Prayers and Meditations — §572
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 572 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَالحَمْدُ لِنَفْسِكَ فِي كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All praise be to Thy Self at all times and under all conditions. Thou art, verily, the God of knowledge and wisdom.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “All praise be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §412: Magnified be Thy namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: “Praised betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §63: Lauded art Thou
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: their owngleaningsGWB §376: The one true Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the minds of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: in Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: some person
times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: in this daygleaningsGWB §633: around Whomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: What “oppression” isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §21: their manners
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “all-wise” (121 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of knowledge”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: teachingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §276: enlightenedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: the fateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: world of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: through the power of wisdomgleaningsGWB §488: of judgeskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: conclusiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: astablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §6: into the hands of the government
