Prayers and Meditations — §593 Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 593 of 858. Source (Arabic) أَنْتَ مَوْلَى الوَرى وَمالِكُ الآخِرَةِ وَالأُولى لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ الحَكِيْمُ. Shoghi Effendi Translation Thou, truly, art the Lord of all mankind, and the Possessor of this world and of the next. No God is there save Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Translation Notes مَوْلَى mawlá w-l-y → “lord” literal: lord lord 36% loved 25% chosen 13% guardian 11% holy 3% ones 2% viceregent 2% men 2% who 2% endowed 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: of His holy onesgleaningsGWB §95: chosen Ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: friends!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: his Masterwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: didst thou obey thy LordgleaningsGWB §471: and before His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: turning الوَرى al-warى w-r-y → “all mankind” literal: mankind all 44% mankind 22% men 17% world 11% whole 6% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of MankindgleaningsGWB §32: all mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: all menthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: beneathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mankindgleaningsGWB §127: beyondepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: all peoplesgleaningsGWB §68: behind وَمالِكُ wamálik m-l-k → “possessor” literal: kingdom; king lord 48% possessor 14% king 13% who 5% ruler 5% sovereign 4% thou 4% all-possessing 3% layeth 2% eternal 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §60: “The Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Thou Who art thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous الآخِرَةِ al-ákhirah ʾ-kh-r → “next” literal: other world 42% next 32% concluding 3% culmination 3% can 3% another 3% “life 3% other 3% others 3% end 3% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: nextgleaningsGWB §691: otherkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: again.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: the world to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the worldgleaningsGWB §629: the nextprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: and the world to comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: concluding وَالأُولى wálʾúlى ʾ-w-l → “this world” literal: first world 52% life 10% fitting 5% people 5% first 5% present 5% next 5% primal 5% source 5% ye 5% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: this worldfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §279: those gone before youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §366: this lifethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the familygleaningsGWB §629: this present world إِلهَ ʾilh ʾ-l-h → “god” literal: God; god god 85% lord 8% other 4% there 2% thou 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: O my GodgleaningsGWB §127: God inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §294: Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: other GodgleaningsGWB §26: of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: divinity العَلِيمُ al-ʿalím ʿ-l-m → “all-knowing” literal: knowledge all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: the All-Knowingfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §112: I knowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: realm of divine Revelationprayers-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 الحَكِيْمُ al-ḥakím ḥ-k-m → “all-wise” literal: wisdom; wise all-wise 79% wisdom 5% all-wise.” 3% wise 3% sages 2% embodiments 2% ḥakím 2% name 2% shall 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: edictsgleaningsGWB §99: the Divine Commandkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: penaltyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: through Histablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §6: into the hands