Prayers and Meditations — §196
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 196 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَمْنَعَكَ عَنْ سُلْطانِكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ بِلا ذِكْرِ شَيْءٍ مَعَكَ، فَارْحَمْ عِبادَكَ بِجُودِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَلا تَمْنَعْهُمْ عَنْ شَاطِئِ قُرْبِكَ، إنْ تَرَكْتَهُمْ مَنْ يَدْعُهُمْ وَإنْ بَعَّدْتَهُمْ مَنْ يُقَرِّبُهُمْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ رَبٌّ سِواكَ وَلا مَعْبُودٌ دُونَكَ، جُدْ عَلَيْهِمْ بِفَضْلِكَ وَإِحْسانِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. None can withstand the power of Thy sovereign might. From everlasting Thou wert alone, with none to equal Thee, and wilt unto everlasting remain far above all thought and every description of Thee. Have mercy, then, upon Thy servants by Thy grace and bounty, and suffer them not to be kept back from the shores of the ocean of Thy nearness. If Thou abandonest them, who is there to befriend them; and if Thou puttest them far from Thee, who is he that can favor them? They have none other Lord beside Thee, none to adore except Thyself. Deal Thou generously with them by Thy bountiful grace.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy LordgleaningsGWB §327: divinely ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Exalted
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 §103: thingsgleaningsGWB §29: things.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: no purposetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongst
SE rendered تَشآءُ (tasháʾ), يَقْدِرَ (yaqdir), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), يَمْنَعَكَ (yamnaʿak), سُلْطانِكَ (sulṭánik) as “pleaseth Thee, can withstand, Thy sovereign might”
SE rendered يَقْدِرَ (yaqdir), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), يَمْنَعَكَ (yamnaʿak), سُلْطانِكَ (sulṭánik) as “can withstand, Thy sovereign might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: will not hindergleaningsGWB §314: refused to allowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: detachmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: been powerless to hinder themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbidden
SE expanded to “Thy sovereign might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the powersgleaningsGWB §592: by virtue of His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of the Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: may prevailtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: glorygleaningsGWB §387: throughout eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: dispelledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: remainthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: hath everwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: invariablygleaningsGWB §555: be dispelled
SE rendered سُلْطانِكَ (sulṭánik), تَزَلْ (tazal), وَلَمْ (walam), يَكُنْ (yakun), مَعَكَ (maʿak), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin) as “Thy sovereign might, Thou wert, with, none, to equal Thee”
2 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: is betterfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §634: can neverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that grasptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered تَزَلْ (tazal), وَلَمْ (walam), يَكُنْ (yakun), مَعَكَ (maʿak), شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), تَزالُ (tazál), تَكُونُ (takún) as “Thou wert, with, none, to equal Thee, wilt unto everlasting remain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: AlthoughgleaningsGWB §150: thoughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §243: In view ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: MegleaningsGWB §311: With themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: besides Him”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: notwithstandinggleaningsGWB §265: are associated with thee
This form usually rendered as “anguish”, “woe”, “new” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: provedfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §724: griefs and afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: victimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: calamitiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: my afflictionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: suffered grievously
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His praisegleaningsGWB §319: can depictkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: informedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: enable to remember Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankindfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §520: among menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: with such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servants
SE rendered فَارْحَمْ (fárḥam), عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), بِجُودِكَ (bijúdik), وَفَضْلِكَ (wafaḍlik) as “Have mercy, Thy servants, by Thy, grace”
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favorfire-tabletFire §34: GivergleaningsGWB §35: manifold bountieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: grace ofgleaningsGWB §120: so great a favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: the choicesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
SE expanded to “Thou abandonest them”
This form usually rendered as “befriend” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: supplicationsgleaningsGWB §502: layeth claimkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: in the “Prayerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: to extoltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: I call theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: calling out
after 47% remoteness 13% far 12% when 9% then 5% notwithstanding 3% upon 3% subsequent 3% future 3% since 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: is nogleaningsGWB §48: have I allowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: can anything detertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: I am notgleaningsGWB §158: is givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: There isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: no
This form usually rendered as “except”, “all”, “any” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all else besides MegleaningsGWB §486: anyone besides Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: been establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: save remembrance of Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §559: all else but Him
This form usually rendered as “strive” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: untogleaningsGWB §622: fall uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: upon usgleaningsGWB §635: encompassed thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: pleasinggleaningsGWB §473: God hath been bounteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: through Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §574: that do good
