Prayers and Meditations — §811

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 811 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

أَشْهَدُ يَا إِلَهِي بِأَنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنِيْ لِعِرْفَانِكَ وَعِبَادَتِكَ أَشْهَدُ فِيْ هَذَا الحِيْنِ بِعَجْزِيْ وَقُوَّتِكَ وَضَعْفِيْ وَإِقْتِدَارِكَ وَفَقْرِيْ وَغَنَائِكَ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth.

Translation Notes

أَشْهَدُ

ʾashhad sh-h-d → “i bear witness”

literal: witness

SE expanded to “I bear witness”

testify 56% bear 37% “i 1% confess 1% having 1% “i 1% within 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: bear witness fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §2: I find myself compelled to admit kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: will behold prayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: I recognize tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witness the-hidden-wordsHW §3: see

إِلَهِي

ʾilahí ʾ-l-h → “my god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §36: of God’s kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Word prayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

خَلَقْتَنِيْ

khalaqtaní kh-l-q → “thou hast created me”

literal: create; created

SE expanded to “Thou hast created me”

thou 67% hast 17% didst 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: created fire-tabletFire §40: wert created gleaningsGWB §664: your creation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: are created of Thee prayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: and all that is therein tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast created epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: character

لِعِرْفَانِكَ

liʿirfánik ʿ-r-f → “to know thee”

literal: knowledge; know; knower

SE expanded to “to know Thee”

knowledge 77% know 5% wisdom 5% may 3% attempts 3% immeasurable 3% sublime 3% known 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the fragrance gleaningsGWB §669: the profoundest thinker kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deeds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: of true knowledge prayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Thou hast revealed unto her tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to see the-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledge epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: fragrance

وَعِبَادَتِكَ

waʿibádatik ʿ-b-d → “and to worship thee”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

SE expanded to “and to worship Thee”

servants 48% servant 16% men 13% people 10% worship 3% adored 3% unto 2% man 2% among 2% object 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: others fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §573: for such of His servants kitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: ‘Abdu prayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: the ones tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service will-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of God

الحِيْنِ

al-ḥín ḥ-y-n → “moment”

literal: time; time/moment; moment

moment 45% time 11% hour 11% when 8% day 5% every 5% until 5% instantly 5% times 5% present 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: forthwith gleaningsGWB §612: on the Day when kitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And then prayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my life epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: soon gleaningsGWB §372: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereupon prayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Wherefore

بِعَجْزِيْ

biʿajzí ʿ-j-z → “to my powerlessness”

literal: powerlessness

SE expanded to “to my powerlessness”

powerlessness 57% unto 14% utter 14% helplessness 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: none can produce gleaningsGWB §449: can thwart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: incapacity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: is a mere abject one will-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed me epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: capable gleaningsGWB §220: No kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: miracle

وَقُوَّتِكَ

waqúqatik q-w-y → “and to thy might”

literal: strength; power

SE expanded to “and to Thy might”

might 41% power 32% strength 14% through 5% whose 5% strengthened 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: into the sense gleaningsGWB §597: the force kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: Thy might the-hidden-wordsHW §68: of might will-and-testamentW&T §53: the power epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: force gleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior to

وَضَعْفِيْ

waḍaʿfí ḍ-ʿ-f → “weakness” Distinctive

literal: weak; weakness; weaken

This form usually rendered as “poverty” (1 occurrences)

weakness 20% weak 16% feeble 16% limited 12% all 12% brought 8% unnerve 4% faint-hearted 4% have 4% double 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: double gleaningsGWB §310: potentially kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought low prayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: helplessness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: faint-hearted gleaningsGWB §366: feeble prayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: frailty epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: have failed to weaken

وَإِقْتِدَارِكَ

waʾiqtidárik q-d-r → “power”

literal: power; powerful

power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: much fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §528: hath limited kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: virtue prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy might, verily, is equal to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are not the-hidden-wordsHW §68: thy capacity

وَفَقْرِيْ

wafaqrí f-q-r

literal: poverty

SE rendered وَضَعْفِيْ (waḍaʿfí), وَإِقْتِدَارِكَ (waʾiqtidárik), وَفَقْرِيْ (wafaqrí) as “to my poverty, and to Thy wealth”

poor 52% poverty 24% paupers 6% destitute 5% passages 3% matter 2% one 2% destitution 2% misery 2% subject 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: one who is poor gleaningsGWB §268: my poverty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: poverty-stricken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the poverty the-hidden-wordsHW §128: poor,”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: this particular imputation gleaningsGWB §408: for the poor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: one of these instances

وَغَنَائِكَ

waghanáʾik gh-n-y

literal: rich; wealth; riches

SE rendered وَإِقْتِدَارِكَ (waʾiqtidárik), وَفَقْرِيْ (wafaqrí), وَغَنَائِكَ (waghanáʾik) as “and to Thy wealth”

riches 45% wealth 45% self-sufficiency 3% plenteousness 3% immensity 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: All-Possessing gleaningsGWB §275: Self-Sufficient kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: the wealthy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: chanteth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singeth tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealth the-hidden-wordsHW §130: him, who, being rich will-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of

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