Jigon shekara ɗari na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) shi ne “Amincin Allah,” furcin da aka hure daga Kubawar Shari’a 7:9: “Saboda haka, ku sani Ubangiji Allahnku shi ne Allah, Allah mai aminci wanda yake kiyaye alkawari da masu ƙaunarsa, masu kiyaye dokokinsa, har tsararraki dubu.”
Jigon ya tuna mini da sanannen waƙar nan “Amincinka mai-girma ne,” waƙar da aka yi bisa Makoki 3:19-24, tare da layi kuma daga Yaƙub 1:17. Labari da yawa game da tarihin waƙar sun ce waɗanda suka ƙirƙira waƙar sun kwatanta asalin waƙar a matsayin ba wani abu na musamman ba: Thomas Chisholm ya rubuta adadin waƙoƙin yabo kuma ya aika su zuwa ga William Runyan, wanda ya tsara rera.
Shi ke nan? Don waƙar da ke da irin wannan iko da tsawon rai?
Abin farin ciki, Kevin Mungons, marubuci a Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Moody—inda wannan waƙar ke cikin tarihinta da ruhinta—ya shafe shekaru da yawa yana binciken cikakken labarin, wanda aka buga a ciki. labarin a 2019.
Mungons ya rubuta "Waƙar da kanta an haife ta cikin baƙin ciki, kuma ta shahara a cikin lokuta masu wuyar gaske." Dukansu mawaƙin Chisholm da mawaƙa Runyan sun sha wahala.
Dole Runyan ya daina kasancewa mai hidima na Methodist kuma mai bishara mai tafiya domin ya rasa muryarsa kuma ya fara rasa ji. Ya juya zuwa edita, yana aiki da mujallar ɗarika sannan ya fara aikin waƙar waƙa.
Chisholm da farko editan labarai ne sannan kuma fasto na cocin Methodist, amma rashin lafiya kuma ya sa shi barin cocin. Ya ƙare sayar da inshorar rayuwa, kodayake ya rubuta waƙa a gefe. Daga karshe ya makance.
Duk da yake Chisholm bai san Runyan ba, su biyun sun fara rubuta wasiƙu na tsawon rai bayan haɗin gwiwarsu kan abin da suka kira Waƙar Aminci.
Mungons ya ce: “Daga baya a rayuwa, sun yi ma’aurata biyu,” in ji Mungons, “marubuci da ba ya gani, mawaƙin da ba ya ji, abokai biyu na kud da kud da ba su taɓa ganin juna ba.” A Moody, an rera waƙar a lokutan wahala da bala’i—a lokacin baƙin ciki, lokacin da sojojin gurguzu suka kashe tsofaffin ɗaliban Moody a China, lokacin da aka kashe masu wa’azi biyar daga Kwalejin Wheaton da ke kusa da Ecuador a Ecuador—amma kuma a lokacin bukukuwa.
Wace shekara aka buga wannan waƙar? A cikin 1923. Waƙar Aminci tana da shekaru 100, kamar EYN.
Wendy McFadden shi ne mawallafin jaridar Brotheran jarida da Sadarwa na Cocin Brothers.