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 §168: holy ones gleaningsGWB §38: are endowed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: and Thy loved ones will-and-testamentW&T §17: Guardian epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy ones gleaningsGWB §278: their Lord kitab-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 §122: mankind gleaningsGWB §423: all things prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: all men the-hidden-wordsHW §160: beneath epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: all peoples gleaningsGWB §68: behind epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of Mankind gleaningsGWB §629: the 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 §97: Czar of Russia gleaningsGWB §354: the Lord of all names kitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: the Ruler tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: in the-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdom will-and-testamentW&T §48: of the

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 §182: concluding gleaningsGWB §188: again kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: etc.…)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world gleaningsGWB §527: every prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: elsewhere epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: next

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: fitting fire-tabletFire §31: the people gleaningsGWB §116: no beginning kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereof prayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: earliest the-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that have epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: first gleaningsGWB §295: from first

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: my God gleaningsGWB §385: two Gods kitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: our God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my God gleaningsGWB §26: of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Almighty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: my

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 §3: law gleaningsGWB §312: embodiments kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: emphatically prayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Supreme Ruler tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be tested the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal

Prayers and Meditations — §593

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Fire Tablet

Gleanings

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament