Gleanings — §157
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 157 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
...طوبی لمن أقرّ بالله وآياته واعترف بأنهّ لا يُسئل عمّا يفعل هذه کلمة قد جعلها الله طراز العقآئد وأصلها وبها يقبل عمل العاملين اجعلوا هذه الکلمة نصب عيونکم لئلّا تزلّکم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged his belief in God and in His signs, and recognized that “He shall not be asked of His doings.” Such a recognition hath been made by God the ornament of every belief, and its very foundation. Upon it must depend the acceptance of every goodly deed. Fasten your eyes upon it, that haply the whisperings of the rebellious may not cause you to slip.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Well is it withgleaningsGWB §30: Rejoicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: “Great is thy blessednessgleaningsGWB §205: Blessed are theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Blessed, also, isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is it
This form usually rendered as “whosoever”, “above”, “all” (232 occurrences)
acknowledged 33% acknowledge 8% testifieth 8% testified 8% hath 8% assigned 8% confessed 8% have 8% witnessed 8%
SE expanded to “in His signs”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the verse itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: the kingdom of Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His verses
hath 32% confessed 16% recognized 11% confessing 11% hast 5% confess 5% borne 5% testifieth 5% acknowledge 5% have 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: andgleaningsGWB §236: unacquaintedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: such as have known Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: recognize
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: thesethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We have heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: \‘They
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the suppliantgleaningsGWB §630: pray Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §657: hath soughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: beseechethgleaningsGWB §259: questionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and callest to accountepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: ask
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: donegleaningsGWB §244: your doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: motive for such deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: Thou doestthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and actionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: actgleaningsGWB §556: mighty deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: deeds—from
SE rendered بأنهّ (bʾanhh), يُسئل (yusʾl), يفعل (yfʿl), کلمة (klmh), جعلها (jʿlhá), الله (al-lh), طراز (ṭráz), العقآئد (al-ʿqáʾd) as “that, asked, doings.”, by God, ornament, of every belief”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My wordsfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §564: all-compelling namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: Every timetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Word
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprivedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §449: and made theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: fanciful imagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: becomethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: to make
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: yourgleaningsGWB §426: arrayed inkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: decked forth bytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: with the ornament ofgleaningsGWB §216: with the jewel
SE expanded to “of every belief”
This form usually rendered as “foundation” (1 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “acceptable”, “must”, “turn” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: returnfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §287: such a capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: those words which were spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: in the directiontablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
This form usually rendered as “raised”, “upon”, “weariness” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: eyesgleaningsGWB §306: individualitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: my hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §12: watchful eye
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasongleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the day-timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: in the daytime
This form usually rendered as “cause” (1 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §157: not cause you to slipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: have slippedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: did shriek and tremblegleaningsGWB §26: crystal waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: dismayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §269: puregleaningsGWB §424: pure waters
