Gleanings — §22
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 22 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
نبيا و أصفيا طالب لقای اين يوم بديع بودهاند و همچنين أحزاب مختلفه أرض و چون آفتاب ظهور از سمآء مشيّت إلهی إشراق نمود کلّ منصعق و مدهوش مشاهده گشتند إلّا من شاء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Great indeed is this Day! The allusions made to it in all the sacred Scriptures as the Day of God attest its greatness. The soul of every Prophet of God, of every Divine Messenger, hath thirsted for this wondrous Day. All the divers kindreds of the earth have, likewise, yearned to attain it. No sooner, however, had the Daystar of His Revelation manifested itself in the heaven of God’s Will, than all, except those whom the Almighty was pleased to guide, were found dumbfounded and heedless.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: ProphetgleaningsGWB §74: Thus warneth youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: inspired Prophettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: messagewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Prophetsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: ProphetsgleaningsGWB §105: Prophets,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: Prophets and chosen Ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: clearfire-tabletFire §27: andgleaningsGWB §477: chosen theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: immaculateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: Whom Thou hast chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: crystal purewill-and-testamentW&T §45: Thy Holy Onesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: chosen ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: PresencegleaningsGWB §382: be united with, Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Presence—the Presencewill-and-testamentW&T §43: sowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: impartedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: “attainmentwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sowedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: before
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: On this daygleaningsGWB §210: the former dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: all my dayswill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: great daygleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §116: wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: matchless tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: WondrousgleaningsGWB §477: the wondrous
This form usually rendered as “have” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: wronged peoplegleaningsGWB §22: divers kindredsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: kindreds ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: His peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the kindreds of the earthgleaningsGWB §175: people of Justiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversariesgleaningsGWB §440: contending
SE rendered بديع (bdíʿ), بودهاند (búdhánd), همچنين (hmchnín), أحزاب (ʾaḥzáb), مختلفه (mkhtlfh), أرض (ʾarḍ), چون (chún), آفتاب (áftáb), ظهور (ẓhúr), از (iz), سمآء (smáʾ) as “Great, yearned, likewise, divers kindreds, earth, No sooner, Daystar, Revelation, in, heaven”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the diversgleaningsGWB §350: variouskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of revoltprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: will dividethe-hidden-wordsHW §150: from behindwill-and-testamentW&T §17: obeyed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: contention
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 §245: happenedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §65: Him Who is the Revealerkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: outer seemingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: and the Revealertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: willethgleaningsGWB §669: operation of His own Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Thine own willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: for whatsoever
This form usually rendered as “radiance”, “shining”, “shineth” (70 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My effulgencefire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §44: shineth forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the Eastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §4: illuminatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: neither of the East
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “chose”, “had” (92 occurrences)
منصعق
literal: thunderstruck; to be thunderstruck, seized with commotion
thunderstruck 67% dumbfounded 33%
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
