Prayers and Meditations — §557
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 557 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشآءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيمُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Powerful art Thou to do what Thou pleasest. Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Powerful art Thou to do”
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 §103: hath powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §138: have been foreordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: hopelessly failprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: Do Thou, then, ordaintablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: I have hung
SE expanded to “what Thou pleasest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §468: no circumstanceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: No onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE expanded to “Thou art, verily, the All-Knowing”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: knowestfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §193: in each of the worldskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: mysteries of divine Knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §502: of all Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: whatever measures are requiredgleaningsGWB §621: the Source of wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: the sentenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: shouldst Thou decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §8: of the governments
