Prayers and Meditations — §451
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 451 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ القَدِيرُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الحَكِيمُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُعْطِ البَاذِلُ المُقْتَدِرُ الغَفَّارُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the God of glory, the God of power, the God of knowledge and wisdom. No God is there beside Thee, the Great Giver, the All-Bountiful, the Almighty, the Ever-Forgiving.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
SE expanded to “God of glory”
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glorygleaningsGWB §135: peerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: noblestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “most”, “might” (84 occurrences)
SE expanded to “God of power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: a whilefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §656: Strengthen mekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: according to the measureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Thou hast, also, assignedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: There is
SE expanded to “knowledge and wisdom”
SE rendered الحَكِيمُ (al-ḥakím), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), العَلِيمُ، (al-ʿalímu،), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “knowledge and wisdom, God”
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 §150: ensigns offire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §665: the learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: through a knowledge”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can teachtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: his rejection by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: GivergleaningsGWB §224: the Great Giverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: and favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou hast given megleaningsGWB §464: bestowed upon Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall not giveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: the All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §257: wash awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: for the exercise of Thy forgivenesswill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the Ever-Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
