Prayers and Meditations — §231
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 231 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَهُو القاهِرُ فَوقَ عِبادِهِ وَالقائِمُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَبِيَدِهِ الأَمْرُ وَالحَقُّ يُحْيِي بِآياتِهِ وَيُمِيْتُ بِقَهْرِهِ لا يُسْئَلُ عَمَّا يَفْعَلُ وَإِنَّهُ كانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرًا، وَإِنَّهُ لَهُوَ الْقاهِرُ الغالِبُ الَّذِيْ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَفِي يَمِيْنِهِ جَبَرُوتُ الأَمْرِ وَإِنَّهُ كانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُحِيطًا، لَهُ النَّصْرُ وَالاِنْتِصارُ وَلَهُ القُوَّةُ وَالاقْتِدارُ وَلَهُ العِزَّةُ وَالاجْتِبارُ وَإِنَّهُ هُو العَزِيزُ المُقْتَدِرُ المُخْتارُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
He is supreme over His servants, and standeth over His creatures. In His hand is the source of authority and truth. He maketh men alive by His signs, and causeth them to die through His wrath. He shall not be asked of His doings and His might is equal unto all things. He is the Potent, the All-Subduing. He holdeth within His grasp the empire of all things, and on His right hand is fixed the Kingdom of His Revelation. His power, verily, embraceth the whole of creation. Victory and overlordship are His; all might and dominion are His; all glory and greatness are His. He, of a truth, is the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful, the Unconditioned.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Conqueringfire-tabletFire §6: ChastisergleaningsGWB §534: the fury of the wrathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: all-conqueringwill-and-testamentW&T §20: His vengeancegleaningsGWB §683: Mine angerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon othersfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: mortal menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: bondtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: ye worship
This form usually rendered as “qá’im”, “standing”, “have” (47 occurrences)
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: O peoplefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §327: acmekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: of Resurrection”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: Grant, then, that they may go straight ontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §300: have been createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: “rebirth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: own creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye were created
SE expanded to “In His hand”
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is the source of authority”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: with the True OnegleaningsGWB §449: Who is the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: of Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: The essencethe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §34: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: tribunals
SE expanded to “by His signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: and in His signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §115: a single signkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: verses ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through the generative power of His utterancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
SE expanded to “and causeth them to die”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §587: expiredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “death,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: doomed metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: lifelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: as one deadgleaningsGWB §726: man’s physical death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: I beseech TheegleaningsGWB §260: ‘Askkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: suppliantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: We praygleaningsGWB §629: I entreat Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: the questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Thee
This form usually rendered as “doeth”, “doth”, “doings.”” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thou hast dealtgleaningsGWB §453: did ye inflictkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: which Thou hast doneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: how to actthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: your deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §607: attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: His doings?”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: wishethgleaningsGWB §536: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: whomsoever He willethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Thy sovereign willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “most”, “might” (84 occurrences)
SE expanded to “He is the Potent”
SE rendered الْقاهِرُ (al-qáhir), الغالِبُ (al-ghálib), قَبْضَتِهِ (qabḍatih) as “the All-Subduing, holdeth within His grasp”
all-subduing 45% all-compelling 10% victorious 10% triumphing 5% equal 5% invincible 5% dominant 5% full 5% transcendent 5% conqueror 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §458: He is equalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: vanquishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: the All-Subduingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: prevailedgleaningsGWB §523: ye conquerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: invincibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: transcendent
SE expanded to “holdeth within His grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: in Whose graspgleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: but a handfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy graspgleaningsGWB §476: and hold firmly within the graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the hollowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §411: within Whose grasp
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (152 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: the PossessorgleaningsGWB §622: into the heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §69: the whole of that landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: Thine own kingdom endurethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: they themselves
SE expanded to “His right hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: right sidegleaningsGWB §192: my right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: the right hand sideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: His right handwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §198: the right sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: on the right hand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: He Who is the All-Compellingfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §632: the Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: tyrannyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of Thine all-compelling powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §104: My everlasting dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
SE rendered شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), مُحِيطًا، (muḥíṭan،) as “of creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: hath comprehendedfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §390: hath spread itself overkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: encompassed theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: are encompassed aboutthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §14: was noised abroadepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Encompassing
SE rendered شَيْءٍ (shayʾin), مُحِيطًا، (muḥíṭan،), النَّصْرُ (an-naṣr), وَالاِنْتِصارُ (wáláintiṣár), وَلَهُ (walah) as “of creation, are His”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: which can render it victoriousfire-tabletFire §47: championsgleaningsGWB §188: defenselesskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assistingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: to succorthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
This form usually rendered as “rapture”, “exultation” (4 occurrences)
rapture 75% exultation 25%
This form usually rendered as “power”, “strength”, “through” (35 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: OmnipotentgleaningsGWB §597: the forcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: 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
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §684: most potentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §266: and to this Thy glory beareth me witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §3: preciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted and
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: what ye prefergleaningsGWB §405: Him Who is the Unconstrainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retired and lived inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: unconstrained powerwill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §666: goodness
