Prayers and Meditations — §86
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 86 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سَبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ لَمْ تَزَلْ كُنْتَ فِيْ عُلُوِّ القُدْرَةِ وَالجَلالِ وَلا تَزالُ تَكُونُ فِيْ سُمُوِّ القُوَّةِ وَالإِجْلالِ، لا يَمْنَعُكَ عَمَّا أَرَدْتَهُ مَنْ فِيْ مَلَكُوتِ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلا يُعْجِزُكَ مَنْ فِيْ جَبَروُتِ الأَمْرِ وَالخَلْقِ، تَفْعَلُ ما تَشاءُ بِأَمْرِكَ وَتَحْكُمُ ما تُرِيدُ بِسُلْطانِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness that from eternity Thou wert exalted in Thy transcendent majesty and might, and wilt to eternity abide in Thy surpassing power and glory. None in the kingdoms of earth and heaven can frustrate Thy purpose; none throughout the realms of revelation and of creation can prevail against Thee. At Thy command Thou doest what Thou willest, and by the power of Thy sovereignty Thou rulest as Thou pleasest.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: Graciousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §287: God, the Glorifiedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: Glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: “Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §200: God, the Eternal Truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “I bear witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: have borne witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §672: gazekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: clearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: and creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §91: will remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: vanishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: From all eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My eternalwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: declineth notgleaningsGWB §605: hath always ordained
loftiness 30% transcendent 15% exalted 11% heights 11% sublime 7% lofty 7% excellence 7% glory 4% all-glorious 4% high-minded 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to proclaimfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §174: exalt the stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: exalted is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My glorygleaningsGWB §546: grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §183: hallowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: be His glorygleaningsGWB §47: majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: however great their nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy glory
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “remain”, “wilt” (70 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: begleaningsGWB §239: thoughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: Thou wouldst haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: the soultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thou desirest
This form usually rendered as “sublimity”, “exaltation”, “inaccessible” (28 occurrences)
sublimity 29% exaltation 12% inaccessible 12% transcendent 12% most 6% noble 6% advancement 6% promote 6% glory 6% station 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: in the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §134: in the person ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: the atmosphere oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mightgleaningsGWB §647: All-Compellingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §104: Strengthen Thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §40: utmostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: into the sensegleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbiddengleaningsGWB §74: is debarredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: to be kept back fromtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: sublime
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “what” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: his purposegleaningsGWB §492: in the days to comekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: by an act of Thy volitionthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §300: should happenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fain
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §669: majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: of earthly existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: O Thou Who art the Supreme Ordainertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: My sacred realmwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy dominion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: the very earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §447: the face of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: site of his martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §816: and all who are on earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the soil
This form usually rendered as “whom”, “frustrate”, “can” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: All-Compellingfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §51: sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of Thine all-compelling powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: highest heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of necessity prompteth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: Bidfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §490: Our sufferingskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: Naughttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: hath createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §116: creation whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: Fountaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast created
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “doeth”, “wilt” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath dealtgleaningsGWB §456: your actionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: will verily doprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: in Thy doingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: your deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: what He doethgleaningsGWB §656: Deal with mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: behaviour
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “pleaseth”, “what” (83 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: if it be His WillgleaningsGWB §131: whatsoever He willethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: whomsoever He willethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: none to describe Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: King ofgleaningsGWB §710: sovereign Rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of the Kingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: Thine own sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulers
