Prayers and Meditations — §587
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 587 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. No God is there save Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Potent art Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “to do what pleaseth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: all created thingsgleaningsGWB §621: anyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: will of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: the entire creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: unto Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §193: I swear by the onekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §300: Guardiankitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: which overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §612: the omnipotent Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §641: Potent artepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in Peril
self-subsisting 79% who 8% qayyum 2% self-sufficing 2% self-subsisting!” 2% self-subsisting.” 2% above 2% self-subsisting! 2% grasp 2% set 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §395: a callingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wherever they wentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: came to passtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
