Prayers and Meditations — §447
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 447 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ بِعِزَّتِكَ تَعَزَّزَ أُولُوا العِزَّةِ وَالإِعْزَازِ، وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ اسْتَقْدَرَ أُولُوا القُدْرَةِ وَالاقْتِدارِ وَبِأَمْرِكَ اسْتَعْلَى مَظَاهِرُ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، ومِنْ كَوْثَرِ مِدَادِكَ اسْتَحْيَتْ أَفْئِدَةُ أَهْلِ مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ خَالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلى ح
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority and honor, the potency of Whose might hath empowered them who are the fountainheads of energy and strength, the dominion of Whose will hath elevated the Exponents of Thy Cause above all that are in heaven and on earth, and the life-giving effusions of Whose Pen have quickened the souls of the denizens of the kingdom of creation.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Praised be Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §4: Far, farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Far be ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: “Glory to TheegleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Thee
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
SE expanded to “excellence of Whose glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: as a mark offire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §481: noble and worthy of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: of Thy mightythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §295: from firstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Primalthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fittinggleaningsGWB §536: beginning that hath no beginning
SE expanded to “potency of Whose might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: sufferedfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §522: doth whatkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: ableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: is powerlesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “dominion of Whose will”
cause 55% revelation 13% things 12% faith 5% command 3% commandments 3% bidding 3% affairs 2% bidden 2% authority 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: commandethgleaningsGWB §572: promptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: transitory and sordid thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: didst bid Himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: rulersgleaningsGWB §440: ordinances
hath 50% transcended 50%
manifestations 69% exponents 10% manifestation 6% embodiments 5% who 2% such 2% revealers 2% revelations 1% any 1% dispensations 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: the guisefire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §43: revealed and establishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: give vent toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: and flowed downtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: affairsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §671: God’s Faithkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: His beheststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbiláprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: heaven and on earththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §441: the world
SE rendered الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ), وَالسَّمَاءِ، (wálssamáʾi،), ومِنْ (wmin), كَوْثَرِ (kawthar), مِدَادِكَ (midádik), اسْتَحْيَتْ (istaḥyat) as “on earth, heaven and, and the, life-giving, Whose Pen, have quickened”
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §57: cupkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: the everlasting streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: through the living fountain
This form usually rendered as “whose” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: aided bygleaningsGWB §171: assistancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: spaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: Whose Penthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: with the claywill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the treasures thereofgleaningsGWB §228: Its
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: My existence would havefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §609: of the Livingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: have quickenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (130 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the people of the BayángleaningsGWB §458: themkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy kindredthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: realmtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
الإِنْشآءِ،
literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventionwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creation
SE rendered مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), الإِنْشآءِ، (an-nsháʾi،), رَبِّ (rabb) as “the kingdom, of creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §319: Educatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: O Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: Previousfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §109: pastkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: “Qiblih.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and set themselves towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
