Gleanings — §149
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 149 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
کَذَّبْتُم وَفَرِیْقًا تَقْتُلُون﴾ البتّه اگر باوهام ناس در ازمنهٔ خالیه و اعصار ماضیه ظاهر میشدند احدی آن نفوس مقدّسه را انکار نمینمود مع آنکه کلّ در لیالی و ایّام بذکر حقّ مشغول بودند و در معابد بعبادت قائم مع ذلک از مطالع آیات ربّانیّه و مظاهر بیّنات رحمانیّه بینصیب بودند چنانچه
Shoghi Effendi Translation
There can be no doubt whatever that had these Apostles appeared, in bygone ages and cycles, in accordance with the vain imaginations which the hearts of men had devised, no one would have repudiated the truth of these sanctified Beings. Though such men have been, night and day, remembering the one true God, and have been devoutly engaged in the exercise of their devotions, yet they failed in the end to recognize, and partake of the grace of, the Daysprings of the signs of God and the Manifestations of His irrefutable evidences. To this the Scriptures bear witness. Thou hast, no doubt, heard about it.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: falselygleaningsGWB §376: ye have indeed chargedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: as an impostorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: falsehoodgleaningsGWB §707: erred grievouslykitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: repudiatedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: imposturegleaningsGWB §192: false
SE rendered وَفَرِیْقًا (wafaríqan), تَقْتُلُون﴾ (taqtulún﴾), البتّه (al-btth), باوهام (báwhám) as “no doubt, vain imaginations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: separatedfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §122: distinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: bereavementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: scattered themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §17: subvert His Wordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: separation
SE rendered تَقْتُلُون﴾ (taqtulún﴾), البتّه (al-btth), باوهام (báwhám), ناس (nás) as “no doubt, vain imaginations, men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hast slaingleaningsGWB §453: Ye slaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: will slayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: to slaywill-and-testamentW&T §3: manslayersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: have slaingleaningsGWB §452: been put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: slaying others.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: and vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §610: vain imaginationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §626: your fellowmenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: men forwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: mengleaningsGWB §474: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: earthgleaningsGWB §148: every Dispensationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §45: a timethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: itwill-and-testamentW&T §30: undergroundgleaningsGWB §436: revolution of countless centuries
This form usually rendered as “past” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: utteredfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §625: in manifesting Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: announcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: were releasedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thyselfgleaningsGWB §618: thine own soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: a personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: for Thy purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: His trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of holinessgleaningsGWB §122: sanctifyingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of those Manifestations of Holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sanctifygleaningsGWB §187: of sanctity
repudiated 21% denied 14% repudiate 14% denial 7% rejected 7% deniest 7% faithlessness 7% deny 7% protested 7% reproaches 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the deniersgleaningsGWB §593: of the denierskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: deniestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: reproacheswill-and-testamentW&T §17: disbelieved in Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: denygleaningsGWB §149: repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: faithlessness
SE rendered احدی (iḥdí), نفوس (nfús), مقدّسه (mqddsh), انکار (inkár), نمینمود (nmínmúd), آنکه (ánkh), لیالی (líálí), ایّام (iyyám) as “one, men, sanctified, repudiated, night, day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: preventedgleaningsGWB §711: will have the powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: displayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §156: thou mayestwill-and-testamentW&T §24: show yourepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: have been voiced
SE rendered مقدّسه (mqddsh), انکار (inkár), نمینمود (nmínmúd), آنکه (ánkh), لیالی (líálí), ایّام (iyyám), بذکر (bdhkr), حقّ (ḥqq) as “sanctified, repudiated, night, day, remembering, the one true God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We have heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: forthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Ifkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: that Heepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: He, verily
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: long agogleaningsGWB §48: Thy Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: in this the daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: daygleaningsGWB §39: all the dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that day
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: RemembrancegleaningsGWB §471: them that heed His warningkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: made mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and of remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “one true God”
This form usually rendered as “busied”, “occupied”, “busy” (69 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: busyinggleaningsGWB §573: your absorptionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: considerationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: and be occupied onlythe-hidden-wordsHW §157: engagewill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: theygleaningsGWB §423: have drawn
SE rendered لیالی (líálí), ایّام (iyyám), بذکر (bdhkr), حقّ (ḥqq), مشغول (mshghúl), بودند (búdnd), معابد (mʿábd), بعبادت (bʿbádt), قائم (qáʾm) as “night, day, remembering, the one true God, engaged, the exercise of their devotions”
SE expanded to “exercise of their devotions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §388: the worshiperkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Thy peopletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
SE rendered مشغول (mshghúl), بودند (búdnd), معابد (mʿábd), بعبادت (bʿbádt), قائم (qáʾm), از (iz), مطالع (mṭálʿ), آیات (áyát), ربّانیّه (rbbánính) as “engaged, the exercise of their devotions, Daysprings, signs, of God”
standing 20% standeth 13% have 13% arise 13% agitated 7% viceregent 7% self-subsisting 7% pervadeth 7% acteth 7% may 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: instancefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §327: acmekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Day of Resurrection—asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: whereby the dead speedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
SE rendered معابد (mʿábd), بعبادت (bʿbádt), قائم (qáʾm), از (iz), مطالع (mṭálʿ), آیات (áyát), ربّانیّه (rbbánính), مظاهر (mẓáhr) as “the exercise of their devotions, Daysprings, signs, of God, Manifestations”
23 occurrences in corpus
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: mayest recognizefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §506: and partakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the promised Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: Whose countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: Thy most resplendent signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses
divine 38% god 16% divinely 9% heavenly 9% heaven-sent 6% ancient 6% celestial 6% lord 3% might 3% revelation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: LordshipgleaningsGWB §451: my Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: Resplendentfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §163: amidst Thy peoplekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: expoundingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: compassed about withthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §12: glorious
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “all-merciful”, “heavenly” (23 occurrences)
divine 20% all-merciful 13% heavenly 13% mercy 13% irrefutable 7% eternal 7% glory 7% breath 7% celestial 7% god 7%
This form usually rendered as “failed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §235: been hoistedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: destituteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: hath been lifted upthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: deprive themwill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §694: planted
SE rendered بیّنات (bíbnát), رحمانیّه (rḥmánính), بینصیب (bínṣíb), بودند (búdnd), چنانچه (chnánchh) as “evidences, His irrefutable, failed”
