Prayers and Meditations — §500
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 500 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
يا إِلهِي مَعَ عِلْمِيْ وَإِيقانِي بِأَنَّ ذِكْرَ دُونِكَ لَنْ يَصِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَثَناءَ غَيْرِكَ لا يَتَعارَجُ إِلى سَمآءِ قُرْبِكَ، لَوْ أَصْمُتُ مِنْ ثَنائِكَ وَبَدائِعِ ذِكْرِكَ لَيَحْتَرِقُ كَبِدِيْ وَتَذُوبُ نَفْسِيْ، بِذِكْرِكَ يا إِلهِي يَسْكُنُ عَطَشِيْ وَيَسْتَرِيحُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By Thy glory, O my God! Though I recognize and firmly believe that no description which any except Thyself can give of Thee can beseem Thy grandeur, and that no glory ascribed to Thee by any save Thyself can ever ascend into the atmosphere of Thy presence, yet were I to hold my peace, and cease to glorify Thee and to recount Thy wondrous glory, my heart would be consumed, and my soul would melt away.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “divine”, “science” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: knowingfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §174: racekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the world’s wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §435: fully recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: absolute faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: I am persuadedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: thou mayest begleaningsGWB §388: true
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §205: that rememberkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: above the praise oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §154: told
SE expanded to “any except Thyself”
This form usually rendered as “attain”, “reach”, “thou” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervorfire-tabletFire §2: of Thy reuniongleaningsGWB §122: Detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets and chosen Onesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: in order thattablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hast obtainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: Paris
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy celebrationgleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: His praiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: secondgleaningsGWB §3: gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: glorifieth Thee and magnifiethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorify
SE expanded to “any save Thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflictfire-tabletFire §21: pervertedgleaningsGWB §106: anykitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: other traditions, all otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: to anyonethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §2: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: but
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by onefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §200: of His nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: by the name oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: nearer accessfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §618: them who have drawn nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hour draweth nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: will draw us nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: His presence
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “hold my peace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: that hold their peacegleaningsGWB §551: observe silencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: silenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: I hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: be silentgleaningsGWB §48: the veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: silent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the FirstgleaningsGWB §548: wondrous gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thy wondrous Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §477: the wondrous
This form usually rendered as “may”, “all”, “burnt” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “would be consumed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the heartsgleaningsGWB §456: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: reinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Our soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: have meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: my heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the souls
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: meltedgleaningsGWB §644: melt awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: would melt awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: are meltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: hath meltedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soul
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: onegleaningsGWB §593: corrupt inclinationskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and to glorify Thine Essencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
SE rendered نَفْسِيْ، (nafsí،), بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَسْكُنُ (yaskun) as “my soul, and to recount Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cities of Thy justicefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §526: be stilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: be dwellingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: and a tranquilitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: serenity
SE rendered بِذِكْرِكَ (bidhikrik), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), يَسْكُنُ (yaskun), عَطَشِيْ (ʿaṭashí) as “and to recount Thy”
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