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 طَرْفُهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ كانَ ناظِرًا إِلى شَطْرِ غُفْرانِكَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُتَوَجِّهًا إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to Theefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: Praisedtablet-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 §86: Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §299: I swear by Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: God forbid!—orprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
thou 19% bearest 19% testify 13% proclaim 13% beholdest 6% witnessed 6% witness 6% testifiest 6% proclaimeth 6% confesseth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: shouldst Thou beholdfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §365: hath been foundkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §35: evident and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: and creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §622: in the Arabic tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with eloquencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the tonguegleaningsGWB §174: said
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: attainable infire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §404: empowered to accomplishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: the souls of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: entire creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: homelesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: MajestygleaningsGWB §481: Allow notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: and Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%
SE expanded to “mine own poverty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: passagesgleaningsGWB §387: poor and desolatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: All thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: is poor and desolatethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: poor,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: this particular imputationgleaningsGWB §408: for the poorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: that poor man
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: outerfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §2: They Who are the highest Embodimentskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: unveilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: were to be unveiledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My manifestation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: rich onesgleaningsGWB §479: His treasureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: those possessed of wealthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: and to Thy wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: of my transgressionsfire-tabletFire §35: singleaningsGWB §651: the sinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this transgressorthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: rebellionwill-and-testamentW&T §17: rebelleth against him and against themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my rebelliousness
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “mine”, “some” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversariesgleaningsGWB §40: From every sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: uttermost cornersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: with the eyes oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her browwill-and-testamentW&T §38: those partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: eyesgleaningsGWB §70: in the daytime
SE expanded to “at all times”
time 20% all 20% hath 16% everlasting 12% throughout 8% ever 8% invariably 4% never 4% will 4% eternity 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetuallygleaningsGWB §37: even unto this daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: through eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt everlastingly continue to remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §213: still
This form usually rendered as “direction”, “towards”, “court” (92 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chambergleaningsGWB §109: from place to placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: in the directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: towardsgleaningsGWB §470: uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: every directionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to Persia
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: may God forgive himfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §412: O Thou that forgivestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: revealedst Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: latefire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: in Mine heartgleaningsGWB §159: and the sayings of the infidels will distract his soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: bewildermentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: were rent asundertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §30: agitatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: of Mine heart
This form usually rendered as “set”, “face”, “directed” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: face offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §381: have turned wholly towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: turning towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bestgleaningsGWB §13: I am to be preferred above youkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: exalted youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: and generositytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §299: the Most Powerfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: favorswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: \‘The All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §477: hath favored theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: Thy manifold bountieswill-and-testamentW&T §56: gift
