Prayers and Meditations — §544
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 544 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ أنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المَحْبُوبُ فِي الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيُّ الأَبْهی.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art the one alone Beloved in both this world and in the next. No God is there but Thee, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious.
Translation Notes
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: is necessaryfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §627: Whose power pervadethkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: what a host ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: had been preordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: hath been destined
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to do Thy pleasure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §134: He willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §848: and the potency of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “the one alone Beloved”
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: Friendfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §499: them that love Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: in their love for Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
SE rendered المَحْبُوبُ (al-maḥbúb), الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولى (wálʾúlى), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “the one alone Beloved, this world, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: that hath no endgleaningsGWB §327: in the futurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “Endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy Lastnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: aftergleaningsGWB §295: last
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §179: Almightykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: God forbid!—orprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Most Exalted Onefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §57: heights of its loftiestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: their lofty positionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: the excellencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: honoredfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §280: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: Most Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the EffulgentgleaningsGWB §234: and the brightness of His light
