Prayers and Meditations — §188
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 188 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ الَّذِيْ سُجِنَ فِي العَكَّا وَتَراهُ يا إِلهِي بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الأَعْداءِ وَتَحْتَ سُيُوفِ الأَشْقِيآءِ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مُسْتَقِيمًا عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَناظِرًا إِلى شَطْرِهِ فِيْ كُلِّ الأَحْوالِ بِحَيْثُ لا يَمْنَعُنِي شَيْءٌ عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْهِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name Who hath been shut up in the prison-town of ‘Akká, and Who—as Thou beholdest, O my God—hath fallen into the hands of His enemies, and is threatened by the swords of the wicked doers, to make me steadfast in His Cause, and to direct mine eyes continually towards His court, in such wise that nothing whatsoever will have the power to turn me back from Him.
Translation Notes
سُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Unto Thee be praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: celebratethfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §80: cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: immensely 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 “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §449: God, the Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “I beseech Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §630: I pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the intricaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: to beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: askinggleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: the questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: Thee
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), سُجِنَ (sujin) as “O my God—hath, I beseech Thee, by Thy, Most Great, Who hath been shut”
name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: supremegleaningsGWB §305: most mysteriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: too weighty and pregnantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: authoritythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiest
This form usually rendered as “prison”, “prison-city”, “imprisonment” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Who hath been shut”
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Our prisongleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Housekitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: prison-city ofwill-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of His prison-citygleaningsGWB §658: suffering imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: into prison
SE expanded to “Who—as Thou beholdest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: a dreamfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §466: thou seest Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: Thou dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: that thou mayest behold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §163: rodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §615: the eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
SE rendered أَيْدِي (ʾaydí), الأَعْداءِ (al-ʾaʿdáʾ), وَتَحْتَ (wataḥt), سُيُوفِ (suyúf), الأَشْقِيآءِ (ash-shqíáʾ) as “of His enemies, and is threatened, by the swords, of the wicked doers”
under 36% beneath 28% mercy 8% faced 4% pursued 4% lower 4% threatened 4% fallen 4% notwithstanding 4% neath 4%
SE expanded to “by the swords”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: the swordgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy swordgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: bladesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: with the swords
SE expanded to “of the wicked doers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: O wretched, wretched that I am!gleaningsGWB §374: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: those people of wickednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: the workers of iniquitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedgleaningsGWB §312: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the wickedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: dealt wickedly
This form usually rendered as “number”, “grant”, “suffer” (40 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to make me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath ordainedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §480: to deckkitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §577: to enable ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou arisestfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: walked steadfastlykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: I arosetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE expanded to “in His Cause”
This form usually rendered as “fix”, “fixed”, “thou” (63 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: was promptedfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §351: turn thine eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: to fix their gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
SE expanded to “towards His court”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §109: from place to placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §806: courtsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: chambergleaningsGWB §638: yourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: retreats on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to Persia
SE rendered شَطْرِهِ (shaṭrih), الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní) as “towards His court, to turn me back”
times 31% conditions 28% circumstances 14% all 8% ever 6% condition 3% state 3% may 3% conduct 3% continually 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: the present daygleaningsGWB §657: His strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: how great is the changeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: round Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
SE rendered الأَحْوالِ (al-ʾaḥwál), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), يَمْنَعُنِي (yamnaʿuní), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun) as “to turn me back, nothing whatsoever”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “find” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to turn me back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterredgleaningsGWB §506: hinderedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: withhold metablet-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 §143: forbade it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: whom He willethgleaningsGWB §479: whom He willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “turning”, “turn”, “set” (118 occurrences)
SE expanded to “will have the power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Turning Our facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §59: and turn thou towardskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: have fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
