Prayers and Meditations — §754
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 754 of 858.
Source (Arabic)
مِنْ ذِي بَصَرٍ يَنْظُرُ بِعَيْنِكَ؟ وَهَلْ مِنْ ذِي سَمْعٍ يَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِكَ وَهَلْ مِنْ ذِيْ لِسانٍ يَنْطِقُ بِالحَقِّ فِي أَيَّامِكَ؟ وَعِزَّتِكَ يا أَيُّهَا النَّاظِرُ مِنْ أُفُقِكَ الأَبْهى وَالسَّامِعُ ما تَنْطِقُ بِهِ سِدْرَةُ المُنْتَهى لَوْ أَحَدٌ يَنْظُرُ إلى كُتُبِكَ الَّتِي سَمَّيْتَها بِالبَيانِ وَيَتَفَكَّرُ فِيما نُزِّلَ فِيها لَيَجِدُ
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 “looketh”, “perceiveth”, “gaze” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: should be readfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §418: ever regardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: owing toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §585: and fix my gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
SE expanded to “with Thine own eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the well-springgleaningsGWB §30: thine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: visionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §18: to appoint
SE rendered بَصَرٍ (baṣarin), يَنْظُرُ (yanẓur), بِعَيْنِكَ؟ (biʿaynika؟), وَهَلْ (wahal), ذِي (dhí), سَمْعٍ (samʿin), يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʿ) as “insight, behold, with Thine own eyes, Is, man, hearing, hear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hear that whichfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §110: knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: can be heardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “leave”, “command”, “judgment” (8 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with Thine ears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: leavegleaningsGWB §222: been givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: by Thy leavewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: eargleaningsGWB §490: the burden of their recitalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: hast forbiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive ears
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: He that hath givenfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §415: magnify yekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: have celebratedwill-and-testamentW&T §2: declaredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: crieth out these words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: as it behooveth yougleaningsGWB §719: revealed the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its right
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the days of MygleaningsGWB §504: is this Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the Fastwill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the DaygleaningsGWB §245: Your dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness today
SE rendered بِالحَقِّ (biálḥaqq), أَيَّامِكَ؟ (ʾayyámika؟), وَعِزَّتِكَ (waʿizzatik) as “the truth, Thy days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: Mightyfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §604: most augustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §760: the Most Mightythe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glory
SE rendered النَّاظِرُ (an-náẓir), أُفُقِكَ (ʾufuqik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §611: Realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizongleaningsGWB §63: of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: Thy Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §54: inebriation of Thy presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
SE rendered سِدْرَةُ (sidrah), المُنْتَهى (al-muntahى), لَوْ (law), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun) as “any one”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Lote-TreegleaningsGWB §36: that sacred Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: blaze of the Bushprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of the Tree oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathless treewill-and-testamentW&T §16: Sacred Lote-Treeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: this TreegleaningsGWB §168: unto
SE rendered المُنْتَهى (al-muntahى), لَوْ (law), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), يَنْظُرُ (yanẓur) as “any one, incline”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: endedfire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §537: precededkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: infinite mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: their Endtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
SE rendered لَوْ (law), أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), يَنْظُرُ (yanẓur) as “any one, incline”
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §103: Singlenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lampprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: of Thy transcendent holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: one ofgleaningsGWB §485: another’s
SE rendered أَحَدٌ (ʾaḥadun), يَنْظُرُ (yanẓur), كُتُبِكَ (kutubik) as “any one, incline”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: will write downgleaningsGWB §238: a Bookkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: compositionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: of these Booksthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §40: Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: works
SE rendered يَنْظُرُ (yanẓur), كُتُبِكَ (kutubik), سَمَّيْتَها (sammaytahá) as “incline”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy NamegleaningsGWB §383: should be regarded askitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: in the name ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thy namesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My namesgleaningsGWB §612: of the namesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: Thou hast namedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: all names
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
SE rendered وَيَتَفَكَّرُ (wayatafakkar), فِيما (fímá), نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), لَيَجِدُ (layajid) as “hear”
ponder 46% reflect 22% meditate 19% consider 3% considered 2% pondering 2% visualize 2% minds 2% diligently 2% thoughts 2%
SE rendered فِيما (fímá), نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), لَيَجِدُ (layajid) as “hear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: togleaningsGWB §88: Is there any doubt concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: atwill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: withgleaningsGWB §468: underprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: within mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: in the
SE rendered نُزِّلَ (nuzzil), لَيَجِدُ (layajid) as “hear”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: disclosedgleaningsGWB §538: were sent downkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hast revealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: visit
This form usually rendered as “can”, “taste”, “would” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §473: thou canst perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has madewill-and-testamentW&T §6: extant
