Gleanings — §219
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 219 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قلنا و قولنا الحقّ ثمّ اعلم بأنّ لیس هذا أوّل وهن نزل علی بیتي وقد نزل من قبل بما اکتسبت أیدي الظّالمین وسینزل علیه من الذّلّة ما تجري به الدّموع عن کلّ بصر بصیر کذلك ألقیناك بما هو المستور في حجب الغیب وما اطّلع به أحد إلّا الله العزیز الحمید ثمّ تمضي أیّام یرفعه الله بالحقّ ویجعله عَلَمًا في الملك بحیث یطوف في حوله ملأ عارفون هذا قول ربّي من قبل أن یأتي یوم الفزع قد أخبرناك به في هذا اللّوح لئلّا یحزنك ما ورد علی البیت بما اكتسبت أیدي المعتدین والحمد للّه العلیم الحکیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
To him We have written: This is not the first humiliation inflicted upon My House. In days gone by the hand of the oppressor hath heaped indignities upon it. Verily, it shall be so abased in the days to come as to cause tears to flow from every discerning eye. Thus have We unfolded to thee things hidden beyond the veil, inscrutable to all save God, the Almighty, the All-Praised. In the fullness of time, the Lord shall, by the power of truth, exalt it in the eyes of all men. He shall cause it to become the Standard of His Kingdom, the Shrine round which will circle the concourse of the faithful. Thus hath spoken the Lord, thy God, ere the day of lamentation arriveth. This revelation have We given thee in Our holy Tablet, lest thou sorrow for what hath befallen Our House through the assaults of the enemy. All praise be to God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “We have written”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: according to the wordsgleaningsGWB §219: spokenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: have sotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the Sun of TruthgleaningsGWB §60: of Mine own rightkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: of God?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Thy realitythe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §38: is verily the Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: as it behooveth you
This form usually rendered as “knowledge”, “learning”, “divine” (276 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: man of understandingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §312: world of beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: sageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: that knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
SE rendered الحقّ (al-ḥqq), اعلم (iʿlm), لیس (lís), أوّل (ʾawwl), وهن (whn), نزل (nzl), بیتي (bítí), وقد (wqd) as “God, is not, first, humiliation, inflicted, My House, hath”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: FirstlygleaningsGWB §364: First Leaderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the beginninggleaningsGWB §440: the early
humiliation 50% weakness 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at its RevealergleaningsGWB §219: heapedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: heardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: hast revealedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: homegleaningsGWB §480: their homesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: my Habitationwill-and-testamentW&T §47: conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the HousegleaningsGWB §211: House of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the Frequented Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §38: That which this body
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: “MoregleaningsGWB §295: have revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We have beenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Iepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: God hathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: hastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: then
SE rendered بیتي (bítí), وقد (wqd), نزل (nzl), اکتسبت (iktsbt), أیدي (ʾaydí), الظّالمین (aẓ-ẓálmín), وسینزل (wsínzl) as “My House, hath, heaped, hand, the oppressor, shall”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: had wroughtgleaningsGWB §319: benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: acquiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: earngleaningsGWB §506: for your doingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: wroughtgleaningsGWB §239: ye shall have doneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: have wrought
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §523: to the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: from the handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its handgleaningsGWB §619: the
oppressors 27% act 18% oppressor 18% unjust 9% have 5% every 5% wrongdoers 5% tyranny.” 5% tyranny!” 5% people 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: darknessfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §498: afflicted with countless tribulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: crueltiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of the oppressorthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He Whom the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: of this Wronged One
SE rendered أیدي (ʾaydí), الظّالمین (aẓ-ẓálmín), وسینزل (wsínzl), علیه (ʿlíh), الذّلّة (adh-dhllh), تجري (tjrí), الدّموع (ad-dmúʿ) as “hand, the oppressor, shall, abased, flow, tears”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: glorifiedgleaningsGWB §167: unto youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: No sooner hadthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: againstgleaningsGWB §689: the Cause of God
abasement 42% wretchedness 13% abased 13% degradation 8% ashamed 4% abject 4% depth 4% misery 4% shame 4% mortality 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: abasement ofgleaningsGWB §481: abject povertykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: degradationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their Abaserthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: abase thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my basenessgleaningsGWB §171: the misery
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: the tearsgleaningsGWB §410: weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: their tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: tears cameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tears they shedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and by the tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: tears of every manepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: tears
This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “insight”, “sight” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insightgleaningsGWB §491: momentkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: all vision.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: our eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: men of insightgleaningsGWB §357: will ye not, then, behold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: SogleaningsGWB §297: Your schemingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: In such wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: I have, therebythe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §34: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: yetgleaningsGWB §30: that most exalted Spot
SE expanded to “have We unfolded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: to conveyfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §233: of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: set forth beforetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: We have revealed unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
hidden 43% concealed 26% hid 6% lie 6% veiled 6% hide 3% yet 3% whatsoever 3% unrevealed 3% enshrined 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the Concealerfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §676: openkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: veiledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst veiltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: veil of mine integrity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the most veiledgleaningsGWB §135: He chose to hidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: have shut offthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: veil thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: not veiledgleaningsGWB §680: dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: imprisoned
SE rendered ألقیناك (ʾalqínák), المستور (al-mstúr), حجب (ḥjb), الغیب (al-ghíb), اطّلع (iṭṭlʿ), أحد (ʾaḥd), الله (al-lh) as “have We unfolded, hidden, veil, inscrutable, all, God”
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §254: secretskitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: concealmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Hidden Secrettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: unseengleaningsGWB §93: Invisibles
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Arisefire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §161: revealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: awareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Who is the Dayspringtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: one ofgleaningsGWB §682: All-Glorious Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Not oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: othertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the IncomparablegleaningsGWB §584: of no one
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: of the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: of Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: glory
all-praised 91% all-praised.” 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: gloriousgleaningsGWB §569: and praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: Magnified be Thy nametablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Thy daysgleaningsGWB §618: sooner or laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the Ayyám-i-Há (the Dayswill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: On this daygleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”
This form usually rendered as “make”, “maketh”, “ordaineth” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “He shall cause”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: make theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §699: regardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: strengthenthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: I have madewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: is made
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: controlgleaningsGWB §286: proclaimingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
SE rendered بالحقّ (bálḥqq), ویجعله (wíjʿlh), عَلَمًا (ʿalaman), الملك (al-mlk), بحیث (bḥíth), یطوف (yṭúf), حوله (ḥúlh), ملأ (mlʾ), عارفون (ʿárfún) as “by the power of truth, He shall cause, Standard, His Kingdom, circle, round, concourse, faithful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: inasmuchgleaningsGWB §480: so thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and to waitepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: in such wise thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: Such is Thy greatness thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: They are such thatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: that I will cease
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: circlethgleaningsGWB §31: circumambulatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: revolvethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §638: keep company withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierce stormepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: circledgleaningsGWB §542: round whom in life circled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: powergleaningsGWB §410: If anyone should nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Reflect thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: come in betweentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §6: whilst
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §188: Followers of the Gospelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoplesgleaningsGWB §198: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
This form usually rendered as “faithful”, “most”, “endued” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: Thou wilt appreciategleaningsGWB §286: iskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: obscureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: and Thy knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its LordgleaningsGWB §127: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Produce thougleaningsGWB §506: He did come againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: givethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: came downthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: utter His VoicegleaningsGWB §425: hath usheredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: come to pass
This form usually rendered as “most”, “lamentation”, “fear” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: terrorgleaningsGWB §352: likened toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: fear and tremblingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: raised their plaintive criesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the greatestgleaningsGWB §352: fears and agitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §329: were terror-strickenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: caused
SE expanded to “have We given”
all-informed 23% traditions 17% announced 11% informed 11% warneth 9% informing 6% tidings 6% news 6% hath 6% have 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ignorance ofgleaningsGWB §452: hath ever recordedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: reached His earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §163: All-Wisethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: informethgleaningsGWB §191: heedless oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the warning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: nightgleaningsGWB §492: in the night seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: the nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: blessed night
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “befell” (90 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: hath been recordedgleaningsGWB §180: participatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: attainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: have wroughtwill-and-testamentW&T §49: foemenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: happen to visitgleaningsGWB §163: whatsoever hath befallen mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: summons of
This form usually rendered as “transgressors”, “transgressor”, “aggressor” (4 occurrences)
