Prayers and Meditations — §816
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 816 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحَانَكَ عَنْ ذِكْرِيْ وَذِكْرِ دُوْنِيْ وَوَصْفِيْ وَوَصْفِ مَنْ فِيْ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرَضِيْنَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted
art Thou above my praise and the praise of anyone beside me, above my description and the description of all who are in heaven and all who are on earth!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §287: God, the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: resound again with Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: attributedgleaningsGWB §548: recount about Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: repeatedlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: memoriestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “of anyone beside me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §387: All else besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: any one except Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: withoutgleaningsGWB §6: besides Thee
SE expanded to “above my description”
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epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §91: human tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: concerning the character ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: and Thine attributesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: AttributesgleaningsGWB §117: the highest praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thy
SE rendered وَوَصْفِيْ (wawaṣfí), وَوَصْفِ (wawaṣf), السَّمَوَاتِ (as-samawát) as “above my description, and the description”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §349: stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: heaven.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Thy treasured nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered السَّمَوَاتِ (as-samawát), وَالْأَرَضِيْنَ (wálʾaraḍín) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: in this landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §511: all-embracingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and all that are on earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earth
