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 عِ
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 §265: \‘GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: hymns of glory and praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: Unto Thee be praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsgleaningsGWB §102: Divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: adorefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §149: the exercise of their devotionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: This servant of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “to turn towards Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: wholly for the sakefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §156: with a facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have respondedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE rendered العِبادَ (al-ʿibád), لَوْ (law), يَتَوَجَّهُونَ (yatawajjahún), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), بِبَصَرِ (bibaṣar), خَلَقْتَ (khalaqt) as “Thy servants, if, to turn towards Thee, with the eyes, create”
SE expanded to “with the eyes”
eye 29% penetrating 14% discernment 7% keen 7% carefully 7% outward 7% perceive 7% sight 7% moment 7% eyes 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: men of insightgleaningsGWB §666: of true understandingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: our eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: thine eyesgleaningsGWB §111: penetrating vision
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yourfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §349: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: among Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §195: virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: with the utmost endeavorfire-tabletFire §13: AnguishgleaningsGWB §697: Bend your minds andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: hath plotted darklyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: manifold sorrowstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: griefthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: endeavorswill-and-testamentW&T §54: vigour, exertion
SE expanded to “with the ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: have heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §389: senses of hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: intonedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE expanded to “Thou didst endow them”
لَتَجْذِبُهُم
literal: attract; attraction; attract, draw
This form usually rendered as “can” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: rapturefire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §32: have been made to vibratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: enravishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: attractgleaningsGWB §233: to draw nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: His Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §20: exalted wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: entities of a new creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronounce
SE rendered لَتَجْذِبُهُم (latajdhibuhum), كَلِمَةٌ (kalimahun), وَاحِدَةٌ (wáḥidahun), نُزِّلَتْ (nuzzilat) as “carried away, a single word, sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the harmonizingfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §668: knit your soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: adoretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: have been sent downgleaningsGWB §113: their messageskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: caused manna to descendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: are sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the right handgleaningsGWB §192: my right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: the right-handgleaningsGWB §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
SE expanded to “of the throne”
SE expanded to “of Thy majesty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majestygleaningsGWB §606: first and foremostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: mightierprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Most GreatgleaningsGWB §9: inestimable
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “brighten” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of assurancegleaningsGWB §621: may rest confidentlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: assuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: be assuredwill-and-testamentW&T §2: rested assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: RelygleaningsGWB §418: assurancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: faith
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §635: that thou mayest stir upkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: “Heartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: of the heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: radiant hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §541: Birdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Birds ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: winged their flighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: favored birdsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: to soargleaningsGWB §496: have flown
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: by their own capricesfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §334: releasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Inmost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: and corrupt desiresthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desire
