Gleanings — §138
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 138 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ولکن قدّرنا ظهور الکلمة وما قدّر فیها بین العباد علی مقادیر الّتي قدّرت من لدن علیم حکیم وجعلنا حجاب وجهها نفسها وکذلک کنّا قادرین وأنّها لو تتجلّی علی العباد بما فیها لن یحملنّها أحد بل یفرّنّ عنها کلّ من في السّموات والأرضین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions as have been foreordained by Him Who is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. We have, moreover, ordained that its veil of concealment be none other except its own Self. Such indeed is Our Power to achieve Our Purpose. Should the Word be allowed to release suddenly all the energies latent within it, no man could sustain the weight of so mighty a Revelation. Nay, all that is in heaven and on earth would flee in consternation before it.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “revelation”, “manifestation”, “dispensation” (397 occurrences)
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: be made manifestfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §638: and the love of Him Who is the Manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: adventprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: hast called me into beingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: seem
SE expanded to “Word of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: idle wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §341: any of the wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: that whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: idle talktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “men”, “people” (298 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Servitudefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §218: Our servantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: a servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: and the Object of my adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: man
This form usually rendered as “who”, “part”, “bidden” (46 occurrences)
SE expanded to “All-Knowing, the All-Wise”
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: man of understandingfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §99: of Divine knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: that We might knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: may become an ensign oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
SE rendered مقادیر (mqádír), قدّرت (qddrt), لدن (ldn), علیم (ʿlím), حکیم (ḥkím), وجعلنا (wjʿlná), حجاب (ḥjáb), وجهها (wjhhá), نفسها (nfshá), وکذلک (wkdhlk) as “conditions, Him, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, We have, moreover, ordained, veil, its own Self, Such indeed is”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §47: reigneth overgleaningsGWB §250: preceptskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the letter of the law of the Gospelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: Shouldst Thou regardtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §6: into the hands of the government
SE expanded to “We have, moreover, ordained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: is madefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §621: and made themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: Thou hast suffered metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the most veiledgleaningsGWB §250: of them that are shut out as by a veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: such grievous veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: may preventtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: shut out as by a veil from
This form usually rendered as “realities” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Advancefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §461: His facekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §355: Unto Thee have I turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
SE expanded to “its own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: By HimgleaningsGWB §37: imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: homicideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: unto Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thine own desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: be not ofgleaningsGWB §461: thou bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: Thou wouldst haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: would be assuredlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest abide
This form usually rendered as “release” (1 occurrences)
revelation 39% splendors 20% splendor 7% splendour 7% one 5% glory 5% effulgent 5% “revelation” 5% splendours 5% falls 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: One gleamgleaningsGWB §370: splendorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: Thou didst reveal Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: appearedthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: clearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: effulgent splendorsgleaningsGWB §129: shine in the plentitude of His glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hath enduredgleaningsGWB §298: sustaining its weightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: burdenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: hath bornewill-and-testamentW&T §48: my forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: enduregleaningsGWB §87: a burden in her womb
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: alonegleaningsGWB §302: No peer or partnerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: Whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §387: human
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fled awaygleaningsGWB §179: fleekitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: overlookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: desertepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: thou wouldst fleegleaningsGWB §463: and wouldst flee for refugekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: flee fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: fled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §299: those who are in the heavens andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: every other nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §455: on the whole earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: soil of this Citytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: world
