Prayers and Meditations — §408

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 408 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَسْئَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ مِنْهُ تَمَوَّجَ فِي كُلِّ قَطْرَةٍ بُحُورُ رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَلْطَافِكَ، وَظَهَرَ فِي كُلِّ ذَرَّةٍ أَنْوارُ شَمْسِ مَكْرُمَتِكَ وَمَواهِبِكَ، بِأَنْ تُزَيِّنَ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ بِطِرازِ حُبِّكَ لِئَلا يَبْقَى أَحَدٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ إِلاَّ وَيَكُونُ مُقْبِلاً إِلَيْكَ وَمُنْقَطِعًا عَمَّنْ سِواكَ،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I implore Thee by Thy Name that hath caused to surge within every drop the oceans of Thy loving-kindness and mercy, and to shine within every atom the luminaries of Thy bountiful blessings and favors,—I implore Thee to adorn every soul with the ornament of Thy love, that none may remain on Thine earth who hath not turned towards Thee, or hath failed to detach himself from all except Thy Self.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ

subḥának s-b-ḥ → “praise be to thee” Distinctive

literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise

This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)

SE expanded to “Praise be to Thee”

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 §183: “Glory to fire-tabletFire §14: veiled gleaningsGWB §673: of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veils prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: give praise to Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He that the-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on high will-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God

اللَّهُمَّ

al-lahumm ʾ-l-h → “o lord”

literal: god; o god

lord 78% god 21% god” 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §417: divinely revealed kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

أَسْئَلُكَ

ʾasʾaluk s-ʾ-l → “i implore thee”

literal: ask; ask/beseech

SE expanded to “I implore Thee”

beseech 47% implore 28% entreat 15% beg 4% pray 3% ask 1% moreover 1% nevertheless 1% deal 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreat gleaningsGWB §466: Enquire for thyself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: problems prayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: we implore Thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: pray gleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Thee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seeker prayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to account

بِاسْمِكَ

biásmik s-m-w → “by thy name”

literal: name; names

SE expanded to “by Thy Name”

name 85% most 6% whose 3% through 1% treasured 1% brightness 1% called 1% all-glorious 1% invested 1% bearer 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: titles fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §628: from the heaven kitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: heaven and on tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My sake tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes

تَمَوَّجَ

tamawwaj m-w-j → “that hath caused”

literal: surge

SE expanded to “that hath caused”

surge 29% hath 29% surged 14% surgeth 14% appearance 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the billows gleaningsGWB §180: ocean kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilled prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the tumult epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the ocean gleaningsGWB §692: risen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: are let loose epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the waves thereof

قَطْرَةٍ

qaṭrahin q-ṭ-r → “drop”

literal: drop

drop 75% dewdrop 10% single 5% every 5% land 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: regions gleaningsGWB §404: every land kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: single drop prayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: throughout Thy dominions epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: drop gleaningsGWB §261: abroad prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of the drop epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: lands

بُحُورُ

buḥúr b-ḥ-r → “oceans”

literal: sea; ocean; sea, ocean

oceans 45% seas 25% waters 10% ocean 10% all 5% floods 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceans gleaningsGWB §108: unto Him Who is the Ocean kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: all the seas will-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seas epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the sea gleaningsGWB §233: through the outpouring kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows

رَحْمَتِكَ

raḥmatik r-ḥ-m → “of thy loving-kindness and mercy”

literal: mercy; merciful; the merciful

SE expanded to “of Thy loving-kindness and mercy”

mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: His mercy fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §519: Have mercy kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Have pity, then, upon them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy

وَأَلْطَافِكَ،

waʾalṭáfika، l-ṭ-f → “bountiful blessings and favors,—i”

literal: kindness

SE expanded to “bountiful blessings and favors,—I”

favors 32% loving-kindness 13% gifts 13% tender 11% bountiful 8% bounties 6% manifold 5% favor 5% bounty 5% transcendent 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: is pure gleaningsGWB §100: discriminating kitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: purity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: and bounty the-hidden-wordsHW §66: as a sign of My loving-kindness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: pure gleaningsGWB §310: attain their fullest development kitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: highest and purest

وَظَهَرَ

waẓahar ẓ-h-r → “to shine” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)

hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: happened fire-tabletFire §8: the signs gleaningsGWB §65: Him Who is the Revealer kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: noontide prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Whom Thou hast called into being tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being

ذَرَّةٍ

dharrahin dh-r-r → “atom”

literal: atom; atoms

atom 28% every 17% within 11% however 11% single 6% insignificant 6% weight 6% time 6% dust 6% one 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘Let me alone gleaningsGWB §456: descendants kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: the atoms epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leave gleaningsGWB §385: atom kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “Leave prayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earth

أَنْوارُ

ʾanwár n-w-r → “luminaries” Distinctive

literal: light; lights; luminous

This form usually rendered as “light”, “splendors”, “lights” (168 occurrences)

light 48% splendors 23% lights 13% brightness 4% effulgence 3% resplendent 2% glory 2% luminaries 2% all 1% effulgent 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: illumined fire-tabletFire §9: the brightness gleaningsGWB §152: wonders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: light of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: of the tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendour the-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame will-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly

شَمْسِ

shams sh-m-s → “of thy”

literal: sun; suns; the sun

SE rendered ذَرَّةٍ (dharrahin), أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams) as “atom, the luminaries, of Thy”

sun 52% daystar 23% light 7% day-star 6% luminary 4% “sun” 4% sunlight 1% orb 1% terms 1% ‘sun’ 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that sun gleaningsGWB §121: Daystar kitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: Orb prayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: of Thy epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the sunlight gleaningsGWB §357: Light kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: “sun”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars

مَكْرُمَتِكَ

makrumatik k-r-m

literal: generous; generosity; bounty

SE rendered ذَرَّةٍ (dharrahin), أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), مَكْرُمَتِكَ (makrumatik) as “atom, the luminaries, of Thy”

favor 50% most 13% generosity 13% bountiful 13% bounty 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy bounty fire-tabletFire §4: bestowal gleaningsGWB §608: Most Bountiful kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerful kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: loving kindness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: protection tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Generous One the-hidden-wordsHW §126: To give

وَمَواهِبِكَ،

wamawáhibika، w-h-b

literal: gift; bestower; gifts

SE rendered أَنْوارُ (ʾanwár), شَمْسِ (shams), مَكْرُمَتِكَ (makrumatik), وَمَواهِبِكَ، (wamawáhibika،), تُزَيِّنَ (tuzayyin), نَفْسٍ (nafsin) as “the luminaries, of Thy, to adorn, soul”

gifts 38% favors 19% bounties 10% bestowals 10% manifold 7% bountiful 7% goodly 2% bounty 2% divine 2% heavenly 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the All-Bounteous gleaningsGWB §569: and bounty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy bounteousness will-and-testamentW&T §10: a bounty epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: All-Bountiful gleaningsGWB §299: the Most Powerful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: mercies will-and-testamentW&T §56: gift

تُزَيِّنَ

tuzayyin z-y-n → “to adorn”

literal: adorn; adorned; adornment

adorned 38% adorn 13% deck 13% hath 13% attired 13% adorneth 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: adorn them fire-tabletFire §31: Adorner gleaningsGWB §520: deck yourselves kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is invested kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: re-adorned prayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: hath adorned the-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: beseemeth

نَفْسٍ

nafsin n-f-s → “soul”

literal: self; soul; souls

own 19% self 19% soul 17% himself 16% evil 8% corrupt 5% one 5% souls 4% breath 4% man 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: all men gleaningsGWB §386: thine inmost heart kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: of any soul prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thine own tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELF will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for myself

بِطِرازِ

biṭiráz ṭ-r-z → “with the ornament”

literal: ornament; adornment

SE expanded to “with the ornament”

ornament 59% adornment 17% vesture 5% splendour 5% crown 2% raiment 2% wherewith 2% jewel 2% glory 2% beneficial 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: raiment gleaningsGWB §184: wherewith kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendour kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorn tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorning epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the ornament gleaningsGWB §438: beneficial

حُبِّكَ

ḥubbik ḥ-b-b → “of thy love”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

SE expanded to “of Thy love”

love 90% whose 4% through 1% thou 1% attachment 1% one 1% own 1% sake 1% armed 1% tenderness 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: My love for Him fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §486: affections kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: that lover tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Me will-and-testamentW&T §38: that love

لِئَلا

liʾalá l-y-l

literal: night; nights; the nights

SE rendered نَفْسٍ (nafsin), بِطِرازِ (biṭiráz), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يَبْقَى (yabqá), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik) as “soul, with the ornament, of Thy love, none may remain, Thine earth”

night 74% night-season 16% nights 5% dream 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night season gleaningsGWB §320: dream kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night season prayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nights epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: night kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a night epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by night kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season

يَبْقَى

yabqá b-q-y → “none may remain”

literal: remaining

SE expanded to “none may remain”

remain 27% will 18% endureth 9% may 9% shalt 9% belong 9% must 9% naught 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: can there remain fire-tabletFire §36: is lonely gleaningsGWB §566: throughout the eternity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: all that which remaineth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: the continuance of life tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternal tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless the-hidden-wordsHW §139: of immortal life

أَحَدٌ

ʾaḥadun ʾ-ḥ-d

literal: anyone; one; oneness

SE rendered بِطِرازِ (biṭiráz), حُبِّكَ (ḥubbik), لِئَلا (liʾalá), يَبْقَى (yabqá), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik) as “with the ornament, of Thy love, none may remain, Thine earth”

one 27% any 22% man 18% anyone 14% none 6% others 3% neighbor 3% who 2% incomparable 2% other 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: alone gleaningsGWB §604: His most august Revelation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: His Unity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: no man else tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dweller the-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighbor epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: none gleaningsGWB §302: No peer or partner

أَرْضِكَ

ʾarḍik ʾ-r-ḍ → “thine earth”

literal: earth; land; earth, land

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

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: country fire-tabletFire §3: sands gleaningsGWB §202: this world kitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this City tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the lands the-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same land epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: land

وَيَكُونُ

wayakún k-w-n

literal: be; was; to be

SE rendered أَرْضِكَ (ʾarḍik), وَيَكُونُ (wayakún), مُقْبِلاً (muqbiláan), إِلَيْكَ (ʾilayk), وَمُنْقَطِعًا (wamunqaṭiʿan) as “Thine earth, turned towards Thee, hath failed to detach”