Prayers and Meditations — §287
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 287 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي يَشْهَدُ لِسانُ سِرِّي وَجَهْرِي وَأَعْضائِي وَجَوارِحِي وَعُرُوقِي وَأَشْعارِي بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقَدَّسًا عَنِ الأَمْثالِ وَالأَشْباهِ وَمُنَزَّهًا عَمَّا فِي الإِبْداعِ وَالاخْتِراعِ، كُنْتَ فِي أَزَلِ الآزالِ مُتَوَحِّدًا بِسُلْطانِ تَفْرِيدِكَ وَمُتَعالِيًا مِنْ شُئُوناتِ خَلْقِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! My tongue, both the tongue of my body and the tongue of my heart, my limbs and members, every pulsating vein within me, every hair of my head, all proclaim that Thou art God, and that there is none other God beside Thee. From everlasting Thou hast been immeasurably exalted above all similitudes and comparisons, and sanctified from whatsoever pertaineth to the creation Thou hast created and fashioned. From eternity Thou hast been alone, with none to share the majesty of Thy singleness, and hast remained far above the changes and chances to which all Thy creatures are subjected.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to Theefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §673: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: Praised be 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 “Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Godheadfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §725: O my God”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “beareth”, “testifieth”, “testify” (57 occurrences)
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: “I testifyfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §316: perceptionkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: provedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
SE expanded to “tongue, both the tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: your tonguegleaningsGWB §535: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with eloquencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: in the languagegleaningsGWB §622: in the Arabic tongue
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “secret”, “inmost” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy mysteriesgleaningsGWB §712: or pleasekitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: precedethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: consciencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: surreptitiously
This form usually rendered as “body” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: the restgleaningsGWB §527: restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: limbswill-and-testamentW&T §17: membersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: memberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: my veinswill-and-testamentW&T §38: those of Englandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: limb of My body
gleaningsGWB §163: my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: memberswill-and-testamentW&T §3: sore woundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: members of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: trespassesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: The limbs of my bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: within my limbs
This form usually rendered as “every”, “veins” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: veinfire-tabletFire §50: their veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my veinstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: Arabianwill-and-testamentW&T §18: lineagefire-tabletFire §50: veinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: myprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every pulsating vein within me
This form usually rendered as “every”, “head” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §39: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: unmindfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicatinggleaningsGWB §551: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: shake off the slumber of negligence and realize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: perpetuallygleaningsGWB §546: the Ever-Abidingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: continue to remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §321: hath everlastingly existed
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint PaulgleaningsGWB §6: Unsearchable and high abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: purgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: infinitely exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: such deeds as thesewill-and-testamentW&T §5: angelicepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Aqdas
such 33% like 31% similar 15% likeness 5% equal 3% resemble 3% uttered 3% violence 3% likenesses 3% comparisons 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: such asgleaningsGWB §259: whatkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: For instance,prayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: for such as are like unto usthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: like
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: distrustgleaningsGWB §375: likenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: likenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: and idle fancieswill-and-testamentW&T §1: doubtfulnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: all comparisongleaningsGWB §432: all otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: misgiving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sanctifiedfire-tabletFire §31: Thy holinessgleaningsGWB §115: is exalted beyondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: freeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and to sanctify itthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy freedomwill-and-testamentW&T §21: detached from earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the purity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: BadigleaningsGWB §176: this wondrous favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the tokens and signstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: in the whole universegleaningsGWB §286: truth
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “created” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §281: the Unconstrainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: Preferepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creationgleaningsGWB §3: inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: my choicethe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of brevity
eternity 37% everlasting 11% through 11% ever 11% time 5% before 5% unto 5% forever 5% eternally 5% throughout 5%
gleaningsGWB §258: beforekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: that immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine everlastingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §4: ancient eternitygleaningsGWB §93: unfadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the Eternal Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thine everlasting sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: all its peoples be unitedfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §358: of all menkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of divine Unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: Incomparabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: powergleaningsGWB §484: every kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: potenciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the King oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: Paradisefire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §198: of Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: peerlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: the One
This form usually rendered as “most”, “far”, “exalted” (32 occurrences)
most 26% far 19% exalted 15% transcendent 7% glorious 7% inaccessible 7% immeasurably 7% all-highest 4% sublime 4% will 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Most Sublimefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §299: the Inaccessiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: shall be proclaimed.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: magnifyingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §375: How puny and insignificantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: a praiseworthy characterfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: human beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: Fountaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: hath been created
