Gleanings — §236
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 236 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ثمّ ذکّر حین الّذی وردت فی المدینة و ظنّوا وکلآء السّلطان بأنّک لن تعرف اصولهم و تکون من الجاهلین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Call Thou to remembrance Thine arrival in the City (Constantinople), how the Ministers of the Sulṭán thought Thee to be unacquainted with their laws and regulations, and believed Thee to be one of the ignorant.
Translation Notes
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 §166: the aforementioned persongleaningsGWB §463: their warningskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to tell usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: of the praisestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: very momentgleaningsGWB §311: instantlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: until the present daygleaningsGWB §160: the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: moment of their lives
SE rendered ذکّر (dhkkr), حین (ḥín), وردت (wrdt), المدینة (al-mdính), ظنّوا (ẓnnúá), وکلآء (wkláʾ), السّلطان (as-slṭán) as “remembrance, how, thought, Ministers, Sulṭán”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: arrivedgleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: heapedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: have reachedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: Our arrivalgleaningsGWB §220: hath wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have inflicted
SE rendered ذکّر (dhkkr), حین (ḥín), وردت (wrdt), المدینة (al-mdính), ظنّوا (ẓnnúá), وکلآء (wkláʾ), السّلطان (as-slṭán) as “remembrance, how, thought, Ministers, Sulṭán”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the CitiesgleaningsGWB §73: of the citykitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: within these Citiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: each onewill-and-testamentW&T §3: to the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: The citiesgleaningsGWB §247: in the City
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: Hast thou fondly imaginedfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §40: vain fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: doubtsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: all idle fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou dost imagine thyself
representatives 50% ministers 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: put thy reliancegleaningsGWB §479: Let Him be thy trustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: put their trust inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: hath put her whole trust and confidencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powersgleaningsGWB §43: Kings of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: this sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: by the power of Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: through the power of a sovereignty
SE expanded to “to be unacquainted”
thou 42% unacquainted 11% make 11% couldst 5% recognition 5% truth 5% appreciate 5% acquaint 5% reveal 5% inscrutable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “KnowgleaningsGWB §422: could ye but know itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: by the light of His recognitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: and acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledge
SE expanded to “their laws and regulations”
root 22% essence 15% even 11% foundations 7% essentials 7% fundamentals 7% principles 7% laws 7% precepts 7% own 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: foundationsgleaningsGWB §241: the preceptskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: fundamentalsgleaningsGWB §238: your own laws and regulationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: the very rootepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the essentials
SE rendered السّلطان (as-slṭán), بأنّک (bʾannk), تعرف (tʿrf), اصولهم (iṣúlhm), تکون (tkún) as “Sulṭán, to be unacquainted, their laws and regulations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: the realitiesgleaningsGWB §469: It is notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: Thou wouldst haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: of a new creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §52: that thou mayest become
SE rendered تعرف (tʿrf), اصولهم (iṣúlhm), تکون (tkún), الجاهلین (al-jáhlín) as “to be unacquainted, their laws and regulations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: foolishgleaningsGWB §503: this foolish peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: who, likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his own ignorancethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: O YE THAT ARE FOOLISHwill-and-testamentW&T §36: foolish amongst themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: mine ignorancegleaningsGWB §552: none knoweth
