Prayers and Meditations — §819
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 819 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
شَهِدَ اللهُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمُهَيمِنُ الْقَيومُ. بدلاً من الآية الكبيرة يكفي،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
(If anyone choose to recite instead of the long verse these words: “God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting,” it would be sufficient.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “testified” (26 occurrences)
hath 32% have 18% testified 9% borne 9% testifieth 9% witnesseth 5% pronounced 5% detected 5% sweetness 5% pleasant 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: witnessethfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §148: solemnly affirmedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: witness.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: I would be forced to admittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: and I within Myself may bear witness unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §725: O my God”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: holy Menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
الْمُهَيمِنُ
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 §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §300: Guardiankitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §568: Supreme Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §641: Potent artepistle-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 §178: Qá’imfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §519: resistkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: that they may cleave steadfastlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: to change itgleaningsGWB §404: transformationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “changingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Thou changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: make some change in itgleaningsGWB §683: Corrupt
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §376: signs of thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: verses ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: and in Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §6: the Holy Writings
This form usually rendered as “great”, “exalted”, “clear” (17 occurrences)
SE expanded to “it would be sufficient”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §595: that can satisfy the needs of the whole of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: doth surely suffice themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would sufficethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §4: contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §35: full measure
