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، وَعِزَّ
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §80: cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Magnified be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thou
This form usually rendered as “god”, “divine”, “god’s” (277 occurrences)
SE expanded to “O my Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §10: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “knowest”, “thou”, “art” (54 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Omniscientfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §275: of His creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §640: been subjectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: woesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose calamitythe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a new trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: camegleaningsGWB §486: and aid thee to enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: attain the meadsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have befallen mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: have been recordedgleaningsGWB §507: hath enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partaking
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §542: round whom in life circledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian communityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: circumambulatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §24: kindredsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circledgleaningsGWB §216: will circle
SE rendered الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín), طافُوا (ṭáfúá), حَولِي (ḥawlí), العِبادِ (al-ʿibád), الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín) as “who, keep company with, servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: under all circumstancesgleaningsGWB §41: todaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: in that very statetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: deniedgleaningsGWB §359: believed notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: had disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: disbelievedgleaningsGWB §593: have disbelieved
SE rendered العِبادِ (al-ʿibád), الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín), كَفَرُوا (kafarúá), بِآياتِكَ (biáyátik), الكُبْرى (al-kubrى), وَأَعْرَضُوا (waʾaʿraḍúá) as “servants, who, have disbelieved, in Thy, most resplendent, and turned back”
signs 42% utterances 25% verses 8% repudiated 4% utterance 4% words 4% tokens 4% greatest 4% kingdom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: by His signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy signs
most 33% mighty 13% supreme 7% resplendent 7% immeasurable 7% which 7% measureless 7% transcendent 7% entire 7% tribulations 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: conceitgleaningsGWB §533: and of His sovereigntykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Magnifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
SE expanded to “and turned back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: they that have repudiated UsgleaningsGWB §427: renouncekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: rejection of the Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and cavil attablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: oppose
This form usually rendered as “face”, “countenance”, “whose” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Arisefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §612: the revealerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: Revealer of Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: shedfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §156: beaming with lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: inner Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: luminous countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: an eternal light
SE expanded to “I swear by Thy glory”
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy powerfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §481: noble and worthy of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: divinethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glory
