Prayers and Meditations — §514
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 514 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي قَدْ ظَهَرَتْ طَلائِعُ رَبِيعِ فَضْلِكَ وَاخْضَرَّتْ بِها أَراضِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَأَمْطَرَتْ سَحَابُ سَمآءِ كَرَمِكَ عَلَى هذِهِ المَدِينَةِ الَّتِيْ فِيها حُبِسَ مَنْ أَرادَ عَتْقَ بَرِيَّتِكَ، وَبِهِ تَزَيَّنَتْ أَرْضُها وَتَرَوَّى أَشْجارُها وَاسْتَفْ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glory to Thee, O my God! The first stirrings of the spring of Thy grace have appeared and clothed Thine earth with verdure. The clouds of the heaven of Thy bounty have rained their rain on this City within whose walls is imprisoned Him Whose desire is the salvation of Thy creatures. Through it the soil of this City hath been decked forth, and its trees clothed with foliage, and its inhabitants gladdened.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §4: Far, farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: veil of vain imaginingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laudgleaningsGWB §620: the Glorified
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: every Manifestationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §470: hath spokenkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: give vent toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: Thine own revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
dayspring 31% dawning-place 16% daysprings 15% source 8% manifestation 6% countenance 6% revealers 5% dawning-places 5% revealer 5% exponents 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the sourcefire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §102: failed to appreciatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Countenancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a manifestationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: grace ofgleaningsGWB §548: blessingkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: men of consummate learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: gracious favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
This form usually rendered as “clad”, “clothed” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered وَاخْضَرَّتْ (wákhḍarrat), أَراضِي (ʾaráḍí), مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik), وَأَمْطَرَتْ (waʾamṭarat), سَحَابُ (saḥáb), سَمآءِ (samáʾ) as “clothed, earth, have rained, clouds, heaven”
clouds 77% showers 6% thick 4% outpourings 4% which 2% clouded 2% intervening 2% showering 2% veil 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §522: cloudedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: thick cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the clouds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: in the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §468: his famekitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: the greatnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountiful favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Thy gracewill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the citadelsgleaningsGWB §230: native cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: unto the citiesgleaningsGWB §247: in the Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: citiesgleaningsGWB §560: the Word
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: hath been imprisonedgleaningsGWB §718: imprisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: cast into prisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §6: imprisonment
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “will”, “purpose” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: wishgleaningsGWB §499: hast no desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: aimtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §608: pleaseth.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: among Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
SE expanded to “soil of this City”
This form usually rendered as “clothed” (1 occurrences)
standard 24% traditions 24% ensign 14% tradition 10% standards 5% banner 5% yielded 5% countenance 5% clothed 5% flourishing 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: TreegleaningsGWB §36: blessed Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Tree—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the corrupt treewill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the tree of humilitygleaningsGWB §36: of the treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the divine Tree
This form usually rendered as “inhabitants” (1 occurrences)
chosen 72% attributes 8% crystal 4% thou 4% sincerity 3% purity 3% ones 3% didst 3% clear 1% messengers 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: chosen onesfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §112: every Prophetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: Saintsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: Thou didst ordainthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen ones
