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
This form usually rendered as “hath” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: BeneficentgleaningsGWB §35: beauty ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: another
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: \‘The Ancient of Daysfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §210: His footstoolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: their feet.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: unfadingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §81: pacewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
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”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: bright and friendlygleaningsGWB §466: he release Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: termsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: Judgment Daywill-and-testamentW&T §23: universalitygleaningsGWB §37: divorcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: been appliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: Separation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: sciencefire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §275: of His creatureskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: all creatures,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: world’s wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “imprisonment”, “hath”, “cast” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “made a prisoner”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: cast Him into prisongleaningsGWB §183: and hath accepted to be made a prisonerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §116: and Whom Thou hast cast into prisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §3: confinementepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: hath been imprisonedgleaningsGWB §221: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: riddest me
stronghold 55% fortress-town 10% within 10% tower 7% fortress 7% captivity 3% sanctuary 3% bulwark 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the strongholdgleaningsGWB §594: a tower of strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: married manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: the Fortressthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: My strongholdwill-and-testamentW&T §12: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: StronggleaningsGWB §490: a stronghold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy majestygleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: and Thy majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatness
This form usually rendered as “first”, “hath”, “chosen” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: what ye prefergleaningsGWB §224: goodlykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: decidedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: only that which will profit themwill-and-testamentW&T §17: truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §663: thou wouldst choose
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 §109: they whogleaningsGWB §406: him that offered itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: covetousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: unto Thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: a cause of sadnessfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §635: to grievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: sorrows whichtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy mysteriesgleaningsGWB §63: of the unseenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the mysteries of truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and to lay bare Thy mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: self-satisfiedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Mystery
SE expanded to “all the peoples of the earth”
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: the mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §234: and mercykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: infinite graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: His DivinegleaningsGWB §30: Lord thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §228: the Lord thy Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by turning towards Himfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §661: to fix mine heart onkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: in a bygone ageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: that they may turn towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
abasement 46% abased 13% wretchedness 8% degradation 8% ashamed 4% humbly 4% dire 4% mine 4% both 4% misery 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchednessgleaningsGWB §672: of wretchedness and miserykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: shall be abasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their abasementthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: abasewill-and-testamentW&T §53: Baseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: dishonorgleaningsGWB §183: be abased
SE expanded to “that ye may be exalted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemedgleaningsGWB §92: noblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: resplendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hard
والشّداید
literal: intensity; severe; hardship
This form usually rendered as “tribulations”, “vexations”, “tribulation” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “have suffered manifold afflictions”
This form usually rendered as “concourse”, “people”, “ye” (88 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: peoplesfire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §36: and his peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can filltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Realm
This form usually rendered as “have”, “such”, “truly” (26 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in the Unity of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy unityfire-tabletFire §43: By Thine alonenessgleaningsGWB §490: unto them that believe in and uphold the unity of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: a certainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: any onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: reachedgleaningsGWB §427: Our missionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: is summonedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: was fulfilledthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: Abideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: I camegleaningsGWB §572: He came unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: He came to you
SE expanded to “to build anew”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: your lifegleaningsGWB §262: By My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Frequentedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: By the righteousnessgleaningsGWB §622: is Our witness!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and build up
SE expanded to “forced Him to dwell”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: poisefire-tabletFire §24: AssurancegleaningsGWB §109: to lay His headkitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: dwell withinprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: and a tranquilitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: them that abidethe-hidden-wordsHW §69: and dwellwill-and-testamentW&T §48: quiet
SE expanded to “they that have joined partners with God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: misbeliefgleaningsGWB §36: of infidelskitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: blasphemousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: my impietythe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: O thou who hast joined partnersgleaningsGWB §106: blasphemy
most 38% desolate 13% havoc 6% laid 6% separation 6% expense 6% rob 6% can 6% destroyed 6% desolation 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: most desolategleaningsGWB §482: at the expensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: breakerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the most desolategleaningsGWB §712: of desolationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: havocgleaningsGWB §680: destroyedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: were laid waste
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: all thingsgleaningsGWB §515: your citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: regionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: the whole worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: neighborwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: citiesgleaningsGWB §511: within their territories
