Prayers and Meditations — §443
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 443 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشَاءُ، لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ القَادِرُ العالِمُ الحَاكِمُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. No God is there beside Thee, the All-Powerful, the Omniscient, the Supreme Ruler, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: didst ordainfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §205: of Divine powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: Ponder for a momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §124: the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: wisheth turngleaningsGWB §255: anythingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: none elseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: Thou dosttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: nothing amongst
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (363 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: “Knowfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §322: physical worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: to Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
SE expanded to “the Supreme Ruler”
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 §579: Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §268: the Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these twoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: and the Sovereign ProtectorgleaningsGWB §230: Help in Peril
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: othersfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §404: distinctionkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: most sublime stationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
