Gleanings — §167
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 167 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فوالله یا قوم إنّي قد کنت راقدًا علی بساطي ولکن نسمة الله أیقظتني وروح الله أحیتني ولسان الله تکلّم علی لساني لست أنا بمذنب أنتم لا تنظروني بعیونکم بل بعیني وبذلك أمرتم من لدن عزیز علیم ویا قوم هل تظنّون بأنّ الأمر بیدي لا فونفس الله المقتدر المتعالي العلیم الحکیم فوالله لو کان الأمر بیدي ما أظهرت نفسي علیکم في أقلّ من آنٍ وما تکلّمت بکلمة وکان الله علی ذلك شهید وعلیم...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. His quickening Spirit revived Me, and My tongue was unloosed to voice His Call. Accuse Me not of having transgressed against God. Behold Me, not with your eyes but with Mine. Thus admonisheth you He Who is the Gracious, the All-Knowing. Think ye, O people, that I hold within My grasp the control of God’s ultimate Will and Purpose? Far be it from Me to advance such claim. To this I testify before God, the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Had the ultimate destiny of God’s Faith been in Mine hands, I would have never consented, even though for one moment, to manifest Myself unto you, nor would I have allowed one word to fall from My lips. Of this God Himself is, verily, a witness.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “swear” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: steadfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §719: them to lofty gradeskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: primarilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: the All-Compellingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: fast asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: all that lay asleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: the bedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: off the slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: lengthygleaningsGWB §624: the tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: outstretchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this lowlythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the domainepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: gladnessgleaningsGWB §587: outstretched Handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: mercies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: breathgleaningsGWB §655: the sweet savorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the musk-laden breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: the gentle windsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the breezegleaningsGWB §674: sweetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: fragranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and the gentle winds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §191: God’s
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and roused me upgleaningsGWB §167: roused Meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath awakened meprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst waken
SE expanded to “His quickening Spirit”
This form usually rendered as “revived” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: quickenfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §724: Our lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “life”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: have quickenedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE expanded to “and My tongue”
This form usually rendered as “spoke”, “breathe”, “conversing” (17 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who conversed with Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §541: callkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: a fool—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: one wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: utter
This form usually rendered as “am”, “accuse”, “have” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: isgleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: can anything detertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothinggleaningsGWB §225: can bringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: have noepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: I am not
This form usually rendered as “having”, “sinful” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “with your eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: identicalgleaningsGWB §157: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: by Thine eyetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: have madewill-and-testamentW&T §33: with Thine eye
This form usually rendered as “commanded”, “admonisheth”, “hath” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: actfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §99: of His Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: by virtue of Thine authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: blestfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §374: and exalted be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §324: strength and glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: realm of glorywill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: exalted
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: of the worldfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §153: all creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: that ye may knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: of Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
SE rendered وبذلك (wbdhlk), أمرتم (ʾamrtm), لدن (ldn), عزیز (ʿzíz), علیم (ʿlím), ویا (wíá), قوم (qúm), هل (hl), تظنّون (tẓnnún), الأمر (al-ʾamr), بیدي (bídí) as “Thus, admonisheth you, Who is, Gracious, the All-Knowing, O, people, Think ye, Will and Purpose, hold within My grasp”
SE rendered أمرتم (ʾamrtm), لدن (ldn), عزیز (ʿzíz), علیم (ʿlím), ویا (wíá), قوم (qúm), هل (hl), تظنّون (tẓnnún), الأمر (al-ʾamr), بیدي (bídí), فونفس (fúnfs) as “admonisheth you, Who is, Gracious, the All-Knowing, O, people, Think ye, Will and Purpose, hold within My grasp, To this I testify”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: imaginefire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §238: have imputedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: bear in mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: of my fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: idle imaginings
SE expanded to “hold within My grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §475: to the mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §615: under the eyes of
This form usually rendered as “testify”, “righteousness” (3 occurrences)
testify 50% righteousness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: its own selfgleaningsGWB §387: human heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: a soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: offire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §377: rank and stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduing powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: and decreetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
exalted 29% most 14% far 14% inaccessible 10% above 10% comprehend 5% immensely 5% transcendent 5% glorious 5% immeasurably 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: honoredfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §497: How great, how very greatkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: the loftinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (32 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to manifest Myself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: appearedfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §390: undoubted evidencekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: sprungprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: Him Who is the Manifestationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “even though for one moment”
SE rendered أقلّ (ʾaqll), تکلّمت (tkllmt), بکلمة (bklmh), وکان (wkán), الله (al-lh), شهید (shhíd) as “even though for one moment, word, God, witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: will everlastingly endurefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §506: and persistedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: wasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
witness 33% suffered 19% beareth 10% testifieth 10% who 5% cruel 5% witness.… 5% sufficient 5% testify 5% will 5%
