Gleanings — §149
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 149 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
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 در کتب مسطور است و آن جناب بر بعضی مطّلعند
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 §193: Vague fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §626: imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: idle and faulty conceptionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE rendered باوهام (báwhám), ناس (nás), ازمنهٔ (izmnh), خالیه (khálíh), اعصار (iʿṣár), ماضیه (máḍíh), ظاهر (ẓáhr) as “the vain imaginations, of men, bygone ages, cycles, appeared”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at one timegleaningsGWB §28: and centurieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: of every ageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: of the agesgleaningsGWB §279: your lost centurieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: in every ageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: agegleaningsGWB §150: generation
This form usually rendered as “past”, “bygone” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passedgleaningsGWB §248: is well-nigh lostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: irrevocablegleaningsGWB §488: shall all pass awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: the Divine OrdainergleaningsGWB §244: shall roll away
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “made” (461 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “god”, “any” (139 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §467: elevenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: divine Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: the Onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §400: the man amongst you
This form usually rendered as “souls”, “men”, “people” (107 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a fewgleaningsGWB §250: ye have devisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: for His saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the souls
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: blessedgleaningsGWB §571: Cleanse fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: of sanctitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: purewill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unsullied
denial 21% denied 17% repudiated 13% reject 13% deny 8% faithlessness 8% rejected 8% order 4% question 4% deniest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: them that have denied TheegleaningsGWB §593: of the denierskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: rejectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Whosoever denieth thiswill-and-testamentW&T §34: disbelieved in Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: deniergleaningsGWB §361: faithlessnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: protested
SE rendered احدی (iḥdí), نفوس (nfús), مقدّسه (mqddsh), انکار (inkár), نمینمود (nmínmúd), آنکه (ánkh), لیالی (líálí), ایّام (iyyám) as “no one, sanctified, repudiated, night, day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: in the night-seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night season
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: Thy Daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: spokegleaningsGWB §4: conceptionkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: tongueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: the conceptiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: tribunalsgleaningsGWB §359: Him that speaketh naught but the truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: ordainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to God Himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: truly
This form usually rendered as “busied”, “occupied”, “engaged” (68 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: been busiedgleaningsGWB §595: the loved ones of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: are engagedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: would have the power to keep me backthe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Busy not thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: busied HimselfgleaningsGWB §423: have drawn you far away from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: been estrangedgleaningsGWB §435: arekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: laykitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: hath ever appearedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: I wasthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye werewill-and-testamentW&T §19: shall at all times beepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: have never been, nor are they now
SE rendered بذکر (bdhkr), حقّ (ḥqq), مشغول (mshghúl), بودند (búdnd), معابد (mʿábd), بعبادت (bʿbádt), قائم (qáʾm), از (iz), مطالع (mṭálʿ) as “remembering the, true God, have been, Daysprings”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: among Thy servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §35: the people of this agekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the servants
SE rendered مشغول (mshghúl), بودند (búdnd), معابد (mʿábd), بعبادت (bʿbádt), قائم (qáʾm), از (iz), مطالع (mṭálʿ), آیات (áyát), ربّانیّه (rbbánính) as “have been, Daysprings, signs, God”
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: ranksfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §86: Speed out ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: to exceltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 11% revealers 9% day-springs 9% revealed 4% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: wellspringfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §93: these Dayspringskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §367: marktablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: and repudiated Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verse
divine 45% god 17% heavenly 6% everlasting 6% celestial 6% divinely 4% sacred 4% ancient 4% heaven-sent 4% lord 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §302: none to recognize His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: God’sprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the Lord of
This form usually rendered as “divine”, “all-merciful”, “heavenly” (25 occurrences)
divine 35% all-merciful 17% heavenly 13% god 9% irrefutable 4% eternal 4% all-bountiful 4% mercy 4% celestial 4% holiness—as 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: great mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §372: of God the All-Mercifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: of the All-Bountifulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “failed” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: portiongleaningsGWB §612: shall be setkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: partakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: hath been lifted upthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: wearinesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: their share and portionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: raisedgleaningsGWB §157: upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: all the booksgleaningsGWB §347: Scriptures ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: sacred booksprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and written downthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then writewill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Sacred Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: the Books
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: inscribedgleaningsGWB §607: describedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: talesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: whose name hath been set downthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: engravedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: recordedgleaningsGWB §37: have been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: spoken
