Prayers and Meditations — §134
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 134 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ما أَعْظَمَ يا إِلهِي هذا الصُّنْعَ الأَكْبَرَ وَما أَكْمَلَ هذا الخَلْقَ الَّذِيْ مِنْهُ تَحَيَّرَتْ أَفْئِدَةُ أَهْلِ العِبَرِ وَالفِكْرِ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى المِيقاتُ وَظَهَرَ القَضآءُ بَعْدَ القَدَرِ بِالإمْضاءِ أَنْطَقْتَهُ بِثَنائِكَ وَأَسْرارِكَ بَيْنَ مَلإِ الإِنْشآءِ يا مالِكَ الأَسْمآءِ وَفاطِرَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، وَبِهِ نَطَقَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَتَوَجَّهَ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ إِلى مَلَكُوتِ أَمْرِكَ وَسُلْطانِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How great, O my God, is this Thy most excellent handiwork, and how consummate Thy creation, which hath caused every understanding heart and mind to marvel! And when the set time was fulfilled, and what had been preordained came to pass, Thou didst unloose His tongue to praise Thee, and to lay bare Thy mysteries before all Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names, and the Fashioner of earth and heaven! Through Him all created things were made to glorify Thee, and to celebrate Thy praise, and every soul was directed towards the kingdom of Thy revelation and Thy sovereignty.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: sublimegleaningsGWB §721: gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: the greatness of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God hathfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: God, the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thy most excellent handiwork”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: formethgleaningsGWB §707: their authorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: sweet inventionthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: madewill-and-testamentW&T §6: forgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thine handiworkgleaningsGWB §118: Thine handiwork
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), الصُّنْعَ (aṣ-ṣunʿ), الأَكْبَرَ (al-ʾakbar), أَكْمَلَ (ʾakmal) as “my God, Thy most excellent handiwork, how consummate”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: GreatgleaningsGWB §122: unfailingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: magnifying it intablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §6: more glaring
This form usually rendered as “most”, “excelled”, “other” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: with the utmostgleaningsGWB §685: completekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: was incompleteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: the things that have been perfected thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have perfectedwill-and-testamentW&T §18: learningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: to the utmostgleaningsGWB §287: perfected
SE rendered أَكْمَلَ (ʾakmal), الخَلْقَ (al-khalq), تَحَيَّرَتْ (taḥayyarat) as “how consummate, hath caused every”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §568: him who was createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: I would not have createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: bring creation into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that people
This form usually rendered as “marveleth”, “marvelleth”, “marvel” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: astonishedgleaningsGWB §159: perplexitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: How strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: have perplexedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: marvelgleaningsGWB §322: is perplexedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: bewilderingly mysterious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §1: the human heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: His breastthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: in the hearts of mengleaningsGWB §537: the minds
SE rendered تَحَيَّرَتْ (taḥayyarat), أَفْئِدَةُ (ʾafʾidah), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), العِبَرِ (al-ʿibar), وَالفِكْرِ، (wálfikri،), فَلَمَّا (falammá) as “hath caused every, understanding heart, mind, And”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: peoplesfire-tabletFire §41: the stirrersgleaningsGWB §590: blind in heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: they that followprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: The learned
SE rendered تَحَيَّرَتْ (taḥayyarat), أَفْئِدَةُ (ʾafʾidah), أَهْلِ (ʾahl), العِبَرِ (al-ʿibar), وَالفِكْرِ، (wálfikri،), فَلَمَّا (falammá), أَتَى (ʾatá) as “hath caused every, understanding heart, mind, And, came”
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: tearsgleaningsGWB §439: blowingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: the textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: the tears I shedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: by these wordsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: Take, then, good heedgleaningsGWB §542: Profit by their examplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: utterances
This form usually rendered as “mind” (1 occurrences)
ponder 42% reflect 22% meditate 20% consider 4% thoughts 2% minds 2% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% wert 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: MeditategleaningsGWB §305: Consider thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: wert thou to meditate uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: and were he to musethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: PondergleaningsGWB §695: insight!…
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: broken loosegleaningsGWB §692: whom God hath endued withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: then produceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: giventhe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: HourgleaningsGWB §519: shall be pronounced against youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: should come down
SE expanded to “the set time”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: timegleaningsGWB §569: until such timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: what hourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: the time which Thou hast fixedthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: chanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: at timesgleaningsGWB §552: hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: in their day
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: had been revealedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §303: revealeth Himself unto menkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: There shall appearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: the facetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: outwardly it
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “god’s” (27 occurrences)
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
SE rendered وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), القَضآءُ (al-qaḍáʾ), القَدَرِ (al-qadar), بِالإمْضاءِ (biálʾimḍáʾ), أَنْطَقْتَهُ (ʾanṭaqtah) as “preordained, Thou didst”
SE rendered وَظَهَرَ (waẓahar), القَضآءُ (al-qaḍáʾ), القَدَرِ (al-qadar), بِالإمْضاءِ (biálʾimḍáʾ), أَنْطَقْتَهُ (ʾanṭaqtah), بِثَنائِكَ (bithanáʾik) as “preordained, Thou didst, praise Thee”
irrevocable 67% divine 33%
This form usually rendered as “have”, “didst” (2 occurrences)
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: praise TheegleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: and from magnifying Thy namewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §396: magnifykitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Rejoicest thou ingleaningsGWB §357: am his mystery.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: inmost beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the manifestation of Thy well-guarded secrettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Concoursefire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
الإِنْشآءِ
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: creationgleaningsGWB §2: by Thee and are but the evidences of Thine handiworkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: sprungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: the kingdom of creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: belowwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: created thingsgleaningsGWB §49: the entire creation
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: they themselvesgleaningsGWB §104: temporalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: the supremacytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: their possessions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: in his namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §285: the conceptionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: any onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: through the power of the true FaithgleaningsGWB §128: by virtue of their own innate powerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleavingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath broken itthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: aimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the MakergleaningsGWB §87: rentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §435: the beasts of the fieldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: on Thine earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the Land
SE rendered وَالسَّمآءِ، (wálssamáʾi،), وَبِهِ (wabih), نَطَقَ (naṭaq), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), وَثَنائِكَ (wathanáʾik), وَتَوَجَّهَ (watawajjah) as “heaven, Through Him, made, glorify, Thy, was”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: the willgleaningsGWB §378: each and every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: by the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
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 §205: relategleaningsGWB §64: call to remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: such termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: in rememberingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
This form usually rendered as “turning”, “turn”, “set” (118 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: to set his face in the direction offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §503: thou wouldst completely ignore themkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: consider themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: namegleaningsGWB §283: of the fleshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: of His Godhoodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: you
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 §11: Thy Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §724: this Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: admonished them to hold fast untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: through the power of Thy decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §550: Ancient of Dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: set over themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: another
