Posted by PatK (208.10.125.21) on November 22, 2002 at 19:50:27:
In Reply to: God Sufficeth... posted by anon on November 19, 2002 at 10:37:31:
Hajir, down in Oz, brought this to my attention:
sufficeth all things..."
In an email dated 8 January 1996 to the Universal House of Justice,
Mr. xxxx notes what appear to be two different versions of a prayer by
the Báb which are in the Sacred Writings and asks if they represent
two different translations of the same prayer or if they are different
prayers. His question was referred to the Research Department and the
following is our response.
The prayers by the Báb in question are:
Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the
heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself
the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent. (Bahá'í Prayers: A
Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb,and 'Abdu'l-Bahá
(Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991), page 29.
Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the
heavens or in the earth or in whatever lieth between them but God, thy
Lord, sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer,
the Omnipotent. (Selections from the Writings of the Báb (Haifa: Bahá'
í World Centre, 1982), page 123.
Mr. xxxx will be interested in the following extract from a letter
dated 28 March 1982 written on behalf of the Universal House of
Justice to a National Spiritual Assembly in response to a similar
question:
The Research Department has been unable, so far, to find the original
of the Prayer of the Báb which appears in the American and British
Prayer Books, beginning "Say: God sufficeth...". The very similar
prayer appearing on page 123 of "Selections from the Writings of the
Bab" is the closest that has as yet been found. It is not yet certain,
therefore, whether these are two translations of the same original or
whether they are two different prayers. The House of Justice states
that both versions may be used for the time being.
(UHJ, god.sufficeth)
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