Prayers and Meditations — §786

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 786 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَشْهَدُ أَلْسُنُ المُمْكِناتِ عَلَى سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ وَعَلَى فَقْرِيْ وَافْتِقارِيْ عِنْدَ ظُهُوراتِ غَنائِكَ، اِذًا يا إِلهِي فَانْظُرْ هذا الْعاصِيَ الَّذِيْ طَرْ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! The tongues of all created things testify to Thy sovereignty and Thine omnipotence, and proclaim mine own poverty and my wretchedness when face to face with the revelations of Thy wealth. Look, then, O my God, upon this sinner whose gaze hath, at all times, been fixed upon the source of Thy forgiveness, and whose eyes have been bent upon the horizon of Thy grace and Thy gifts.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ

subḥának s-b-ḥ → “praised be thou”

literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise

SE expanded to “Praised be Thou”

glorified 27% lauded 19% praised 14% glory 12% praise 10% magnified 6% exalted 5% all 3% unto 2% “glory 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Everything celebrateth gleaningsGWB §152: All-Glorious kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veil prayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: Lauded and glorified tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on high epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the veils gleaningsGWB §48: the impediments

اللَّهُمَّ

al-lahumm ʾ-l-h → “o lord” Distinctive

literal: God; divine; god

SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestial gleaningsGWB §148: this God-given kitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mystic prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writ epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity gleaningsGWB §560: is

تَشْهَدُ

tashhad sh-h-d → “testify” Distinctive

literal: witness; witnessed

This form usually rendered as “bearest”, “thou”, “proclaim” (18 occurrences)

bearest 21% thou 14% proclaim 14% thereby 7% beholdest 7% witnessed 7% witness 7% testifiest 7% beareth 7% acknowledgeth 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: viewed fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §320: that beareth witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: to suffer martyrdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: compelled to recognize tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found them the-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death

أَلْسُنُ

ʾalsun l-s-n → “tongues”

literal: tongue; tongue, language; tongues

tongues 36% tongue 36% languages 14% now 7% language 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Mine inner tongue gleaningsGWB §346: a language kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §280: of his the-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languages gleaningsGWB §1: no tongue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speech

المُمْكِناتِ

al-mumkinát m-k-n → “of all created things”

literal: possible things

SE expanded to “of all created things”

all 49% entire 21% created 14% creatures 5% creation 5% things 2% souls 2% every 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation fire-tabletFire §20: every creature gleaningsGWB §708: of all mankind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: attachments prayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: the contingent world the-hidden-wordsHW §128: secure will-and-testamentW&T §17: subordination epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created things

سَلْطَنَتِكَ

salṭanatik s-l-ṭ → “thy sovereignty”

literal: sovereignty

sovereignty 85% through 5% beseemeth 3% transcendent 3% ascendancy 3% power 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the kings gleaningsGWB §474: towards his king kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: before Thy sovereignty tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just king epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King of

وَاقْتِدارِكَ

wáqtidárik q-d-r → “and thine omnipotence”

literal: power; powerful

SE expanded to “and Thine omnipotence”

power 34% might 32% omnipotence 9% dominion 8% through 4% potency 4% sovereign 4% overpowering 2% strength 2% hand 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: many fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §532: achieve kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: least prayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: the potency of Thy tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might

وَعَلَى

waʿalá ʿ-l-w → “most”

literal: highest; upon; exalted

most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: magnified be His fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §48: that excelleth all other kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: exalted are prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: immeasurably exalted above tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §98: celestial

فَقْرِيْ

faqrí f-q-r → “mine own poverty”

literal: poverty

SE expanded to “mine own poverty”

poverty 75% mine 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: poor gleaningsGWB §594: to the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poor?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: as destitute the-hidden-wordsHW §128: poor,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: subject gleaningsGWB §268: paupers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: task

ظُهُوراتِ

ẓuhúrát ẓ-h-r → “revelations”

literal: manifestation; manifest

revelations 34% manifestations 16% revelation 13% evidences 13% manifold 10% tokens 5% all 3% first 2% signs 2% testimonies 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: while fire-tabletFire §38: prevail gleaningsGWB §49: the manifestations thereof kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstrating kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: Light prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: of emulating tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory

غَنائِكَ،

ghanáʾika، gh-n-y → “of thy wealth”

literal: rich; wealth; riches

SE expanded to “of Thy wealth”

riches 44% wealth 41% self-sufficiency 4% plenteousness 4% there 4% poor 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung gleaningsGWB §295: profit kitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: ‘riches’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: either intone tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singeth tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealth the-hidden-wordsHW §57: rich in its possession epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: possessest shall profit

فَانْظُرْ

fánẓur n-ẓ-r → “gaze”

literal: look; looking

consider 16% gaze 16% look 16% contemplate 11% behold 11% eyes 11% “look 5% “witness 5% ponder 5% set 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: whose eyes are fixed fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §640: Pay thou no heed kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze upon kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: I contemplate tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation

الْعاصِيَ

al-ʿáṣí ʿ-ṣ-y → “sinner”

literal: disobedience; disobey; disobedient

sinner 56% righteous 11% rebellious 11% mercy 11% rebel 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sinner fire-tabletFire §35: sin gleaningsGWB §491: rebel kitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: grievous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: a sinner will-and-testamentW&T §58: obeyeth him not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: every trace of sinfulness gleaningsGWB §137: perversity of

طَرْ

ṭar ṭ-r-f → “eyes”

literal: side; regions; sides

eyes 25% mine 20% both 10% side 10% gaze 10% some 5% places 5% regions 5% various 5% daytime 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: both sides gleaningsGWB §70: in the daytime kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: both the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: gaze tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her brow will-and-testamentW&T §38: those parts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: eyes gleaningsGWB §40: side

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