Prayers and Meditations — §655
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 655 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ قَدِّرْ لِيْ مِنْ قَلَمِكَ الأَعْلى خَيْرَ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولی، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ فِي قَبْضَتِكَ زِمامَ الأُمُورِ تُبَدِّلُها كَيْفَ تَشآءُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ القَوِيُّ الأَمينُ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Do Thou ordain for me through Thy most exalted Pen, O my Lord, the good of this world and of the next. I testify that within Thy grasp are held the reins of all things. Thou changest them as Thou pleasest. No God is there save Thee, the Strong, the Faithful.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §122: Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is the vassal of nonetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
SE expanded to “most exalted Pen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §630: Thy most exalted Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: to Thy most exalted Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the PengleaningsGWB §174: writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen
SE rendered قَدِّرْ (qaddir), لِيْ (lí), قَلَمِكَ (qalamik), الأَعْلى (al-ʾaʿlى), خَيْرَ (khayr), الآخِرَةِ (al-ákhirah), وَالأُولی، (wálʾúlí،) as “ordain, me, most exalted Pen, the good, this world, the next”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Gloryfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: high be He upliftedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: In Thine unapproachable loftinesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: the concluding passagesgleaningsGWB §540: morekitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: “last”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: an endthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the endgleaningsGWB §86: second
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Primalfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §453: however far ye may look backkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: endowed withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Letters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: martyrdomfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §316: perceptionkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: readily recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: have apprehendedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: in Whose graspgleaningsGWB §303: yield upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: handfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: my movementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: the graspgleaningsGWB §476: and hold firmly within the graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: the days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: destiniestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that the reinsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reins
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: commissionedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §239: commandmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: of God’s holy Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: of Thy Faithtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: convertedgleaningsGWB §614: for having repaidkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: What!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: Thou turnesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fraudulently alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were convertedgleaningsGWB §264: repeal
SE rendered زِمامَ (zimám), الأُمُورِ (al-ʾumúr), تُبَدِّلُها (tubaddiluhá), كَيْفَ (kayf), تَشآءُ، (tasháʾu،), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “the reins, all things, changest them, as, Thou pleasest, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: pleasethgleaningsGWB §73: was pleased to guidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: about Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: things—Itablet-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 §125: I adjure theefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §684: God is My witness!kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: O Thou Who art my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
strong 22% all-powerful 13% almighty 13% most 13% potent 9% strength 9% mighty 9% omnipotent 4% powerful 4% sustained 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: StronggleaningsGWB §404: into heavenly powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: the Most Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the powerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the powersgleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: for having believedgleaningsGWB §621: the trusteeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: believersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: who have believed on Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: them that Thou didst trust
