Gleanings — §21

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 21 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

فی الحقيقه امروز روز مشاهده و اصغاست هم ندای الهی مرتفع است و هم أنوار وجه از أفق ظهور مشرق و لائح بايد جميع آنچه شنيده شد محو نمود و بعدل و انصاف در آيات و بيّنات و ظهورات ناظر شد امروز عظيم است چه که در جميع کتب بيوم اللّه معروف جميع أ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Verily I say, this is the Day in which mankind can behold the Face, and hear the Voice, of the Promised One. The Call of God hath been raised, and the light of His countenance hath been lifted up upon men. It behooveth every man to blot out the trace of every idle word from the tablet of his heart, and to gaze, with an open and unbiased mind, on the signs of His Revelation, the proofs of His Mission, and the tokens of His glory.

Translation Notes

الحقيقه

al-ḥqíqh ḥ-q-q

literal: truth; true

SE rendered الحقيقه (al-ḥqíqh), امروز (imrúz), روز (rúz), مشاهده (msháhdh), اصغاست (iṣghást) as “this is the Day, behold, hear”

truth 27% reality 27% truly 13% unquestionably 7% who 7% true 7% inmost 7% fact 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: unto gleaningsGWB §60: of Mine own right kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: ideal prayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: Thy wrath the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §8: to God Himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: one true God

امروز

imrúz r-w-z → “this is the day”

literal: day; today; that-day

SE expanded to “this is the Day”

day 88% “this 6% today 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: On this day gleaningsGWB §145: stage kitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: one day will-and-testamentW&T §57: by day epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: in this day gleaningsGWB §144: the age kitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: today epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: This is the day

مشاهده

msháhdh sh-h-d → “behold”

literal: witness; observation; witnessed

behold 25% witness 16% perceive 11% found 9% beholding 7% will 7% witnessed 7% regard 5% gaze 5% discern 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: who fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §650: discovered kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: to suffer martyrdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: confesseth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found them the-hidden-wordsHW §3: see

ندای

ndáy n-d-y → “voice”

literal: call; called; call, voice

voice 89% call 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: calling aloud saying fire-tabletFire §37: Thy most sweet call gleaningsGWB §282: is calling kitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: Thy voice tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloud tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice

الهی

al-hí ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: God; divine; god

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of God gleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: Word prayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writ epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God is gleaningsGWB §560: is

مرتفع

mrtfʿ r-f-ʿ → “raised”

literal: raise; raised; elevation

raised 29% established 14% have 10% stilled 10% hoisted 10% elevated 10% wept 5% break 5% upraised 5% called 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: elevate fire-tabletFire §47: hast caused gleaningsGWB §34: did rain kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exalt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: repeal prayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thy loftiness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispel the-hidden-wordsHW §61: that I may rise

أنوار

ʾanúár n-w-r → “light”

literal: light; lights; luminous

light 40% splendors 25% lights 15% brightness 6% effulgence 3% radiance 3% luminaries 3% dawning 2% effulgent 2% splendor 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: splendors fire-tabletFire §1: of the light gleaningsGWB §309: with its light kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: inner Light prayers-and-meditationsP&M §823: a light tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §109: the flame

از

iz ʾ-z → “from”

literal: from

SE rendered الهی (al-hí), مرتفع (mrtfʿ), أنوار (ʾanúár), وجه (wjh), از (iz), أفق (ʾafq), ظهور (ẓhúr), مشرق (mshrq), لائح (láʾḥ), بايد (báyd), جميع (jmíʿ) as “God, raised, light, Face, from, Revelation, tablet, behooveth, every man”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at

أفق

ʾafq ʾ-f-q

literal: horizon; horizons; horizons/regions

SE rendered مرتفع (mrtfʿ), أنوار (ʾanúár), وجه (wjh), از (iz), أفق (ʾafq), ظهور (ẓhúr), مشرق (mshrq), لائح (láʾḥ), بايد (báyd), جميع (jmíʿ) as “raised, light, Face, from, Revelation, tablet, behooveth, every man”

horizon 67% dayspring 10% above 5% heaven 5% realm 5% orient 3% supreme 1% works 1% created 1% realms 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the horizon fire-tabletFire §26: the heaven gleaningsGWB §691: summit of transcendent glory prayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: Thy Revelation the-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizon gleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspring prayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: of the Dayspring

ظهور

ẓhúr ẓ-h-r → “revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thy Revelation fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §389: is endowed kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sources kitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: emanated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may show forth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory

مشرق

mshrq sh-r-q

literal: shining; east; shine

SE rendered أنوار (ʾanúár), وجه (wjh), از (iz), أفق (ʾafq), ظهور (ẓhúr), مشرق (mshrq), لائح (láʾḥ), بايد (báyd), جميع (jmíʿ) as “light, Face, from, Revelation, tablet, behooveth, every man”

dayspring 41% dawning-place 15% shining 14% shineth 11% east 6% shine 4% shone 2% horizon 2% realms 2% source 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: splendor fire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawning gleaningsGWB §193: been generated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the Day-springs prayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: be illumined tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light the-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shine epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: shone forth

لائح

láʾḥ l-w-ḥ → “tablet” Distinctive

literal: tablet; tablets

This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “manifest”, “brightly” (24 occurrences)

resplendent 29% manifest 14% brightly 7% uttered 7% prominent 7% which 7% sure 7% attested 7% shine 7% lucid 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: brightly gleaningsGWB §278: a Tablet kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: allusions prayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: have been demonstrated tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Books will-and-testamentW&T §7: document epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: one of Our Tablets gleaningsGWB §699: Guarded Tablet

بايد

báyd b-y-d → “must”

literal: must; must, should

must 56% incumbent 25% should 13% behooveth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: must gleaningsGWB §334: quickened kitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: awaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §832: wilderness the-hidden-wordsHW §109: With the hands will-and-testamentW&T §17: watchful epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: incumbent gleaningsGWB §564: should

جميع

jmíʿ j-m-ʿ → “every man”

literal: all; all, entire

all 81% every 8% whole 3% each 2% whatsoever 1% one 1% concourse 1% under 1% divers 1% any 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: Every single one gleaningsGWB §326: These diverse kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: and prayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: combined tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gathered the-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accord will-and-testamentW&T §36: for all

آنچه

ánchh ʾ-n

literal: that; indeed; that, to

SE rendered ظهور (ẓhúr), مشرق (mshrq), لائح (láʾḥ), بايد (báyd), جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), شنيده (shnídh), محو (mḥú), نمود (nmúd), بعدل (bʿdl) as “Revelation, tablet, behooveth, every man, blot out, hath, with an open”

have 10% behold 10% will 10% such 10% either 10% \‘verily 10% verily 10% truth 10% \‘they 10% although 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: He, verily kitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’s the-hidden-wordsHW §120: moment epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such moments kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: these epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We have heard kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Although epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: in truth

شنيده

shnídh sh-n-w

literal: hear; to hear; heard

SE rendered لائح (láʾḥ), بايد (báyd), جميع (jmíʿ), آنچه (ánchh), شنيده (shnídh), محو (mḥú), نمود (nmúd), بعدل (bʿdl), انصاف (inṣáf) as “tablet, behooveth, every man, blot out, hath, with an open”