Gleanings — §245

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 245 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ان یا ملأ المدینة اتّقوا الله ولا تفسدوا في الأرض ولا تتّبعوا الشّیطان ثمّ اتّبعوا الحقّ في هذه الأیّام القلیل ستمضی ایّامكم كما مضت علی الّذینهم كانوا قبلكم وترجعون علی التّراب كما رجعوا الیه آبائكم وكانوا من الرّاجعین

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Fear God, ye inhabitants of the City (Constantinople), and sow not the seeds of dissension amongst men. Walk not in the paths of the Evil One. Walk ye, during the few remaining days of your life, in the ways of the one true God. Your days shall pass away as have the days of them who were before you. To dust shall ye return, even as your fathers of old did return.

Translation Notes

ملأ

mlʾ m-l-ʾ → “concourse”

literal: assembly/people; concourse

concourse 37% people 25% ye 12% celestial 6% inmates 4% believers 4% followers 4% chiefs 4% ones 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: inmates gleaningsGWB §248: ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Flood tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Concourse gleaningsGWB §188: Followers of Muḥammad kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs

المدینة

al-mdính m-d-n → “of the city”

literal: city; cities

SE expanded to “of the City”

city 82% cities 5% great 4% habitation 4% persian 2% word 2% tabernacle 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: Persian gleaningsGWB §558: that City prayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the everlasting Cities epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: cities of Thy justice gleaningsGWB §230: native city prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: the habitation epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: the City gleaningsGWB §73: of the city

اتّقوا

ittqúá w-q-y → “fear”

literal: fear; to fear

fear 73% let 13% lay 7% “fear 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the fear of God fire-tabletFire §21: of purity gleaningsGWB §680: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: dissimulation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: “Fear the-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtue will-and-testamentW&T §1: protected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: most pious

تفسدوا

tfsdúá f-s-d → “sow not the seeds of dissension” Distinctive

literal: corruption; corrupt; corrupter

This form usually rendered as “among” (5 occurrences)

SE expanded to “sow not the seeds of dissension”

mischief 37% sedition 20% fomenter 7% spread 7% dissension 7% strife 7% sowers 7% fomenting 3% disorder 3% stirrers 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: commit disorders gleaningsGWB §720: evil kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: up mischief will-and-testamentW&T §8: utter slander epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: fomenter of discord gleaningsGWB §466: to subvert will-and-testamentW&T §42: mischievous deeds epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: mischief

الأرض

ar-rḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “men” Distinctive

literal: earth; earth/land; land

This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “world” (181 occurrences)

earth 72% land 12% world 6% whole 2% men 2% all 2% heaven 2% upon 1% desolate 1% plain 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth fire-tabletFire §3: on gleaningsGWB §636: refrain from contending prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the foundation of earth the-hidden-wordsHW §98: realm epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the land fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §532: on the earth

تتّبعوا

tttbʿúá t-b-ʿ → “walk not”

literal: follow; following; to follow

follow 63% walk 25% firm 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: having followed gleaningsGWB §467: followed in his way kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: hath followed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: Successive tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedient will-and-testamentW&T §49: compassed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: followest gleaningsGWB §706: submission

الشّیطان

ash-shíṭán sh-ṭ-n → “the evil one”

literal: satanic; Satan; devil

SE expanded to “the Evil One”

evil 50% satan 33% satan-like 17%

fire-tabletFire §20: Satan gleaningsGWB §590: evil ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Satan-like prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of the Evil One gleaningsGWB §492: of the evil ones kitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the devilish assaults gleaningsGWB §41: satanic kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of the Prince of

الحقّ

al-ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “the one true”

literal: truth; true; right

SE expanded to “the one true”

truth 50% god 14% true 10% one 9% eternal 7% through 3% right 2% righteousness 2% unto 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: True gleaningsGWB §176: true liberty kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: right kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: manifest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: in very truth the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §34: for epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its right

الأیّام

al-ʾayyám y-w-m → “the few remaining days”

literal: day; days; today

SE expanded to “the few remaining days”

days 65% day 18% time 4% daytime 2% night 2% past 2% many 2% day-time 1% night-season 1% long 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: the days when gleaningsGWB §627: in Thy Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness today prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: these days will-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ time epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: in this day gleaningsGWB §48: Thy Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: His

القلیل

al-qlíl q-l-l

literal: few; little

SE rendered اتّبعوا (ittbʿúá), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), الأیّام (al-ʾayyám), القلیل (al-qlíl), ستمضی (stmḍí), ایّامكم (iyyámkm), كما (kmá), مضت (mḍt) as “Walk ye, the one true, the few remaining days, shall pass away, Your days, as, have”

few 38% little 25% numbered 13% some 13% least 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: less fire-tabletFire §47: fewness gleaningsGWB §552: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: a few prayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: to an imperceptible degree the-hidden-wordsHW §91: smallest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: the fraction fire-tabletFire §42: independence

ستمضی

stmḍí m-ḍ-y → “shall pass away”

literal: pass

SE expanded to “shall pass away”

shall 27% passed 13% have 13% fullness 7% chance 7% far 7% pass 7% past 7% hath 7% divine 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passed gleaningsGWB §488: shall all pass away kitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hath prayers-and-meditationsP&M §672: Thine appointment gleaningsGWB §245: shall pass away kitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tense prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: the Divine Ordainer gleaningsGWB §250: far spent

كما

kmá k-m → “loss”

literal: decrease; less; as

3 occurrences in corpus

gleaningsGWB §147: loss kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: as

الّذینهم

adh-dhínhm l-dh-y → “them who” Distinctive

literal: who

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

who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: which gleaningsGWB §109: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: those prayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: by Him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: doubters gleaningsGWB §207: one who kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §628: them that

كانوا

kánúá k-w-n → “thou” Distinctive

literal: be; was; to be

This form usually rendered as “have”, “who”, “joined” (36 occurrences)

have 40% who 20% joined 10% occupy 10% represented 10% busied 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: were fire-tabletFire §35: universe gleaningsGWB §91: Reality kitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like those prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: been all-powerful tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combine tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitate tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath

وترجعون

wtrjʿún r-j-ʿ → “shall ye return”

literal: return; returning; to return

SE expanded to “shall ye return”

shall 33% return 33% ye 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: turn gleaningsGWB §593: shall return kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: repaired prayers-and-meditationsP&M §783: the One whereunto should return tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired to the-hidden-wordsHW §87: sink back to will-and-testamentW&T §38: Unto the Most Holy epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to turn aside

التّراب

at-tráb t-r-b → “dust”

literal: dust; dust, earth; dust/earth

dust 80% earth 7% clay 6% depths 2% upon 2% lowly 2% created 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the earth gleaningsGWB §672: that dwell upon the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: clay prayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: Earth the-hidden-wordsHW §69: created you all epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: depths of the earth gleaningsGWB §488: the dust kitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the lowly dust

الیه

al-yh ʾ-l-y

literal: to; to him; besmirch

SE rendered وترجعون (wtrjʿún), التّراب (at-tráb), كما (kmá), رجعوا (rjʿúá), الیه (al-yh), آبائكم (ábáʾkm) as “shall ye return, dust, even as, did return, your fathers”