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”
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “none”, “never” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: ye befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §128: had surely madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: august Essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “in conflict with”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: differentgleaningsGWB §361: enemykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: have sorely differedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: will dividethe-hidden-wordsHW §150: from behindwill-and-testamentW&T §58: revoltepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of such as create
This form usually rendered as “sent”, “hath”, “revealed” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: were revealedgleaningsGWB §486: hath been decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: fallprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: sendest downtablet-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 §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §699: Guarded Tabletkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: the symbolic language ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: holy Tabletstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: resplendentgleaningsGWB §689: writings
SE expanded to “would have gladly kissed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: turnedfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §689: on a previous occasionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §235: of old;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §281: fixedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §506: His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: hands oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §619: the
SE expanded to “attempted to shed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: spiltgleaningsGWB §189: attempted to shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: be shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: shedgleaningsGWB §507: have shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: spilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: to shedgleaningsGWB §574: shedding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the blood of anyonegleaningsGWB §189: my bloodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: breathed intoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy bloodwill-and-testamentW&T §10: with my bloodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: bloodgleaningsGWB §170: breathedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the blood
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy waygleaningsGWB §163: path of Thy good-pleasurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: My sake.’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: for Thy sakethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: straightgleaningsGWB §509: the state
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: all who adore Theefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §694: for the lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His loveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: my Belovedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §55: thine heart be set
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 §127: of the earthfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §63: of the learnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: hidden wisdomtablet-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 “power”, “thou”, “might” (157 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: its valuefire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §50: sovereigntykitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: rankprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy transcendent powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “had allowed me to possess”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: layethgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: True OnegleaningsGWB §191: actually manifestkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: significanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: against methe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: truly
This form usually rendered as “thereupon”, “wherefore”, “unto” (75 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: ThereupongleaningsGWB §721: other thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Lámprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: I have, therebythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: In this wisewill-and-testamentW&T §34: with thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: WhereforegleaningsGWB §30: that most exalted Spot
This form usually rendered as “incurred”, “evil”, “evidence” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: chastisementfire-tabletFire §10: of Thy vengeancegleaningsGWB §720: evilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: curseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: the breathsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: fire and vengeancewill-and-testamentW&T §17: vengeanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: revenger
This form usually rendered as “fury”, “provoked”, “anger” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-ConqueringgleaningsGWB §76: fury ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: wrathfullyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: is supremewill-and-testamentW&T §17: fierce indignationgleaningsGWB §458: supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: subjectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the All-Subduing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: executionersgleaningsGWB §189: to be tormentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: “wrath”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: and the rodwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the wrathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: wrathgleaningsGWB §257: fury of His wrathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: Thy wrath
SE expanded to “throughout the eternity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: throughoutwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: equitygleaningsGWB §408: can compareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §508: with those of the unjust
