Gleanings — §104
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 104 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
که مقام تميز و تفصيل و تحديد و اشارات و دلالات ملکيّه است عبوديّت صرفه و فقر بحت و فنای باتّ از ايشان ظاهر است چنانچه ميفرمايد: "إنّي عبد اللّه" و "ما أنا إلّا بَشَرٌّ مثلُکُم" ...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Viewed in the light of their second station — the station of distinction, differentiation, temporal limitations, characteristics and standards — they manifest absolute servitude, utter destitution, and complete self-effacement. Even as He saith: “I am the servant of God. I am but a man like you.”…
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sublime stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §728: their life hereafterkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: primarilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: abodetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
distinguish 60% distinguished 40%
distinction 23% differentiation 15% circumstantial 8% exposition 8% length 8% separated 8% fully 8% details 8% records 8% distinguished 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forthgleaningsGWB §469: have set forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: separated and distinguishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: was unfoldedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §11: been cut offepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial account
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: capacitygleaningsGWB §694: lawskitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: restricted by such limitationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: confined
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
SE rendered تفصيل (tfṣíl), تحديد (tḥdíd), اشارات (ishárát), دلالات (dlálát), ملکيّه (mlkíkh), عبوديّت (ʿbúdídt), صرفه (ṣrfh), فقر (fqr) as “differentiation, temporal limitations, characteristics and standards, servitude, absolute, destitution”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: producedgleaningsGWB §556: revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: indicativeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: hinting atwill-and-testamentW&T §6: supportedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: seek to establishgleaningsGWB §359: proofskitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: sought to explain
SE rendered تحديد (tḥdíd), اشارات (ishárát), دلالات (dlálát), ملکيّه (mlkíkh), عبوديّت (ʿbúdídt), صرفه (ṣrfh), فقر (fqr), بحت (bḥt) as “temporal limitations, characteristics and standards, servitude, absolute, destitution, utter”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: CzargleaningsGWB §522: the kings of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: and the kingdomtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: onefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §619: those of Our servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: the sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: among Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: lay hands ongleaningsGWB §544: infringekitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: pervading influenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: purethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: assayerswill-and-testamentW&T §27: be expended forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: establishing His ascendencygleaningsGWB §427: to seize and possess
poverty 38% poor 25% destitution 8% matter 4% subject 4% passages 4% perversity 4% destitute 4% ‘poverty’ 4% lack 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: pass awaygleaningsGWB §129: nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: the courttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: mortal gravesthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: dieepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: shall perishgleaningsGWB §675: perisheth
SE rendered عبوديّت (ʿbúdídt), صرفه (ṣrfh), فقر (fqr), بحت (bḥt), فنای (fnáy), باتّ (bátt), از (iz), ايشان (iyshán), ظاهر (ẓáhr), چنانچه (chnánchh), ميفرمايد (mífrmáyd) as “servitude, absolute, destitution, utter, self-effacement, complete, they, manifest, Even as, saith”
23 occurrences in corpus
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: unto mankindgleaningsGWB §555: bearing the joyful tidingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: announcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: Announcerthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: hailwill-and-testamentW&T §9: foretelling good tidingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: HeraldgleaningsGWB §176: heralded
