Meanings of Terms
Several of the names of God used in the prayer are explained here.
- Parvardigar (also Parwardigar): The Preserver or Sustainer - Sufism
- You are in the three worlds, and also beyond the three worlds: Refers to the gross, subtle, and mental worlds (akash, pran, mana) of Sufism and Vedanta described in Meher Baba's book God Speaks.
- Prabhu: The Lord (God). Vishnu. Literally: master, lord, king. A name applied to God. - Vedanta.
- Parameshwar: a Hindu concept that literally means the Supreme God. - Vedanta
- Beyond God and the Beyond-Beyond God: Concepts discussed in Meher Baba's book God Speaks
- Parabrahma: Supreme Brahman or Supreme Spirit; That which is beyond Brahman; Paratpar Parabrahma is God in His Beyond Beyond state. The self-sufficient cause of all causes, the essence of everything in the cosmos. Explained in Meher Baba's book God Speaks. - Vedanta
- Paramatma: Supreme Soul or Over-soul - Vedanta
- Allah: The one God - Islam
- Elahi: A word in Aramaic that means My God. Most likely the name of God used by Jesus and his disciples. - Judaism
- Yezdan (also Yazdan): "worthy of worship" - Zoroastrianism
- Ahuramazda: Name of God's attribute of Life and Wisdom. - Zoroastrianism
- God Almighty: From Persian Harvesp-tawan, second of the 101 names of the Lord Ahura Mazda, meaning "Almighty" or "All powerful." - Zoroastrianism. Also from Judaic El Shaddai meaning literally "God Almighty." A very early name of God in Hebrew. The name by which God was known to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Also Al-Aziz, meaning "The Almighty," is the eighth of the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Ezad (also Izad, Yazata or Yazad): The one God. Literally: "worthy of worship". The origin of this spelling has so-far not been determined. - Zoroastrianism
- In some versions the names Paramatma and God Almighty are omitted from the second to last stanza.
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