Prayers and Meditations — §573
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 573 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي تَرَى بَهائَكَ فِي حِصْنِ العَكَّا مَسْجُونًا مَظْلُومًا بِما اكتَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي الأَشْقِيآءِ الَّذِيْنَ مَنَعَهُمْ الهَوَى عَنِ التَّوَجُّهِ إِلَيْكَ يا مالِكَ الأَسْماءِ، فَوَعِزَّتِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest how He Who is Thy Light hath been shut up in the fortress-town of ‘Akká, and been sore oppressed by reason of what the hands of the wicked doers have wrought, whose corrupt desires have kept them back from turning towards Thee, O Thou Who art the King of all names!
Translation Notes
سُبْحَانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Praise be unto Thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the veilsgleaningsGWB §557: hymns of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: Praisedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GraciousgleaningsGWB §450: High is God exalted
This form usually rendered as “most”, “lights”, “glory” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §200: of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §201: all-gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: a refugethe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §12: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: fortresskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married woman
مَسْجُونًا
literal: prison; imprisoned; imprisonment
This form usually rendered as “prisoner”, “imprisoned”, “imprisonment” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been shut up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: imprisonmentgleaningsGWB §448: My imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: been shut upwill-and-testamentW&T §4: this, the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: prisongleaningsGWB §501: imprisonment inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: His prison-housewill-and-testamentW&T §3: incarcerated
This form usually rendered as “wronged”, “victim”, “one” (172 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been sore oppressed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors beforefire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §153: victim of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §505: the wrongsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §6: this wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: oppression
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §319: benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: acquiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wroughtgleaningsGWB §239: ye shall have doneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: had wroughtgleaningsGWB §506: for your doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: earn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: of Thy Handtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §448: I hold within My grasp
SE expanded to “the wicked doers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my remotenessgleaningsGWB §374: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: the workers of iniquitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wickedwill-and-testamentW&T §47: ungodlygleaningsGWB §110: their oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: of wickedness
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have kept them back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: DebargleaningsGWB §127: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: hath forsakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: book of mine own desirefire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §242: accord with your corrupt inclinationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Inmost Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: yearningthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: for the sake offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §617: all attachment tokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: Thinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: LordgleaningsGWB §575: the angelskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: of Thy kingdomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “of all names”
SE rendered مالِكَ (málik), الأَسْماءِ، (as-smáʾi،), فَوَعِزَّتِكَ (fawaʿizzatik) as “the King, of all names”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §534: preciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy transcendentthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: true glory
