Prayers and Meditations — §735
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 735 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَلَمَّا أَنارَ أُفُقُ العالَمِ وَأَتى الاسْمُ الأَعْظَمُ كَفَرُوا بِهِ وَبِآياتِهِ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ حَلاوَةُ ذِكْرِكَ وَثَنائِكَ وَوَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ ما لا يُحْصِيهِ إِلاَّ عِلْمُكَ المُهَيْمِنُ عَلَى مَنْ فِي سَمائِكَ وَأَرْضِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And when the world’s horizon was illumined, and He Who is the Most Great Name was manifested, all disbelieved in Him and in His signs, except such as have been carried away by the sweetness of Thy glorification and praise. There befell Him what must remain inscrutable to everyone except Thee, Whose knowledge transcendeth all who are in Thy heaven and all who are on Thy earth.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “flaming”, “lit” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “world’s horizon was illumined”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sunfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §676: shinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: of unfading splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §814: Illumine ittablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE rendered أَنارَ (ʾanár), أُفُقُ (ʾufuq), العالَمِ (al-ʿálam), وَأَتى (waʾatى), الاسْمُ (as-sm) as “world’s horizon was illumined, the Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Him Who is the Object of all knowledgefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §151: a leader among the learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: indicateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: of Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered أَنارَ (ʾanár), أُفُقُ (ʾufuq), العالَمِ (al-ʿálam), وَأَتى (waʾatى), الاسْمُ (as-sm), الأَعْظَمُ (al-ʾaʿẓam), كَفَرُوا (kafarúá) as “world’s horizon was illumined, the Most Great Name, all disbelieved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Produce it, thengleaningsGWB §82: hath come upon themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: ‘Bring backprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: came downthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: is comegleaningsGWB §135: hath been identifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: yielding
SE expanded to “the Most Great Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: In the name offire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §151: into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §304: all that are in heaven andtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered الاسْمُ (as-sm), الأَعْظَمُ (al-ʾaʿẓam), كَفَرُوا (kafarúá), وَبِآياتِهِ (wabiáyátih) as “the Most Great Name, all disbelieved, and in His signs”
have 33% disbelieved 17% who 13% repudiated 13% believe 7% infidels 7% denied 4% unbelievers 2% rejected 2% refused 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §150: denounced Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: have denied Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: deny nottablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: ye deny notgleaningsGWB §291: rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ungrateful
SE expanded to “and in His signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §196: the words He hath revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: those which descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: one versetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been carried away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §591: the sweetestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §629: Thy most sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: of the sweetness
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (150 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: statedgleaningsGWB §464: remind youkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: and the Object oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: glorifygleaningsGWB §654: Thy praiseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: for Whose greater glorywill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to glorify TheegleaningsGWB §5: the praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Thereupon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: hath been recordedgleaningsGWB §491: We suffered in the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: have come to passprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: have sufferedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: hath befallengleaningsGWB §619: that have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recorded
SE rendered يُحْصِيهِ (yuḥṣíh), عِلْمُكَ (ʿilmuk), المُهَيْمِنُ (al-muhaymin), سَمائِكَ (samáʾik) as “inscrutable, knowledge, Thy heaven”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §568: Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §7: pervadethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: that overshadowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in Peril
SE expanded to “on Thy earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §243: earthlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §816: and all who are on earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: country
