Prayers and Meditations — §833
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 833 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَكَ الْحَمْدُ يَا إِلٓهِي بِمَا أَيَّدْتَنِي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنَائِكَ وَعَرَّفْتَنِي مَشْرِقَ آيَاتِكَ وَجَعَلْتَنِي خَاضِعًا لِرُبُوبِيَّتِكَ وَخَاشِعًا لِأُلُوهِيَّتِكَ وَمُعْتَرِفًا بِمَا نَطَقَ بِهِ لِسَانُ عَظَمَتِكَ.
إِلَهِي إِلَهِي عِصْيَانِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرِي وَغَفْلَتِي أَهْلَكَتْنِي كُلَّمَا أَتَفَكَّرُ فِي سَوْءِ عَمَلِي وَحُسْنِ عَمَلِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast aided me to remember Thee and to praise Thee, and hast made known unto me Him Who is the Dayspring of Thy signs, and hast caused me to bow down before Thy Lordship, and humble myself before Thy Godhead, and to acknowledge that which hath been uttered by the Tongue of Thy grandeur.
Translation Notes
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §266: glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: yield Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: the praisegleaningsGWB §610: Render thanks
SE expanded to “O my God”
SE expanded to “hast aided me”
aid 36% assist 24% strengthened 8% assisted 8% enable 4% strengthen 4% hath 4% graciously 4% hast 4% confirmeth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assistgleaningsGWB §101: We strengthenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to aid themthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: confirmeth thee inwill-and-testamentW&T §26: Give them Thy graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: aidgleaningsGWB §396: assistedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: hast aided me
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: describegleaningsGWB §257: them that heedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: of themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “to praise Thee”
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 §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: from celebrating Thy praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: SecondarilygleaningsGWB §321: createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: extolepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
This form usually rendered as “enabled”, “enable”, “didst” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast made known unto me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: men of understandinggleaningsGWB §2: the All-Perceivingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: renownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: failed to recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the dayspringfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §670: a radiancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: most resplendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: fourth Ishraq
SE expanded to “of Thy 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 §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §506: the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: with the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses
SE expanded to “hast caused me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §234: God hath made theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: beetleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §634: enable methe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: an act
This form usually rendered as “submissive”, “lowly”, “meekness” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: HumilitygleaningsGWB §656: humble and subservientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: humbly bowedthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: in submissionwill-and-testamentW&T §17: lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: “Let every soul be subjectgleaningsGWB §13: humility and submissivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: boweth humbly
SE expanded to “before Thy Lordship”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §380: created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
This form usually rendered as “recognizeth”, “humble” (5 occurrences)
recognizeth 50% humble 50%
SE expanded to “before Thy Godhead”
SE expanded to “hath been uttered”
This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “glory”, “greatness” (64 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of Thy grandeur”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the Most GreatgleaningsGWB §392: so great a bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §411: Most Great Name
SE rendered عَظَمَتِكَ (ʿaẓamatik), إِلَهِي (ʾilahí), إِلَهِي (ʾilahí), عِصْيَانِي (ʿiṣyání) as “of Thy grandeur”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath darkenedfire-tabletFire §35: singleaningsGWB §656: of his evil doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §658: rebelliouswill-and-testamentW&T §17: against himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: evil doingsgleaningsGWB §563: the righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: brokengleaningsGWB §296: They brokeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §33: they have brokenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the violationwill-and-testamentW&T §40: Covenant-breakersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have brokenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: those who have broken
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% manifest 11% revealed 8% hath 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% made 4% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: had been revealedfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §599: proceeded fromkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of God’s Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: revelation of Thy countenancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: strayedgleaningsGWB §36: oblivious ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: so grievouslythe-hidden-wordsHW §122: neglectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: My heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §372: erred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: gem ongleaningsGWB §25: its peopleskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: Every conquerortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in utter falsehood
ponder 46% reflect 22% meditate 19% consider 3% considered 2% pondering 2% visualize 2% minds 2% diligently 2% thoughts 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: conductgleaningsGWB §125: evil doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: doingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: dealingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observewill-and-testamentW&T §39: transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: deeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: most excellentgleaningsGWB §473: best in thy sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §574: that do good
