Prayers and Meditations — §210
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 210 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
سُبْحانَكَ يا إِلهِي وَفِّقْ عِبادَكَ وَإِمائَكَ عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَالاسْتِقامَةِ عَلَى حُبِّكَ، كَمْ مِنْ أَوْراقٍ سَقَطَتْ مِنْ أَرْياحِ الافْتِتانِ وَكَمْ مِنْها تَمَسَّكَتْ بِسِدْرَةِ الأَمْرِ عَلَى شأْنٍ ما حَرَّكَها الامْتِحانُ يا رَبَّنا الرَّحْمنَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded be Thy name, O my God! Aid Thou by Thy strengthening grace Thy servants and Thy handmaidens to recount Thy virtues and to be steadfast in their love towards Thee. How many the leaves which the tempests of trials have caused to fall, and how many, too, are those which, clinging tenaciously to the tree of Thy Cause, have remained unshaken by the tests that have assailed them, O Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Merciful!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded be Thy name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: celebratethfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §682: the All-Glorious Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: “veils of glory”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: Too hightablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinityfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: in God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: assistgleaningsGWB §552: attainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inconsistentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou hast graciously enabledthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §13: in one accordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: concordgleaningsGWB §596: firmly established
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: can I worshipfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §519: unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: ‘Worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: among Thy peopletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankind
handmaidens 89% such 11%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaidsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaid
SE rendered عِبادَكَ (ʿibádak), وَإِمائَكَ (waʾimáʾak), ذِكْرِكَ (dhikrik), وَالاسْتِقامَةِ (wálástiqámah) as “servants, handmaidens, be”
remembrance 37% praise 20% remember 9% remembering 9% glorification 5% name 5% whose 5% make 4% mention 3% through 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: remember HimgleaningsGWB §546: the praisekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: referred to hereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §393: that they may remember metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “be steadfast in their”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen up against Usfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §428: who will arisekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: primarilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §485: Endue them with such steadfastnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE rendered وَالاسْتِقامَةِ (wálástiqámah), حُبِّكَ، (ḥubbika،), كَمْ (kam), أَوْراقٍ (ʾawráqin), سَقَطَتْ (saqaṭat) as “be, How many, leaves, have caused to fall”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §16: the loved ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §614: and for such as are dear to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: Our desirewill-and-testamentW&T §38: that love
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: put forth your leavesfire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §56: foliagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: In every leafprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: the Dovewill-and-testamentW&T §52: leafletsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: the books of the worldgleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenix
SE expanded to “have caused to fall”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have fallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall fallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: have caused to fallwill-and-testamentW&T §6: falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: fallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: fallwill-and-testamentW&T §11: hath grievously fallenwill-and-testamentW&T §41: fallen creature
This form usually rendered as “winds”, “gentle”, “breezes” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: with the Holy Spiritfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §688: spirituallykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: odourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: any resttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §68: By My spirit
SE expanded to “which, clinging tenaciously”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: will cleavegleaningsGWB §680: Set all thy hopekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have clungtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: clunggleaningsGWB §394: in their pursuit ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging unto
tree 41% lote-tree 23% burning 11% divine 5% bush 5% sadratu’l-muntahá 5% sadrih 5% sadratu’l-muntaha 1% upon 1% sadratu’l 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: upon the Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §175: the Burning Bushkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the Bushprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: within the deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: BushgleaningsGWB §399: Sadratu’l-Muntahá
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the following occurrencefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §475: and the affairskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: her caseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: Thou shouldst bid metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinctionfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §254: stationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: worthyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: hath sothe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chances
SE usually renders this root as “move”, “through”, “stirred”
SE rendered شأْنٍ (shʾanin), حَرَّكَها (ḥarrakahá), الامْتِحانُ (al-ámtiḥán), رَبَّنا (rabbaná), الرَّحْمنَ، (ar-raḥmna،) as “unshaken, have assailed, our Lord, the Most Merciful”
lord 86% god 5% divine 3% lords 2% divinity 1% lordship 1% sovereignty 1% educator 1% holy 1% enlightener 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §156: the Lord, his Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: my Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His Divine
SE expanded to “the Most Merciful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: Him Who is the All-Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §689: sympathykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §67: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: by virtue of Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
