Gleanings — §24
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 24 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
... تاللّه الحقّ تلک أيّام فيها امتحن اللّه کلّ النّبيّين والمرسلين ثمّ الّذين هم کانوا خلف سُرادق العِصمة وفسطاط العظمة وخِباء العزّة وکيف هؤلاء المشرکين ...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets, and beyond them those that stand guard over His sacred and inviolable Sanctuary, the inmates of the celestial Pavilion and dwellers of the Tabernacle of Glory. How severe, therefore, the test to which they who join partners with God must needs be subjected!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “By the righteousness of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in those daysgleaningsGWB §250: days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: in every dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in the Judgment Daytablet-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 §239: the days when
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “proved” (3 occurrences)
messengers 92% chosen 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath been sentgleaningsGWB §465: in His Prophetskitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: as Messengers of the Word of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: and entrustedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the Apostle (Muḥammad)
This form usually rendered as “have”, “who”, “stand” (45 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: ye dogleaningsGWB §486: that thou mayestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: and take partprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: I would still have failed to repaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §47: and so become
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: That they differ one from anothergleaningsGWB §276: make it a cause of dissension amongst youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the divergentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: dividedwill-and-testamentW&T §58: revoltepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: beyondgleaningsGWB §135: withinkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: of revolt
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §656: the Tabernaclekitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: tabernaclestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §661: within the Tabernacleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: Thy Tabernacle
SE expanded to “sacred and inviolable Sanctuary”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: to be puregleaningsGWB §246: will I cleavekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: purityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: holding fast untowill-and-testamentW&T §17: guidanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: honorgleaningsGWB §534: one to defend or to protect
SE rendered سُرادق (surádq), العِصمة (al-ʿiṣmh), وفسطاط (wfsṭáṭ), العظمة (al-ʿẓmh), وخِباء (wkhibáʾ), العزّة (al-ʿzzh), وکيف (wkíf), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), المشرکين (al-mshrkín) as “Pavilion, sacred and inviolable Sanctuary, Tabernacle, Glory, How, they who, join partners”
tabernacle 67% put 33%
SE rendered العِصمة (al-ʿiṣmh), وفسطاط (wfsṭáṭ), العظمة (al-ʿẓmh), وخِباء (wkhibáʾ), العزّة (al-ʿzzh), وکيف (wkíf), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), المشرکين (al-mshrkín) as “sacred and inviolable Sanctuary, Tabernacle, Glory, How, they who, join partners”
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the power of Thy mightgleaningsGWB §387: His mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: He is truly exaltedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of glory
This form usually rendered as “infidels”, “have”, “infidel” (45 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: O thou who dost associate a partner with GodgleaningsGWB §383: them that have joined partners with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: their own misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §581: as have repudiated Thy Causethe-hidden-wordsHW §153: are the property ofwill-and-testamentW&T §5: my partnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: misbeliefgleaningsGWB §382: have joined partners with Him
