Prayers and Meditations — §449
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 449 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
نْ 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، أَيْ
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
SE expanded to “drive me away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: cast him outgleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: He cast him outepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §464: reject Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: Cast meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive themgleaningsGWB §461: “Thrust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherishedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §342: highly meritoriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: them that are deartablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved
وَرِضَائِكَ،
literal: pleasure; pleasure/satisfaction; pleasure, satisfaction
pleasure 44% good 18% good-pleasure 8% will 8% thee 8% unto 5% please 3% pleasure!” 3% sake 3% pleasure’s 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: praiseworthyfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §361: the good pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: and desirestthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: desiredwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: contentment
This form usually rendered as “can”, “taste”, “would” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: alivefire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §328: the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: independent existenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: could obtaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: that ye may obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: and soulsgleaningsGWB §662: upon every onekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: for one momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of Thine own Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy richesgleaningsGWB §387: rich enough to dispensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: richprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: true wealthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §13: Be thou contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung
This form usually rendered as “peace”, “set” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: been establishedgleaningsGWB §307: is independentkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: decreed byprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: immovable constancytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thine eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thus shallwill-and-testamentW&T §9: arrangements
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “bounty”, “grace” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: namelyfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §541: Divine bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: Thy lovethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: divine mysterywill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
