Prayers and Meditations — §12
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 12 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ المَنَّانُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المَلِكَ العَزِيزُ العَلِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art the God of power, of glory and bounty. No God is there beside Thee, the Supreme Ruler, the All-Glorious, the Omniscient.
Translation Notes
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: through the mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §67: the greatness ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: powerful isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: Thine ascendancytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: Hath thy pompfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §683: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy mercifulness and mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: the glory
This form usually rendered as “beneficent” (5 occurrences)
whoso 33% who 17% beneficent 17% whom 8% fellow-martyrs 4% “ere 4% whosoever 4% amongst 4% among 4% amidst 4%
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (99 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: unto the KinggleaningsGWB §119: Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: Thine inventiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
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 §206: comprehendedfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §655: can proclaimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the world’s wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
