Prayers and Meditations — §117
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 117 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ نَشْهَدُ بِأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ فِيْ عُلُوِّ الاقْتِدارِ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ فِيْ سُمُوِّ الاخْتِيارِ لا يَمْنَعُكَ عَمَّا أَرَدْتَهُ جُنُودُ العالَمِ وَلا يَرُدُّكَ عَمَّا أَرَدْتَهُ مَنْ فِيْ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَلِيُّ العَظِيمُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We testify, O my Lord, that Thou art God and that there is none other God besides Thee. From everlasting Thou wast enthroned on the inaccessible heights of Thy power, and wilt unto everlasting continue to exercise Thy transcendent and unrestrained dominion. The hosts of the world are powerless to frustrate Thy will, nor can all the dwellers of the earth and all the inmates of heaven annul Thy decree. Thou truly art the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: \‘LordgleaningsGWB §479: of God, thy Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §727: springtimetablet-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 §159: His Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: the martyrsfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §685: findeth itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: made abundantly clearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thou bearest witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: couldst thou but see
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: I adjure theefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §179: Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: God verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: nametablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §91: will remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: for everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: unto eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: everlastingly continuegleaningsGWB §546: the Ever-Abiding
This form usually rendered as “loftiness”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (43 occurrences)
loftiness 30% transcendent 15% exalted 11% heights 11% sublime 7% lofty 7% excellence 7% glory 4% all-glorious 4% high-minded 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: for the sake of the exaltation offire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §188: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and strongerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: How excellenttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
power 62% might 10% divine 5% mighty 5% dominion 5% potency 5% potentialities 2% hands 2% all-subduing 2% soul 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: can have the powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: such conditionskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: hopelessly failprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: according to Thine irrevocable decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are notthe-hidden-wordsHW §149: value
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “remain”, “wilt” (70 occurrences)
SE expanded to “continue to exercise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: dweltgleaningsGWB §448: Thou art indeed ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: ye speakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: Thou hast, in Thyself, beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
This form usually rendered as “sublimity”, “exaltation”, “inaccessible” (28 occurrences)
SE expanded to “transcendent and unrestrained”
sublimity 29% exaltation 12% inaccessible 12% transcendent 12% most 6% noble 6% advancement 6% promote 6% glory 6% station 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of His Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §528: confessedly sokitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: but onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “chose”, “chosen”, “choose” (15 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §224: goodlykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: didst choosewill-and-testamentW&T §28: be their well-wishersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: the UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §563: the pious
This form usually rendered as “can”, “frustrate”, “withstand” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade itgleaningsGWB §464: Ye have thereby deprivedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: ceasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: can hindertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: We, verily, have forbidden you
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “what” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §621: hath chosenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §545: venturethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §499: hast no desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: of these hostsgleaningsGWB §63: the multitude of the hostskitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: Our hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: by Thine invisible hoststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: the hostsgleaningsGWB §86: hostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: warrior
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: All-Knowingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §253: divines and learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: realmstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered جُنُودُ (junúd), العالَمِ (al-ʿálam), يَرُدُّكَ (yarudduk), أَرَدْتَهُ (ʾaradtah) as “hosts, world, Thy, decree”
reject 32% rejected 18% outcast 9% refuting 9% can 9% refute 5% refutation 5% hath 5% contemplates 5% none 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: hath cast awaygleaningsGWB §190: He contemplateskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: denounce Him to their followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: directed towardswill-and-testamentW&T §6: confutedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: refutegleaningsGWB §493: reprehensiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: denounced
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the Landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §541: mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: earth”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: most gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: plenteouswill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassing
