Prayers and Meditations — §593 Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 593 of 858. Source (Arabic) أَنْتَ مَوْلَى الوَرى وَمالِكُ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيْمُ. Shoghi Effendi Translation Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of this world and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Translation Notes مَوْلَى mawlá w-l-y → “lord” literal: lord lord 36% loved 25% chosen 13% guardian 11% holy 3% ones 2% viceregent 2% men 2% who 2% endowed 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We praygleaningsGWB §353: authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: friendwill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: LordgleaningsGWB §240: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: turning الوَرى al-warى w-r-y → “all mankind” literal: mankind all 44% mankind 22% men 17% world 11% whole 6% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of MankindgleaningsGWB §68: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: all menthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: beneathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mankindgleaningsGWB §127: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: mengleaningsGWB §48: the whole world وَمالِكُ wamálik m-l-k → “possessor” literal: kingdom; king lord 48% possessor 14% king 13% who 5% ruler 5% sovereign 4% thou 4% all-possessing 3% layeth 2% eternal 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: “EarthgleaningsGWB §495: the governmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous الآخِرَةِ al-ákhirah ʾ-kh-r → “next” literal: other world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §629: the nextkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and of the nextepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §527: everyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: in the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding وَالأُولى wálʾúlى ʾ-w-l → “this world” literal: first world 52% life 10% fitting 5% people 5% first 5% present 5% next 5% primal 5% source 5% ye 5% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fittingfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §729: interpretethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: and of the nextthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldgleaningsGWB §125: early days إِلهَ ʾilh ʾ-l-h → “god” literal: God; god god 85% lord 8% other 4% there 2% thou 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my GodgleaningsGWB §385: two Godskitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: divine wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: worshipepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: GodgleaningsGWB §127: God inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinity العَلِيمُ al-ʿalím ʿ-l-m → “all-knowing” literal: knowledge all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Knowerfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §122: kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: of Qur’ánicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and the knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE الحَكِيْمُ al-ḥakím ḥ-k-m → “all-wise” literal: wisdom; wise all-wise 79% wisdom 5% all-wise.” 3% wise 3% sages 2% embodiments 2% ḥakím 2% name 2% shall 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: will rulegleaningsGWB §452: His lawkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: textprayers-and-meditationsP&M §307: and wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: the Wisethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations