Prayers and Meditations — §542
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 542 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي قَدْ قَدَّرْتَ لِعِبادِكَ المُقَرَّبِينَ فِي رِضْوانِكَ الأَعْلَى مَقاماتٍ لَوْ يَظْهَرُ مَقامٌ مِنْها لَيَنْصَعِقُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ يَرَوْنَهُ المُلُوكُ لَيَنْقَطِعُنَّ عَنْ مَمالِكهِمْ وَيَتَوَجَّهُنَّ إِلى المَمْلُوكِ الَّذِيْ اسْتَظَلَّ فِي جِوارِ رَحْمَتِكَ الكُبْرى فِي ظِلِّ اسْمِكَ الأَبْهی،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast, in Thine all highest Paradise, assigned unto Thy servants such stations that if any one of them were to be unveiled to men’s eyes all who are in heaven and all who are on earth would be dumbfounded. By Thy might! Were kings to witness so great a glory they would, assuredly, rid themselves of their dominions and cleave to such of their subjects as have entered beneath the shadow of Thine immeasurable mercy and sought the shelter of Thine all-glorious name.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §597: veilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: Greatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Lauded and glorifiedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exalted
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
SE expanded to “unto Thy servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §717: the Object of the adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to worship Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
SE rendered قَدَّرْتَ (qaddart), لِعِبادِكَ (liʿibádik), المُقَرَّبِينَ (al-muqarrabín), رِضْوانِكَ (riḍwánik) as “assigned, unto Thy servants, in Thine all highest Paradise”
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
رِضْوانِكَ
literal: paradise; paradise, divine pleasure
SE expanded to “in Thine all highest Paradise”
SE rendered رِضْوانِكَ (riḍwánik), الأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), مَقاماتٍ (maqámátin), لَوْ (law), يَظْهَرُ (yaẓhar), مَقامٌ (maqámun) as “in Thine all highest Paradise, stations, if, unveiled, any one of them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the sake of thefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §633: mightkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: high be He upliftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: hath elevatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high
station 32% stations 21% exalted 11% concerning 5% most 5% mission 5% honor 5% glory 5% environment 5% various 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: instancefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §526: take up armskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: ushered inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: with such constancytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “show” (76 occurrences)
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: perpetratedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §320: its manifold revelations.…kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: actualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and didst through Him uncovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Our Tabletfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §279: their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: in heaventablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbiláprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §584: men
SE expanded to “By Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is itfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §534: preciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: exalted
This form usually rendered as “see”, “regard”, “may” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: their possessionsgleaningsGWB §279: others will possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thine own Kingdom endurethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: ridgleaningsGWB §4: failkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: be rid of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: cease
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “shall”, “cleave” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “entered beneath the shadow”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: overshadowedgleaningsGWB §572: cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: clouds,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: his most exalted homethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §5: under the shadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the clouds
SE rendered اسْتَظَلَّ (istaẓall), جِوارِ (jiwár), رَحْمَتِكَ (raḥmatik), الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), ظِلِّ (ẓill) as “entered beneath the shadow, Thine immeasurable mercy, and sought, the shelter”
SE expanded to “Thine immeasurable mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: most mightygleaningsGWB §23: most grievouskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the disdainful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “most”, “glorious” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §273: My gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
