Prayers and Meditations — §447

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 447 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ بِعِزَّتِكَ تَعَزَّزَ أُولُوا العِزَّةِ وَالإِعْزَازِ، وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ اسْتَقْدَرَ أُولُوا القُدْرَةِ وَالاقْتِدارِ وَبِأَمْرِكَ اسْتَعْلَى مَظَاهِرُ أَمْرِكَ عَلَى مَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ، ومِنْ كَوْثَرِ مِدَادِكَ اسْتَحْيَتْ أَفْئِدَةُ أَهْلِ مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنَا الَّذِيْ تَوَجَّهْتُ إِلَيْكَ خَالِصًا لِوَجْهِكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ إِلى ح

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art He the excellence of Whose glory hath exalted them who are the sources of authority and honor, the potency of Whose might hath empowered them who are the fountainheads of energy and strength, the dominion of Whose will hath elevated the Exponents of Thy Cause above all that are in heaven and on earth, and the life-giving effusions of Whose Pen have quickened the souls of the denizens of the kingdom of creation.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ

s-b-ḥ → “Praised be Thou”

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted

اللَّهُمَّ

ʾ-l-h → “O Lord” Distinctive

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

يا

y-ʾ

literal: O; vocative particle; oh (vocative particle)

أَنْتَ

ʾ-n-t → “Thou”

literal: you (masculine singular)

الَّذِيْ

l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

بِعِزَّتِكَ

ʿ-z-z → “excellence of Whose glory” Distinctive

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

أُولُوا

ʾ-w-l → “this world”

literal: guardian; protector; friend; ally; lord; helper; first; primary; original

وَبِقُدْرَتِكَ

q-d-r → “potency of Whose might”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

وَبِأَمْرِكَ

ʾ-m-r → “Cause” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

اسْتَعْلَى

ʿ-l-w → “exalted” Distinctive

literal: highest; most high; supreme

مَظَاهِرُ

ẓ-h-r → “Exponents”

literal: manifestation; appearance; to appear; to manifest; to display; to reveal; ظهور here means ‘backs’ (plural of ظهر), different semantic use than manifestation

أَمْرِكَ

ʾ-m-r → “of Thy Cause”

literal: command; cause; matter; affair; Cause (of God); to command; to order

مَنْ

m-n → “all that” Distinctive

literal: from; out of; than (preposition and particle)

فِي

f-y → “in”

literal: in; in-it; in it

الأَرْضِ

ʾ-r-ḍ → “on earth”

literal: earth; land; ground; country