Prayers and Meditations — §339
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 339 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
قُدْرَتِكَ لَوْ تُعَذِّبُنا بِعَذابِ الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخِرِينَ لَتكُونُ عادِلاً فِي أَمْرِكَ وَمَحْمُودًا فِي فِعْلِكَ، وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ العَزِيزُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We are Thy servants, O my Lord, and in the grasp of Thy power. If Thou chastisest us with the chastisement inflicted upon the former and the latter generations, Thy verdict would be assuredly just and Thine act praiseworthy. Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee. None other God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: a whilefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §669: may soarkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: nowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: according to Thine irrevocable decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “Thou chastisest us”
chastisement 26% tormented 19% torment 16% punishment 10% afflictions 6% fresh 6% chastise 6% terror 3% tribulation 3% draught 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: draught of crystal watergleaningsGWB §281: freshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a cooling draughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: afflictionsgleaningsGWB §683: chastisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §295: from firstkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: the formerthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familygleaningsGWB §116: no beginning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §257: or of the futurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §459: in the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concludinggleaningsGWB §111: culminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “wilt”, “art” (63 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thy verdict would be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: shall befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §96: His own Personkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: justicegleaningsGWB §538: as numerousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: judge equitablytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §7: justice and equityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §508: with those of the unjust
SE rendered وَالآخِرِينَ (wálákhirín), لَتكُونُ (latkún), عادِلاً (ʿádiláan), أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَمَحْمُودًا (wamaḥmúdan) as “the latter generations, Thy verdict would be, assuredly just, Thine act praiseworthy”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: biddethfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §496: injunctionskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: such a passtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
SE expanded to “Thine act praiseworthy”
glorious 15% all-praised 15% praiseworthy 15% praised 8% glorified 8% glory 8% august 8% all-glorious 8% “praiseworthy 8% act 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §163: time Thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: give Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §427: august
SE rendered أَمْرِكَ (ʾamrik), وَمَحْمُودًا (wamaḥmúdan), فِعْلِكَ، (fiʿlika،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “Thine act praiseworthy, Powerful art Thou”
SE rendered وَمَحْمُودًا (wamaḥmúdan), فِعْلِكَ، (fiʿlika،), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “Thine act praiseworthy, Powerful art Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §2: and instruments of Thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: things
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 §100: gloriousfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: upliftedthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glory
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §61: that transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: the self-sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §53: the GuardiangleaningsGWB §268: the Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §706: pervadeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: mayest arisefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §709: the meaningkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: These peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that they may remaintablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
