Prayers and Meditations — §230
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 230 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ بِوَحْدانِيَّةِ نَفْسِهِ وَلِذاتِهِ بِفَرْدانِيَّةِ ذاتِهِ وَنَطَقَ بِلِسانِهِ فِي عَرْشِ بَقائِهِ وَعُلُوِّ كِبْرِيائِهِ بِأَنَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ هُو، لَمْ يَزَلْ كانَ مُوَحِّدَ ذاتِهِ بِذاتِهِ وَواصِفَ نَفْسِهِ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمُنْعِتَ كيْنُونَتِهِ بِكيْنُونَتِهِ وَإِنَّهُ هُو الْمُقْتَدِرُ الْعَزِيزُ الجَميلُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God testifieth to the unity of His Godhood and to the singleness of His own Being. On the throne of eternity, from the inaccessible heights of His station, His tongue proclaimeth that there is none other God but Him. He Himself, independently of all else, hath ever been a witness unto His own oneness, the revealer of His own nature, the glorifier of His own essence. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Beauteous.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “testified” (26 occurrences)
hath 32% have 18% testified 9% borne 9% testifieth 9% witnesseth 5% pronounced 5% detected 5% sweetness 5% pleasant 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §97: to the truth of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of His Godhood”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: through its own selfgleaningsGWB §45: by His own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: His followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: by any soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: self
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: one commonfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §382: true believers in the Unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: uniqueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: them who have recognized Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
SE expanded to “of His own Being”
oneness 38% unity 17% incomparable 16% singleness 9% paradise 6% one 5% peerless 3% lonely 2% single 1% helplessness 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §545: forsakenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: in utter lonelinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the All-Highest Paradiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: the Peerless
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “spoken”, “spoke” (43 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the voicegleaningsGWB §464: mouthskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with my tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: tonguesgleaningsGWB §347: in that tongue
This form usually rendered as “incorruptible”, “survival”, “perpetual” (8 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (43 occurrences)
loftiness 30% transcendent 15% exalted 11% heights 11% sublime 7% lofty 7% excellence 7% glory 4% all-glorious 4% high-minded 4%
This form usually rendered as “grandeur”, “glory”, “station” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of GrandeurgleaningsGWB §230: greet theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stone.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: waxed proudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §6: more glaring
This form usually rendered as “time”, “all”, “hath” (31 occurrences)
time 20% all 20% hath 16% everlasting 12% throughout 8% ever 8% invariably 4% never 4% will 4% eternity 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §115: at any timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ye ceased notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: to everlasting, continuethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §301: hath existed from eternity
This form usually rendered as “revealer” (1 occurrences)
attributes 66% description 9% describe 7% attribute 6% describing 2% most 2% express 2% described 2% characterized 2% highest 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §3: such strivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: is characterizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §311: can never be describedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and all the attributes
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “thou” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: withhold it from shininggleaningsGWB §117: impenetrablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: hinder metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Highest
SE expanded to “His own essence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §138: Such indeed is Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: they areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: that they may betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest abide
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: capablefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §264: predestinationkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of His providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: Do Thou destinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: pride MyselfgleaningsGWB §116: existencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §227: He is the Mightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thy glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: wilt cherish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: on one occasiongleaningsGWB §56: of Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §51: for My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
