Prayers and Meditations — §337
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 337 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
تِلْقآءَ مَدْيَنِ ظُهُوراتِ عِزِّ أَمْرِكَ إِنَّهُ لَذَنْبٌ لا يُعادِلُهُ ذَنْبٌ فِي مَمالِكَ إِبْداعِكَ وَاخْتِراعِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ إِذا أَظْهَرْتَ طَلائِعَ آياتِ عِزِّ سَلْطَنَتِكَ وَاقْتِدارِكَ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدَّعِيَ الوُجُودَ لِنَفْسِهِ، كُلُّ الوُجُودِ مَفْقُودٌ لَدَى ظُهُوراتِ عِزِّ أَحَدِيَّتِكَ، سُبْحَانَكَ سُبْحَانَكَ يا مالِكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
He, indeed, is endued with understanding who acknowledgeth his powerlessness and confesseth his sinfulness, for should any created thing lay claim to any existence, when confronted with the infinite wonders of Thy Revelation, so blasphemous a pretension would be more heinous than any other crime in all the domains of Thine invention and creation. Who is there, O my Lord, that, when Thou revealest the first glimmerings of the signs of Thy transcendent sovereignty and might, hath the power to claim for himself any existence whatever? Existence itself is as nothing when brought face to face with the mighty and manifold wonders of Thine incomparable Self.
Translation Notes
أَظْهَرْتَ
literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest
