Gleanings — §15

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 15 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

أصل اليوم أخذ از بحر فيوضاتست ديگر نبايد نظر بکوچک و بزرگی ظروف باشد يکی کفّی اخذ نموده و ديگری کأسی و همچنين ديگری کوبی و ديگری قدری

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him. Let none, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. The portion of some might lie in the palm of a man’s hand, the portion of others might fill a cup, and of others even a gallon-measure.

Translation Notes

اليوم

al-yúm y-w-m → “this day”

literal: day; days; today

day 88% today 3% one 2% every 2% now 2% days 1% each 1% yesterday 1% following 0% great 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: The following day gleaningsGWB §250: days of your life kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: no day prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: at a time tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day the-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing day will-and-testamentW&T §47: daytime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days

أخذ

ʾakhdh ʾ-kh-dh → “seize” Distinctive

literal: take; taking; seize

This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)

arrested 19% hath 15% seek 12% seized 8% have 8% seize 8% usurp 8% clung 8% receive 8% bewildered 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: envelop fire-tabletFire §16: made captive gleaningsGWB §677: holding fast unto kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: perisheth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: take it prayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: hath enraptured me tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choose tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou

فيوضاتست

fíwḍátst f-y-ḍ → “grace”

literal: grace; grace, bounty

grace 50% outpourings 10% all-bountiful 8% outpouring 7% lord 5% manifold 5% bounty 5% liberal 3% effusions 3% blessings 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-Bounteous gleaningsGWB §35: grace of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the streaming grace prayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: overflowing will-and-testamentW&T §17: unerring epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Lord of grace abounding gleaningsGWB §13: He Who is the Source of all grace kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: heavenly grace

ديگری

dígrí dígr → “another”

literal: other; other, another; other/another

other 75% others 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: Others gleaningsGWB §429: can never be the same as kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: yet another the-hidden-wordsHW §81: the next will-and-testamentW&T §3: the rest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: following gleaningsGWB §39: separate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: Moreover

نبايد

nbáyd b-ʾ-d → “must” Distinctive

literal: must

This form usually rendered as “should” (1 occurrences)

must 25% blasts 25% intoxicated 13% may 13% should 13% winds 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: must needs gleaningsGWB §430: intoxicated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: must be the-hidden-wordsHW §121: to the winds gleaningsGWB §713: that He may shield you from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: should gleaningsGWB §36: blasts

نظر

nẓr n-ẓ-r → “consider” Distinctive

literal: look; looking; view

This form usually rendered as “observe”, “eye”, “because” (97 occurrences)

observe 13% eye 13% because 13% beholding 13% sight 10% behold 10% owing 10% consider 6% ponder 6% considering 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: Observe thou fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §133: see kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: in accordance with prayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: Look, then,tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §129: seeking

بکوچک

bkúchk kúchk → “most”

literal: small

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: most insignificant

بزرگی

bzrgí bzrg → “great”

literal: great; greatness; great/big

greatness 30% great 20% all-inclusive 10% exalted 10% station 10% grandeur 10% stupendous 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mighty gleaningsGWB §417: station kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Lofty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: grandeur the-hidden-wordsHW §120: magnify epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: chief gleaningsGWB §143: greatness kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: Great

ظروف

ẓrúf ẓ-r-f → “receptacle”

literal: vessel

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §15: receptacle

يکی

ykí w-ḥ-d → “unity” Distinctive

literal: unity; one; oneness

This form usually rendered as “one”, “anyone”, “certain” (12 occurrences)

one 80% anyone 10% certain 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: all its peoples be united fire-tabletFire §43: By Thine aloneness gleaningsGWB §287: your belief in the unity of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: one of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: the one and the same tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone

کفّی

kffí k-f-y → “suffice” Distinctive

literal: sufficient; suffice; sufficiency

This form usually rendered as “sufficient”, “sufficiently” (7 occurrences)

sufficient 86% sufficiently 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: suffice gleaningsGWB §450: will surely suffice to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Sufficient Witness unto me is prayers-and-meditationsP&M §820: it would suffice the-hidden-wordsHW §18: Be thou content will-and-testamentW&T §34: Not content epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficient gleaningsGWB §510: be Thy sufficing

نموده

nmúdh nmúdn

literal: do; to do; show

SE rendered بزرگی (bzrgí), ظروف (ẓrúf), باشد (báshd), يکی (ykí), کفّی (kffí), اخذ (ikhdh), نموده (nmúdh), ديگری (dígrí), کأسی (kʾasí), همچنين (hmchnín), ديگری (dígrí) as “largeness, the receptacle, is, The portion, the palm, might lie, of others, a cup, and”

hath 44% have 26% had 12% made 3% caused 3% laid 2% chose 2% fulfill 2% hast 2% make 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: had already surrendered gleaningsGWB §687: dreameth kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hold fast kitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: Have they prayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §148: I waited will-and-testamentW&T §5: ye are epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: should never be allowed to

کأسی

kʾasí k-ʾ-s → “cup”

literal: cup; cup/goblet; cup, chalice

cup 68% chalice 18% cups 8% one 5% wine 3%

gleaningsGWB §360: cup kitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the wine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: cups of gleaningsGWB §58: cups kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: from the cup prayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: this Cup gleaningsGWB §98: the one Cup prayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: the cups

همچنين

hmchnín hmchnín → “and”

literal: likewise; likewise, similarly; similarly, likewise

SE rendered کفّی (kffí), اخذ (ikhdh), نموده (nmúdh), ديگری (dígrí), کأسی (kʾasí), همچنين (hmchnín), ديگری (dígrí), کوبی (kúbí) as “the palm, might lie, of others, a cup, and, a gallon-measure”