Prayers and Meditations — §158
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 158 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
وَلا تُبْعِدَنِي عَنْ شَاطِئِ قُرْبِكَ، أَيْ رَبِّ دُونُكَ لا يَنْفَعُنِي وَقُرْبُ غَيْرِكَ لا يُغْنِينِي، أَسْئَلُكَ بِغَنائِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ اسْتَغْنَيْتُ عَمَّا سِواكَ بِأَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي مِنَ النَّاظِرِينَ إِلَيْكَ وَالقائِمِينَ عَلَى
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Aught else except Thee, O my Lord, profiteth me not, and near access to anyone save Thyself availeth me nothing. I entreat Thee by the plenteousness of Thy riches, whereby Thou didst dispense with all else except Thyself, to number me with such as have set their faces towards Thee, and arisen to serve Thee.
Translation Notes
SE rendered تُبْعِدَنِي (tubʿidaní), شَاطِئِ (sháṭiʾ), قُرْبِكَ، (qurbika،) as “Thee,, O”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: notwithstandingfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §248: receding fromkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Henceforwardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: Long afterwardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: to be far removedwill-and-testamentW&T §19: successorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: after it
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “proximity”, “nearness” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §370: His revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §44: Rulertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your Lord
This form usually rendered as “all”, “any”, “except” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: profitgleaningsGWB §564: profiteth himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: will profit methe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theewill-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common wealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: is unprofitable unto yougleaningsGWB §439: ledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: enable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: elsewherefire-tabletFire §21: pervertedgleaningsGWB §217: hath suffered such changekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: save Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: beside Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: all save Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: is notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: different
This form usually rendered as “availeth” (1 occurrences)
riches 27% rich 22% wealth 20% all-possessing 12% independent 7% enrich 3% enriched 2% all 2% wealthy 2% dispense 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: notesgleaningsGWB §179: All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: richesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: and to the sweetnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §57: rich in its possessionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy riches
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §506: and shall be calledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: hath been set aflameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseecheth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §666: for naught elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: besidesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: everything except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: another than Meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: equalgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned you
This form usually rendered as “number”, “suffer”, “set” (40 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “fix”, “seeing” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “such as have set”
This form usually rendered as “unto” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “their faces towards”
SE expanded to “arisen to serve”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: others beforefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §20: From the excellencekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the Day of Resurrectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
