Gleanings — §224
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 224 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
اگر حکمتهای بالغهٴ الهی ظاهر شود کل عدل محض را مشاهده مینمایند و بیقین مبین باوامرش تمسّک میجویند و تشبّث مینمایند قد قدّرنا فی الکتاب خیرًا کثیرًا لمن أعرض عن الفحشآء متمسّکًا بالتّقوی إنّه لهو المعطی الکریم...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Were the mysteries, that are known to none except God, to be unraveled, the whole of mankind would witness the evidences of perfect and consummate justice. With a certitude that none can question, all men would cleave to His commandments, and would scrupulously observe them. We, verily, have decreed in Our Book a goodly and bountiful reward to whosoever will turn away from wickedness and lead a chaste and godly life. He, in truth, is the Great Giver, the All-Bountiful.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “perfect and consummate”
teach 18% attain 15% proclaim 13% hath 13% attained 10% reached 10% thou 5% inscrutable 5% consummate 5% wise 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: teachfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §117: accomplishedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: endueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: waxed so intensewill-and-testamentW&T §14: Teachingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst attain
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “revealed”, “appeared” (458 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: backfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §35: throughkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: What more shall We sayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: boweth down in worshiptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: equitygleaningsGWB §473: and of justiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: than any othertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §7: justice and equityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: justicegleaningsGWB §482: rule with equity
SE rendered بالغهٴ (bálghhٴ), الهی (al-hí), ظاهر (ẓáhr), عدل (ʿdl), محض (mḥḍ), مشاهده (msháhdh), مینمایند (mínmáynd), بیقین (bíqín) as “perfect and consummate, God, be unraveled, justice, witness, will, With a certitude”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: Our loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §97: token ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: sheerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: the very essence ofwill-and-testamentW&T §17: so soon as theyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: whollygleaningsGWB §129: uttergleaningsGWB §132: utter nothingness
This form usually rendered as “speak”, “reciting”, “pronouncing” (7 occurrences)
SE expanded to “With a certitude”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: be well assuredgleaningsGWB §727: every confident believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §209: beliefwill-and-testamentW&T §56: Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: fully awaregleaningsGWB §557: discern the wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: embracedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: certitude
SE rendered مشاهده (msháhdh), مینمایند (mínmáynd), بیقین (bíqín), مبین (mbín), باوامرش (báwámrsh), تمسّک (tmssk), میجویند (míjúynd), تشبّث (tshbbth) as “witness, will, With a certitude, to His commandments, cleave, scrupulously observe”
resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Bayánfire-tabletFire §23: to speak forthgleaningsGWB §525: among yourselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: with steadfastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: unto all that are inthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §5: utter ruin
SE expanded to “to His commandments”
cause 53% revelation 17% command 5% bidding 5% commandments 4% behest 4% affairs 3% thou 3% decree 3% faith 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: seized upongleaningsGWB §7: strict observancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: poorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: clinging tenaciouslytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: Launchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: will cleavegleaningsGWB §125: centeredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: bear witness
This form usually rendered as “have”, “clung”, “hold” (27 occurrences)
book 85% kitáb-i-íqán 2% tablet 2% words 2% text 2% kitáb-i-aqdas 1% writing 1% bayán 1% divinely 1% holy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: worksgleaningsGWB §73: in the Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: Qur’ánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: to be a bookthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Kitáb-i-Íqán
This form usually rendered as “many”, “bountiful”, “all” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: mostgleaningsGWB §493: most of the peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: How strangeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: manygleaningsGWB §224: bountifulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: greater partepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: for the most partkitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: how many
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: have turned asidegleaningsGWB §110: denunciationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: The denialsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: their earthly lifetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: bywill-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: turned away from
This form usually rendered as “both”, “"he”, “fear” (43 occurrences)
giver 50% all-bountiful 50%
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
