Prayers and Meditations — §606
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 606 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَشْكُرُكَ يا إِلهَ الأَسْماءِ وَأَحْمَدُكَ يا فاطِرَ السَّمآءِ بِما رَأَيْتُ فِي هذِهِ الأَيَّامِ مِنْ طُغاةِ عِبادِكَ وَبُغاةِ بَرِيَّتِكَ، أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thanks be to Thee, O Thou the Lord of all names; and glory be to Thee, O Maker of the heavens, for all that I have sustained in these days at the hands of such of Thy servants as have transgressed against Thee, and of Thy people that have dealt frowardly towards Thee.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thanks be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankfulfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §607: thankfulnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §111: I render Thee thankstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be
SE expanded to “Thou the Lord”
SE expanded to “of all names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: infire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §380: the Unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: by Thy Most Great Nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
This form usually rendered as “extol”, “sufficiently”, “therefore” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “glory be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §343: Magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: Praised betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §717: All praise be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: true FaithgleaningsGWB §300: regarding the creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: and the Creatortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the power ofgleaningsGWB §87: rentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: unveiled to thine eyesfire-tabletFire §14: Thou seestgleaningsGWB §278: to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: Who—as Thou beholdestwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the mirrorsfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Thy daysgleaningsGWB §286: arekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy dayswill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: when all the tribesgleaningsGWB §303: this Day?”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that day
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of My oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: errorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: the oppressorswill-and-testamentW&T §47: rebelliousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: suchwill-and-testamentW&T §48: misbelievedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: mischief of the rebelliousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: among Thy creatures
SE rendered الأَيَّامِ (al-ʾayyám), طُغاةِ (ṭugháh), عِبادِكَ (ʿibádik), وَبُغاةِ (wabugháh), بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،) as “days, have transgressed, servants, Thy people”
gleaningsGWB §572: your own lustsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and the wickednessthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: dost seekwill-and-testamentW&T §48: rebelledgleaningsGWB §643: corrupt inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: becomeththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: it is incumbentwill-and-testamentW&T §48: meet and seemly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: of Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mengleaningsGWB §584: of their Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: of Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creation
SE rendered بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk) as “Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §265: prayer and entreatykitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: praygleaningsGWB §356: We beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliant
SE rendered بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), تَجْعَلَنا (tajʿalaná) as “Thy people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §656: Aid mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: hath been madethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to make
