Prayers and Meditations — §775
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 775 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
الَّذِيْ ظَهَرَ مِنْهُ وَأَعْطَيْتَهُ بِجُودِكَ وَكَرَمِك، فَيا إِلهِي أَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ بِهِ ظَهَرَتْ آياتُكَ الكُبْرى وَسَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتُكَ الأَشْياءَ لَوْلاهُ ما هَدَرَتِ الوَرْقاءُ وَما غَنَّ عَنْدَلِيْبُ السَّنآءِ فِي جَبَروتِ القَضَاءِ، وَأَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّ مِنْ أَوَّلِ كَلِمَةٍ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ فَمِهِ وَأَوَّلِ نِداءٍ ارْتَفَعَ مِنْهُ بِمَشِيَّتِكَ وَإِرادَتِكَ انْقَلَبَتِ الأَشْياءُ كُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How great is Thy power! How exalted Thy sovereignty! How lofty Thy might! How excellent Thy majesty! How supreme is Thy grandeur—a grandeur which He Who is Thy Manifestation hath made known and wherewith Thou hast invested Him as a sign of Thy generosity and bountiful favor. I bear witness, O my God, that through Him Thy most resplendent signs have been uncovered, and Thy mercy hath encompassed the entire creation. But for Him, how could the Celestial Dove have uttered its songs or the Heavenly Nightingale, according to the decree of God, have warbled its melody?
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath made known”
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §217: through Thy bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Deal Thou generouslythe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
SE expanded to “and bountiful favor”
bounty 36% generosity 27% favor 9% bountiful 9% shadow 3% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% graciousness 3% grace 3% through 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy bountiful favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: of Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the Bountiful
SE rendered وَأَعْطَيْتَهُ (waʾaʿṭaytah), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَكَرَمِك، (wakaramik،), فَيا (fayá), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَشْهَدُ (ʾashhad) as “hast invested, Thy generosity, and bountiful favor, O, my God, I bear witness”
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
SE expanded to “Thy most resplendent signs”
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 §6: repudiated Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §555: the manifest signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: Thy tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses
This form usually rendered as “most”, “mighty”, “supreme” (45 occurrences)
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 §103: swelleth with pridegleaningsGWB §23: most grievouskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: stationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §60: hath pervadedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: oldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: hath encompassedthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hastenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: surpassedgleaningsGWB §610: have excelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: grasp
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: court of Thy mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §391: token of His all-encompassing mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: of Thine all-encompassing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
This form usually rendered as “all”, “things”, “created” (76 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §463: things,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: of creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: willeth
4 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the Celestial Dove”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: sheetfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenixkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: Mystic Birdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of the Dovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §38: linesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: page
1 occurrence in corpus
3 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered غَنَّ (ghann), عَنْدَلِيْبُ (ʿandalíb), السَّنآءِ (as-sanáʾ), جَبَروتِ (jabarút), القَضَاءِ، (al-qaḍáʾi،) as “have warbled, the Heavenly Nightingale, might, the decree”
glory 50% enlightenment 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: yearsgleaningsGWB §691: most sublimeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: my Lighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: of Glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §64: enlightenmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: yeargleaningsGWB §441: for many a long yearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §46: loftiest mansions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a tyrantfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §427: realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of Thine all-compelling powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Realm of Glory
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: passedfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §191: hath fixedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: wasprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: and ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: earlygleaningsGWB §427: this worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §6: interpretationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: FirstlygleaningsGWB §702: ere he
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath comefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §532: His wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: banishedgleaningsGWB §210: thou art departedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: hath mischief proceededprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: lefttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: foreign countries
SE rendered فَمِهِ (famih), وَأَوَّلِ (waʾawwal), نِداءٍ (nidáʾin), ارْتَفَعَ (irtafaʿ) as “exalted”
SE rendered نِداءٍ (nidáʾin), ارْتَفَعَ (irtafaʿ) as “exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §632: cryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloudprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: by Thy calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: calling aloud saying
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “hath”, “lifted” (32 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: seek togleaningsGWB §232: is Our wishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thou hast desiredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §8: the gracious willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: purposed
