Prayers and Meditations — §657
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 657 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لا تُخَيِّبُ مَنْ سَئَلَكَ وَلا تَمْنَعُ مَنْ أَرادَكَ قَدِّرْ لِي ما يَنْبَغِي لِسَمآءِ جُودِكَ وَبَحْرِ كَرَمِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ المُقْتَدِرُ القَدِيْرُ.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Thou disappointest no one who hath sought Thee, nor dost Thou keep back from Thee anyone who hath desired Thee. Ordain Thou for me what becometh the heaven of Thy generosity, and the ocean of Thy bounty. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
Translation Notes
تُخَيِّبُ
literal: disappoint; disappoint, frustrate; disappointed
prayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: hath turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §54: lost their causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Disappoint me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: Cast me notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §817: Disappointprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: not to depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: as one disappointed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §678: Unpetitionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: questionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: I, therefore, beseech Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: askgleaningsGWB §112: I beseechkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: we beseech Thee
This form usually rendered as “can”, “withhold”, “debar” (24 occurrences)
SE expanded to “dost Thou keep back”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: obscuregleaningsGWB §573: to intervene between him and Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: most excellentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: I have been unabletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: ye have been forbidden
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “eagerly”, “all” (5 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “behooveth”, “beseemeth”, “must” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fit forgleaningsGWB §620: would be unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: the full measureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: It behoovethgleaningsGWB §507: is it not your clear dutykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: in the Most Great Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §710: call itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: all the inmates of heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “bounty”, “bounteousness”, “favor” (63 occurrences)
bounty 43% bounteousness 10% favor 9% through 9% grace 9% generosity 9% bountiful 5% graciousness 3% bestowal 2% never-failing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousnessfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §627: and bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: through Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: seasgleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: by the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: upon the seagleaningsGWB §563: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
bounty 46% generosity 23% favor 8% bountiful 8% grace 5% bestowal 3% bounteousness 3% through 3% thou 3%
