Prayers and Meditations — §334
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 334 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ وَالحاكِمُ عَلَى ما تُرِيدُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المَلِكَ المُتَعالِ المُقْتَدِرُ المُعْطِ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest and to ordain what Thou willest. No God is there but Thee, the All-Possessing, the All-Highest, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Powerful art Thou to do”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE expanded to “what Thou pleasest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §377: every created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Each and every thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: or wilt desiretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
This form usually rendered as “ordaineth”, “governor”, “rule” (26 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and to ordain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: the reins of power fall into the handsgleaningsGWB §169: Gird up the loinskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: can be regardedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Lordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §22: conclusively
SE expanded to “what Thou willest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: desirethgleaningsGWB §300: should happenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purposeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: in conformity with Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: purposedgleaningsGWB §300: your desirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seek
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By the righteousness of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §131: one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: of Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine empiregleaningsGWB §119: into His kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: and the heavenly kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the different countries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §668: excellencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: most exalted Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Magnified, therefore, betablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §464: bestowed upon Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall not giveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §314: the Most Bountifulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: bountygleaningsGWB §13: impartethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: giftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §148: All-Bountiful
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: in the worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §170: createdkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: of their understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: such as have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
