Prayers and Meditations — §848
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 848 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
فَسُبْحانَكَ فَسُبْحَانَكَ يا مَحْبُوبِيْ لَمَّا فُصِّلَ فِي المُلْكِ أَحِبَّائُكَ مِنْ أَعْدائِكَ وَتَمَّ حُجَّتُكَ الأَعْظَمُ وَبُرْهانُكَ الأَقْوَمُ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَالأَرْضِ، إِذًا فَارْحَمِ الَّذِيْنَ هُمْ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي أَرْضِكَ بِما وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي سَبِيلِكَ، ثُمَّ ارْفَعْهُمْ يا إِلهِي بِاقْتِدارِكَ وَمَشِيَّتِكَ ثُمَّ أَظْهِرْهُمْ عَلَى الأَمْرِ بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ وَإِرادَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Exalted, immeasurably exalted art Thou, therefore, O my Beloved! Forasmuch as Thou hast divided, in Thy realm, Thy loved ones from Thine enemies, and hast perfected Thy most weighty testimony and Thy most infallible Proof unto all who are in heaven and on earth, have mercy, then, upon those who were brought low in Thy land, by reason of what hath befallen them in Thy path. Exalt them, then, O my God, through the power of Thy might and the potency of Thy will, and raise them up to proclaim Thy Cause through Thine omnipotent sovereignty and purpose.
Translation Notes
فَسُبْحانَكَ
literal: glory; glory, praise; glory/praise
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Exalted, immeasurably exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §80: cloudskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: “veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: Praised be Thoutablet-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 §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §665: well is itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: for love oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
This form usually rendered as “separation”, “thou”, “sundered” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial accountgleaningsGWB §379: circumstantiallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sunderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: Thou didst separatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §41: many other thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forth
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the KinggleaningsGWB §119: into His kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: their allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §329: He Who is the Possessor oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: My sacred realmwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the land
This form usually rendered as “fulfilled”, “come”, “hast” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy most weighty testimony”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: His TestimonygleaningsGWB §293: the testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: evidencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy testimonythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: argumentwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: PilgrimagegleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs
SE rendered أَعْدائِكَ (ʾaʿdáʾik), وَتَمَّ (watamm), حُجَّتُكَ (ḥujjatuk), الأَعْظَمُ (al-ʾaʿẓam), وَبُرْهانُكَ (waburhánuk), الأَقْوَمُ (al-ʾaqwam) as “Thine enemies, perfected, Thy most weighty testimony, and Thy most infallible Proof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the weightiestgleaningsGWB §239: superior to you in rankkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: with strengththe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: supreme
SE expanded to “and Thy most infallible Proof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: baregleaningsGWB §88: His clear evidencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: demonstrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: Thy most infallible Proofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: fully persuadedgleaningsGWB §587: of His testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: clear and manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: argument
SE rendered وَبُرْهانُكَ (waburhánuk), الأَقْوَمُ (al-ʾaqwam) as “and Thy most infallible Proof”
consummate 10% clearest 10% surest 10% true 10% may 10% infallible 10% arise 10% wait 10% should 10% most 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §39: mysterieskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: in momentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: Fortify himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: most sublimefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §591: His nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: “Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with Thy nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: cityfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §216: world of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: and all who are on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the land
SE rendered السَّمَواتِ (as-samawát), وَالأَرْضِ، (wálʾarḍi،), فَارْحَمِ (fárḥam), الَّذِيْنَ (adh-dhín), اسْتُضْعِفُوا (istuḍʿifúá) as “in heaven, on earth, those, were brought low”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: Him Who is the God of mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §347: Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: Thy shadowing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE expanded to “were brought low”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: doublegleaningsGWB §35: limitedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought lowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my povertyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the weakgleaningsGWB §125: weaknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: trembledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: unnerve Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §486: and aid thee to enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: what hath befallenwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: what befellgleaningsGWB §287: Enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: have entered
SE rendered سَبِيلِكَ، (sabílika،), ارْفَعْهُمْ (irfaʿhum), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بِاقْتِدارِكَ (biáqtidárik) as “Thy path, my God, through the power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: was lifted upfire-tabletFire §4: upliftedgleaningsGWB §133: sublimitykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: securely establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: that have ascendedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §97: to the truth of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: All these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: O Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “through the power”
power 39% might 31% omnipotence 10% dominion 8% through 3% evidences 2% overpowering 2% greatness 2% hand 2% immensity 2%
This form usually rendered as “will”, “through”, “purpose” (52 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: thinggleaningsGWB §669: Through His world-pervading Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: to whom He willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: and through the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “raise them up”
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% revealed 8% manifest 8% hath 7% made 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: vindicating the causefire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §470: hath spokenkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: of every Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: hath been unveiledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: seem
SE rendered أَظْهِرْهُمْ (ʾaẓhirhum), الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ (bisalṭanatik), وَإِرادَتِكَ، (waʾirádatika،) as “raise them up, through Thine omnipotent sovereignty, and purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: thingsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §575: give good counselkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: God’s holy Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: they were biddentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thine
بِسَلْطَنَتِكَ
literal: sovereignty; king
SE expanded to “through Thine omnipotent sovereignty”
sovereignty 74% through 8% power 6% transcendent 2% kingship 2% own 2% rejected 2% sovereign 2% whose 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §66: all sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: and Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereignty
will 47% purpose 16% through 13% conformity 8% desire 5% operation 3% according 3% good 3% accordance 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: purposegleaningsGWB §722: his ownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: decreedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: through Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §106: wouldst thou gazewill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Purposeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: WillgleaningsGWB §708: His Purpose
