Prayers and Meditations — §327
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 327 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يُقاسَ أَمْرُكَ بِأَمْرٍ أَوْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِ الأَمْثالُ أَوْ يُعْرَفَ بِالمَقالِ، لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ وَما كانَ مَعَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِمِثْلِ ما كُنْتَ فِي عُلُوِّ ذاتِكَ وَسُمُوِّ جَلالِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted, immeasurably exalted art Thou above any attempt to measure the greatness of Thy Cause, above any comparison that one may seek to make, above the efforts of the human tongue to utter its import! From everlasting Thou hast existed, alone with no one else beside Thee, and wilt, to everlasting, continue to remain the same, in the sublimity of Thine essence and the inaccessible heights of Thy glory.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Exalted, immeasurably exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Greatfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §287: God, the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: immensely exalted 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 “can” (1 occurrences)
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
SE rendered يُقاسَ (yuqás), أَمْرُكَ (ʾamruk), بِأَمْرٍ (biʾamrin), يَرْجِعَ (yarjiʿ) as “measure, Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retoldgleaningsGWB §650: repairedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: “return,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: return unto Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §53: was thus confoundedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: to returngleaningsGWB §465: might return
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: likenessgleaningsGWB §122: like you.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: Thus, byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: and comparisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: such as are like thee
SE rendered يُعْرَفَ (yuʿraf), بِالمَقالِ، (biálmaqáli،), تَزَلْ (tazal) as “import, From everlasting”
can 24% recognize 19% know 14% known 10% comprehend 10% recognizeth 5% maketh 5% discover 5% perceive 5% apprehendeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: to do that which is praiseworthygleaningsGWB §312: to the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: by the light of His recognitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: hath made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: godly man
This form usually rendered as “words” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Say:gleaningsGWB §107: utteranceskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: And they sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: and saithtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §649: At no timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: for everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: andthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §595: hath never ceased
SE rendered مَعَكَ (maʿak), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), تَزالُ (tazál), تَكُونُ (takún), بِمِثْلِ (bimithl) as “to everlasting, continue to remain, same”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: possessionsgleaningsGWB §409: things.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: Primal Willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: through the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “continue to remain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: artgleaningsGWB §239: thoughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: that the seal thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: is countedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
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%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: glorified befire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §188: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: of ‘Alíprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the sublimity of Thy stationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §92: unchangeable Beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my very essencewill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §536: by My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recesses
SE rendered عُلُوِّ (ʿulúl), ذاتِكَ (dhátik), وَسُمُوِّ (wasumúm), جَلالِكَ، (jalálika،) as “sublimity, Thine essence, Thy glory”
sublimity 29% exaltation 12% inaccessible 12% transcendent 12% most 6% noble 6% advancement 6% promote 6% glory 6% station 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: which he hath entitledfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §168: thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: its peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: inaccessible heightstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: sublimegleaningsGWB §546: grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: however great their nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: loftinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: distinguishedgleaningsGWB §656: great glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: gracious and lovingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thy glory
