Prayers and Meditations — §198
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 198 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تَرَى يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّ البَهَاءَ يَذْكرُكَ بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ وَرَدَ عَلَيهِ مِنَ البَلايا ما لا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحْصِيَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ نَفْسُكَ وَيُثْنِيكَ فِيْ السِّجْنِ بِما أَلْهَمْتَهُ مِنْ بَدائِعِ وَصْفِكَ عَلَى شَأْنٍ ما مَنَعَتْهُ الأَعدآءُ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou dost witness, O my God, how He Who is Thy splendor calleth Thee to remembrance, notwithstanding the manifold troubles that have touched Him, troubles which none except Thee can number. Thou beholdest how, in His prison-house, He recounteth Thy wondrous praises with which Thou didst inspire Him. Such is His fervor that His enemies are powerless to deter Him from mentioning Thee, O Thou Who art the Possessor of all names!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Thou dost witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regardfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §533: Perceived ye notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: regardthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: mirrors
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §531: By the righteousness of the one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “bahá”, “glory”, “heart” (90 occurrences)
SE expanded to “He Who is Thy splendor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §207: the glory of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: for myselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §661: of Glory
This form usually rendered as “can”, “may”, “remembereth” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “calleth Thee to remembrance”
can 18% may 9% remembereth 9% doth 9% calleth 9% glorified 9% praiseth 9% remember 9% adequately 9% attempt 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: rememberethgleaningsGWB §19: tributes I have paid to Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: recountethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §407: the glorificationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §180: participatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: sore-triedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: committedgleaningsGWB §507: hath enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: have entered
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflictedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §184: the tribulation I sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: every manner of adversitythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
This form usually rendered as “reckon”, “incalculable”, “can” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: but a man likegleaningsGWB §669: human mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the unitygleaningsGWB §670: Should any man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: for their own sakesgleaningsGWB §508: your imaginations have devisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: resideth withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: passions
This form usually rendered as “recounteth” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: and magnifieth Thy namewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the latter
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 §94: into prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §4: that Prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: imprisonedgleaningsGWB §225: captivityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: hath been shut up
This form usually rendered as “didst” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine InspirationgleaningsGWB §691: Divine inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and Thine inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: inspirationgleaningsGWB §635: will inspireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thine inspirationgleaningsGWB §163: inspired meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §575: Inspire them
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §556: uttermost cornerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: melodiousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: the wondrous manifestationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §683: marvelous
SE rendered أَلْهَمْتَهُ (ʾalhamtah), بَدائِعِ (badáʾiʿ), وَصْفِكَ (waṣfik), شَأْنٍ (shaʾanin), مَنَعَتْهُ (manaʿath) as “inspire, wondrous, fervor, deter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §3: such strivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: adornedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: Howsoeverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §669: from either human pen or tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: recount His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: that shall speak of Thee
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rankfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §408: the honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: concerning Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the rulingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neither
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “thou” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: may withholdgleaningsGWB §199: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: prevent them from attaining untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: hath power to hindertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessible
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of the transgressorsfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §158: a transgressorkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: preparedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: all their adversariesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §4: the hostility
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He Who is the LordgleaningsGWB §511: any kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: this material universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: in Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: any namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §286: His attributekitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: through Whose namestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
