Prayers and Meditations — §852
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 852 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ ما قُضِيَ مِنْ أَيَّامِكَ فِي عِشْرِيْنَ مِنَ السِّنِينَ إِلى أَنْ بَلَغَ الزَّمانُ إِلَى الحِينِ وَوَرَدَ عَلَى أَصْفِيائِكَ فِي هذِهِ المُدَّةِ البَعِيْدَةِ ما لا يُحْصى بِالبَيانِ وَلا يُذْكَرُ بِاللِّسانِ، بِحَيْثُ ما وَجَدُوا مَوْطِنَ أَمْنٍ وَلا مَقْعَدَ صِدْقٍ، إِذًا يا إِلهِي بَدِّلْ خَوْفَهُمْ بِظُهُوراتِ أَمْنِكَ وَأَمانِكَ وَذُلَّهُمْ بِسُلْطانِ عِزِّكَ وَفَقْرَهُمْ بِمَلِيكَ غَنائِكَ وَاضْطِرابَهُمْ بِبَدائِعِ اسْتِقْرارِكَ، وَهُبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ نَسَماتِ عِزِّكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ، ثُمَّ أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بِدائِعِ عِنايَتِكَ ما يُغْنِيْهِمْ عَنْ دُوْنِكَ وَيَنْقَطِعُهُمْ عَمَّا سِواكَ لِيَظْهَرَ سُلْطانُ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ وَمَلِيكُ فَضْلِكَ وَإِفْضالِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
All laud and honor to Thee, O my God! Thou well knowest the things which, for a score of years, have happened in Thy days, and have continued to happen until this hour. No man can reckon, nor can any tongue tell, what hath befallen Thy chosen ones during all this time. They could obtain no shelter, nor find any refuge in which they could abide in safety. Turn, then, O my God, their fear into the evidences of Thy peace and Thy security, and their abasement into the sovereignty of Thy glory, and their poverty into Thine all-sufficient riches, and their distress into the wonders of Thy perfect tranquility. Vouchsafe unto them the fragrances of Thy might and Thy mercy, and send down upon them, out of Thy marvelous loving-kindness, what will enable them to dispense with all except Thee, and will detach them from aught save Thyself, that the sovereignty of Thy oneness may be revealed and the supremacy of Thy grace and Thy bounty demonstrated.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “Glorifiedfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §112: Glory be to Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §291: Glorified beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §34: Glorified be Thou, then,tablet-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 §66: peoplefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §253: with their professionskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: the Christian divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy manifold knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “fulfilled” (30 occurrences)
hath 36% have 14% fulfilled 14% happened 9% slew 5% decreed 5% decision 5% predestined 5% consigned 5% inevitable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: been fulfilledfire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §228: meet and seemlykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: have been preordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the day-timegleaningsGWB §649: the Day whereonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: days of my lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the days
This form usually rendered as “twenty”, “twenty-”, “score” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: ConsortgleaningsGWB §180: O yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: consortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: to commune with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: have not associated with MegleaningsGWB §259: congregation
SE rendered عِشْرِيْنَ (ʿishrín), السِّنِينَ (as-sinín), بَلَغَ (balagh), الزَّمانُ (az-zamán), الحِينِ (al-ḥín) as “score, continued, hour”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: yeargleaningsGWB §549: however longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: all-highesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: and grandeurthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: enlightenmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: most sublimegleaningsGWB §588: Lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: august
This form usually rendered as “proclaim”, “reached”, “culminated” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §74: From the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: moment of their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: lategleaningsGWB §216: conditionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §450: moment of my life
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “there”, “suffered” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §240: have comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have inflictedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: touchethwill-and-testamentW&T §49: in the midst of my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: enteredgleaningsGWB §520: the things that have befallen Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recorded
SE expanded to “Thy chosen ones”
This form usually rendered as “lifted”, “course”, “time” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: to assistgleaningsGWB §682: overshadowingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: spaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: that shadoweth all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: withwill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: ExtendedgleaningsGWB §344: remoteness
SE rendered المُدَّةِ (al-muddah), البَعِيْدَةِ (al-baʿídah), يُحْصى (yuḥṣى), بِالبَيانِ (biálbayán) as “time, reckon, tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: no mangleaningsGWB §684: innumerablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: estimate their numberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: stonesthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have We set downgleaningsGWB §322: consider
This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “divine”, “eloquence” (60 occurrences)
utterance 65% divine 7% eloquence 5% tongue 5% through 5% glorification 5% unto 2% ornament 2% articulate 2% book 2%
SE rendered يُحْصى (yuḥṣى), بِالبَيانِ (biálbayán), يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar) as “reckon, tongue”
describe 29% remembered 14% remember 7% others 7% reveal 7% commemorated 7% numbered 7% admonish 7% vaunted 7% recounted 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: proclaimedgleaningsGWB §18: lift the veil that concealethkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: expoundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: that they may magnify Thy nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
SE rendered بِالبَيانِ (biálbayán), يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar), بِاللِّسانِ، (biálllisáni،), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), وَجَدُوا (wajadúá), مَوْطِنَ (mawṭin) as “tongue, obtain, shelter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagegleaningsGWB §174: saidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: with eloquencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §464: mouths
SE rendered يُذْكَرُ (yudhkar), بِاللِّسانِ، (biálllisáni،), بِحَيْثُ (biḥayth), وَجَدُوا (wajadúá), مَوْطِنَ (mawṭin), أَمْنٍ (ʾamnin) as “obtain, shelter, abide in safety”
This form usually rendered as “discover”, “discovered”, “find” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: witnessedfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §67: could be foundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of their existencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
This form usually rendered as “unto”, “habitation”, “abodes” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: the Most Sublime Habitationfire-tabletFire §43: the landgleaningsGWB §174: countrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: abodesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: to his most exalted homethe-hidden-wordsHW §78: landwill-and-testamentW&T §3: andepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: his native land
This form usually rendered as “believed”, “believe”, “hath” (18 occurrences)
SE expanded to “abide in safety”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: trustworthinessgleaningsGWB §298: that believestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: faith—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: have embracedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: protect
SE rendered مَوْطِنَ (mawṭin), أَمْنٍ (ʾamnin), مَقْعَدَ (maqʿad), صِدْقٍ، (ṣidqin،), إِلهِي (ʾilhí), بَدِّلْ (baddil) as “shelter, abide in safety, refuge, my God, Turn”
truth 60% truthfulness 20% truthful 4% truly 4% uprightness 2% hath 2% undoubted 2% manifest 2% sincerity 2% justly 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: faithfulgleaningsGWB §541: trulykitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: recognized the truth ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: recognizegleaningsGWB §537: honest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: to change itgleaningsGWB §404: transformationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: changedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §819: insteadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fraudulently alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: that turnestgleaningsGWB §683: Corrupt
This form usually rendered as “revelations”, “manifestations”, “revelation” (98 occurrences)
revelations 32% manifestations 14% revelation 13% evidences 11% manifold 8% tokens 8% all 7% manifestation 4% signs 1% testimonies 1%
wretchedness 50% abasement 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchednessgleaningsGWB §185: The shame I was made to bearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: lonelinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: their wretchednessthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: abasewill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: humiliationgleaningsGWB §481: dire want
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His MajestygleaningsGWB §134: the King of Kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §616: and Kingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: through the power of a sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Better is itgleaningsGWB §279: the pompkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the Most Precioustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: subjectgleaningsGWB §268: my povertykitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: povertyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: this poor and desolate creaturethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: My poorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: poorgleaningsGWB §228: its plightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: that poor man
This form usually rendered as “king”, “angels”, “lord” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the angelsgleaningsGWB §683: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: all that is thereinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of Thy Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: in the eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy dominion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy richesgleaningsGWB §405: independent of all thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: warbleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: rich enoughtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
This form usually rendered as “agitation”, “shaken”, “distress” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: confusiongleaningsGWB §75: have trembledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: and the foundations of all things were shakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §5: blow
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §286: the most marvelouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: Thou hast createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: newgleaningsGWB §534: so wondrous
This form usually rendered as “perfect” (1 occurrences)
seat 20% established 14% acknowledged 11% habitation 10% hath 10% have 9% place 6% confess 6% ordained 6% spot 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: testifiedgleaningsGWB §593: the abodekitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: confess His claimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: confessingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
This form usually rendered as “vouchsafe” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: waftedfire-tabletFire §29: by the onrushinggleaningsGWB §684: evilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §56: the influencesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: blowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §26: onrushingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: pass over themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: which have been wafted
This form usually rendered as “breeze”, “gentle”, “breezes” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: through the breezesgleaningsGWB §655: the sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fragranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: fragrancesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the breezesgleaningsGWB §152: sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: gentle winds
mercy 90% transcendent 2% shadowing 2% all-encompassing 2% compassion 1% merciful 1% wondrous 1% virtue 1% mercies 1% tender 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §92: gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: of His loving-kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the RevealergleaningsGWB §538: The verses We have revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: Him Who hath revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: hast sent downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: God’s loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §206: favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: implicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: merciesthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: any one but TheegleaningsGWB §575: Unlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: aught beside Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §17: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §298: else besides Him
This form usually rendered as “may”, “will” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: rid of attachmentgleaningsGWB §311: absolute detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: have renounced all else but Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: with a heart wholly rid of all attachmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed oneswill-and-testamentW&T §3: highway robbersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I had been severedgleaningsGWB §662: whosoever detacheth himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §556: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: to any one buttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: that there I may be establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §616: and fashioned
oneness 42% unity 13% glory 13% transcendent 10% divine 6% own 3% holy 3% most 3% incomparable 3% retreats 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: DivinegleaningsGWB §302: No peer or partnerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Not oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: to equal or rivaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: none of the faithfulgleaningsGWB §680: Who else
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
