Prayers and Meditations — §310
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 310 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَنْتَ ذُو القُدْرَةِ العَظِيمِ وَذُو البَطْشِ الشَّدِيدِ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou art, verily, the One Whose power is immense, Whose vengeance is terrible. No God is there beside Thee, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Translation Notes
3 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “power is immense”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §56: with sovereigntykitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: power haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: by the power oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE rendered ذُو (dhú), القُدْرَةِ (al-qudrah), العَظِيمِ (al-ʿaẓím), وَذُو (wadhú), البَطْشِ (al-baṭsh), الشَّدِيدِ (ash-shadíd) as “the One Whose, power is immense, vengeance is terrible”
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §606: first and foremostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Most GreatgleaningsGWB §600: most sublime
This form usually rendered as “vengeance” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered البَطْشِ (al-baṭsh), الشَّدِيدِ (ash-shadíd), إِلهَ (ʾilh) as “vengeance is terrible, God”
