Prayers and Meditations — §645
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 645 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “adored”, “object”, “all-glorious” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “art Most Powerful”
This form usually rendered as “bear” (3 occurrences)
SE expanded to “any created thing”
This form usually rendered as “known”, “what”, “well-known” (31 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “partake”, “ever” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “praise”, “mention”, “every” (27 occurrences)
SE rendered نشوى (nshúى), باذكار (bádhkár), موجودات (mújúdát), موصوف (múṣúf), نگردی، (ngrdí،), ادراكات (idrákát), عالم (ʿálm), عقول (ʿqúl), امم (imm), بساحت (bsáḥt) as “can, utter, being, is, comprehension, world, intelligence, peoples, court”
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “must” (51 occurrences)
SE rendered امم (imm), بساحت (bsáḥt), قدست (qdst), ينبغى (ynbghى), راه (ráh), نيابد (níábd), پى (pى), نبرد، (nbrd،), آيا (áyá), چه (chh), خطا (khṭá) as “peoples, court, holiness, befitteth, gain, unravel Thy, mystery, sin”
This form usually rendered as “can”, “shall”, “findeth” (9 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “apprehendeth”, “unravel” (3 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “people”, “peoples”, “dwellers” (284 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hindered”, “deter”, “withhold” (77 occurrences)
SE rendered اسماء (ismáʾ), از (iz), افق (ifq), اعلايت (iʿláyt), منع (mnʿ), نمود (nmúd), از (iz), تقرّب (tqrrb), ببحر (bbḥr), اعظمت (iʿẓmt), محروم (mḥrúm) as “names, Horizon, all-glorious, kept, access, Ocean, great, deprived”
This form usually rendered as “most” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered تقرّب (tqrrb), ببحر (bbḥr), اعظمت (iʿẓmt), محروم (mḥrúm), ساخت، (sákht،), يك (yk), حرف (ḥrf), از (iz), كِتابت (kitábt), البيان (al-bíán) as “access, Ocean, great, deprived, One, letter, Book, all utterances”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered امكان، (imkán،), چه (chh), ناسپاسى (náspásى), از (iz), عبادت (ʿbádt), ظاهر (ẓáhr), از (iz), شناسائيت (shnásáʾít), باز (báz) as “creation, ingratitude, Thy, recognizing, withheld”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered شناسائيت (shnásáʾít), باز (báz), داشتی، (dáshtí،), يك (yk), قطره (qṭrh), از (iz), درياى (dríáى), رحمتت (rḥmtt), نار (nár) as “recognizing, withheld, A, drop, ocean, mercy, flames”
This form usually rendered as “sufficeth” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “enough” (1 occurrences)