Prayers and Meditations — §8
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 8 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ ابْتُلِيَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي المُشْرِكينَ مِنْ بَرِيَّتِكَ، وَأَحَاطَتْهُ الأَحْزانُ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ عَلَى شَأْنٍ لا يُذْكَرُ بِالبَيانِ، بِأَنْ تُوَفِّقَنِي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ فِيْ هذِهِ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي كُلٌّ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْ جَمالِكَ، وَاعْتَرَضُوا عَلَيْكَ، وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا عَلَى مَظْهَرِ أَمْرِكَ، أ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Him Who is Thy Most Great Name, Who hath been sorely afflicted by such of Thy creatures as have repudiated Thy truth, and Who hath been hemmed in by sorrows which no tongue can describe, to grant that I may remember Thee and celebrate Thy praise, in these days when all have turned away from Thy beauty, have disputed with Thee, and turned away disdainfully from Him Who is the Revealer of Thy Cause. None is there, O my Lord, to help Thee except Thine own Self, and no power to succor Thee save Thine own power.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GraciousgleaningsGWB §122: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: All praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §597: veils
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §259: questionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: I pray Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §112: I beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
SE expanded to “Thy Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: your exaltationfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §652: the cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: these namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), ابْتُلِيَ (ibtulí) as “my God, beseech, Thy Most Great Name, afflicted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: MightygleaningsGWB §108: limitless bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: supreme achievementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: immensethe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §606: however meritorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Troublesfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §600: affliction.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: He might proveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §539: the world’s afflictionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: a new trialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
SE rendered ابْتُلِيَ (ibtulí), أَيْدِي (ʾaydí), المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín) as “afflicted, such of Thy creatures”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §466: ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §615: under the eyes of
SE rendered المُشْرِكينَ (al-mushrikín), بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،), وَأَحَاطَتْهُ (waʾaḥáṭath), الأَحْزانُ (al-ʾaḥzán) as “such of Thy creatures, hemmed in, sorrows”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: menfire-tabletFire §7: mankindgleaningsGWB §384: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of them
وَأَحَاطَتْهُ
literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed
This form usually rendered as “encompassed”, “have”, “compassed” (33 occurrences)
encompassed 32% have 18% compassed 14% hath 14% whisperings 4% enveloped 4% all-encompassing 4% encompasseth 4% blew 4% encompass 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassingfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §390: embracethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: have compassed me aboutthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: compassed me about
SE rendered الأَحْزانُ (al-ʾaḥzán), الجِهاتِ (al-jihát), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar) as “sorrows, describe”
SE rendered شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar) as “describe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §620: the stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: Such arethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §46: in such wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of Thine exaltation
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: remember MegleaningsGWB §102: referredkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: every mentiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE rendered يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar), بِالبَيانِ، (biálbayáni،), تُوَفِّقَنِي (túaffiqaní) as “describe, I may”
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
تُوَفِّقَنِي
literal: agreement; grant success; grant-success
This form usually rendered as “strengthen”, “assist”, “aid” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: unitedlygleaningsGWB §396: strengthenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: hath recognizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou hast graciously enabledwill-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailing helpepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: unitygleaningsGWB §502: him tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: by
SE expanded to “celebrate Thy praise”
praise 46% celebrate 9% virtues 9% extol 9% celebrating 7% glorify 6% extolling 6% magnifying 4% muse 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §205: that magnify His Namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: His praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: to celebrate Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to daygleaningsGWB §250: days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days whengleaningsGWB §504: is this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: time
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: disputedgleaningsGWB §181: have objectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: who hast turned away
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: brieflygleaningsGWB §125: My beauteous Namekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: Beauteoustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Blessed Beauty
This form usually rendered as “have”, “turned” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: most greatgleaningsGWB §230: greet theekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: stationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
SE expanded to “Him Who is the Revealer”
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the revelationfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §109: treatedkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thou didst raise Him uptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
