Prayers and Meditations — §1
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 1 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهي يَشْهَدُ كُلُّ ذِي بَصَرٍ بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ وَاقْتِدَارِكَ وَكُلُّ ذِي نَظَرٍ بِعَظَمَتِكَ وَاجْتِبارِكَ؛ لا تَمْنَعُ الْمُقَرَّبينَ أَرْياحُ الافْتِتانِ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلى أُفُقِ عِزِّكَ. وَلا تَطْرُدُ المُخْلِصِينَ عَواصِفُ الامْتِحانِ عَنِ التَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Every man of insight confesseth Thy sovereignty and Thy dominion, and every discerning eye perceiveth the greatness of Thy majesty and the compelling power of Thy might. The winds of tests are powerless to hold back them that enjoy near access to Thee from setting their faces towards the horizon of Thy glory, and the tempests of trials must fail to draw away and hinder such as are wholly devoted to Thy will from approaching Thy court.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §597: burn awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §825: Exalted art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §205: her Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE rendered سُبْحانَكَ (subḥának), إِلهي (ʾilhí), يَشْهَدُ (yashhad), ذِي (dhí), بَصَرٍ (baṣarin), بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ (bisalṭanatik) as “Glorified, Lord my God, man, insight, Thy sovereignty”
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: bear witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §394: Considerkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: of Martyrsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: readily discovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of discernmentgleaningsGWB §288: with both your inner and outer eyekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the eyes of all mentablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keengleaningsGWB §118: mine eye
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 §227: by His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §163: through the potency of Thy mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of the Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: may prevailtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings
This form usually rendered as “power”, “might”, “omnipotence” (64 occurrences)
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 §8: of Thy ordinancefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §311: and powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: the dispensationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: through Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: be in thy power
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Ye are allgleaningsGWB §617: them, one and allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: all the peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: they whothe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §33: withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the wholegleaningsGWB §124: all-embracing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: mightygleaningsGWB §606: however meritoriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatest
This form usually rendered as “compelling” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: dominionfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §632: the Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Thy dominiontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
تَمْنَعُ
literal: prevent; prevented; prevention
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “are powerless to hold back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: forbiddengleaningsGWB §81: undeterredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: withstandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheld
الْمُقَرَّبينَ
literal: nearness; near; bring near
This form usually rendered as “such”, “nigh”, “who” (59 occurrences)
SE expanded to “them that enjoy near access”
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy presencefire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §60: immortalitykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: is at hand.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: having near accesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the soulsfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §167: His quickening Spiritkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the breath of lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: their spiritstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a breath of My own Spirit
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My presencefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §411: fix their heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §717: who hath set his facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy mightgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §720: through the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By Thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §243: Our banishmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: outcastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Cast not awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: to have been banishedgleaningsGWB §464: reject Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: cast Him out from their midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: Cast us not away
المُخْلِصِينَ
literal: sincere; pure; sincere ones
SE expanded to “such as are wholly devoted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: deliver themfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §572: Disencumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: whosoever is wholly devoted unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purestwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of the sincere
SE expanded to “tempests of trials”
SE rendered المُخْلِصِينَ (al-mukhliṣín), عَواصِفُ (ʿawáṣif), الامْتِحانِ (al-ámtiḥán), التَّقَرُّبِ (at-taqarrub) as “such as are wholly devoted, the tempests of trials, from approaching”
