Prayers and Meditations — §416
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 416 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ سُلْطَانُ البَرِيَّةِ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الغَفُورُ الْكَرِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the Lord of creation. No God is there beside Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: KinggleaningsGWB §63: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the potencytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the power of His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §477: the whole worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §681: of all menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §20: among Thy creaturesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: clear of themgleaningsGWB §48: people
SE expanded to “God is there beside”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God possessethfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §182: of the Divine Spiritkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Forgivingfire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §375: implore pardonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: latefire-tabletFire §35: forgiveness
SE expanded to “the Most Bountiful”
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
