Prayers and Meditations — §370
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 370 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ المُتَعالِ العَزِيزُ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the God of power, the God of glory, the God of strength and wisdom.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (266 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thine omnipotencefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §348: how numerous and far-reachingkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: ableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: Potent art Thoutablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: There is
This form usually rendered as “most”, “inaccessible”, “all-highest” (47 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: greatestfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §311: loftiest mansionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supremeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: all highesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
العَزِيزُ
literal: mighty; glory; might
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of glory, the God of strength and”
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemedgleaningsGWB §183: that ye may be exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: of all dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: of Thy mightytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: will rulegleaningsGWB §592: He ordainethkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: meaning ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have been rulingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §8: of the governments
