Gleanings — §243

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 243 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

فأنصفوا فی انفسکم یا ایّها الوکلآء بأیّ ذنب اطردتمونا و بأیّ جرم اخرجتمونا بعد الّذی استأجرناکم و ما آجرتمونا فوالله هذا لظلم عظیم الّذی لن یقاس بظلم فی الأرض و کان الله علی ما اقول شهید....

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Be fair in your judgment, O ye Ministers of State! What is it that We have committed that could justify Our banishment? What is the offense that hath warranted Our expulsion? It is We Who have sought you, and yet, behold how ye refused to receive Us! By God! This is a sore injustice that ye have perpetrated — an injustice with which no earthly injustice can measure. To this the Almighty is Himself a witness.… Know ye that the world and its vanities and its embellishments shall pass away.

Translation Notes

فأنصفوا

fʾanṣfúá n-ṣ-f → “be fair”

literal: fairness; be fair

fair 45% judge 27% bayán 9% again 9% fairly 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: equitably gleaningsGWB §412: unjust in his judgment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: with the-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou aright epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Happy are the fair-minded gleaningsGWB §67: discerning and fair-minded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: unfair epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: of them that judge equitably

انفسکم

infskm n-f-s → “your judgment” Distinctive

literal: soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “yourselves”, “souls”, “own” (67 occurrences)

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 §176: some person gleaningsGWB §5: selves kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: breath prayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: my heart tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Self will-and-testamentW&T §58: To none

الوکلآء

al-wkláʾ w-k-l → “ministers of state”

literal: trust; agents; rely upon

SE expanded to “Ministers of State”

ministers 23% put 19% trust 15% have 12% reliance 8% trusting 8% placed 4% lot 4% placeth 4% let 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: placed My whole trust gleaningsGWB §684: trust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: I have placed my tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Rely the-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trust epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliance gleaningsGWB §489: have I placed My prayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting wholly

بأیّ

bʾayy ʾ-y-y → “what”

literal: sign; signs; which

what 38% sign 23% most 8% how 8% which 8% “wherefore 8% verse 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: signs gleaningsGWB §609: the verses prayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: of Thine utterances epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: a sign gleaningsGWB §384: sign prayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: that the revelation of epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the signs gleaningsGWB §537: verses

ذنب

dhnb dh-n-b

literal: sin; sins; sinner

SE rendered انفسکم (infskm), الوکلآء (al-wkláʾ), بأیّ (bʾayy), ذنب (dhnb), اطردتمونا (iṭrdtmúná), بأیّ (bʾayy), جرم (jrm), اخرجتمونا (ikhrjtmúná) as “your judgment, Ministers of State, What, justify Our banishment, the offense, warranted Our expulsion”

sin 27% crime 27% sins 18% sin?’ 9% transgression 9% pretension 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: his transgressions gleaningsGWB §256: for their sins kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the sins of men the-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinful epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: sins gleaningsGWB §650: transgression kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: forgive sins.”

اطردتمونا

iṭrdtmúná ṭ-r-d → “cast” Distinctive

literal: expel; drive away; expelled

This form usually rendered as “justify” (1 occurrences)

cast 43% drive 19% banished 5% abandoned 5% justify 5% “thrust 5% reject 5% away 5% outcast 5% driven 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: banished gleaningsGWB §464: reject Us prayers-and-meditationsP&M §400: drive them away epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandoned gleaningsGWB §461: “Thrust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: the outcast epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive them gleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishment

جرم

jrm j-r-m → “crime”

literal: crime; crime/offense; criminal

crime 33% offense 17% tittle 17% committed 17% have 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: of the wicked gleaningsGWB §461: committed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the sinners epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: crime gleaningsGWB §77: the workers of iniquity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: transgressor epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: My crime gleaningsGWB §465: My transgression

اخرجتمونا

ikhrjtmúná kh-r-j → “have” Distinctive

literal: go out; exit; outside

This form usually rendered as “warranted” (1 occurrences)

have 24% banished 12% draw 8% depart 8% departure 8% egress 8% departed 8% spring 8% hath 8% proceeded 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Come ye out gleaningsGWB §320: egress kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsaken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: utter tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forth the-hidden-wordsHW §104: issue will-and-testamentW&T §43: out from epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: departeth

استأجرناکم

istʾajrnákm ʾ-j-r → “recompense” Distinctive

literal: reward/recompense

This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)

recompense 56% doer 11% will 11% have 11% reward 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: I will recompense gleaningsGWB §254: reward prayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: the recompense epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: the doer of good gleaningsGWB §243: have sought you gleaningsGWB §254: recompense

فوالله

fúállh w-l-h → “rapture” Distinctive

literal: rapture

This form usually rendered as “swear” (1 occurrences)

rapture 33% exultation 33% swear 17% thou 17%

fire-tabletFire §42: Rapture gleaningsGWB §555: rapture, and ecstasy kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: swear by prayers-and-meditationsP&M §739: Thou the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: the Exultation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: my Exultation

لظلم

lẓlm ẓ-l-m → “sore injustice” Distinctive

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “cruelty”, “darkness” (97 occurrences)

tyranny 31% cruelty 15% darkness 15% oppression 13% injustice 8% iniquity 5% wrongs 5% unjustly 3% manifest 3% unjust 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: My sore injustice fire-tabletFire §49: meekness gleaningsGWB §490: the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: cruelties prayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: been sore oppressed the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §4: flagrant injustice epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: cruelty

عظیم

ʿẓím ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered آجرتمونا (ájrtmúná), فوالله (fúállh), لظلم (lẓlm), عظیم (ʿẓím), یقاس (yqás), بظلم (bẓlm), الأرض (ar-rḍ) as “receive, By God, a sore injustice, measure, injustice”