Gleanings — §189
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 189 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
تالله لو لم یكن مخالفًا بما نزل في الألواح لقبّلت ید الّذي یسفك دمي في سبیل محبوب العالمین وقدّرت عمّا ملّکني الله له إرثًا ولو إنّه یستحقّ بذلك نقمة الله وسخطه ثمّ قهره وغضبه بدوام الله الملك العادل الحكیم...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood in the path of the Well-Beloved. I would, moreover, have bestowed upon him a share of such worldly goods as God had allowed me to possess, even though he who perpetrated this act would have provoked the wrath of the Almighty, incurred His malediction, and deserved to be tormented throughout the eternity of God, the All-Possessing, the Equitable, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “God is my witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the things that are God’sfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §35: of Providencekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: O Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “there”, “can” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: be not ofgleaningsGWB §168: Verily, Wekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of allprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §19: thou dost
SE expanded to “in conflict with”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: That they differ one from anothergleaningsGWB §459: opposedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: opposingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the signs of universal discord appearedwill-and-testamentW&T §58: turneth untoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: behindgleaningsGWB §107: divergentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: divergences
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “sent”, “revealed” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: hath been sent downgleaningsGWB §82: have causedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: which hath been sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: Thou hast revealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
SE expanded to “the Tablets of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: a perspicuous TabletgleaningsGWB §289: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: best establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: therefore manifestedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §39: the allusions
SE expanded to “would have gladly kissed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: with thy face set towardsfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §245: before youkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the tribesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: have set themselvestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: graspgleaningsGWB §448: nor the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: of Thy Handwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §62: In His right handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
SE expanded to “attempted to shed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: be spiltgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: to be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: shed notgleaningsGWB §574: refrain from shedding
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: pleasingfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §235: and are My loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the Beloved of my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
SE rendered یسفك (ysfk), دمي (dmí), سبیل (sbíl), محبوب (mḥbúb), العالمین (al-ʿálmín), وقدّرت (wqddrt), ملّکني (mllkní), الله (al-lh) as “attempted to shed, my blood, the path, the Well-Beloved, have bestowed, had allowed me to possess, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: comprehendedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §286: The Omniscientkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: leaders of their Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: I recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “god” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “had allowed me to possess”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy kingdomgleaningsGWB §443: rulerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: the world.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: the kingdom of these namestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: He Who is the King
This form usually rendered as “deserved” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: chastisementfire-tabletFire §10: of Thy vengeancegleaningsGWB §720: great evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Avengerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: troublewill-and-testamentW&T §17: vengeanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: revengergleaningsGWB §256: of avengers
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “fury”, “violence”, “tormented” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-Conqueringfire-tabletFire §6: ChastisergleaningsGWB §132: violence and angerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: all-subduingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Overpowerwill-and-testamentW&T §17: fierce indignationgleaningsGWB §77: angerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: subjection
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: executionersgleaningsGWB §189: to be tormentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “wrath”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thy wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the wrathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: wrathgleaningsGWB §257: fury of His wrathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: anger
بدوام
literal: continuance; continuance/duration; continuously
SE expanded to “throughout the eternity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §311: as long askitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: for everprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: through the whole continuance ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perisheth notwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §385: unchangeable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: justgleaningsGWB §643: to observe justicekitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §473: and of justice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: rulegleaningsGWB §506: of the manifold wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: ruleth over theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §8: to the government
