Prayers and Meditations — §635
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 635 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلى مَنْ أَتَوَجَّهُ يا إِلهِي بَعْدَ ما لَمْ أَجِدْ سَبِيلاً إِلاَّ ما بَيَّنْتَهُ لأَصْفِيائِكَ؟ يَشْهَدُ كُلُّ الذَّرَّاتِ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ مُقْتَدِرًا عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَحاكِمًا عَلَى ما تُرِيْدُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Whither shall I turn, O my God, powerless as I am to discover any other way except the way Thou didst set before Thy chosen Ones? All the atoms of the earth proclaim Thee to be God, and testify that there is none other God besides Thee. Thou hast from eternity been powerful to do what Thou hast willed, and to ordain what Thou hast pleased.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: to set his face in the direction offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §78: their own faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: hath turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: from Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §89: indeedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: which God stirreth upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Our possessionfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §358: livekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: all creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §662: hath been called into beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has made in thee its homewill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
SE expanded to “way except the way”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the waygleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Thy sakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the saketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My paththe-hidden-wordsHW §46: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in this pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: in the path of
SE expanded to “didst set before”
SE expanded to “Thy chosen Ones”
This form usually rendered as “beareth”, “testifieth”, “testify” (57 occurrences)
SE expanded to “proclaim Thee to be God”
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §259: testify,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: provedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: have suffered martyrdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
SE expanded to “the atoms of the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leavegleaningsGWB §357: an atomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: atomsgleaningsGWB §463: the weight of an atomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “Leaveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: the atoms of the earth
SE expanded to “from eternity been”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: hath, at all timesgleaningsGWB §385: hath from everlasting beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: to everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §302: will, forever, remain
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath it been decreedfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §338: Most Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: providedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: and are subject to Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: There is
SE expanded to “Thou hast willed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §378: each and every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: willeth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “Thou hast pleased”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: If it be Thy wishgleaningsGWB §706: Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: have not soughtthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §472: doth not askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
