Prayers and Meditations — §93
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 93 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي تَرانِي اليَوْمَ فِيْ السِّجْنِ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي أَعْدائِكَ وَالإِبْنَ عَلَى التُّرابِ أَمامَ وَجْهِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ هذا عَبْدُكَ الَّذِيْ نَسَبْتَهُ إِلى مَطْلَعِ ذاتِكَ وَمَشْرِقِ أَمْرِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! Thou seest me in this day shut up in my prison, and fallen into the hands of Thine adversaries, and beholdest my son (The Purest Branch) lying on the dust before Thy face. He is Thy servant, O my Lord, whom Thou hast caused to be related to Him Who is the Manifestation of Thyself and the Dayspring of Thy Cause.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Graciousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §3: immeasurably exalted, art Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Praise be to Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: immensely glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
SE expanded to “O Lord my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: thy Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §56: God’s,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “Thou seest me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: wouldst regardfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §77: We seekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: Thou hast made known unto methe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: found
SE expanded to “in this day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: daysgleaningsGWB §516: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: His last daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: Every day
SE expanded to “in my prison”
prison 70% prison-city 6% imprisonment 6% dungeon 4% prison-house 4% prisoner 3% prison-cell 1% hath 1% deliverest 1% cast 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My prisongleaningsGWB §658: suffering imprisonmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: hellish fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: cast into prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: the Most Great Prisonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: His prisongleaningsGWB §225: captivityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: and deliverest me from the bondage of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: at the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §658: at the hands ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §311: the presence ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
12 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the earthgleaningsGWB §168: upon the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: now dwelling upon the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: groundthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: the clayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: the dust thereofgleaningsGWB §665: that lieth in the dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: in My presencefire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §666: standing beforekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §652: Presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §619: hath set her facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: HisgleaningsGWB §218: the Lord, thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: Divine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: even as a slavefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §519: unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: people fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adoration
This form usually rendered as “relationship”, “accused”, “ascribed” (60 occurrences)
relationship 17% accused 13% ascribed 9% charges 9% have 9% denounced 9% pronounced 9% bear 9% impute 9% calumnies 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: to relategleaningsGWB §374: comparablekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §60: asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: that bindeth mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: causing them to deem meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: chargegleaningsGWB §4: any direct relationship
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “source” (125 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Manifestation of Thyself”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: becoming knownfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §197: shinekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
SE rendered نَسَبْتَهُ (nasabtah), مَطْلَعِ (maṭlaʿ), ذاتِكَ (dhátik), وَمَشْرِقِ (wamashriq), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik) as “be related, Manifestation of Thyself, Dayspring, Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §98: personkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: the inmost realitywill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §2: have themselves been generatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selves
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My effulgencefire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §356: of the repositorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: day-springsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §712: have shonetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Ordainerfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §188: the Divine decreekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: features of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: through Thy decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: in no wise
