Gleanings — §123
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 123 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
و از این کلمات و اشارات معلوم و ثابت شد که لابدّ در عالم ملک و ملکوت باید کینونت و حقیقتی ظاهر گردد که واسطهٴ فیض کلّیّه و مظهر اسم الوهیّت و ربوبیّت باشد تا جمیع ناس در ظلّ تربیت آن آفتاب حقیقت تربیت گردند تا باینمقام و رتبه که در حقایق ایشان مستودع است مشرّف و فائز شوند اینست که در جمیع اعهاد و ازمان انبیا و اولیا با قوّت ربّانی و قدرت صمدانی در میان ناس ظاهر گشته
Shoghi Effendi Translation
From the foregoing passages and allusions it hath been made indubitably clear that in the kingdoms of earth and heaven there must needs be manifested a Being, an Essence Who shall act as a Manifestation and Vehicle for the transmission of the grace of the Divinity Itself, the Sovereign Lord of all. Through the Teachings of this Daystar of Truth every man will advance and develop until he attaineth the station at which he can manifest all the potential forces with which his inmost true self hath been endowed. It is for this very purpose that in every age and dispensation the Prophets of God and His chosen Ones have appeared amongst men, and have evinced such power as is born of God and such might as only the Eternal can reveal.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: in the One Who conversed with God (Moses)fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §652: The words thou hadst writtenkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: These words of hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: conversedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
allusions 38% evil 19% whisperings 8% hints 8% suggestions 8% blind 4% vain 4% fanciful 4% implications 4% obscure 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: can allude unto Himfire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §19: can adequately describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: through yet another motionthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: No allusion of MinegleaningsGWB §123: allusions
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “known”, “clear” (86 occurrences)
SE expanded to “been made indubitably”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: attestedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §253: divines and learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §851: only unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered از (iz), کلمات (klmát), اشارات (ishárát), معلوم (mʿlúm), ثابت (thábt), لابدّ (lábdd), عالم (ʿálm), ملک (mlk) as “From, passages, allusions, been made indubitably, must needs, kingdoms, earth”
established 27% firmly 19% confirmed 12% steadfast 12% establish 8% firm 8% incontestable 4% indisputably 4% immovable 4% establisheth 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: be revealedgleaningsGWB §321: establishethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: waxed relentlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: the immutabilitythe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: to establish the truth of
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “king”, “sovereign” (118 occurrences)
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: or themselvesgleaningsGWB §31: and heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: O Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the sovereign Lord of all
SE rendered لابدّ (lábdd), عالم (ʿálm), ملک (mlk), ملکوت (mlkút), باید (báyd), کینونت (kínúnt), حقیقتی (ḥqíqtí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), گردد (grdd) as “must needs, kingdoms, earth, heaven, be, Being, Essence, manifested”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: as they shouldgleaningsGWB §564: let himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: must needs beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wildernessthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the handswill-and-testamentW&T §14: isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: behoovethgleaningsGWB §146: needeth
This form usually rendered as “essence”, “own”, “reality” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all beingsgleaningsGWB §506: Ye continuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: We willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: be made manifestfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §550: embodimentskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: there shall come forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: all the Revelationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: yield
This form usually rendered as “vehicle” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: the midmostgleaningsGWB §122: channelskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: to the zenithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: meridiangleaningsGWB §195: in its noontide glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: the zenithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: middle
grace 66% flow 5% bounty 5% outpouring 5% overflowing 5% merciful 3% stream 3% blessings 3% bountiful 3% favor 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §116: merciful gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: heavenly graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: overflowingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: unerringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: the All-BountifulgleaningsGWB §17: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: bounties
utterly 22% wholly 17% all-embracing 11% universal 11% entirely 11% supreme 6% all-encompassing 6% abiding 6% great 6% all 6%
SE rendered واسطهٴ (wásṭhٴ), فیض (fíḍ), کلّیّه (kllílh), مظهر (mẓhr), اسم (ism), الوهیّت (al-whíht), ربوبیّت (rbúbíbt), باشد (báshd), جمیع (jmíʿ) as “Manifestation, grace, Divinity, all, every”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of all namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §174: promote the interestskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §118: in Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered واسطهٴ (wásṭhٴ), فیض (fíḍ), کلّیّه (kllílh), مظهر (mẓhr), اسم (ism), الوهیّت (al-whíht), ربوبیّت (rbúbíbt), باشد (báshd), جمیع (jmíʿ), ناس (nás) as “Manifestation, grace, Divinity, all, every, man”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: Hisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §462: and to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: Lord our Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
godhead 25% lordship 25% divinity 8% (bahá’u’lláh’s) 8% godhood 8% sovereignty 8% sovereign 8% eternal 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: yetgleaningsGWB §36: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: His realmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy Lord
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: in everygleaningsGWB §686: so great ankitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: they one and allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §483: combinationthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: accord withwill-and-testamentW&T §19: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: several others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §252: any soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §626: your fellowmenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherents
shadow 60% beneath 15% shelter 8% shade 7% through 2% unto 2% faith 2% face 2% sheltering 2% overshadowed 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: beneath the shadowgleaningsGWB §123: Throughkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: the shelter ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: seeketh the shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §607: unto them.…
education 26% educate 16% disciplined 16% trained 11% nurtured 5% teachings 5% influence 5% enlightened 5% development 5% educative 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: hath been brought upgleaningsGWB §44: trainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: educatethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: developmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: and whom Thou hast rearedthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: trainingwill-and-testamentW&T §21: edifyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: education
This form usually rendered as “become”, “may”, “wouldst” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: If thou attainest notgleaningsGWB §370: life-vein,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: had strayed farthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: thou wouldst bewill-and-testamentW&T §42: will beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: have causedgleaningsGWB §370: life-veinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: fashioned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: thisfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §368: Inasmuch askitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: live, move, and have their beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: they may all arisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
SE rendered تربیت (trbít), گردند (grdnd), باینمقام (báynmqám), رتبه (rtbh), حقایق (ḥqáyq), ایشان (iyshán), مستودع (mstúdʿ) as “develop, advance, station, self, inmost”
state 19% station 19% rank 19% estate 6% hypothesis 6% revelation 6% instance 6% stations 6% seat 6% part 6%
This form usually rendered as “inherent”, “which” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Abandon itgleaningsGWB §63: will renouncekitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: have committedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: and within thee have I placedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: to cast awaygleaningsGWB §508: Cast away
This form usually rendered as “honoured”, “honored”, “hath” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: came to visitgleaningsGWB §358: noblestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: was honouredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: conferrest the honortablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having honoured mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: honoredgleaningsGWB §642: honor
attain 49% attained 21% invested 6% will 4% attaineth 4% attainest 4% recognized 4% hath 4% vouchsafed 4% forgiven 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have attainedgleaningsGWB §494: retreatskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: hath reachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been honouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: he suffered
This form usually rendered as “may”, “will”, “would” (81 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “dispensation”, “every” (2 occurrences)
dispensation 50% every 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: the covenantgleaningsGWB §590: have covenantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: cycleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: covenant with them for methe-hidden-wordsHW §141: My covenantwill-and-testamentW&T §6: God’s Testamentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: CovenantgleaningsGWB §560: age and dispensation
SE rendered شوند (shúnd), اینست (iynst), جمیع (jmíʿ), اعهاد (iʿhád), ازمان (izmán), انبیا (inbíá), اولیا (iwlíá), قوّت (qúqt), ربّانی (rbbání) as “he, It, every, age, Prophets, chosen, power, God”
age 50% conditions 50%
prophets 64% prophet 13% announcement 7% informeth 3% great 3% apostle 3% prophet’s 3% tidings 1% instruction 1% prophethood 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §453: of your Prophet’s Housekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: the Prophets of oldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and to This Announcementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Great AnnouncementgleaningsGWB §453: your Prophet’s ancient Housekitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: unto the Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Thy Prophets
ye 17% men 17% chosen 17% loved 11% endowed 11% outrivalled 6% who 6% hands 6% rulers 6% discerning 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: the LordgleaningsGWB §123: His chosen Oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: turningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: with Thy loved onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §49: have rained upon meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: a ViceregentgleaningsGWB §137: their chosen ones
power 26% through 22% might 17% force 9% assiduously 4% strengthened 4% strength 4% ascendancy 4% forces 4% exertion 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: with strong handgleaningsGWB §404: vitalitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: might?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §813: Strengthenthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: of mightwill-and-testamentW&T §25: forcesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: forcegleaningsGWB §19: is endowed with a potency superior to
everlasting 46% eternal 11% celestial 7% god 7% ancient 7% immortal 7% ethereal 4% only 4% all-abiding 4% unfading 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Ever-AbidinggleaningsGWB §40: everlasting bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: ecstaticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thine everlastingwill-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailinggleaningsGWB §93: celestialkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Thine eternity
