Prayers and Meditations — §695
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 695 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لْ كُنْتَ سُلْطانَ المُمْكِناتِ وَمُحَرِّكَها وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونَنَّ مَلِيكَ المَوْجُوداتِ وَمُدَبِّرَها، فَسُبْحَانَكَ يا إِلهِي إِنْ لَمْ تَرْحَمْ عِبادَكَ فَمَنْ يَرْحَمْهُمْ، وَإِنْ لَنْ تَأخُذَ أَيْدِي أَحِبَّائِكَ فَمَنْ يَأْخُذْهُمْ ؟ فَسُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Glorified, immensely glorified art Thou! Thou art He Who from everlasting hath been the King of the entire creation and its Prime Mover, and Thou wilt to everlasting remain the Lord of all created things and their Ordainer. Glorified art Thou, O my God! If Thou ceasest to be merciful unto Thy servants, who, then, will show mercy unto them; and if Thou refusest to succor Thy loved ones, who is there that can succor them?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powergleaningsGWB §56: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: those Kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the Sháh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §200: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: placesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: every human attemptthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: be achieved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirredfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §595: through its movementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: Prime Movertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: move
SE expanded to “wilt to everlasting remain”
wilt 45% will 15% everlasting 10% everlastingly 5% unto 5% shalt 5% evermore 5% remain 5% continue 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: From time immemorialgleaningsGWB §669: will everlastingly continue to remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: will through eternity continueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §57: have circledthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: passingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §91: will remain
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “numbered”, “may” (46 occurrences)
SE expanded to “art He Who”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou wastfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §530: are sunkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Thoutablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
king 24% angels 20% lord 16% ruler 12% sovereign 8% kingship 4% transcendent 4% overruling 4% all-sufficient 4% supremacy 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy kingdomgleaningsGWB §280: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: Thou Who art the Lordtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: would they findfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §129: thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: to discovertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has madewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
take 13% ordereth 13% ordainer 13% selfish 13% providence 13% ruler 7% incompetent 7% machinations 7% devise 7% schemed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: schemedgleaningsGWB §163: are continually plotting to instillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: designsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: reflectepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: incompetent and lacking in understandinggleaningsGWB §362: aimskitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: led
SE expanded to “Glorified art Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the veilsgleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: these grievous “veils of glory,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: Lauded be Thy nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory togleaningsGWB §387: Immeasurably exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of His mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: the servantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: who can abidegleaningsGWB §490: and beyond themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: bytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: We bestowedwill-and-testamentW&T §17: whoso opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: his fellow-martyrsgleaningsGWB §62: man
This form usually rendered as “commotions”, “lay”, “succor” (4 occurrences)
SE rendered يَرْحَمْهُمْ، (yarḥamhum،), تَأخُذَ (taʾakhudh), أَيْدِي (ʾaydí), أَحِبَّائِكَ (ʾaḥibbáʾik), فَمَنْ (faman), يَأْخُذْهُمْ (yaʾakhudhhum) as “will show mercy, to succor, Thy loved ones, who is there that, can succor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §627: holdest in Thine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his doortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetrators
SE expanded to “Thy loved ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §235: and are My loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: affectionateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of my desiretablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wish
