Prayers and Meditations — §51
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 51 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَالْحَمْدُ وَالشُّكْرُ لَكَ يا مَنْ بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ الوُجُودِ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded and glorified art Thou, in Whose hand is the empire of all things!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “thanks”, “praised” (146 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: praiseworthytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §569: Unto Him do I render thanks and praise
This form usually rendered as “thanks”, “thankful”, “thankfulness” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankfulfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §334: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: thankful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: render thanksgiving unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: honeyed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §718: Hand ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: bywill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §658: at the hands ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (152 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §632: to exercise His kingshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: the world.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: is the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath discoveredfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §666: if We inhalekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: This is evidenced byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: I can smelltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
