Gleanings — §183
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 183 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قد قُیِّدَ جمال القِدم لإطلاق العالم وحُبس في الحصن الأعظم لعتق العالمین واختار لنفسه الأحزان لسرور من في الأكوان. هذا من رحمة ربّك الرّحمن الرّحیم. قد قبلنا الذّلّة لعزّكم والشّداید لرخائكم یا ملأ الموحّدین إنّ الّذي جآء لتعمیر العالم قد أسكنه المشرکون في أخرب البلاد...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The Ancient Beauty hath consented to be bound with chains that mankind may be released from its bondage, and hath accepted to be made a prisoner within this most mighty Stronghold that the whole world may attain unto true liberty. He hath drained to its dregs the cup of sorrow, that all the peoples of the earth may attain unto abiding joy, and be filled with gladness. This is of the mercy of your Lord, the Compassionate, the Most Merciful. We have accepted to be abased, O believers in the Unity of God, that ye may be exalted, and have suffered manifold afflictions, that ye might prosper and flourish. He Who hath come to build anew the whole world, behold, how they that have joined partners with God have forced Him to dwell within the most desolate of cities!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “bound with chains”
1 occurrence in corpus
beauty 83% ancient 5% countenance 2% ornament 2% promised 2% everlasting 2% divine 2% immortal 2% abhá 2% fairest 1%
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
SE rendered قُیِّدَ (quyyid), جمال (jmál), القِدم (al-qidm), لإطلاق (lʾiṭláq), العالم (al-ʿálm), وحُبس (wḥubs), الحصن (al-ḥṣn), الأعظم (al-ʾaʿẓm) as “bound with chains, Beauty, Ancient, mankind, made a prisoner, Stronghold, most mighty”
gleaningsGWB §156: be interpretedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: applicationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: Judgment Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Great DividinggleaningsGWB §103: applicablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: rid me of my bondage
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the worldsfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §96: All-Informedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: knowledge—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “imprison”, “imprisoned” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prisongleaningsGWB §718: imprisonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: have fixedthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: were they imprisonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: cast into prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §6: imprisonment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married womanprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: and the Strongholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: abidewill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Mighty Strongholdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married man
SE rendered الأعظم (al-ʾaʿẓm), لعتق (lʿtq), العالمین (al-ʿálmín), واختار (wákhtár), لنفسه (lnfsh), الأحزان (al-ʾaḥzán), لسرور (lsrúr), الأكوان (al-ʾakúán) as “most mighty, released, the whole world, hath drained, sorrow, joy, all the peoples of the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: for thine own sakegleaningsGWB §480: for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: satanicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: our eviltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: tribulationfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §657: grieve thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: attablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: dost thou grieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: infinite sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: RejoicestgleaningsGWB §305: innermost realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: my joytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh andwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: heads
SE expanded to “all the peoples of the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: I werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §506: Ye continue rovingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: of Thy creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: the Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: mercy the most mercifultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §109: My tender grace
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §582: for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: of their Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §9: ‘Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: Lordship
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: turn thou untofire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §405: Object of the adorationkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: of a formerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: to set myself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: abasementgleaningsGWB §219: abasedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: abased andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: by reason ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: abase thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my basenessgleaningsGWB §184: over My abasement
SE expanded to “that ye may be exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorifiedfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §471: highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: Thy Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and glory
والشّداید
literal: become; became; severe
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “trials”, “tribulation” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have suffered manifold afflictions”
This form usually rendered as “concourse”, “people”, “ye” (65 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §281: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: inmatesgleaningsGWB §188: people of the Bayánkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs
SE expanded to “in the Unity of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: nonefire-tabletFire §43: of OnenessgleaningsGWB §246: Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: unity and onenesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lonethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: all from one same
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: have come unto himgleaningsGWB §585: I am come to youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: came untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: came unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: I camegleaningsGWB §48: should ever reach mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: was
SE expanded to “to build anew”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: By the righteousness ofgleaningsGWB §505: By Myselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built upthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: By My lifegleaningsGWB §712: prosperityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build up
SE expanded to “forced Him to dwell”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: desolatefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §488: to dwellkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: be dwellingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: quiet thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: calmly
This form usually rendered as “infidels”, “ungodly” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “they that have joined partners with God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: associate a partnergleaningsGWB §397: they who have joined partnerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: and blasphemous whisperingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: such of Thy creaturesthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: arewill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §619: that have disbelieved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: were laid wastegleaningsGWB §680: destroyedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: breakerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: desolategleaningsGWB §712: of desolationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the most desolategleaningsGWB §183: most desolateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: havoc
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: His citiesgleaningsGWB §43: nations and kingdomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: dominionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thy neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §38: all countriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: citygleaningsGWB §267: of the earth
