Prayers and Meditations — §372
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 372 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ أَسْئَلُكَ بِأَنْ لا تَطْرُدَ مَنْ أَرادَكَ وَلا تَمْنَعَ مَنْ قَصَدَكَ وَلا تَحْرِمَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ أَنْتَ الَّذِيْ سَمَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ بِالرَّحْمنِ ثُمَّ بِالرَّحيمِ، فَارْحَمْ أَمَتَكَ الَّتِيْ لاذَتْ بِكَ وَتَوَجَّهَتْ إِلَيْكَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Cast not out, I entreat Thee, O my Lord, them that have sought Thee, and turn not away such as have directed their steps towards Thee, and deprive not of Thy grace all that love Thee. Thou art He, O my Lord, Who hath called Himself the God of Mercy, the Most Compassionate. Have mercy, then, upon Thy handmaiden who hath sought Thy shelter, and set her face towards Thee.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: LordsgleaningsGWB §36: sacredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: Godhood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: praygleaningsGWB §506: and shall be called to accountkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: I beg of Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §214: implorekitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: seekerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: I moreover entreat Thee
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), أَسْئَلُكَ (ʾasʾaluk), تَطْرُدَ (taṭrud), أَرادَكَ (ʾarádak), تَمْنَعَ (tamnaʿ) as “my Lord, I entreat, that have sought, turn not away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: to have been banishedgleaningsGWB §464: reject Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: outcastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive them not awaygleaningsGWB §461: Thrust not awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: cast Him out from their midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: cast out
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “eagerly”, “all” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that have sought”
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “turn not away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: withholdgleaningsGWB §573: to intervene between him and Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: infiniteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and have deterred themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarreth
SE expanded to “have directed their steps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: hastenedgleaningsGWB §562: ambitionkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: be meantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: and His heart’s Desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth makeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: repaired
SE expanded to “deprive not of Thy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine honorgleaningsGWB §569: suffer them not to be deprivedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Householdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: deprived themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: the precinctsthe-hidden-wordsHW §38: forfeitwill-and-testamentW&T §23: depriveth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Withhold not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prizedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §342: highly meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §280: and the Belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou lovestwill-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “conferred”, “thou” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “thyself”, “own”, “thee” (222 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thougleaningsGWB §432: one soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: the mind of manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: abandon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: mine own hurt
SE expanded to “God of Mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §347: Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: Thine all-encompassing mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
handmaiden 75% handmaid 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §267: for Thine handmaidsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §506: themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: for me, who am a handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §30: for such of Thy handmaidensepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: this unlettered OnegleaningsGWB §266: handmaid
This form usually rendered as “hath” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: hath sought Thy shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §67: to seek Thy shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: hath fled for refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Refugeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: to seek Thee as my Refuge
SE expanded to “set her face towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to set myself towards Theefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §259: Our presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: and have turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: not in thyself
