Prayers and Meditations — §844
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 844 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
كَ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ قادِرًا بِمَظاهِرِ قُدْرَتِكَ لآياتِ قُدْرَتِكَ وَعالِمًا بِمَطالِعِ عِلْمِكَ بِكَلِماتِ عِلْمِكَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ دُونُكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ لِيُذْكَرَ تِلْقآءَ مَدْيَنِ تَوْحِيْدِكَ وَلا غَيْرُكَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ حَتَّى يُوصَفَ فِي ساحَةِ قُدْسِ تَفْرِيدِكَ، فَلَكَ الحَمْدُ يا إِلهِي عَلَى ظُهُورِ مَواهِبِكَ وَعَطائِكَ، فَلَكَ الحَمْدُ يا مَحْبُوبِي عَلَى طُلُوعِ شَمْسِ عِنايَتِكَ وَإِفْضالِ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I bear witness, this very moment, to what Thou hast testified for Thine own Self, ere Thou hadst created the heavens and the earth, that Thou art God, and that there is none other God besides Thee. Thou hast from everlasting been potent, through the Manifestations of Thy might, to reveal the signs of Thy power, and Thou hast ever made known, through the Daysprings of Thy knowledge, the words of Thy wisdom. No one besides Thee hath ever been found worthy to be mentioned before the Tabernacle of Thy unity, and none except Thyself hath proved himself capable of being praised within the hallowed court of Thy oneness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: From everlastinggleaningsGWB §91: will remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: for evermorethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: hath everwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: hath, at all timesgleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the Lord of Strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §215: thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thine irrevocable judgmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
SE expanded to “through the Manifestations”
manifestations 69% exponents 10% manifestation 6% embodiments 5% who 2% such 2% revealers 2% revelations 1% any 1% dispensations 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: appearancefire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §191: made manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: give vent toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: are but the tracestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “to reveal the signs”
وَعالِمًا
literal: world; knowledge; worlds
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thou hast ever made known”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: earthfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §465: informed, observantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: world of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
SE expanded to “through the Daysprings”
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: the dawning-placesfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §230: fountainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: a Soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to be the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: breathefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §441: a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: third word
SE rendered عِلْمِكَ (ʿilmik), بِكَلِماتِ (bikalimát), عِلْمِكَ، (ʿilmika،), وَلَمْ (walam), يَكُنْ (yakun), دُونُكَ (dúnuk), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin) as “of Thy wisdom, the words, been, besides Thee, No one”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “none”, “never” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath beenfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §187: of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: hath establishedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongstgleaningsGWB §152: God grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: noneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: at Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: He pleaseth
This form usually rendered as “remember”, “remembered”, “describe” (25 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to be mentioned”
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Presence offire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §34: His facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: “attainment unto the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: who forsooktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: The citiesgleaningsGWB §555: from the Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: the Tabernacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cities of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §247: in the Cityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: unto the citiesgleaningsGWB §438: civilization
SE expanded to “of Thy unity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: harmonyfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §113: Divine Unitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: successivelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: such as adore Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not to be comparedfire-tabletFire §27: honorgleaningsGWB §454: differentlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: annulmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with any one exceptthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §19: dissentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: none
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §510: kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §363: alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §584: of no one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: thatgleaningsGWB §5: affirm of Thee, or attributekitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: men’s praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the strivingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §387: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: eulogyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: an expression
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: shoregleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: hallowed sanctuaryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §78: the exalted courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: of
SE rendered يُوصَفَ (yúṣaf), ساحَةِ (sáḥah), قُدْسِ (quds), تَفْرِيدِكَ، (tafrídika،) as “being praised, the hallowed court, of Thy oneness”
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: sanctitygleaningsGWB §302: immeasurably exalted abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: sanctify ittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His holinessgleaningsGWB §6: the Holy of Holies
SE expanded to “of Thy oneness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy onenessfire-tabletFire §17: lonelygleaningsGWB §605: the Manifestation ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: unityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: recognize Thy unitytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Peerlesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: forlornwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the All-Highest Paradise
SE rendered ساحَةِ (sáḥah), قُدْسِ (quds), تَفْرِيدِكَ، (tafrídika،), فَلَكَ (falak) as “the hallowed court, of Thy oneness”
SE rendered تَفْرِيدِكَ، (tafrídika،), فَلَكَ (falak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “of Thy oneness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §635: and all-glorious Court.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: thanksgivingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Praise begleaningsGWB §266: glorified
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §655: of Thy manifold favorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy giftswill-and-testamentW&T §53: Bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: suns of Thy goodly giftsgleaningsGWB §621: upon His grace and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: and bountiful favorswill-and-testamentW&T §56: gift
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: of bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: vouchsafing Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the Great Giver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: Apostlefire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §555: the manifold favorskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and of Thy loving-kindnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: great bountygleaningsGWB §205: excellethkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: caused to excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
