Gleanings — §162

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 162 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

(سورة الدم) إي ربّ لك الحمد على بدائع قضاياك وجوامع رزاياك مرّة أودعتني بيد النمرود

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Praise be to Thee, O Lord My God, for the wondrous revelations of Thy inscrutable decree and the manifold woes and trials Thou hast destined for myself.

Translation Notes

سورة

súrh s-w-r

literal: chapter; surah; other

SE rendered سورة (súrh), الدم (ad-dm), ربّ (rbb), لك (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd) as “Lord, to Thee, Praise be”

súrah 40% surih 20% súriy-i-ra’ís 20% words 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: accompanying Us on horseback gleaningsGWB §74: the Súriy-i-Ra’ís kitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: and riding epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: the other kitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: words epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Surih kitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: riding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: a Súrah

الدم

ad-dm d-m-y

literal: blood

SE rendered الدم (ad-dm), ربّ (rbb), لك (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), بدائع (bdáʾʿ) as “Lord, to Thee, Praise be, wondrous”

blood 88% breathed 8% bloodshed 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: bloodshed gleaningsGWB §189: my blood kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed into prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy blood will-and-testamentW&T §10: with my blood epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyone gleaningsGWB §170: breathed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the blood

ربّ

rbb r-b-b → “lord”

literal: Lord; lord

lord 93% god 3% creator 1% one 1% art 1% none 1% ruler 1% thou 1% ‘lord 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: might gleaningsGWB §279: their Lord kitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almighty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: omnipotence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most High epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity

لك

lk l → “to thee”

literal: for; for you; for him

5 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His is

بدائع

bdáʾʿ b-d-ʿ → “wondrous”

literal: wondrous; wonders

wondrous 43% wonders 41% marvelous 3% having 2% majesty 2% melodious 2% over 2% bountiful 2% evidence 2% matchless 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the world gleaningsGWB §286: through kitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: all the universe prayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: the creation the-hidden-wordsHW §65: have created will-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrous epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the Peerless gleaningsGWB §569: the wonders

قضاياك

qḍáyák q-ḍ-y → “revelations of thy inscrutable decree”

literal: decree; decree/judgment; decreed

SE expanded to “revelations of Thy inscrutable decree”

revelations 50% decree 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: that have happened fire-tabletFire §29: of destiny gleaningsGWB §163: decree that kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is ended kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: was prayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: wilt continue to decide the-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordain epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: elapsed

وجوامع

wjúámʿ j-m-ʿ → “manifold”

literal: all; all, entire; group

manifold 67% into 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: in every way gleaningsGWB §246: rise up kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: whole of the Bayán prayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: compass me about tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gathered the-hidden-wordsHW §104: every atom will-and-testamentW&T §17: congregation

رزاياك

rzáyák r-z-y → “woes and trials” Distinctive

literal: calamity; calamities; calamity, misfortune

This form usually rendered as “incalculable” (2 occurrences)

SE expanded to “woes and trials”

trials 25% any 25% incalculable 13% ordeal 13% adversities 13% affliction 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the trials gleaningsGWB §163: incalculable afflictions prayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: ordeal will-and-testamentW&T §49: affliction prayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: any tribulation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: any trouble prayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: adversities prayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: trials

مرّة

mrrh m-r-r

literal: pass; passed

SE rendered بدائع (bdáʾʿ), قضاياك (qḍáyák), وجوامع (wjúámʿ), رزاياك (rzáyák), مرّة (mrrh), أودعتني (ʾawdʿtní) as “wondrous, revelations of Thy inscrutable decree, manifold, woes and trials, Thou hast destined”