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، لَكَ الحَمْدُ بِما أَرَيْتَنِي عِبادًا كَسَّرُوا
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 §168: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §3: Exalted, immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: beneath the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: sung Thy praisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: Great GodgleaningsGWB §80: clouds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §386: other Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: God but their own desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §191: God’s
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fittethgleaningsGWB §395: may be enabledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: according toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Thou hast graciously enabledwill-and-testamentW&T §19: unanimouslyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: unitedlygleaningsGWB §10: peacekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: by
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidengleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidens
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “praise”, “remember” (149 occurrences)
remembrance 37% praise 24% remember 8% name 7% remembering 7% mention 4% glorification 4% virtues 4% whose 3% remembered 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §256: will call to remembrancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: of the wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “to be steadfast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: arisefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §687: With firm determinationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: whereby the dead speedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
This form usually rendered as “love”, “thou”, “loveth” (137 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §697: of utmost kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: His loving mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: our love for Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: how numerousgleaningsGWB §240: Would that ye mightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Manyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: How manygleaningsGWB §453: iniquity waxed greater and greaterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: and manyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and how numerous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: leaffire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §235: who are the leaves thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: Dove ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the Heavenly Dovetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §53: scrollsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: newspapers
SE expanded to “have caused to fall”
This form usually rendered as “winds”, “gentle”, “breezes” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the soulsfire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §170: new lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the eternal Spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy Spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: thou mayest repose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: to hold fastgleaningsGWB §606: Cleave thou untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: to clingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: cleavingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: take fast holdgleaningsGWB §561: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Clinging unto
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: upon the Divine Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §175: the Burning Bushkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: that sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: of the Treetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: BushgleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Tree
SE expanded to “of Thy Cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Thy behesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
SE rendered الأَمْرِ (al-ʾamr), شأْنٍ (shʾanin), حَرَّكَها (ḥarrakahá), الامْتِحانُ (al-ámtiḥán), رَبَّنا (rabbaná) as “of Thy Cause, have remained unshaken, by the tests, our Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: movingfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §537: have raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: stirred uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: May wingwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: stirred
SE expanded to “by the tests”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §152: heavenlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
SE expanded to “the Most Merciful”
SE rendered الامْتِحانُ (al-ámtiḥán), رَبَّنا (rabbaná), الرَّحْمنَ، (ar-raḥmna،), لَكَ (lak) as “by the tests, our Lord, the Most Merciful”
5 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered رَبَّنا (rabbaná), الرَّحْمنَ، (ar-raḥmna،), لَكَ (lak), الحَمْدُ (al-ḥamd) as “our Lord, the Most Merciful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “PraisedgleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: sufficiently praise Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be GodgleaningsGWB §343: All glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §692: recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: is in His estimationthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: We beheldgleaningsGWB §49: discover
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: degradationfire-tabletFire §29: brokengleaningsGWB §610: utterly abolishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: cut downwill-and-testamentW&T §36: suppliantgleaningsGWB §692: refuseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my extreme lowlinesswill-and-testamentW&T §10: ravening
