Prayers and Meditations — §618
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 618 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَسُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ اسْتَقَرَّ جَمالُكَ عَلَى عَرْشِ أَمْرِكَ، وَبِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ تُبَدِّلُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَحْشُرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَسْأَلُ عَنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَتَجْزِيْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَحْفَظُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ وَتَرْزُقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَتَرْفَعُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِأَنْ تَحْفَظَ هذِهِ الأَمَةَ الَّتِيْ لاذَتْ لِجِنابِكَ وَالْتَجَأَتْ بِمَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ وَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beg of Thee by Thy Name through which He Who is Thy Beauty hath been stablished upon the throne of Thy Cause, and by Thy Name through which Thou changest all things, and gatherest together all things, and callest to account all things, and rewardest all things, and preservest all things, and sustainest all things—I beg of Thee to guard this handmaiden who hath fled for refuge to Thee, and hath sought the shelter of Him in Whom Thou Thyself art manifest, and hath put her whole trust and confidence in Thee.
Translation Notes
فَسُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Glory be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Magnified betablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exalted
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
This form usually rendered as “beseech”, “implore”, “entreat” (155 occurrences)
SE expanded to “I beg of Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §354: I ask Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore Thee
SE expanded to “by Thy Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: heaven of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §46: Our namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: to Thy namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
SE expanded to “hath been stablished”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the place of sacrificegleaningsGWB §650: to its retreats of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: confess and acknowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and set uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: fairest and most comelygleaningsGWB §694: beauty.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: thronegleaningsGWB §210: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §605: laws He hath prescribedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: all actsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: Thy Commandmenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
This form usually rendered as “barter”, “alter”, “changed” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bartergleaningsGWB §404: convertingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: barteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been turnedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter notwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were converted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §484: beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thy primal willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoever
وَتَحْشُرُ
literal: gather; gathered; gathering, resurrection
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “gatherest” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will gathergleaningsGWB §176: spiritual resurrectionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and gatherest together all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: gatheredgleaningsGWB §686: I have summonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “resurrection,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: gathered together
This form usually rendered as “rewardest” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: JudgmentgleaningsGWB §67: recompense theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: as a recompenseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: as a punishmentgleaningsGWB §246: shall recompenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: a rewardgleaningsGWB §239: and shall be repaid
This form usually rendered as “protect”, “guard”, “shield” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Commit it to memorygleaningsGWB §475: strict guardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: Guard metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §3: the protectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: hath sheltered
supply 67% sustainest 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: attaingleaningsGWB §449: Who hath nourished theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: partake of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my foodwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Vouchsafe unto themgleaningsGWB §688: sustaining gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: sustenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: nourish
SE rendered وَتَرْزُقُ (watarzuq), شَيْءٍ، (shayʾin،), وَتَرْفَعُ (watarfaʿ), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), تَحْفَظَ (taḥfaẓ) as “and sustainest, things—I, to guard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidengleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaiden
This form usually rendered as “hath” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: whosoever hath repaired unto Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: hath fledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelter
This form usually rendered as “excellence” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath” (1 occurrences)
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: revealedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §558: unfoldkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: shownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thou didst show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “Whom Thou Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: themselvesgleaningsGWB §534: for youkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: sordid machinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: every breath I have breathedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
