Gleanings — §160
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 160 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إنّک أیقن بأنّ ربّک في کلّ ظهور یتجلّی علی العباد علی مقدارهم مثلاً فانظر إلی الشّمس فإنّها حین طلوعها عن أفقها تکون حرارتها وأثرها قلیلة وتزداد درجة بعد درجة لیستأنس بها الأشیآء قلیلاً قلیلاً إلی أن یبلغ إلی قطب الزّوال ثمّ تنزل بدرایج مقدّرة إلی أن یغرب في مغربها...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Know of a certainty that in every Dispensation the light of Divine Revelation hath been vouchsafed unto men in direct proportion to their spiritual capacity. Consider the sun. How feeble its rays the moment it appeareth above the horizon. How gradually its warmth and potency increase as it approacheth its zenith, enabling meanwhile all created things to adapt themselves to the growing intensity of its light. How steadily it declineth until it reacheth its setting point.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Know of a certainty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: assurancefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §1: assured as I amkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: acknowledge the truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: with a certaintythe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: fullygleaningsGWB §705: the certain truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: LordsgleaningsGWB §311: its Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: Lord.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: His
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
SE expanded to “hath been vouchsafed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: with the effulgentgleaningsGWB §160: hath been vouchsafedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the plentitude of the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §140: open charactersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: by the splendorsgleaningsGWB §120: through the direct operation ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent glories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: ye worshipfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: servant
This form usually rendered as “direct” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: SimilargleaningsGWB §576: he is regardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: For exampleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: similitudesthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: actuated byfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §37: await His comingkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: the expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: keep mine eyes directedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §154: waited expectant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: sunlightgleaningsGWB §100: Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: ‘sun’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-likegleaningsGWB §286: the wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: sun hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §728: the brightness of the sun
This form usually rendered as “appeareth” (1 occurrences)
dayspring 31% dawning-place 15% daysprings 14% who 9% source 7% countenance 6% revealers 6% dawning-places 4% manifestation 4% rise 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: ignorancefire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §588: Unveilkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: dawn forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: hasten forthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §211: His presencekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: dawning-placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the all-glorious Horizontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §5: regions
SE rendered فإنّها (fʾinnhá), حین (ḥín), طلوعها (ṭlúʿhá), أفقها (ʾafqhá), تکون (tkún), حرارتها (ḥrárthá), وأثرها (wʾathrhá), قلیلة (qlílh), وتزداد (wtzdád) as “How feeble its rays, the moment, it appeareth above, the horizon, its warmth, and potency, increase”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou wastgleaningsGWB §666: shall always bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §50: inhabitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §52: that thou mayest become
This form usually rendered as “rays”, “energies” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §618: the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §543: the signs and tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: impressgleaningsGWB §170: the evidences of this worldwide regeneration
SE rendered أفقها (ʾafqhá), تکون (tkún), حرارتها (ḥrárthá), وأثرها (wʾathrhá), قلیلة (qlílh), وتزداد (wtzdád), درجة (drjh), درجة (drjh), لیستأنس (lístʾans) as “the horizon, its warmth, and potency, increase, gradually, to adapt themselves”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: exceedethfire-tabletFire §47: fewnessgleaningsGWB §461: but a littlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: well-nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: to an imperceptible degreethe-hidden-wordsHW §91: smallestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the fractionfire-tabletFire §42: independence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: The more grievousgleaningsGWB §589: enrich Thyselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: outweighedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: heightenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: waxed fiercerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: its potencygleaningsGWB §294: the fiercer grewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: greater than
This form usually rendered as “adapt”, “give” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: wishethgleaningsGWB §669: His own Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: to a stern businessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Itablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered یبلغ (yblgh), قطب (qṭb), الزّوال (az-zúál), تنزل (tnzl) as “approacheth its zenith, steadily it declineth”
SE rendered یبلغ (yblgh), قطب (qṭb), الزّوال (az-zúál), تنزل (tnzl), بدرایج (bdráyj), مقدّرة (mqddrh) as “approacheth its zenith, steadily it declineth”
everlasting 20% zenith 20% glory 10% declineth 10% eventide 10% incorruptible 10% noon 10% imperishable 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: glorygleaningsGWB §124: to the end that hath no endkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §201: From eternitythe-hidden-wordsHW §85: lastingwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: pass awaygleaningsGWB §555: be dispelled
This form usually rendered as “send”, “rain”, “declineth” (26 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: sent me downgleaningsGWB §113: have accompanied and proclaimedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: revealed untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: may befalltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: have enshrined
