Prayers and Meditations — §638
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 638 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَعْلَمُ بَلائِي وَما وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الَّذِيْنَ طافُوا حَولِي مِنَ العِبادِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا بِآياتِكَ الكُبْرى وَأَعْرَضُوا عَنْ طَلْعَتِكَ النَّوْرآءِ، وَعِزَّتِكَ قَدْ بَلَغَتِ البَلايا إِلى مَقامٍ لا تُحْصى وَلا تَجْرِيْ مِنْ قَلَمِ الإِنْشآءِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! Thou beholdest my tribulations and all that hath befallen me at the hands of such of Thy servants as keep company with me, who have disbelieved in Thy most resplendent signs, and turned back from Thy most effulgent Beauty. I swear by Thy glory! Such are the troubles that vex me, that no pen in the entire creation can either reckon or describe them.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Glorified art Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Far be it, then, from Thy glorytablet-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 §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §262: God’s truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: O my God—hathtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “knowest”, “well” (54 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §341: exposedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §110: such agonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: hath been sorely afflictedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulation
SE expanded to “that hath befallen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: voicegleaningsGWB §213: There hath befallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: came untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: what hath befallenwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: aimedgleaningsGWB §212: the things that have befallen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: attaining
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Spot round whichgleaningsGWB §219: circlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: gatheredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: hath circledtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: round which have circledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §23: the peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circled about
SE rendered الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín), طافُوا (ṭáfúá), حَولِي (ḥawlí), العِبادِ (al-ʿibád), الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín) as “who, keep company with, servants”
now 43% round 13% times 9% conditions 7% around 7% state 5% present 4% circumstances 4% power 4% therefore 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §35: these peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Thy servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servants
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §221: those that have repudiated the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: have denied Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: such as have denied Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: O ye unbelievers!gleaningsGWB §593: have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: disbelieved in
SE expanded to “Thy most resplendent signs”
signs 55% utterances 18% verses 8% most 6% utterance 3% words 3% sweetness 3% repudiated 2% through 2% truth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §113: hath repudiated His signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: and of Thine utterancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
SE rendered الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín), كَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِآياتِكَ (biáyátik), الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), وَأَعْرَضُوا (waʾaʿraḍúá), طَلْعَتِكَ (ṭalʿatik) as “who, have disbelieved, Thy most resplendent signs, and turned back, Thy most effulgent Beauty”
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: arrogancegleaningsGWB §612: transcendent glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: disdainfullytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: their pride
SE expanded to “and turned back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: turned asidegleaningsGWB §712: shall turn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: to contendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: opposed metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: denials
This form usually rendered as “face”, “countenance”, “whose” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy most effulgent Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that haply thou mayest recognizefire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §95: Countenanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: fromtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
SE rendered وَأَعْرَضُوا (waʾaʿraḍúá), طَلْعَتِكَ (ṭalʿatik), النَّوْرآءِ، (an-nawráʾi،), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik), بَلَغَتِ (balaghat) as “and turned back, Thy most effulgent Beauty, I swear by Thy glory, are the”
SE expanded to “I swear by Thy glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy powergleaningsGWB §489: He exaltethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: Thy glory is my witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessed
This form usually rendered as “reached”, “hath”, “such” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: teachfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §575: teachethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: endueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: nor failed to shed abroadtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sublime retreatfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §107: the occasionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: In itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: steeledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE rendered البَلايا (al-baláyá), مَقامٍ (maqámin), تُحْصى (tuḥṣى), تَجْرِيْ (tajrí), قَلَمِ (qalam) as “troubles, that vex, no, can either, pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: countlessgleaningsGWB §305: can searchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: We notedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: must remain inscrutable to everyone exceptthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have We set downgleaningsGWB §704: He Who is the Reckoner
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “sail”, “emboldened” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: carry it outgleaningsGWB §219: to cause tears to flowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: hath streamedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §636: may flow downtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: her handmaidensthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath emboldenedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: audaciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: been announced
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pensgleaningsGWB §281: of Whose Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy most august Penwill-and-testamentW&T §54: to appear asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pengleaningsGWB §59: O Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms
الإِنْشآءِ،
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of creationgleaningsGWB §2: by Thee and are but the evidences of Thine handiworkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: sprungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: belowwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thingsgleaningsGWB §59: the world of creation
