Prayers and Meditations — §383

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 383 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي ما أَعْظَمَ قُدْرَتَكَ وَسُلْطَانَكَ وَما أَكْبَرَ قُوَّتَكَ وَاقْتِدارَكَ، أَظْهَرْتَ مَنْ يَنْطِقُ بِاسْمِكَ بَيْنَ سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ وَأَمَرْتَهُ بِالنِّدآءِ بَيْنَ خَلْقِكَ،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! How great is Thy might and Thy sovereignty; how vast Thy strength and Thy dominion! Thou hast called into being Him Who speaketh in Thy name before all who are in Thy heaven and on Thy earth, and hast bidden Him cry out amongst Thy creatures.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ

subḥának s-b-ḥ → “lauded be thy name”

literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise

SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”

glorified 28% lauded 17% praised 13% glory 9% praise 8% immeasurably 8% magnified 6% exalted 4% all 4% far 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘Glorified fire-tabletFire §14: veiled gleaningsGWB §3: Exalted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veils prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Magnified be Thy name tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He that the-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on high will-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “lord my god”

literal: god; divine; o god

SE expanded to “Lord my God”

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God is fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §105: Call of God Himself kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Word prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

أَعْظَمَ

ʾaʿẓam ʿ-ẓ-m → “great”

literal: greatest; great; greatness

most 70% greater 8% supreme 5% greatest 4% more 4% mightier 3% how 2% transcendeth 2% mightiest 2% sovereign 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: great gleaningsGWB §37: most weighty kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: leading prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: the greatness of Thy glory the-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatness will-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Azim

قُدْرَتَكَ

qudratak q-d-r → “thy might”

literal: power; powerful

power 44% might 24% through 13% almighty 5% strength 4% omnipotence 3% whose 3% authority 2% greatness 1% transcendent 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: appreciate fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §161: hath bestowed kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: men prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thine irrevocable purpose ordained tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful the-hidden-wordsHW §149: value

وَسُلْطَانَكَ

wasulṭának s-l-ṭ → “thy sovereignty”

literal: sovereignty

sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: sovereignty gleaningsGWB §16: sovereign aid kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose sovereignty tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §98: chief will-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crown epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominion

أَكْبَرَ

ʾakbar k-b-r → “most”

literal: greatest; greater; great

most 38% greater 15% great 13% greatest 5% mighty 5% transcendent 5% greet 5% more 5% surest 5% supreme 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Grandeur gleaningsGWB §204: How piteous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: at their blackest tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire the-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtiness will-and-testamentW&T §35: extreme

قُوَّتَكَ

qúqatak q-w-y → “thy strength”

literal: strength; power

might 41% power 32% strength 14% through 5% whose 5% strengthened 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: force gleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §700: Almighty the-hidden-wordsHW §68: of might will-and-testamentW&T §25: forces epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Strong gleaningsGWB §390: the sense of

أَظْهَرْتَ

ʾaẓhart ẓ-h-r → “hast called into being” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; manifest

This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (33 occurrences)

SE expanded to “hast called into being”

thou 45% revealed 13% manifested 10% didst 10% whom 6% having 3% manifest 3% reveal 3% empowered 3% hast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: standest revealed fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §363: witnessed kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: external prayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: proclaimed tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §99: seem

يَنْطِقُ

yanṭiq n-ṭ-q → “speaketh”

literal: speak; speaking

speaketh 31% proclaimeth 13% crieth 13% who 6% may 6% speak 6% calleth 6% uttereth 6% whose 6% voiceth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: utterance fire-tabletFire §37: uttereth gleaningsGWB §690: Unloose your tongues kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: words kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: impelleth me to cry out tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclose will-and-testamentW&T §2: declared

وَأَرْضِكَ

waʾarḍik ʾ-r-ḍ → “thy earth”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

earth 74% all 13% land 9% face 2% realm 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: that is on earth fire-tabletFire §3: sands gleaningsGWB §192: earth.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: earth and heaven tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the lands the-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: land

وَأَمَرْتَهُ

waʾamartah ʾ-m-r → “hast bidden”

literal: cause

cause 17% thou 17% hast 17% didst 9% have 9% bidden 9% hath 9% bidding 4% prescribed 4% whom 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Commander of the Faithful fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §35: acts.…kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the ways prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: through Thy decree tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §57: My way

بِالنِّدآءِ

biálnnidáʾ n-d-y → “cry out”

literal: call; called; call/voice

voice 47% call 17% cry 10% cried 7% proclaim 3% divine 3% lift 3% prayer 3% through 3% howling 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: calling fire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet call gleaningsGWB §278: Whose voice kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: cried prayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: cried after Thee tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloud tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the call epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: proclaim

خَلْقِكَ،

khalqika، kh-l-q → “thy creatures”

literal: creation; create; created

creatures 69% among 14% creation 5% created 4% all 3% own 3% who 1% creatures’ 1% creature 1% eyes 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy creatures fire-tabletFire §40: wert created gleaningsGWB §536: He Who shall continue to create them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the world of creation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: Thine own creation tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §83: creators epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: righteousness

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