Prayers and Meditations — §25
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 25 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي، لَمْ أَدْرِ بِأَيِّ ماءٍ خَلَقْتَنِي وَبِأَيِّ نارٍ اشْتَعَلْتَنِي وَبِأَيِّ تُرابٍ عَجَنْتَنِي، قَدْ تَمَّتْ أَمْوَاجُ البُحُورِ وَما تَمَّتْ أَمْواجُ هذا البَحْرِ الَّذِيْ مَوَّجَتْهُ أَرْياحُ مَشِيَّتِكَ، قَدْ خَمَدَتْ كُلُّ نارٍ وَمَا خَمَدَتْ هذِهِ النَّارُ الَّتِيْ اشْتَعَلْتَها بِأَيْدِي قُدْرَتِكَ وَاشْتَهَرْتَها بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ، كُلَّما يَشْتَدُّ البَلايا يَزْدادُ لَهِيبُها،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Magnified be Thy name, O Lord my God! I know not what the water is with which Thou hast created me, or what the fire Thou hast kindled within me, or the clay wherewith Thou hast kneaded me. The restlessness of every sea hath been stilled, but not the restlessness of this Ocean which moveth at the bidding of the winds of Thy will. The flame of every fire hath been extinguished except the Flame which the hands of Thine omnipotence have kindled, and whose radiance Thou hast, by the power of Thy name, shed abroad before all that are in Thy heaven and all that are on Thy earth. As the tribulations deepen, it waxeth hotter and hotter.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “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 “O Lord my God”
SE expanded to “I know not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: know notgleaningsGWB §616: most effulgentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: I cannot thinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: rise toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: knowing notgleaningsGWB §563: oceanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: understanding heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I know not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §12: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: in the watersgleaningsGWB §311: leavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: the waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregs
SE expanded to “Thou hast created me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creaturesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §618: all menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: whose very creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye were created
This form usually rendered as “thou” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hast kindled within me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flamefire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §653: set on firekitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: glow with the hottest flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: have kindledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: burned high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §672: that dwell upon the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: their resting-placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: dust-heapepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: dustgleaningsGWB §685: claykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the lowly dust
This form usually rendered as “wherewith” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been stilled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: will perfectgleaningsGWB §116: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: be perfectedthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: fully vouchsafedwill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: fullygleaningsGWB §260: fulfilled.”
This form usually rendered as “billows”, “billowing”, “ocean” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §15: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: by the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §706: His Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Each and every thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: willesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
خَمَدَتْ
literal: extinguish; extinguished; extinguishing
SE expanded to “hath been extinguished”
quench 45% quenched 9% extinguish 9% extinguished 9% dispirited 5% quenching 5% shall 5% would 5% can 5% chilled 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §40: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled heartgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §627: in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §43: Thou in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: his handgleaningsGWB §85: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
This form usually rendered as “power”, “might”, “through” (103 occurrences)
power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%
This form usually rendered as “whose” (1 occurrences)
well-known 21% month 13% city 13% thou 8% cities 8% widely 8% spread 8% well 8% fame 8% allowances 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: two whole monthsgleaningsGWB §452: monthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: spreadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: Thou hast noised abroadwill-and-testamentW&T §13: renownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Sacred MonthgleaningsGWB §453: spread abroadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: reputed
SE expanded to “of Thy name”
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 §168: namedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §347: Thine All-Glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the soilfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §435: the beasts of the fieldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: and all the dwellers of the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earth
This form usually rendered as “deepen” (1 occurrences)
tribulations 13% more 13% intensity 13% terrible 13% waxed 8% have 8% great 8% vexations 8% sore 8% tribulation 8%
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 §40: the tribulations I sufferfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §498: which We have sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: was condemnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §420: and the afflictions which beset methe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: adversity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: add fresh recruitsgleaningsGWB §321: “Increasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: outweighedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: fuller measurewill-and-testamentW&T §35: waxed fiercerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: its potencygleaningsGWB §254: will add untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: extravagance
gleaningsGWB §71: undyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: ragethgleaningsGWB §118: consumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: the consuming power of its flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: or abate the consuming flameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: glowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: hotter and hotter
