Prayers and Meditations — §753

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 753 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

ما لا يَقْدِرُ القَلَمُ أَنْ يَقُومَ بِوَصْفِهِ وَارْتَكبُوا ما ناحَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ وَصاحَ مَنْ فِي المَلَكُوتِ وَأَهْلُ سُرادِقِ الجَبَرُوتِ، 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

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Thou beholdest, therefore, O my God, how this wronged one hath fallen into the hands of such as have denied Thy right, and broken off from Thy sovereignty. He, round whose person circleth Thy proof, and in whose name and on behalf of whose sovereignty Thy testimony crieth out unto all created things, hath suffered more grievously in his days than any pen can recount, and been so harassed that He Who is Thy Spirit (Jesus) lamented, and all the denizens of Thy Kingdom and all the inmates of Thy Tabernacle in the realms above cried with a great and bitter lamentation.

Translation Notes

يَقْدِرُ

yaqdir q-d-r → “can”

literal: power; powerful

can 61% have 9% cannot 4% claim 4% transgress 4% aspire 4% hath 4% able 4% powerless 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: though not wholly fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §499: for but a little while kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven prayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: of Thine authority tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might

القَلَمُ

al-qalam q-l-m → “pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 97% abhá 1% supreme 1% most 1% all-glorious 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: by Thy Pen gleaningsGWB §66: exclaimeth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy will-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Pen epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: from the gleaningsGWB §387: His Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: my afflicted pen

يَقُومَ

yaqúm q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered يَقْدِرُ (yaqdir), القَلَمُ (al-qalam), يَقُومَ (yaqúm), بِوَصْفِهِ (biwaṣfih), وَارْتَكبُوا (wártakbúá) as “can, pen, recount, been so harassed”

arise 18% stand 9% may 9% will 9% raise 9% speed 9% stirred 9% rise 9% whereby 9% standing 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the people fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §395: arise and promote kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supreme prayers-and-meditationsP&M §586: hath risen tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose

بِوَصْفِهِ

biwaṣfih w-ṣ-f → “attributes” Distinctive

literal: attributes; description; attribute

This form usually rendered as “description”, “descriptions”, “affirm” (7 occurrences)

description 33% descriptions 17% affirm 17% virtues 17% recount 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: that gleaningsGWB §99: ascribe to them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: eulogy prayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thine attributes epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Describing gleaningsGWB §387: is kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: men’s praise prayers-and-meditationsP&M §561: and Thy

وَارْتَكبُوا

wártakbúá r-k-b → “committed”

literal: commit; commit, perpetrate; to commit

perpetrated 27% have 27% committed 18% followeth 9% harassed 9% evil 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: riding gleaningsGWB §645: and commit kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: have wrought prayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: been so harassed tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: let the angelic spirits enter the-hidden-wordsHW §29: committeth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: committed gleaningsGWB §452: ye have perpetrated

ناحَ

náḥ n-w-ḥ → “lamented”

literal: lament; lamentation

lamented 19% lament 19% groan 13% wept 13% have 13% groaned 6% hath 6% which 6% bemoan 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wept fire-tabletFire §47: Dost gleaningsGWB §231: bemoan kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhorted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: have lamented will-and-testamentW&T §5: lamenting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: lamenteth fire-tabletFire §47: I

الرُّوحُ

ar-rúḥ r-w-ḥ → “spirit”

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

spirit 67% soul 9% holy 5% breath 4% souls 4% life 4% joy 2% faithful 2% divine 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the spirit fire-tabletFire §49: fragrance gleaningsGWB §716: tenderness kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: live in peace prayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the mover tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyed the-hidden-wordsHW §5: the spirit of life

وَصاحَ

waṣáḥ ṣ-y-ḥ

literal: cry; shout; cry out

SE rendered وَارْتَكبُوا (wártakbúá), ناحَ (náḥ), الرُّوحُ (ar-rúḥ), وَصاحَ (waṣáḥ), المَلَكُوتِ (al-malakút), وَأَهْلُ (waʾahl) as “been so harassed, lamented, Spirit, Kingdom, all the inmates”

cry 20% hath 20% cried 13% shout 13% drawn 7% caused 7% sore 7% herald 7% great 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hath been loudly raised fire-tabletFire §47: I gleaningsGWB §83: The Herald kitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: a great cry tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: a cry epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: drawn tears gleaningsGWB §78: The shout tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: cried aloud

المَلَكُوتِ

al-malakút m-l-k → “kingdom”

literal: kingdom; king

kingdom 73% kingdoms 13% heaven 4% empire 4% heavens 2% glory 1% realm 1% whole 1% realms 1% dominion 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: land gleaningsGWB §98: peoples of the earth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: all the kingdoms tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worlds the-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdom will-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous

وَأَهْلُ

waʾahl ʾ-h-l → “all the inmates” Distinctive

literal: people; people, family; people/folk

This form usually rendered as “people”, “dwellers”, “peoples” (116 occurrences)

SE expanded to “all the inmates”

people 42% dwellers 14% peoples 11% inmates 9% all 8% denizens 5% unto 3% learned 3% dwell 3% concourse 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of the people of Bahá fire-tabletFire §22: the Syrians gleaningsGWB §163: the well-favored denizens kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the people of the Bayán prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creatures tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are within the-hidden-wordsHW §92: children will-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious ones

سُرادِقِ

surádiq s-r-d-q → “tabernacle”

literal: pavilion; pavilion, tent; pavilion/tabernacle

tabernacle 54% veil 12% pavilion 12% tabernacles 8% all-glorious 4% enter 4% unseen 4% sanctuary 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the Tabernacles gleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernacle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veil prayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernacles tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilion the-hidden-wordsHW §112: the sanctuary of the tabernacle will-and-testamentW&T §5: the Pavilion gleaningsGWB §656: Tabernacle

الجَبَرُوتِ،

al-jabarúti، j-b-r → “in the realms above”

literal: dominion

SE expanded to “in the realms above”

heaven 26% realm 17% dominion 17% kingdom 11% realms 11% kingdoms 6% eternal 3% all 3% heavenly 3% loftiest 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the heaven fire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realm gleaningsGWB §612: and their dominion kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppression prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: of Thy Dominion tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realm the-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominion will-and-testamentW&T §12: Realm of Glory

لَوْ

law l-w

literal: if

SE rendered وَأَهْلُ (waʾahl), سُرادِقِ (surádiq), الجَبَرُوتِ، (al-jabarúti،), لَوْ (law) as “all the inmates, Tabernacle, in the realms above”

8 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: If kitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: were prayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: though

يَتَوَجَّهُ

yatawajjah w-j-h

literal: face; attention; turning

SE rendered سُرادِقِ (surádiq), الجَبَرُوتِ، (al-jabarúti،), لَوْ (law), يَتَوَجَّهُ (yatawajjah) as “Tabernacle, in the realms above”

who 29% lift 29% inclined 14% set 14% would 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: directed towards fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §55: directed His kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meanings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §348: Thine tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of the the-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself

أَحَدٌ

ʾaḥadun ʾ-ḥ-d

literal: one; anyone; oneness

SE rendered الجَبَرُوتِ، (al-jabarúti،), لَوْ (law), يَتَوَجَّهُ (yatawajjah), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun) as “in the realms above”

one 28% any 17% anyone 15% none 13% man 13% neighbor 4% incomparable 2% alone 2% another’s 2% king 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any one gleaningsGWB §441: no man kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Not one prayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: transcendent oneness tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dweller the-hidden-wordsHW §69: himself over the other epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: one gleaningsGWB §667: the undying Fire

بِسَمْعِ

bisamʿ s-m-ʿ

literal: hear; hearing; heard

SE rendered بِسَمْعِ (bisamʿ), الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah), لَيَسْمَعُ (layasmaʿ), حَنِينَ (ḥanín) as “lamentation”

ears 23% hearing 23% heard 10% ear 10% inner 10% sense 6% hearkeneth 6% hearkened 6% senses 3% hath 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: may fire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou ear gleaningsGWB §724: the All-Hearing kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sight kitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listener prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: inner ear tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard

الفِطْرَةِ

al-fiṭrah f-ṭ-r

literal: creator; nature; nature, creation

SE rendered الفِطْرَةِ (al-fiṭrah), لَيَسْمَعُ (layasmaʿ), حَنِينَ (ḥanín), الأَشْيآءِ (ash-shyáʾ) as “lamentation, things”

true 67% power 11% mouthpiece 11% regarding 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the Creator gleaningsGWB §405: souls kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder prayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: split asunder tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashioner epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Maker gleaningsGWB §696: be cleft kitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleaving

حَنِينَ

ḥanín ḥ-n-n → “lamentation”

literal: lamentation, yearning; lamentation; yearning/lamentation

lamentation 27% voice 18% cry 9% moans 9% groaneth 9% lamenting 9% lamentations 9% groaning 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: cry gleaningsGWB §118: moans prayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the groaning epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: lamentations gleaningsGWB §170: groaneth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: the voice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: lamentation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: voice of His lamentation

الأَشْيآءِ

ash-shyáʾ sh-y-ʾ → “things”

literal: thing; things

all 47% things 23% created 18% creation 4% entire 4% things.” 2% thing 2% perishable 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: pleaseth gleaningsGWB §303: created thing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: willeth.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: the entire creation tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desireth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: all things

وَأَنِينَها

waʾanínahá ʾ-n-n

literal: that; indeed; moment

SE rendered حَنِينَ (ḥanín), الأَشْيآءِ (ash-shyáʾ), وَأَنِينَها (waʾanínahá), وَرَدَ (warad), مَظْلُومِ (maẓlúm) as “lamentation, things, hath fallen, this wronged one”