Prayers and Meditations — §398
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 398 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُتَعَالِ العَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
There is no God but Thee, the God of power, the God of glory, the God of knowledge and wisdom.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §70: By the righteousness of the onekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of power”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
This form usually rendered as “most”, “inaccessible”, “all-highest” (47 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: upliftfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §151: He that is exalted among youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: their lofty positionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: the exaltation oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “all-wise” (121 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of knowledge”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: all learningfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §263: the pages of the Book of Lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: distinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: and knowest full welltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
