Prayers and Meditations — §54
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 54 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي كَيْفَ أَشْكُرُكَ بِما اخْتَصَصْتَنِي بَيْنَ عِبادِكَ، وَاصْطَفَيْتَنِي لِعِرْفانِ نَفْسِكَ بَعْدَ الَّذِيْ أَعْرَضَ كُلٌّ عَنْ جِمالِكَ، أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي لَوْ أُقْتَلُ فِيْ سَبِيلِكَ فِيْ كُلِّ حِينٍ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ لا يُعادِلُ بِقَلِيلِ ما أَعْطَيْتَنِي بِفَضْلِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O my God! How can I thank Thee for having singled me out and chosen me above all Thy servants to reveal Thee, at a time when all had turned away from Thy beauty! I testify, O my God, that if I were given a thousand lives by Thee, and offered them up all in Thy path, I would still have failed to repay the least of the gifts which, by Thy grace, Thou hast bestowed upon me.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: the All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §347: of Divine Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Immeasurably highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: Praise be to Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: render thanksfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §477: Thou canst best praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: thankful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §689: yield thankstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: honeyed
specially 15% confined 15% vouchsafed 12% thou 12% purpose 8% specifically 8% singled 8% have 8% hath 8% supreme 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: specificallygleaningsGWB §610: thou hast been singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: solely and exclusively attributedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: single him outthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: have designedwill-and-testamentW&T §40: by itselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: for the purpose ofgleaningsGWB §343: hath singled out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worshipfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §621: of His servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Weprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Adored One
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “understanding”, “recognize” (144 occurrences)
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: the fragrance of whichgleaningsGWB §267: testifiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: man of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §746: have borne witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: those soulsgleaningsGWB §173: he thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §14: by Thy most effulgent Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: according to its own standard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: frowardgleaningsGWB §582: anyone reject thine offerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: turneth aside
beauty 85% gaze 2% face 2% whose 2% countenance 1% glory 1% contemplation 1% swear 1% most 1% through 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: amongst othersgleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: We testifyfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §439: can now be discernedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: even as ye witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: testified totablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
This form usually rendered as “may”, “offered” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: that I may killgleaningsGWB §220: shedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: will slayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: offered them upwill-and-testamentW&T §3: manslayersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fightinggleaningsGWB §452: have because of you been put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: They shall be slain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: a road leadinggleaningsGWB §317: a means of admittancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: approachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: way
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: thus fargleaningsGWB §355: timelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §311: instantlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time when
SE rendered سَبِيلِكَ (sabílik), حِينٍ (ḥínin), أَلْفَ (ʾalf), مَرَّةٍ (marrahin), يُعادِلُ (yuʿádil), بِقَلِيلِ (biqalíl) as “path, thousand, repay, least”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: ten thousandgleaningsGWB §16: strive ye to knit togetherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: one thousandprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: combinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §134: Walk not withwill-and-testamentW&T §9: thousand years…”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: ye have composedgleaningsGWB §394: countless
SE rendered حِينٍ (ḥínin), أَلْفَ (ʾalf), مَرَّةٍ (marrahin), يُعادِلُ (yuʿádil), بِقَلِيلِ (biqalíl) as “thousand, repay, least”
one 24% again 21% once 14% utterly 10% another 10% subsequent 7% “again 3% following 3% later 3% revelation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: they meetgleaningsGWB §227: will pass straight throughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: were being waftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: At another timethe-hidden-wordsHW §122: followepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: At one timegleaningsGWB §163: in a subsequent agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: battles
This form usually rendered as “excelleth”, “can”, “compared” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: with the eye of justicegleaningsGWB §480: justlykitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: the just sovereignepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: comparegleaningsGWB §33: Divine justice
This form usually rendered as “few”, “little”, “how” (21 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “thou” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §472: hath chosen to bestow upon theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §382: Thy bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy favorgleaningsGWB §13: impartethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: giftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §486: Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §520: your richeskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: as a token of Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
