Prayers and Meditations — §449
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 449 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
أَيْ رَبِّ لا تُخَيِّبْنِي عَنْ بَابِكَ وَلا تَطْرُدْنِيْ عَنْ شَاطِئِ حُبِّكَ وَرِضَائِكَ، لأنَّ الفَقِيرَ لا يَجِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَلْجَأً إِلاَّ بَابَ غَنَائِكَ، وَإِنَّ المَطْرُودَ لا تَسْتَقِرُّ نَفْسُهُ إِلاَّ فِي جِوارِ عِنَايَتِكَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Cast me not from Thy presence, O my Lord, neither do Thou drive me away from the shores of Thy love and Thy good pleasure. For the poor can find no refuge unless he knocketh at the door of Thy wealth, and the outcast can find no peace until he be admitted to the court of Thy favor.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: DivinegleaningsGWB §45: Heaven-sentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: ‘Our Lord is God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is the vassal of nonetablet-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 §30: is our Lord
SE rendered رَبِّ (rabb), تُخَيِّبْنِي (tukhayyibní), بَابِكَ (bábik) as “my Lord, presence”
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: to frustrate the hopes I have setwill-and-testamentW&T §54: lost their causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: Deny him notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: not to depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: Shatter not the hopes
SE expanded to “drive me away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive them not awaygleaningsGWB §461: Thrust not awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: outcastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: cast them outgleaningsGWB §464: reject Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: cast Him out from their midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: they be driven away by Thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: utmost kindlinessfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §251: and disdainfully reject His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §77: my delighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: My loverwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
SE expanded to “Thy good pleasure”
pleasure 30% good 21% good-pleasure 13% sake 13% will 6% thee 6% unto 4% content 2% please 2% pleasure!” 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Divine good-pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: have found favour with Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: Thy good-pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §46: content with My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pleased
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the poorgleaningsGWB §268: pauperskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: one of these instancesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: a poor creaturethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: My poorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: These passagesgleaningsGWB §408: poor thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: the same task
This form usually rendered as “can”, “would”, “could” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: creationfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §253: disregard and neglectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Notwithstanding all thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §680: cause of my beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §22: existent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mengleaningsGWB §326: its essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: Spiritsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: thy life
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: refugegleaningsGWB §534: asylum to which ye can fleekitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: seek the sheltering shadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and hath sought the sheltergleaningsGWB §594: a havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: shelterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Havenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Haven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §687: appease his hungerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: treasuresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: the immensity of Thy wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §13: Be thou contentwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
This form usually rendered as “can”, “set” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: madegleaningsGWB §370: recognitionkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: remainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: so establishedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §59: and there I may abidewill-and-testamentW&T §17: decide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitivegleaningsGWB §331: The essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: I may flee for sheltertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the inner essence thereofwill-and-testamentW&T §32: my Shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himself
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “bounty”, “grace” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: through the gracefire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §105: mysterieskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: manifold blessingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
