Prayers and Meditations — §529
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 529 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَى مَقَرِّي وَمَقامِي وَتَشْهَدُ اضْطِرابِي وَاضْطِرارِيْ وَضُرِّيْ وَابْتِلائي بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَئُونَ آياتِكَ وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمُنْزِلِها، وَيَدْعُونَ أَسْمائَكَ وَيَعْتَرِضُونَ عَلَى مُوجِدِها وَيَسْتَقْرِبُونَ بِاسْمِكَ الحَبِيبِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ مَحْبُوبَ العالَمِينَ، إِلهِي وَسَيِّدِي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest my low estate and the habitation wherein I dwell, and bearest witness unto my perplexity, my crying needs, my troubles, and the afflictions I suffer among Thy servants who recite Thy verses and repudiate their Revealer, who call on Thy names and cavil at their Creator, who seek to draw nigh unto Him Who is Thy Friend and put to death Him Who is the Best-Beloved of the worlds.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Glorified art Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §122: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: All praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exalted
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “dwelling-place”, “dwelling” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: worthy of credencegleaningsGWB §593: the abodekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: that have testifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: have testifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: made the seatthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §8: quietness
This form usually rendered as “sense”, “such”, “station” (32 occurrences)
SE expanded to “habitation wherein I dwell”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the peoplefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §411: he may occupykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the plenteousnesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE expanded to “and bearest witness”
bearest 21% thou 14% proclaim 14% thereby 7% beholdest 7% witnessed 7% witness 7% testifiest 7% beareth 7% acknowledgeth 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: be disclosedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §365: hath been foundkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: witness.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §530: gaze ontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
This form usually rendered as “perplexity”, “unto” (2 occurrences)
perplexity 50% unto 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fearfulgleaningsGWB §567: feared and trembledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §27: have been sorely shakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbedwill-and-testamentW&T §34: perturbed
This form usually rendered as “needs”, “crying” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm TheegleaningsGWB §475: may harmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: of the stirrers of mischieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the blindgleaningsGWB §475: and mischief hurt thee
وَابْتِلائي
literal: tribulation; affliction; trial
SE expanded to “and the afflictions I suffer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrowsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: The trials Thou sendestthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a new trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troubles
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Perused ye notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: To be recitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Chant itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: “PerusegleaningsGWB §85: Read ittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the one who chantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: read
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §357: Our signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His verses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidelsgleaningsGWB §272: betray notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: the infidelsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: an act of impietytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: disbelievedgleaningsGWB §531: cast it behind your backs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: sent downgleaningsGWB §493: hathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: “comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the Revealertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
This form usually rendered as “summon”, “claim”, “cry” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “who call on”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: summoned, and art still summoninggleaningsGWB §356: claimkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: callethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: and have summonedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: beseecheth Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: of Hisfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §97: the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: by Thy name, the All-Glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
SE expanded to “and cavil at”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: that have gone astraygleaningsGWB §25: have strayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: disbelievedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: such as have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: turned away from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: nothingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §222: could relievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: Notwithstandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: learningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: despite
SE expanded to “who seek to draw nigh”
This form usually rendered as “lover”, “beloved”, “well-beloved” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “unto Him Who is”
SE expanded to “and put to death”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: have slaingleaningsGWB §453: ye slewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: homicideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and put to deathwill-and-testamentW&T §54: made to perishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘SlaygleaningsGWB §452: been put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: slaying others.”
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: apparentfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §51: the whole of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: a knowledge”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: of the entire creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
SE rendered مَحْبُوبَ (maḥbúb), العالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), وَسَيِّدِي (wasayyidí) as “Him Who is the Best-Beloved, of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: SiyyidgleaningsGWB §404: corrosionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: LordgleaningsGWB §181: descendant of the Prophetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: SiyyidsgleaningsGWB §230: from afar
