Prayers and Meditations — §813
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 813 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
إِلَهِيْ قَوِّ يَدِيْ لِتَأْخُذَ كِتَابَكَ بِاسْتِقَامَةٍ لَا تَمْنَعُهَا جُنُودُ العَالَمِ ثُمَّ احْفَطْهَا عَنِ التَّصَرُّفِ فِي مَالَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِي مِلْكِهَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take hold of Thy Book with such steadfastness that the hosts of the world shall have no power over it. Guard it, then, from meddling with whatsoever doth not belong unto it. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “O my God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §718: Hand ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: In Thy handswill-and-testamentW&T §13: Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §448: nor the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands
This form usually rendered as “shall”, “lay”, “succor” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “take hold of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: partakefire-tabletFire §16: made captivegleaningsGWB §282: Your spirits would bekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: perishethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: should chastiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hath come upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §312: holy Writkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: this pretentious bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §595: what Thou hast written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Write down
SE expanded to “with such steadfastness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: dependfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §325: acteth in dependencekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: risentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
This form usually rendered as “can”, “cloud”, “deny” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: has been powerless to withholdgleaningsGWB §130: transcendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were hinderedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: deter
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: is a powerful forcegleaningsGWB §717: battalionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: of that hostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: all the hoststablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: with the everlasting hostsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: of these hostsgleaningsGWB §505: the assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: whose heroism
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §170: this perverse generationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: tokensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: well knowesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: protectgleaningsGWB §125: shield themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: and may shield themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: watch over thee
This form usually rendered as “treatment”, “influence”, “establishing” (12 occurrences)
treatment 17% influence 17% establishing 8% appropriate 8% seize 8% under 8% potency 8% such 8% meddling 8% lay 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He enteredgleaningsGWB §563: have sought Our Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: Hast thou enteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were permittedthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: Putwill-and-testamentW&T §12: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: not enteredgleaningsGWB §27: “Enter
SE rendered مَالَمْ (málam), يَدْخُلْ (yadkhul), مِلْكِهَا (milkihá), المُقْتَدِرُ (al-muqtadir) as “whatsoever doth not, belong unto, it, the Almighty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: provincesgleaningsGWB §36: to the kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: visibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: and the transcendenttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominion
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
