Prayers and Meditations — §325
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 325 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي كُلَّمَا يَخْطُرُ بِقَلْبِي ذِكْرُكَ وَثَنائُكَ يَأْخُذُنِي الجَذْبُ وَالانْجِذابُ عَلَى شَأْنٍ يَمْنَعُنِي عَنِ الذَّكرِ وَالبَيِانِ وَيُرْجِعُنِي إِلى مَقامٍ أُشاهِدُ هَيْكَلِي نَفْسَ ذِكْرِكَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِكَ وَكَيْنُونَةَ ثَنائِكَ بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ، مَتَى يَكُونُ يَكُونُ ثَنائُكَ مُنْتَشِرًا بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ وَذِكْرُكَ مَذْكورًا بَيْنَ بَرِيَّتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I am reminded of Thee and muse on Thy virtues, I am seized with such ecstasies and am so enravished by Thee that I find myself unable to make mention of Thy name and to extol Thee. I am carried back to such heights that I recognize my self to be the same as the remembrance of Thee in Thy realm, and the essence of Thy praise among Thy servants. As long as that self endureth, so long will Thy praise continue to be shed abroad among Thy creatures and Thy remembrance glorified by Thy people.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Praised be Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: laud Thee through Himfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §1: Lauded and glorified art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: immeasurably high art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
This form usually rendered as “am” (2 occurrences)
momentous 20% challenging 13% peril 13% nature 13% such 7% idle 7% am 7% reach 7% imaginations 7% perilous 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: perilgleaningsGWB §528: and challengingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: their idle fancy hath carvedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: I am remindedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: perilouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: dangerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: momentousgleaningsGWB §363: such momentous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their heartsgleaningsGWB §636: of men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: want of understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: will turn wholly towardstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §35: heart-rendingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the hearts
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: the references We have madegleaningsGWB §71: Make, then, mention ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: meantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and of remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
وَثَنائُكَ
literal: praise; praise, commendation
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “extol”, “celebrate” (71 occurrences)
SE expanded to “muse on Thy virtues”
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §46: and celebrate His praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: to celebrate Thy praisewill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: praisegleaningsGWB §627: and to celebrate Thy praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: so carried awayfire-tabletFire §3: O EnchantergleaningsGWB §555: ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: I have been so carried awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: been enrapturedgleaningsGWB §233: which have causedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Draw
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 §200: stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §314: the true stature of such a soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: the excellencethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinction
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “find” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Debar notgleaningsGWB §23: hindered themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: to hinder Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: incomparabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarreth
utterance 65% divine 7% eloquence 5% tongue 5% through 5% glorification 5% unto 2% ornament 2% articulate 2% book 2%
This form usually rendered as “am” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: returnedgleaningsGWB §502: to retract and repudiatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: “return,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: must shamethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §25: must be referredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: to address theegleaningsGWB §449: Cast away, therefore,
SE rendered وَالبَيِانِ (wálbayián), وَيُرْجِعُنِي (wayurjiʿuní), مَقامٍ (maqámin), أُشاهِدُ (ʾusháhid) as “Thy name, am carried back, I recognize”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: straightfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §29: shookkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wherever they wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: to be steadfasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: the martyrsfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §685: findeth itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: your witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: my recognitiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE rendered مَقامٍ (maqámin), أُشاهِدُ (ʾusháhid), هَيْكَلِي (haykalí), نَفْسَ (nafs), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik) as “I recognize, the remembrance of Thee, Thy realm”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: embodiment offire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §277: tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §52: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: angelicthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Temple
SE rendered أُشاهِدُ (ʾusháhid), هَيْكَلِي (haykalí), نَفْسَ (nafs), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), مَمْلَكَتِكَ (mamlakatik) as “I recognize, the remembrance of Thee, Thy realm”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: for thyselfgleaningsGWB §650: one of My followerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: resideth withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my own wish
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy realmgleaningsGWB §595: the Ancient Kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: O Thou Who art my Governortablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: or themselves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: dweltgleaningsGWB §567: who are well aware howkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: attaintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hapless creaturesfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §312: the souls of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: and the Object of their adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servants
SE expanded to “be shed abroad”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: spreadinggleaningsGWB §16: promotekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: be spreadwill-and-testamentW&T §27: diffusionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §81: Spread abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §388: the creaturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: I would not have createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye were created
SE rendered وَذِكْرُكَ (wadhikruk), مَذْكورًا (madhkúran), بَرِيَّتِكَ، (baríratika،) as “Thy remembrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §122: emergeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: unto Thy peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the recoverygleaningsGWB §155: healed
