Prayers and Meditations — §504
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 504 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْتَ العَزِيزُ المُقْتَدِرُ الوَهَّابُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the God of power, of strength and of bounty.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the God of power”
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 §168: exalted and glorified be Hefire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §365: inestimablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: of Thy mightythe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blest
SE rendered العَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir), الوَهَّابُ (al-wahháb) as “the God of power, bounty”
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 §41: decreedfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §161: sustainkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obviousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thine almighty powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
This form usually rendered as “all-bounteous”, “all-bountiful”, “generous” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: of all giftsgleaningsGWB §195: All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: and bountieswill-and-testamentW&T §10: a bountyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §569: and bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: I swearwill-and-testamentW&T §56: gift
