Prayers and Meditations — §27
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 27 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
بِاسْمِكَ الأَعْظَمِ وَسُلْطانِكَ الأَقْدَمِ بِأَنْ تَنْظُرَ أَحِبَّتَكَ الَّذِينَ اضْطَرَبَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ فِيما وَرَدَ عَلَى مَظْهَرِ نَفْسِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I implore Thee, by Thy Most Great Name, and Thy most ancient sovereignty, to look upon Thy loved ones whose hearts have been sorely shaken by reason of the troubles that have touched Him Who is the Manifestation of Thine own Self. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered بِاسْمِكَ (biásmik), الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), وَسُلْطانِكَ (wasulṭánik) as “by Thy, Most Great, Thy most ancient sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: is His namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §200: of His nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: transcendenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §375: the All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: the greatness of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: greatgleaningsGWB §717: The source of all majesty
SE expanded to “Thy most ancient sovereignty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: power of His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §56: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereignty
SE rendered الأَعْظَمِ (al-ʾaʿẓam), وَسُلْطانِكَ (wasulṭánik), الأَقْدَمِ (al-ʾaqdam), تَنْظُرَ (tanẓur), أَحِبَّتَكَ (ʾaḥibbatak) as “Most Great, Thy most ancient sovereignty, look upon, Thy loved ones”
ancient 52% eternity 9% footsteps 7% feet 7% step 6% eternal 5% everlasting 5% past 4% ever-abiding 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Eternityfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §51: of thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: His imperishable Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: by Thy footstepstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: on his waywill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §51: He Who is the Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: with Thy lovetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have been sorely shaken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: hath struck terror intogleaningsGWB §70: shall tremblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: fear and tremblingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: perturbed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §111: radiant heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: in the heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: to my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: changed
This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: fromgleaningsGWB §594: Be as a lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: intowill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: togleaningsGWB §468: underprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: according towill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
SE expanded to “troubles that have touched”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: have befallengleaningsGWB §507: hath enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: reachingwill-and-testamentW&T §49: foemenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: hath been recordedgleaningsGWB §218: already perpetratedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: enter
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: informfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §311: will manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: temporalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: in all the glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “of Thine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: utterancesgleaningsGWB §655: May my soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the deadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: His own naturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily”
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongstgleaningsGWB §409: things.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: resplendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: willing
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: taughtfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §122: kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: “None knowethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: of all Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
