Prayers and Meditations — §336
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 336 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
َالأَرَضِينَ يا مَنْ بِكَلِمَةٍ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ انْصَعَقَتِ المُمْكِناتُ وَتَفَرَّقَتْ أَرْكانُها وَبِكَلِمَةٍ أُخْرى اجْتَمَعَتْ وَرُكِّبَ كُلُّ جُزْءٍ بِالْجُزْءِ الآخَرِ، سُبْحَانَكَ يا مَنْ كُنْتَ قادِرًا عَلَى مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمُقْتَدِرًا عَلَى مَنْ فِي جَبَرُوتِ الأَمْرِ وَالْخَلْقِ، لَيْسَ لَكَ شِبْهٌ فِي الإِبْداعِ وَلا مِثْلٌ فِي الاخْتِراعِ، ما عَرَفَكَ نَفْسٌ وَما بَلَغَ إِلَيْكَ أَحَدٌ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ لَوْ يَطِيرُ أَحَدٌ بِأَجْنِحَةِ الغَيْبِ وَالشُّهُودِ فِي هَوآءِ عِرْفانِكَ بِدَوامِ نَفْسِكَ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ أَنْ يَتَجاوَزَ مِنَ الحُدُوداتِ الكَوْنِيَّةِ، مَنْ كانَ شَأْنُهُ هذا كَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَطِيرَ فِي هَوآءِ عِزِّ اَحَدِيَّتِكَ، إِنَّ العارِفَ مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِالعَجْزِ وَاعْتَرَفَ بِالذَّنْبِ لأنَّ الوُجُودَ لَوْ يُذْكرُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified, immeasurably glorified art Thou, in Whose hands is the empire of whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, Thou, Who through but one word of Thy mouth, caused all things to expire and dissolve asunder, and Who, by yet another word, caused whatever had been separated to be combined and reunited! Magnified be Thy name, O Thou Who hast power over all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth, Whose dominion embraceth whatsoever is in the heaven of Thy Revelation and the kingdom of Thy creation. None can equal Thee in Thy created realms; none can compare with Thee in the universe Thou hast fashioned. The mind of no one hath comprehended Thee, and the aspiration of no soul hath reached Thee. I swear by Thy might! Were any one to soar, on whatever wings, as long as Thine own Being endureth, throughout the immensity of Thy knowledge, he would still be powerless to transgress the bounds which the contingent world hath set for him. How can, then, such a man aspire to wing his flight into the atmosphere of Thy most exalted presence?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy words “Despair notfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §540: by yet another wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: the perplexingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speak
thee 38% thou 21% mouth 8% presence 8% possessions 5% possessest 5% possess 5% which 5% dost 3% things 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: in the sightgleaningsGWB §293: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: that which is withthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the governmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: atgleaningsGWB §63: men possess
انْصَعَقَتِ
literal: thunderstruck; swooned; to be thunderstruck, seized with commotion
This form usually rendered as “every”, “caused” (3 occurrences)
SE rendered عِنْدِكَ (ʿindik), انْصَعَقَتِ (inṣaʿaqat), المُمْكِناتُ (al-mumkinát), وَتَفَرَّقَتْ (watafarraqat) as “Thy mouth, caused all things to expire, and dissolve asunder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §278: eye of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of all beingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
This form usually rendered as “scattered”, “dissolve” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrivedfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §38: passingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: someprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §20: breachepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the Qur’án
SE rendered وَتَفَرَّقَتْ (watafarraqat), أَرْكانُها (ʾarkánuhá), وَبِكَلِمَةٍ (wabikalimahin) as “and dissolve asunder, another word”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your limbsgleaningsGWB §244: the limbsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: My very limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our limbsgleaningsGWB §283: the members
SE rendered وَبِكَلِمَةٍ (wabikalimahin), أُخْرى (ʾukhrى), اجْتَمَعَتْ (ijtamaʿat), وَرُكِّبَ (warukkib) as “another word, combined, reunited”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: othergleaningsGWB §68: tonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: “End that knoweth no end”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: worldwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: At lengthgleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: latter
This form usually rendered as “combined”, “reunited” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: AssemblygleaningsGWB §689: the Concourse on high wouldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: leagued togetherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: Assemble themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accordwill-and-testamentW&T §23: unto all
committed 21% perpetrated 17% commit 17% have 17% gave 7% ye 7% riding 3% followeth 3% transgressions 3% used 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gave full reingleaningsGWB §633: hast enteredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: been so harassedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: let the angelic spirits enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: committed thatgleaningsGWB §495: to act
SE rendered اجْتَمَعَتْ (ijtamaʿat), وَرُكِّبَ (warukkib), جُزْءٍ (juzʾin), بِالْجُزْءِ (biáljuzʾ), الآخَرِ، (al-ákhari،), سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának) as “combined, reunited, Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
SE rendered وَرُكِّبَ (warukkib), جُزْءٍ (juzʾin), بِالْجُزْءِ (biáljuzʾ), الآخَرِ، (al-ákhari،), سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának) as “reunited, Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
4 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered جُزْءٍ (juzʾin), بِالْجُزْءِ (biáljuzʾ), الآخَرِ، (al-ákhari،), سُبْحَانَكَ (subḥának) as “Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §116: can have no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: in the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §188: againprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: next
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
SE expanded to “Glorified, immeasurably glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §450: High is God exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Magnified be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: Everything celebratethgleaningsGWB §122: praise
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “potent”, “can” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §97: the realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: the atmosphere oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a tyrantfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §427: realmkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the lengthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §12: Realm of Glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §693: one ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: all actsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: didst commandtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: menfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §621: were createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and of Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: not beengleaningsGWB §158: is givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: can cherish notablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: There is nogleaningsGWB §225: can bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: can anything deterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is not
SE rendered الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), وَالْخَلْقِ، (wálkhalqi،), لَيْسَ (lays), لَكَ (lak), شِبْهٌ (shibhun), الإِبْداعِ (al-ʾibdáʿ) as “Thy Revelation, Thy creation, None can, equal, Thy created realms”
5 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “like”, “peer”, “such” (19 occurrences)
like 21% peer 14% such 14% compare 7% parallel 7% foul 7% incomparable 7% resemble 7% equal 7% comparison 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: such asgleaningsGWB §289: will always remain distinguishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscuritiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: the likewill-and-testamentW&T §12: doubtfulnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: orgleaningsGWB §311: vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: doubted
SE expanded to “Thy created realms”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: to creategleaningsGWB §621: His wondrous remembrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: new and everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §170: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §548: creation
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “such”, “even” (142 occurrences)
الاخْتِراعِ،
literal: invention/creation; creation, invention
SE expanded to “the universe Thou hast fashioned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: been devisedgleaningsGWB §696: all creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: the whole universethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §281: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: created and fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: the universe Thou hast fashioned
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “who”, “sweetness” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: reputegleaningsGWB §282: yekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: teachingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: that have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: acknowledgment
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: onegleaningsGWB §689: whosoever standethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: unaided and aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: describe Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
This form usually rendered as “proclaim”, “culminated”, “attained” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §360: mature wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: liberal effusionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: attain untowill-and-testamentW&T §55: endeavour proclaimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: teach
SE rendered عَرَفَكَ (ʿarafak), نَفْسٌ (nafsun), بَلَغَ (balagh), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), أَحَدٌ، (ʾaḥadun،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik), لَوْ (law) as “comprehended, one, hath reached, soul, I swear by Thy might, Were”
SE expanded to “I swear by Thy might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §183: that ye may be exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: more gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pomp
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Birdfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §541: Birdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: exploreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: will enable us to soartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: favored birdsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: soar yegleaningsGWB §320: soareth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the wingsgleaningsGWB §63: on the wingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: steady wingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: whatever wingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: upon the wingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: wingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: humilityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: sinful
SE rendered يَطِيرُ (yaṭír), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), بِأَجْنِحَةِ (biʾajniḥah), الغَيْبِ (al-ghayb), وَالشُّهُودِ (wálshshuhúd), هَوآءِ (hawáʾ) as “soar, any one, whatever wings, atmosphere”
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
SE rendered أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), بِأَجْنِحَةِ (biʾajniḥah), الغَيْبِ (al-ghayb), وَالشُّهُودِ (wálshshuhúd), هَوآءِ (hawáʾ), عِرْفانِكَ (ʿirfánik) as “any one, whatever wings, atmosphere, Thy knowledge”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: I testifyfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §364: truthfulness testifiethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: testifiesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desirefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §124: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: worldly desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: heights ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: firmament
SE expanded to “as long as”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: as long aswill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
SE rendered نَفْسِكَ (nafsik), يَقْدِرَ (yaqdir), يَتَجاوَزَ (yatajáwaz), الحُدُوداتِ (al-ḥudúdát), الكَوْنِيَّةِ، (al-kawnínahi،) as “Thine own Being, to transgress, the bounds, contingent world”
transgress 50% overleap 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: have outsteppedgleaningsGWB §720: transgresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: leavewill-and-testamentW&T §38: deviateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: permissiblegleaningsGWB §168: and no farther.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sanction and authoritywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permitted
limitations 38% limitation 13% bounds 13% limits 6% principle 6% traditions 6% earthly 6% established 6% any 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: that have been setgleaningsGWB §669: certain limitskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: boundedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: of chainstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confined
This form usually rendered as “contingent” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: he wasfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §230: futurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: that they may betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered الكَوْنِيَّةِ، (al-kawnínahi،), شَأْنُهُ (shaʾanuh), كَيْفَ (kayf), يَقْدِرُ (yaqdir) as “contingent world, How, aspire”
state 20% station 13% glory 13% excellence 13% distinction 7% rank 7% powerless 7% magnified 7% concerning 7% way 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the stategleaningsGWB §135: a glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: theseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §418: the manifold evidenceswill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chancesgleaningsGWB §418: His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asgleaningsGWB §338: characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How can I ever befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §197: how much moreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: How, then
SE rendered عِزِّ (ʿizz), اَحَدِيَّتِكَ، (aḥadídatika،), العارِفَ (al-ʿárif), أَقَرَّ (ʾaqarr) as “Thy most exalted presence”
acknowledged 33% acknowledge 8% testifieth 8% testified 8% hath 8% assigned 8% confessed 8% have 8% witnessed 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: been establishedgleaningsGWB §650: to its retreats of glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: dwellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and set uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thus shallwill-and-testamentW&T §32: fathomless
SE rendered أَقَرَّ (ʾaqarr), بِالعَجْزِ (biálʿajz) as “”
powerlessness 38% helplessness 14% none 10% impotence 10% failed 5% futility 5% incapacity 5% impotent 5% pen 5% weakness 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy powerlessnessgleaningsGWB §449: can thwartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: weariedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: are impotentwill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: helplessnessgleaningsGWB §259: are powerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §189: unable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: his transgressionsgleaningsGWB §468: crimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: forgive sins.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: a pretensionthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: singleaningsGWB §256: for their sinskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: mention of HimgleaningsGWB §717: of considerationkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: hath been recountedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: to Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
