Prayers and Meditations — §851
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 851 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ يا سَيِّدِيْ فَانْظُرْ إِلى صُدُورِ الَّتِيْ تَشَبَّكَتْ مِنْ سِهامِ أَعْدائِكَ فِي مَحَبَّتِكَ، وَعَلَى رُؤُوسِ الَّتِي ارْتَفَعَتْ عَلَى القَناةِ لإِعْلآءِ أَمْرِكَ وَارْتِفاعِ ذِكْرِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْحَمْ قُلُوبَ الَّتِيْ احْتَرَقَتْ مِنْ نارِ حُبِّكَ وَوَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ ما أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ بِعِلْمِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, O my Master! Look, then, upon the hearts which, in their love for Thee, have been transfixed by the darts of Thine enemies, and the heads which were borne on spears for the sake of the exaltation of Thy Cause and the glorification of Thy name. Have pity, then, upon those hearts which have been consumed by the fire of Thy love, and been touched by such tribulations as are known only unto Thee.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
SE expanded to “Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Greatfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §597: burn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all thingstablet-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 §240: the PrincegleaningsGWB §125: the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: a great oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: O my Masterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Masterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: prince
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: turned towardsfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §612: keep your eyes directedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: from gazingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §154: waited expectant
breasts 41% hearts 12% men’s 6% men’s 6% bosoms 6% bosom 6% pronounced 6% sores 6% sicknesses 6% revelation 6%
1 occurrence in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrows
love 50% beloved 16% loved 14% well-beloved 6% best-beloved 4% dear 3% thou 2% who 2% all 1% lover 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: affectionfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §67: and clung to His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: may be abhorrenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §127: lovedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
spear-point 50% spears 50%
exalt 25% glorify 19% exaltation 13% sake 13% magnify 9% exalted 6% magnifying 6% proclaim 3% may 3% glorification 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: heightsfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §311: loftiest mansionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: more excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: from exaltingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: state of affairsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §100: proclaimingkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Revelation isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: through the power of Thy decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: through thy remembrancegleaningsGWB §1: Thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: unto which We have referredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §38: of Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §60: Our loving providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy loving providencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: transformed MegleaningsGWB §228: in travailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: our heartstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: sincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: hearts
SE expanded to “have been consumed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to be consumedgleaningsGWB §497: hath meltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: burntprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: and the anguish that afflictethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: fast consuming theewill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are consumedgleaningsGWB §667: Burn away
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “there”, “suffered” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: voicegleaningsGWB §240: have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: summons ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: have befallen mewill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: have befallengleaningsGWB §218: perpetrated against itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: instance
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “knowest”, “well” (54 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: wisdomfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §622: things abovekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: a learned manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and knowesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
