Prayers and Meditations — §836
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 836 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَشْهَدُ يَا إِلَهِي بِمَا شَهِدَ بِهِ أَصْفِيَاؤُكَ وَاَعْتَرِفُ بِمَا اعْتَرَفَ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ الْأَعْلَى وَالْجَنَّةِ الْعُلْيَا وَالَّذِينَ طَافُواْ عَرْشَكَ الْعَظِيمَ. اَلْمُلْكُ وَالْمَلَكُوْتُ لَكَ يَا إِلَهَ الْعَالَمِينَ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I testify, O my God, to that whereunto Thy chosen Ones have testified, and acknowledge that which the inmates of the all-highest Paradise and those who have circled round Thy mighty Throne have acknowledged. The kingdoms of earth and heaven are Thine, O Lord of the worlds!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: cruel a martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §130: have failed to recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: your witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: are due totablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
SE expanded to “Thy chosen Ones”
chosen 72% attributes 8% crystal 4% thou 4% sincerity 3% purity 3% ones 3% didst 3% clear 1% messengers 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: chosen onesfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §562: goodwillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: immaculateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thy names and Thine attributesthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: His chosen ones
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “confessed”, “recognized” (26 occurrences)
hath 32% confessed 16% recognized 11% confessing 11% hast 5% confess 5% borne 5% testifieth 5% acknowledge 5% have 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: will make thee knowngleaningsGWB §634: of understandingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Make knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: discern
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: they that dwellgleaningsGWB §41: infidelkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: ye peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy kindredthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: peoples of the earth
الْفِرْدَوْسِ
literal: paradise; paradise, highest heaven; Paradise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: the Mostfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §292: upon theirkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: Concourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the exaltation oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
SE rendered الْفِرْدَوْسِ (al-firdaws), الْأَعْلَى (al-ʾaʿlá), وَالْجَنَّةِ (wáljannah), الْعُلْيَا (al-ʿulyá), وَالَّذِينَ (wálladhín) as “Paradise, all-highest, and those who”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: held to be possessedgleaningsGWB §311: the all-highest Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: heavenlygleaningsGWB §127: mansions of heaven
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and those who”
SE expanded to “have circled round”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: circledgleaningsGWB §216: will circlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Christian communityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: circle roundtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce stormepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §20: its faithful followers
SE expanded to “Thy mighty Throne”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §210: of My presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: Thy thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: the ThronegleaningsGWB §51: the seatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throne
SE rendered وَالَّذِينَ (wálladhín), طَافُواْ (ṭáfúá), عَرْشَكَ (ʿarshak), الْعَظِيمَ (al-ʿaẓím), اَلْمُلْكُ (almulk), وَالْمَلَكُوْتُ (wálmalakút) as “and those who, have circled round, Thy mighty Throne, The kingdoms”
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §174: most effectivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: mightierprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: infinitethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §25: distinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §523: wholly and grossly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: is the LordgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: is the empiretablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
5 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of the worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: highly accomplished, learnedfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §669: man’s finite mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: of Qur’ánicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: the contingent worldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
