Gleanings — §210
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 210 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن یا محمّد إذا خرجت عن ساحة العرش أن اقصد زیارة البیت من قِبَلِ ربّك وإذا حضرت تلقآء الباب قف وقل یا بیت الله الأعظم أین جمال القِدم الّذي به جعلك الله قبلة الأمم وآیة ذكره لمن في السّموات والأرضین یا بیت الله أین الأیّام الّتي كنت فیها موطأ قدمیه وأین الأیّام الّتي ارتفعت منك نغمات الرّحمن في كلّ الأحیان وأین طرازك الّذي منه استضآء من في الأكوان أین الأیّام الّتي كنت عرشا لاستقرار هیكل القِدم وأین الأیّام الّتي كنت مصباح الفلاح بین الأرض والسّمآء وتتضوّع منك نفحات السّبحان في كلّ صباح ومسآء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Bag̱hdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord. When thou reachest its door, stand thou before it and say: Whither is the Ancient Beauty gone, O most great House of God, He through Whom God hath made thee the cynosure of an adoring world, and proclaimed thee to be the sign of His remembrance unto all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth? Oh! for the former days when thou, O House of God, wert made His footstool, the days when in ceaseless strains the melody of the All-Merciful poured forth from thee! What hath become of thy jewel whose glory hath irradiated all creation? Whither are gone the days in which He, the Ancient King, had made thee the throne of His glory, the days in which He had chosen thee alone to be the lamp of salvation between earth and heaven, and caused thee to diffuse, at dawn and at eventide, the sweet fragrance of the All-Glorious?
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “proceeded”, “abandoned” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: passed outgleaningsGWB §466: departed outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: hereticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §463: gone outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: Bid them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: shall pass from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: the shores of the seagleaningsGWB §210: the courtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: into the courtthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: at the courtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: Of all shoreskitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: sanctuarythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: the realm
SE expanded to “direct thy steps”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: DesiregleaningsGWB §672: Haste forth untokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: course of the argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §698: the Goal of my desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth makeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the Desire of their hearts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: pilgrimagegleaningsGWB §210: visit itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: machinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: gazewill-and-testamentW&T §6: slanderously falsifyingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: visitedgleaningsGWB §215: visiteth theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: recognizing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: a housegleaningsGWB §618: his chamberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §654: for the mansionswill-and-testamentW&T §38: to the Universal Houseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: My housegleaningsGWB §543: your habitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §38: That which this body
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: HisgleaningsGWB §122: sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: divinely-learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-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 §110: \‘Lord
majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: thosegleaningsGWB §355: be considered as suited to the capacity ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: to Thee for shelterthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §10: byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: summongleaningsGWB §656: Thy highness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou wouldst have castfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §464: your reunion with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: must meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: deliver unto themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: through the waters ofgleaningsGWB §563: Our Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: door thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: the door of Thy gateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the doorgleaningsGWB §124: portalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: to Thy door
hesitate 22% hesitated 17% discover 13% hesitation 9% established 9% stand 9% would 9% place 4% such 4% remain 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: remainfire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen haltgleaningsGWB §356: can be disclosedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: is writtenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §295: Motionless liesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hesitatedgleaningsGWB §103: establishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: those that have been initiated into
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: askgleaningsGWB §125: sayingskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: then follow these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: and sweet is His speechtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: O Lord, my Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §417: divinely revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of God,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the GreatgleaningsGWB §404: transcendethkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: so grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: How greatthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §38: very greatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: grievous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ornament togleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: in the contemplation of Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: upon whose countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §4: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Ancientfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §327: Ancient of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: God’s imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of the Uncreatedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: immemorialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: ordainethfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §621: and made themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: unspeakableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: will enable ustablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothe thyself therewithwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of conversionfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §157: acceptancekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: inadmissibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: how I have set myself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §3: amidst the nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §631: motherskitab-i-ahdAhd §16: peoples and kindreds of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’swill-and-testamentW&T §5: following
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: graciously remember megleaningsGWB §375: such wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: connected withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: to adequately praise Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of His Most Excellent Titlesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §536: every single namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: and all that are in heaventablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are on earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §171: the whole earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other daysgleaningsGWB §39: of timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the day of His Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: all my daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: of the world
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “where”, ““where”, “\‘where” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: songfire-tabletFire §23: Thy melodiesgleaningsGWB §199: the sweet melodies of Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: Melodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: accents of Thy voicetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: His Melodyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: melodiesgleaningsGWB §106: His Voice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: “The God of Mercyfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §688: heavenly delightkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: heavenlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §636: Have pity, then, upon metablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
SE rendered منك (mnk), نغمات (nghmát), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), الأحیان (al-ʾaḥíán), وأین (wʾayn), طرازك (ṭrázk), استضآء (istḍáʾ) as “from, melody, All-Merciful, jewel, irradiated”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: ornamentgleaningsGWB §426: glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: with the adornment ofgleaningsGWB §116: the ornament of
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “illumined”, “enveloped” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: aglowfire-tabletFire §9: RadiancegleaningsGWB §307: the lightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would seek illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and kindlethe-hidden-wordsHW §33: to shed on thee its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: illumined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: be not ofgleaningsGWB §426: for all timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: and take partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: are hidtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
This form usually rendered as “still”, “glory”, “establishment” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: acknowledgedgleaningsGWB §636: the hallowed Spotkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: abideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: cheeredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: the courtwill-and-testamentW&T §8: quietness
temple 29% form 17% embodiment 8% idol 8% body 8% one 8% person 8% súratu’l-haykal 4% incarnation 4% breast 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: as the human bodyfire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §37: idolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: individualityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: bodiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: angelicthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Temple
This form usually rendered as “salvation”, “true” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “caused”, “sheddeth” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: have diffusedgleaningsGWB §367: degradethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: been waftedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: be shed abroadgleaningsGWB §210: caused thee to diffuseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: sweet smellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: diffusegleaningsGWB §28: wafted
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §116: a breathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: sweet smellwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §433: to assail youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfume
glorified 60% gracious 18% all-glorious 10% immeasurably 3% great 2% praise 2% \‘glorified 1% who 1% glory 1% god 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §5: far from Thy glory bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: celebrateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: immeasurably glorified art Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
