Gleanings — §448
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 448 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
(سورة الملوك) أن يا سفير العجم في المدينة أزعمت بأنّ الأمر كان بيدي أو يبدّل أمر الله بسجني
أن يا سفير العجم في المدينة أزعمت بأنّ الأمر كان بيدي أو يبدّل أمر الله بسجني وذلّي أو بإفقادي وإفنائي فبئس ما ظننت في نفسك وكنت من الظّانّين إنّه ما من إله إلّا هو يظهر أمره ويعلو برهانه ويثبت ما أراد ويرفعه إلى مقام الّذي ينقطع عنه أيديك وأيدي المعرضين، هل تظنّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Dost thou imagine, O Minister of the S̱háh in the City (Constantinople), that I hold within My grasp the ultimate destiny of the Cause of God? Thinkest thou that My imprisonment, or the shame I have been made to suffer, or even My death and utter annihilation, can deflect its course? Wretched is what thou hast imagined in thine heart! Thou art indeed of them that walk after the vain imaginings which their hearts devise. No God is there but Him. Powerful is He to manifest His Cause, and to exalt His testimony, and to establish whatsoever is His Will, and to elevate it to so eminent a position that neither thine own hands, nor the hands of them that have turned away from Him, can ever touch or harm it.
