Prayers and Meditations — §64
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 64 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقْتَدِرُ عَلَى ما تَشاءُ وَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المَلِكَ العَزِيزُ المُهَيْمِنُ القَيُّومُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Potent art Thou to do Thy pleasure. Thou art, verily, the Supreme Ruler, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Potent art Thou”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to do Thy pleasure”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of all created thingsgleaningsGWB §636: any share whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: that, God willingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §186: pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered تَشاءُ (tasháʾ), وَإِنَّكَ (waʾinnak), المَلِكَ (al-malik), العَزِيزُ (al-ʿazíz), المُهَيْمِنُ (al-muhaymin) as “to do Thy pleasure, the Almighty, the Help in Peril”
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the KinggleaningsGWB §426: but vassalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: the world.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: in the kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of Kings
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hardgleaningsGWB §488: of honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of celestial gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine omnipotencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessed
المُهَيْمِنُ
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §300: Guardiankitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and hast caused to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §560: transcendent and supremeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: that overshadowethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in Peril
self-subsisting 79% who 8% qayyum 2% self-sufficing 2% self-subsisting!” 2% self-subsisting.” 2% above 2% self-subsisting! 2% grasp 2% set 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: have stood upfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §135: hath arisenkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: the stateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to cleave so tenaciouslytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
