THE

 SŪRAT AL-QADĪR

سورة القدير

    (THE SURAH OF THE OMNIPOTENT)

OF MĪRZĀ ḤUSAYN `ALĪ NŪRĪ  BAHĀ'-ALLĀH

 

IN PROGRESS

2006

 

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Prov. Trans. Stephen Lambden

from the text in  AQA4:317-320 (cf. Ganj, 51-55)

 

 

The Surat al-Qadir (Surah of the Omnipotent) is an Arabic epistle of Baha'-Allāh  most probably addressed to a Bābī entitled al-Qadir. It is oriented around the theme of the theophany, significance and human manifestation of the Name of God, the Omnipotent (al-qadir). It contains what seems one of the earliest expressions of Baha'-Allah's dissatisfaction with the inadequate leadership role of his half-brother Mirza Yahya Nuri, Subh-i Azal (c. 1834-1914). This Tablet most likely dates to the early-mid Edirne (Adrianople) period (c. 1865-6?).

 

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هذا سورة القدير

قد قدرناها في جبروت البقاء وانزلناها علی العباد ليكون لهم سراجا مضيئا

This is the

Sūrat al-qadīr.

We indeed decreed it in the omnipotent sphere of Eternity (jabarūt al-baqā')

and

We sent it down unto Our servants that it may be a radiant Lamp for them. 

 

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       هو  الحق البهیّ الابهی

He is the

Ultimately Real One, the  Glorious, the All-Glorious

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فسبحان الذی قدر مقاديركل شيئی فی الواح عزّ محفوظ  و خلق كل شيئی علی

شاٌن لو يصفن انفسهم عن غبره الوهم و الهوی  ليصعدن

 

So Praise be unto He who determines the  measures of all thingsin Mighty, Preserved Tablets.

And He created in everything the capacity, should they purify themselves from the dust of idle fancies and vain imaginings,

they would assuredly ascend up unto the loftiest seats of power and would

 

 

 

 

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Be ye not like he whose command We elevated among the servants and spread abroad his mention in the lands.

Then when he perceived himself in a position of might and elevation, he manifested pride

towards He who created him and aught else besides...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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