Prayers and Meditations — §425
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 425 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَى ما عَجِزَتْ أَلْسُنُ ما سِوَاكَ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِ، وَتَشْهَدُ ما تَكَلْكَلَ عَن بَيانِهِ غَيْرُكَ، بِحَيْثُ تَمَوَّجَتْ بُحُورُ الابْتِلآءِ وَتَهَيَّجَتْ أَرْيَاحُ القَضَاءِ وَتَمْطُرُ مِنَ السَّحَابِ سِهَامُ الافْتِتَانِ وَمِنْ سَمَاءِ القَدَرِ رِماحُ الامْتِحَانِ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou beholdest what the tongue of no one except Thee can utter, and bearest witness unto things which no mouth can recount. The floods of afflictions are let loose, and the winds of Thy judgment have blown, and from the clouds rain down the darts of tests, and the heavens of Thy decree pour forth the arrows of trial.
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Praise be to Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §673: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Immensely exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Too hightablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: to Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §193: I swear by the onekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: towards Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the other Mirrorsfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: We see in Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: seest himthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: gaze
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: tree-stumpsgleaningsGWB §322: mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: weariedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: are unablewill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: none can producegleaningsGWB §297: powerlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: the sick
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your tonguesgleaningsGWB §251: whose tongueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagesgleaningsGWB §167: and My tongue
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “aught” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: else but HimgleaningsGWB §556: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: any one excepttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: that there I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §145: embrace
SE rendered أَلْسُنُ (ʾalsun), سِوَاكَ (siwák), ذِكْرِهِ، (dhikrihi،), وَتَشْهَدُ (watashhad), تَكَلْكَلَ (takalkal) as “the tongue, except Thee, bearest witness, mouth can recount”
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: proclaimedgleaningsGWB §1: Thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: to whom we have referredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: for the sake of Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
thou 19% bearest 19% testify 13% proclaim 13% beholdest 6% witnessed 6% witness 6% testifiest 6% proclaimeth 6% confesseth 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: of beholdingfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §325: identifiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: ye yourselves have been witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the sighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
SE expanded to “mouth can recount”
all 62% every 24% each 3% whole 3% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% one 1% continually 1% whatever 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: whole ofgleaningsGWB §124: all-embracingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: for whatsoeverthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §33: withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: all thingsgleaningsGWB §328: The whole universe
SE rendered وَتَشْهَدُ (watashhad), تَكَلْكَلَ (takalkal), بَيانِهِ (bayánih), غَيْرُكَ، (ghayruka،), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), تَمَوَّجَتْ (tamawwajat) as “bearest witness, mouth can recount, are let loose”
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Resplendentfire-tabletFire §38: ExpoundergleaningsGWB §145: should not be foundkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: and revealeth the clear tokenstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolutethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: veilless
SE rendered تَكَلْكَلَ (takalkal), بَيانِهِ (bayánih), غَيْرُكَ، (ghayruka،), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), تَمَوَّجَتْ (tamawwajat), بُحُورُ (buḥúr) as “mouth can recount, are let loose, The floods”
SE rendered بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), تَمَوَّجَتْ (tamawwajat), بُحُورُ (buḥúr), الابْتِلآءِ (al-ábtiláʾ) as “are let loose, The floods, of afflictions”
This form usually rendered as “let” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: wavesgleaningsGWB §62: in their fullnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: are let looseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: billowsgleaningsGWB §684: surgingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: restless wavesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: “Waves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of the seagleaningsGWB §563: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: all the seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: oceangleaningsGWB §108: unto Him Who is the Oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
afflictions 67% grievous 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflictedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §600: affliction.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: been afflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: woethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: my distressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: overwhelmed
وَتَهَيَّجَتْ
literal: stir; agitation, restlessness; blow
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the souls of menfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §200: Celestialkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Him Who was Thy Spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit
This form usually rendered as “decree”, “irrevocable”, “god’s” (27 occurrences)
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: by his own sagacious judgmentfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §107: that would conform to the requirements of the occasionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: destinyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: destined for themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
showers 32% rain 26% overflowing 10% rains 6% outpourings 6% have 6% clouds 3% rain-giving 3% send 3% made 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: cloudsgleaningsGWB §117: showerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showeringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: outpouringsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §522: cloudedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: and the clouds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: the arrowsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: for the dartsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: dartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: the darts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: by the Most Great Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §588: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: in Thy daystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: spearskitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the menacing dartsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: most afflictive spearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: the spearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: spearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: from the shaftsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §425: the arrowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the darts
