insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of discernmentgleaningsGWB §293: the gaze
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the Creatorfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §133: creationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: to raise uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: a praiseworthy character
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: have learnedfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §591: to hear its accentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: O Thou Who inclinest Thine ear totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: bountygleaningsGWB §472: hath chosen to bestow upon theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: we bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy generosityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorgleaningsGWB §479: He bestowethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall not giveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §486: Bountiful
لَتَجْذِبُهُم
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
This form usually rendered as “can”, “would” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be carried away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §458: hath attractedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: that they may draw me awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: attractgleaningsGWB §654: the Lode Star of my soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: transport
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: for wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §426: through a wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: single utterancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: to utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: or describetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
one 74% any 6% single 4% same 4% vahid 2% another 2% each 2% indivisible 2% one.” 2% successively 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: one universalfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §103: onenesskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: singlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Supreme Singlenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Thy onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: We revealedgleaningsGWB §698: Who is the Sovereign Revealerkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: inspiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: sendeth downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: right-handgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: into the right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: to the rightgleaningsGWB §537: on his right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand side
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §707: of the Throne abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §210: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfectgleaningsGWB §504: inconceivably mightykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: the mightiest ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeur
This form usually rendered as “brighten” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: illuminedfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §198: shinethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: to brightenthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: to shed on thee its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: been illumined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: securitygleaningsGWB §203: symbols of certitudekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: certitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: assurethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: confidentwill-and-testamentW&T §2: rested assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: Rest thou assuredgleaningsGWB §74: at rest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: My heartgleaningsGWB §656: that I may turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: transmutethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: they uttertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: nor heartswill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §713: the appearance of the Birdskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: reachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: have soared alofttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have never attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: BirdsgleaningsGWB §685: that bird
atmosphere 48% heights 16% immensity 6% heavens 6% heaven 6% desire 3% firmament 3% limitless 3% precincts 3% sublimities 3%
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: exaltedgleaningsGWB §65: the Most Excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: Thy great glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: glory of
This form usually rendered as “oneness”, “unity”, “glory” (46 occurrences)
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: infire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: He Who is the Most Great Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His DivinegleaningsGWB §115: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: the Sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurtured
