Prayers and Meditations — §517
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 517 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سَلْطَنَتِكَ، أَيْ ربِّ كُلٌّ مُتَرَصِّدٌ إِلى شَطْرِ جُودِكَ وَمُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلى أُفُقِ فَضْلِكَ لا تَحْرِمْهُمْ بِإِحْسَانِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ بِسُلْطانِكَ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Their eyes, O my Lord, are expectantly turned in the direction of Thy bounty, and their faces are set towards the horizon of Thy grace. Suffer them not, through Thy bounty, to be deprived of Thy grace. Potent art Thou, by Thy sovereign might, over all things. No God is there but Thee, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “by Thy sovereign might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His MajestygleaningsGWB §474: towards his kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: those Kingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: almighty powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereignty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §669: of the Lord, their Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: and
prepared 50% expectantly 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: the KaabagleaningsGWB §226: inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the nationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §569: unto the courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §621: towards the
bounty 45% bounteousness 12% generosity 12% through 10% grace 6% favor 4% bountiful 4% billowing 2% bestowal 2% graciousness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §237: His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: wisdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy bountiful favorthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
This form usually rendered as “hast”, “turned”, “fixed” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “their faces are set”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hast subduedthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldgleaningsGWB §629: Thy realm of gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §399: dominions
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
SE expanded to “to be deprived”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: withholdgleaningsGWB §588: suffer not thekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: members of the Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: remainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy namethe-hidden-wordsHW §31: Denywill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himself of God’s graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: utterly deprived
SE expanded to “through Thy 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 §103: hath it been decreedfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §410: awhilekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obviousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the ruling of Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
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 §101: hardfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §640: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy transcendentthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: glory of
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 §531: Sovereign Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: soprayers-and-meditationsP&M §648: and supremegleaningsGWB §609: the Help in Perilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: and the Sovereign ProtectorgleaningsGWB §230: Help in Peril
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: I had to facefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §28: His holy seatkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: In another senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: determinedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
