Prayers and Meditations — §754
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 754 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
لَوْ يَتَوَجَّهُ أَحَدٌ بِسَمْعِ الفِطْرَةِ لَيَسْمَعُ حَنِينَ الأَشْيآءِ وَأَنِينَها بِما وَرَدَ عَلَى مَظْلُومِ الآفاقِ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُمُ المِيثاقَ فِي يَوْمِ الطَّلاقِ، هَلْ مِنْ مُنْصِفٍ يا إِلهِي يُنْصِفُ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَهَلْ مِنْ ذِي بَصَرٍ يَنْظُرُ بِعَيْنِكَ؟ وَهَلْ مِنْ ذِي سَمْعٍ يَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِكَ وَهَلْ مِنْ ذِيْ لِسانٍ يَنْطِقُ بِالحَقِّ فِي أَيَّامِكَ؟
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Should any one incline his inner ear, he would hear the cry and the wailing of all created things over what hath befallen Him Whom the world hath wronged, at the hands of them with whom Thou hast covenanted in the Day of Separation. Where is that fair-minded soul, O my God, who will judge equitably Thy Cause, and where is the man of insight to be found who will behold Thee with Thine own eyes? Is there any man of hearing who will hear Thee with Thine ears, or one endued with eloquence who will speak the truth in Thy days?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “would”, “set”, “lift” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Turn, then, thy facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §670: set his affectionskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: countenancestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
SE rendered لَوْ (law), يَتَوَجَّهُ (yatawajjah), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ), الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah), لَيَسْمَعُ (layasmaʿ) as “Should, one incline, inner ear, hear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: no mangleaningsGWB §116: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: to equal or rivaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto onegleaningsGWB §584: of no one
This form usually rendered as “hearing”, “ears”, “heard” (42 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Incline thine ear untofire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §463: with the hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: Thou givest eartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE rendered يَتَوَجَّهُ (yatawajjah), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ), الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah), لَيَسْمَعُ (layasmaʿ), حَنِينَ (ḥanín), الأَشْيآءِ (ash-shyáʾ) as “one incline, inner ear, hear, cry, created things”
voice 23% lamentation 15% cry 15% moans 8% groaneth 8% lamenting 8% lamentations 8% sighing 8% groaning 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the voice of My lamentationgleaningsGWB §170: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: utter Thy lamentationsgleaningsGWB §118: moansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: lamentationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the voice of the lamentationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: voice of His lamentation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: partnersgleaningsGWB §722: desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: whomsoever He willethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: to equal Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
وَأَنِينَها
literal: groaning/sighing; essence; groaning, moaning
This form usually rendered as “wailing” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “things” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: that attain thereuntogleaningsGWB §507: have enduredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: summons ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: may be kept back from themwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §298: the things that have befallen Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: was inflicted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: Usfire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §241: have wrongedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: The transgressionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: gloomy
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “laid”, “clung” (29 occurrences)
SE rendered أَخَذْتَ (ʾakhadht), مِنْهُمُ (minhum), المِيثاقَ (al-mítháq), يَوْمِ (yawm), الطَّلاقِ، (aṭ-ṭaláqi،), هَلْ (hal) as “covenanted, Day, Separation, Where”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy Testamentfire-tabletFire §41: the CovenantgleaningsGWB §611: thy pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and Thy Testamentwill-and-testamentW&T §32: strongepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: CovenantgleaningsGWB §687: pledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: to Thy Covenant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: The day whengleaningsGWB §39: of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by day
This form usually rendered as “divorce”, “judgment”, “separation” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: bright and friendlygleaningsGWB §103: applicablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: the slightestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: Judgment Daywill-and-testamentW&T §23: universalitygleaningsGWB §106: slightestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: applicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: rid me of my bondage
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: Judge fairlygleaningsGWB §455: if ye but judge fairlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: is it fairprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: fair-minded soulthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Be fairgleaningsGWB §180: injustice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §1: Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §168: of Heavenkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: spiritualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: eyes togleaningsGWB §111: with a penetrating visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: seeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: our sighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: thine eyesgleaningsGWB §36: with the eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: on account offire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §254: to examinekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: feel inclinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: Look, then, upon himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §154: waited expectant
SE expanded to “Thee with Thine own eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: appointgleaningsGWB §306: individualitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: with divine insightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §212: all eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
This form usually rendered as “leave”, “purge”, “command” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Thee with Thine ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: these earsgleaningsGWB §222: Leave hath, moreover, been givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: by the permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: and judgmenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: hearinggleaningsGWB §619: his ear
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: tonguesgleaningsGWB §251: whose tongueskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tonguegleaningsGWB §346: a language
This form usually rendered as “speaketh”, “proclaimeth”, “crieth” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: hath spokenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §122: Whose voice is the voicekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: extoltablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
