Prayers and Meditations — §49
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 49 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرَى عَبَراتِي وَزَفَراتِي وَتَسْمَعُ حَنِينِي وَعَوِيلِي وَضَجِيجِي، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ تَمَسَّكْتُ بِحَبْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِيْ سَبَقَتِ الأَشْياءَ كُلَّها وَتَشَبَّثْتُ ب
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! Thou seest my tears and lamentations, and hearest my sighing, my cry and bitter wailing. I am the one, O my Lord, that hath held fast the cord of Thy mercy which hath surpassed the entire creation. I am the one that hath clung to the hem of Thy loving-kindness, O Thou in Whose hand is the empire of all names!
Translation Notes
سُبْحانَكَ
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 §80: Everything celebratethgleaningsGWB §122: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: Immensely exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: Exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Gracious GodgleaningsGWB §4: Far, far
SE usually renders this root as “god”, “divine”, “god’s”
tears 36% words 18% take 9% utterances 9% interpretations 5% warned 5% thou 5% lesson 5% (‘ibrání) 5% crossing.” 5%
This form usually rendered as “sighs” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the groans they utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: The sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: sighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: my sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Hearkenfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §522: Hearken untokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst enable me to listentablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
حَنِينِي
literal: lamentation, yearning; lamentation; yearning/lamentation
lamentation 50% lamentations 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentationgleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: lamentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: crygleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: lamentationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the voice
This form usually rendered as “cry”, “groaning” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §619: the voice ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §453: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the voice of the lamentationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groan
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §548: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educated
SE expanded to “hath held fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: cleave tenaciously untogleaningsGWB §125: centeredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §785: joinedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: will cleavegleaningsGWB §686: musk-laden fragrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: following the example
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cord of my hopegleaningsGWB §680: tenaciously toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: on Thy strong cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: unto the cordgleaningsGWB §719: by the Cordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: to the cordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the cordgleaningsGWB §267: by Thy Cord
SE expanded to “of Thy mercy”
mercy 90% all-encompassing 2% transcendent 2% heaven 1% court 1% canopy 1% compassion 1% wondrous 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §484: in his mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: be mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
hath 52% surpassed 16% preceded 6% encompasseth 6% excelled 3% surpasseth 3% surpassing 3% permeated 3% grasp 3% encompassed 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: hath, verily, encompassedgleaningsGWB §683: permeatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §724: in bygone agesthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: Hastenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: precededgleaningsGWB §382: hathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: may encompass
This form usually rendered as “all”, “things”, “created” (76 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the entire creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created thingsgleaningsGWB §317: thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: Thou wishesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My will
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: all the afflictionsgleaningsGWB §584: the entire human racekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of everytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: Forwill-and-testamentW&T §33: with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: hold fastgleaningsGWB §224: scrupulously observekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: firmly adherekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: upheldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: clingingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: seize uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: clung untogleaningsGWB §511: resolve
