Prayers and Meditations — §37
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 37 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
ثُمَّ احْفَظْهُ يا إِلهِي بِعَظَمَتِكَ الكبْرَى عَنْ كُلِّ ما يَكْرَهُهُ رِضاكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ مَوْلاهُ وَمَوْلَى العالَمِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Keep him safe also, O my God, by the power of Thine immeasurable majesty, from all that Thou abhorrest. Thou art, verily, his Lord and the Lord of all worlds.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Keep him safe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: protectedgleaningsGWB §567: for the preservationkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: secureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: to keep them safetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: Himfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §186: the Faith of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: spiritualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thine immeasurable majesty”
SE rendered إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بِعَظَمَتِكَ (biʿaẓamatik), الكبْرَى (al-kbrá), يَكْرَهُهُ (yakrahuh) as “O my God, Thine immeasurable majesty, Thou abhorrest”
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: repeatinggleaningsGWB §159: most perfectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of Thy grandeurtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: their pride
This form usually rendered as “abhorreth”, “may”, “abhorrent” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hategleaningsGWB §460: abhorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: albeit the infidels abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrestthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: stop thine earsgleaningsGWB §395: abhorrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: is abhorrentgleaningsGWB §645: may be averse
SE rendered يَكْرَهُهُ (yakrahuh), رِضاكَ، (riḍáka،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), مَوْلاهُ (mawláh) as “Thou abhorrest, his Lord”
good-pleasure 50% unto 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pleasing unto Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §688: wisheskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: pleaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: remain unsatisfiedthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: Be then contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: so to name Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: the Mission ofgleaningsGWB §107: Guardianshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: master?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: falleth shortthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: at the hands ofgleaningsGWB §137: their chosen ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: Those divines, however, whofire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §535: comprehendeth all thingskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
