Gleanings — §241

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 241 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

وانتم شاورتم فی امرهم و اخذتم حکم انفسکم و ترکتم حکم الله المهیمن القدیر

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: What! Cleave ye to your own devices, and cast behind your backs the precepts of God? Ye, indeed, have wronged your own selves and others.

Translation Notes

وانتم

wántm n-t-m → “cleave ye”

literal: you

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: you

شاورتم

sháwrtm sh-w-r → “counsel”

literal: indication; consultation; consult

counsel 17% characteristics 17% confer 8% evidences 8% salty 8% high 8% take 8% among 8% allusions 8% briny 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Confer gleaningsGWB §473: take thou counsel with them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: characteristics prayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: suggestions tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: signed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: evidences of gleaningsGWB §104: characteristics and standards kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: briny

امرهم

imrhm ʾ-m-r → “own devices”

literal: command; matter; cause

cause 55% revelation 13% things 12% faith 5% command 3% commandments 3% bidding 3% affairs 2% bidden 2% authority 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: commandeth gleaningsGWB §458: Purpose kitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: divinely-appointed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: at Thy bidding tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commands will-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Cause epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: commissioned gleaningsGWB §319: of God

اخذتم

ikhdhtm ʾ-kh-dh

literal: take; taking; seizing

SE rendered وانتم (wántm), شاورتم (sháwrtm), امرهم (imrhm), اخذتم (ikhdhtm), حکم (ḥkm), انفسکم (infskm), ترکتم (trktm), حکم (ḥkm), الله (al-lh) as “Cleave ye, to your, own devices, precepts, cast behind your backs, God”

seize 21% arrested 17% clung 10% seized 10% inebriated 7% hath 7% take 7% cleave 7% seek 7% cling 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: hath he been seized gleaningsGWB §649: befalling kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp kitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: made prayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were encompassed will-and-testamentW&T §5: regarded him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: inebriated gleaningsGWB §395: appoint

حکم

ḥkm ḥ-k-m → “precepts” Distinctive

literal: wisdom; judgment

This form usually rendered as “wisdom”, “law”, “hath” (124 occurrences)

wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: will rule gleaningsGWB §696: the truth of the laws kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulership kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: emphatically prayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: and ordainest tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: the Wise the-hidden-wordsHW §13: My command will-and-testamentW&T §34: government

انفسکم

infskm n-f-s

literal: soul; souls

SE rendered شاورتم (sháwrtm), امرهم (imrhm), اخذتم (ikhdhtm), حکم (ḥkm), انفسکم (infskm), ترکتم (trktm), حکم (ḥkm), الله (al-lh) as “to your, own devices, precepts, cast behind your backs, God”

yourselves 45% souls 15% own 12% desires 6% hearts 6% upon 3% nature 3% deprive 3% none 3% judgment 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy Self gleaningsGWB §357: themselves.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: ways and desires prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: Whose self tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §142: passion will-and-testamentW&T §25: believers

ترکتم

trktm t-r-k → “cast behind your backs”

literal: leave; leave/abandon; abandon

SE expanded to “cast behind your backs”

discarded 33% cast 33% renounce 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: abandoned him fire-tabletFire §2: been abandoned gleaningsGWB §580: abandoned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: leave prayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: wilt Thou forsake me the-hidden-wordsHW §55: forsake epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: discarded fire-tabletFire §18: been forsaken

المهیمن

al-mhímn h-m-n

literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector

SE rendered حکم (ḥkm), انفسکم (infskm), ترکتم (trktm), حکم (ḥkm), الله (al-lh), المهیمن (al-mhímn) as “precepts, cast behind your backs, God”

help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendent gleaningsGWB §32: the ruler kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: so prayers-and-meditationsP&M §648: and supreme gleaningsGWB §579: Supreme Protector kitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: overshadoweth gleaningsGWB §61: that transcendeth

القدیر

al-qdír q-d-r

literal: power; powerful

SE rendered ترکتم (trktm), حکم (ḥkm), الله (al-lh), المهیمن (al-mhímn), القدیر (al-qdír) as “cast behind your backs, God”

almighty 38% most 29% strength 6% all-powerful 6% might 6% power 4% potent 4% art 2% god 2% all-subduing 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: power fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §587: Our power kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: What prayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: is powerless tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful

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