Prayers and Meditations — §561
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 561 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي إِنِّيْ عَبْدٌ مِنْ عِبادِكَ آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَبِآياتِكَ وَتَرانِيْ يا إِلهِي مُقْبِلاً إِلى بابِ رَحْمَتِكَ وَشَطْرِ عِنايَتِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَسْمائِكَ الحُسْنى وَصِفاتِكَ العُلْيا بِأَنْ تَفْتَحَ عَلَى وَجْهِيْ أَبْوابَ الخَيْراتِ، ثُمَّ وَفِّقْنِيْ عَلَى الحَسَناتِ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ وَالصِّفاتِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be unto Thee, O my God! I am one of Thy servants, who hath believed on Thee and on Thy signs. Thou seest how I have set myself towards the door of Thy mercy, and turned my face in the direction of Thy loving-kindness. I beseech Thee, by Thy most excellent titles and Thy most exalted attributes, to open to my face the portals of Thy bestowals. Aid me, then, to do that which is good, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names and attributes!
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Praise be unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Immensely exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: the oppressedfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §647: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: people fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: among Thy peopletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: I worship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: trustworthygleaningsGWB §621: with the ornament of honestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: beliefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: Thy peacetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: Faithful
SE expanded to “and on Thy signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §368: a sign of His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy most resplendent signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: beholdfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §359: We see in Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: None is therethe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regard
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “face”, “turning” (41 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: prior tofire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §341: bygone ageskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: already in the foregoing pagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: with mine eyes lifted up towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: ChaptergleaningsGWB §463: gateskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the door of Thy gateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §210: its doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the gate
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the God of mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §627: of Mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §416: towards My courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: over Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §657: the meadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: in the directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chamber
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: considerationfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §188: of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: offerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: and Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: by My favorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §313: Thou hast asked Me concerningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: the questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §518: Ye will most certainly be called upon to answerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: art not asked
SE expanded to “Thy most excellent titles”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: in the Most Great Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §43: before His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “heaven”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: to Thy namestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “into”, “good”, “righteousness” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Most ExcellentgleaningsGWB §473: that act generouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: providencewill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: preferablegleaningsGWB §621: the emblems of His generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: which of you excel
SE expanded to “Thy most exalted attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §101: characterizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: traits and limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: depict that placegleaningsGWB §694: can describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: is characterizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: extolling Thy virtues
SE rendered بِأَسْمائِكَ (biʾasmáʾik), الحُسْنى (al-ḥusnى), وَصِفاتِكَ (waṣifátik), العُلْيا (al-ʿulyá), تَفْتَحَ (taftaḥ) as “Thy most excellent titles, Thy most exalted attributes, open”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: unlockedfire-tabletFire §33: the keygleaningsGWB §564: have been able to subdue and conquerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: having opened itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: conquerorfire-tabletFire §33: UnlockergleaningsGWB §564: render him victorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: turn his face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §461: His facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: towards Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
SE rendered وَجْهِيْ (wajhí), أَبْوابَ (ʾabwáb), الخَيْراتِ، (al-khayráti،), وَفِّقْنِيْ (waffiqní) as “my face, the portals, Aid”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §120: unconstrained and sovereignkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: only that which will profit themwill-and-testamentW&T §17: truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: virtuegleaningsGWB §439: profitable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: estranged from UsgleaningsGWB §10: peacekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: agree withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: assist themthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §10: Graciously assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: that thou mayest be assisted thereingleaningsGWB §661: for having enabled me
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: nationgleaningsGWB §130: mortalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: mortalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: and all the kingdomstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy land
