Prayers and Meditations — §753

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

Source (Arabic)

فَيا إِلهِي تَرَى المَظْلُومَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِي الَّذِينَ أَنْكَروا حَقَّكَ وَأَعْرَضُوا عَنْ سُلْطانِكَ، إِنَّ الَّذِيْ تَطُوفُ الحُجَّةُ حَوْلَهُ وَالبُرْهانُ يُنادِيْ بِأَعْلى النِّدآءِ بَيْنَ الإِمْكانِ بِاسْمِهِ وَسُلْطانِهِ قَدْ فَعَلُوا فِي أَيَّامِهِ ما لا يَقْدِرُ القَلَمُ أَنْ يَقُومَ بِوَصْفِهِ وَارْتَكبُوا ما ناحَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ وَصاحَ مَنْ فِي المَلَكُوتِ وَأَهْلُ سُرادِقِ الجَبَرُوتِ،

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

إِلهِي

ʾilhí ʾ-l-h → “o my god”

literal: god; divine; o god

SE expanded to “O my God”

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: there is none other God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §35: of Providence kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Thy Divine tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

المَظْلُومَ

al-maẓlúm ẓ-l-m → “wronged one”

literal: wronged

wronged 89% whom 3% oppressed 2% victim 1% one 1% downtrodden 1% who 1% men 1% sore 1% sorely 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: sinned fire-tabletFire §49: meekness gleaningsGWB §520: of the downtrodden kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: shall be darkened prayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: O wronged One the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §36: for their cruelty epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: indignities

أَيْدِي

ʾaydí y-d-y

literal: hand; hands; by-hand

SE rendered تَرَى (tará), المَظْلُومَ (al-maẓlúm), أَيْدِي (ʾaydí), الَّذِينَ (adh-dhín), أَنْكَروا (ʾankarúá), حَقَّكَ (ḥaqqak) as “how this, wronged one, such as, have denied, Thy right”

hands 61% mercy 12% hand 6% into 6% sword 3% designs 3% assaults 3% clutches 3% have 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: hands gleaningsGWB §448: nor the hands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: In Thy hands will-and-testamentW&T §13: Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its hand gleaningsGWB §311: the presence of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands

أَنْكَروا

ʾankarúá n-k-r → “have denied”

literal: denial; denier

denied 42% rejected 25% denieth 8% disbelieved 8% who 8% have 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: them that have denied gleaningsGWB §572: and repudiated His truth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: deniest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: reproaches will-and-testamentW&T §34: disbelieved in Thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: denied Him gleaningsGWB §129: question His power kitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: determination

حَقَّكَ

ḥaqqak ḥ-q-q → “thy right”

literal: right

right 75% thee 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustly gleaningsGWB §126: through the power of truth kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the symbolic meaning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: would deserve the-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deserving will-and-testamentW&T §9: indisputable epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: claim

وَأَعْرَضُوا

waʾaʿraḍúá ʿ-r-ḍ → “turned”

literal: turn away; turning away

have 36% turned 32% repudiated 11% turneth 4% given 4% turn 4% having 4% however 4% broken 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: such as have turned aside from Thee gleaningsGWB §261: given up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: in fighting prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: how they have broken off tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside from the-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncing will-and-testamentW&T §3: exposed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: hath turned aside

سُلْطانِكَ،

sulṭánika، s-l-ṭ → “thy sovereignty”

literal: sovereignty

sovereignty 52% power 17% through 16% sovereign 5% almighty 2% surpassing 2% most 2% sublimity 2% whose 2% before 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: power gleaningsGWB §632: My sovereignty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: Monarchs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: all-conquering tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §98: chief will-and-testamentW&T §41: warrant epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: the King

تَطُوفُ

taṭúf ṭ-w-f → “circleth”

literal: circle; circling; circumambulate

circle 33% circled 33% circleth 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: such as have circled gleaningsGWB §424: circling kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: among the Christian community prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: hath circled tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: round which have circled tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circle will-and-testamentW&T §24: peoples epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circleth

الحُجَّةُ

al-ḥujjah ḥ-j-j → “thy proof”

literal: proof; proof, testimony

testimony 35% proof 25% pilgrimage 10% evidence 5% what 5% reasoning 5% reason 5% such 5% proofs 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: Ḥájí gleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: testimony of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy testimony the-hidden-wordsHW §160: argument will-and-testamentW&T §1: His Straight and Luminous Path epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: His Testimony gleaningsGWB §293: the testimony

حَوْلَهُ

ḥawlah ḥ-w-l

literal: around

SE rendered تَطُوفُ (taṭúf), الحُجَّةُ (al-ḥujjah), حَوْلَهُ (ḥawlah), وَالبُرْهانُ (wálburhán), يُنادِيْ (yunádí) as “circleth, Thy proof, Thy testimony, crieth out”

round 50% around 13% through 10% about 7% there 3% vicinity 3% conferred 3% close 3% year 3% strength 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: about gleaningsGWB §724: the conduct kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: present day prayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: round them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not waver tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her state the-hidden-wordsHW §26: plight will-and-testamentW&T §8: Now at this moment

وَالبُرْهانُ

wálburhán b-r-h → “thy testimony”

literal: proof; proof, evidence

proof 50% testimony 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: whom gleaningsGWB §109: proofs kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: of God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: beareth witness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: Thy proof will-and-testamentW&T §53: by conclusive proofs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: about gleaningsGWB §293: His proof

يُنادِيْ

yunádí n-d-y → “crieth out”

literal: call; called; call/voice

calleth 31% crieth 15% cry 15% will 8% proclaiming 8% voiceth 8% calling 8% hath 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: calleth aloud fire-tabletFire §48: Thy Call gleaningsGWB §278: Whose voice kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: cried aloud prayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: the clamor tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: she thus exclaimed tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the call epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call

بِأَعْلى

biʾaʿlى ʿ-l-w → “unto all” Distinctive

literal: highest; exalted; high

This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (291 occurrences)

most 47% high 15% glory 9% supreme 6% loftiest 5% exalted 5% celestial 4% aloud 3% highest 3% all-glorious 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: upper fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §117: ineffable kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and stronger prayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: How supreme tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising high the-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUS will-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory

الإِمْكانِ

al-ʾimkán m-k-n

literal: possibility; possible; possible things

SE rendered بِأَعْلى (biʾaʿlى), النِّدآءِ (an-nidáʾ), الإِمْكانِ (al-ʾimkán), بِاسْمِهِ (biásmih), وَسُلْطانِهِ (wasulṭánih) as “unto all, whose name, on behalf of whose sovereignty”

all 32% world 12% entire 12% created 7% whole 7% placeless 7% contingent 7% peoples 5% possibly 5% creation 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoples fire-tabletFire §20: every creature gleaningsGWB §119: all things kitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: they that are created prayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: the lordship of all things the-hidden-wordsHW §102: abode will-and-testamentW&T §23: earthly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode

بِاسْمِهِ

biásmih s-m-w → “whose name”

literal: name; names

name 77% through 4% most 3% names 3% title 3% any 2% named 2% one 2% person 2% whose 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: names fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §391: which cometh down from Heaven kitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every name prayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: unapproachable tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My sake tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes

فَعَلُوا

faʿalúá f-ʿ-l

literal: do; do/act

SE rendered بِاسْمِهِ (biásmih), وَسُلْطانِهِ (wasulṭánih), فَعَلُوا (faʿalúá), أَيَّامِهِ (ʾayyámih), يَقْدِرُ (yaqdir) as “whose name, on behalf of whose sovereignty, his days, can”

have 29% doings 14% act 14% wrought 14% hath 14% done 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath dealt gleaningsGWB §465: Do ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: will verily do prayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: they do the-hidden-wordsHW §153: by deeds epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activities gleaningsGWB §35: such deeds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: doing

أَيَّامِهِ

ʾayyámih y-w-m → “his days”

literal: day; days; today

days 60% day 21% daytime 5% time 5% many 2% day-time 2% all 2% life 2% past 2% long 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: During the days gleaningsGWB §504: is this Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: dominion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a time tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day the-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing day will-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the Day

يَقْدِرُ

yaqdir q-d-r → “can”

literal: power; powerful

can 63% hath 6% have 6% powerless 6% stilled 3% power 3% cannot 3% aspire 3% could 3% able 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with Thy power fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §636: of His own power kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: bestowed upon prayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: potency of Thy might tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful the-hidden-wordsHW §149: value

القَلَمُ

al-qalam q-l-m → “any pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 96% finger 1% written 1% whose 1% any 1% appear 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pens gleaningsGWB §387: His Pen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: from my Pen will-and-testamentW&T §13: every clime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: the finger gleaningsGWB §281: of Whose Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: through Thy most exalted Pen

يَقُومَ

yaqúm q-w-m → “station” Distinctive

literal: station

This form usually rendered as “arise”, “may”, “shall” (16 occurrences)

arise 17% may 17% shall 8% stand 8% confront 8% will 8% prevail 8% raise 8% stirred 8% rise 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: the depths of fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §643: unto men kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: sojourned in prayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: such stations tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfast tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose

بِوَصْفِهِ

biwaṣfih w-ṣ-f

literal: attributes; description; attribute

SE rendered القَلَمُ (al-qalam), يَقُومَ (yaqúm), بِوَصْفِهِ (biwaṣfih), وَارْتَكبُوا (wártakbúá), ناحَ (náḥ) as “any pen, recount, and been, lamented”

description 43% descriptions 14% attribute 14% howsoever 14% recount 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Attributes gleaningsGWB §101: a special attribute kitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: reputed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §198: praises epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the description gleaningsGWB §99: dost ascribe to them the same attributes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: clothed themselves prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: Were I to attempt to describe Thee

وَارْتَكبُوا

wártakbúá r-k-b → “committed”

literal: commit; commit, perpetrate; to commit

have 31% committed 23% perpetrated 23% followeth 8% harassed 8% evil 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: mounted gleaningsGWB §645: and commit kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: hath compiled prayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: combined the-hidden-wordsHW §29: committeth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: riding gleaningsGWB §621: They that follow kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: steed

ناحَ

náḥ n-w-ḥ → “lamented”

literal: lament; lamentation; lamented

lament 33% groan 17% lamented 17% wept 11% groaned 6% hath 6% bemoan 6% have 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wouldst have groaned fire-tabletFire §47: Dost Thou wail gleaningsGWB §212: weep kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: prayerfully exhorted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: have wept will-and-testamentW&T §5: lamenting epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: groaned aloud fire-tabletFire §47: wailing

الرُّوحُ

ar-rúḥ r-w-ḥ → “he who is thy spirit”

literal: spirit; spiritual; soul

SE expanded to “He Who is Thy Spirit”

spirit 69% soul 10% breath 4% life 4% souls 3% who 3% joy 2% holy 2% jesus 2% ghost 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of the spirit fire-tabletFire §30: the breezes gleaningsGWB §151: may all men kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: spirit.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: that it may assure tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaven the-hidden-wordsHW §15: Abide then

وَصاحَ

waṣáḥ ṣ-y-ḥ

literal: cry; cry out; shout

SE rendered وَارْتَكبُوا (wártakbúá), ناحَ (náḥ), الرُّوحُ (ar-rúḥ), وَصاحَ (waṣáḥ), المَلَكُوتِ (al-malakút) as “and been, lamented, He Who is Thy Spirit, Thy Kingdom”

hath 22% cried 17% cry 11% shout 11% sore 11% drawn 6% shall 6% weep 6% lamentations 6% prophetic 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: cry out fire-tabletFire §47: shall I weep gleaningsGWB §73: the prophetic cry kitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: a great cry tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: cried aloud epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: hath been loudly raised gleaningsGWB §118: lamentations tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: “Raise a cry

المَلَكُوتِ

al-malakút m-l-k → “thy kingdom”

literal: kingdom; king

kingdom 74% kingdoms 10% heaven 6% empire 4% into 1% all 1% glory 1% realm 1% whole 1% realms 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: heaven gleaningsGWB §29: Possessor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: his angels prayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: in the kingdom tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worlds the-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possess will-and-testamentW&T §15: far epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the Lord

وَأَهْلُ

waʾahl ʾ-h-l

literal: people; people/folk; people/inhabitants

SE rendered المَلَكُوتِ (al-malakút), وَأَهْلُ (waʾahl), سُرادِقِ (surádiq), الجَبَرُوتِ، (al-jabarúti،) as “Thy Kingdom, Thy Tabernacle, realms above”