Gleanings — §248
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 248 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل ان كنتم تریدون الدّنیا وزخرفها ینبغی لكم بأن تطلبوها في الأیّام الّتی كنتم في بطون امّهاتكم لأنّ في تلك الأیّام في كلّ آن تقرّبتم الی الدّنیا وتبعّدتم عنها ان كنتم من العاقلین فلمّا ولدتم وبلغ اشدّكم اذاً تبعّدتم عن الدّنیا وتقرّبتم الی التّراب فكیف تحرصون في جمع الزّخارف علی انفسكم بعد الّذی فات الوقت عنكم ومضت الفرصة فتنبّهوا یا ملأ الغافلین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: If ye be seekers after this life and the vanities thereof, ye should have sought them while ye were still enclosed in your mothers’ wombs, for at that time ye were continually approaching them, could ye but perceive it. Ye have, on the other hand, ever since ye were born and attained maturity, been all the while receding from the world and drawing closer to dust. Why, then, exhibit such greed in amassing the treasures of the earth, when your days are numbered and your chance is well-nigh lost? Will ye not, then, O heedless ones, shake off your slumber?
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: And further We have saidgleaningsGWB §31: “Call outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thy wordtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §358: could have manifestedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: can withstandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “desire”, “now” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: hath soughtgleaningsGWB §188: resolvedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Purpose,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: able to ordaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: wishedgleaningsGWB §580: chosen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §418: richeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: specious discoursesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §572: and the vanities thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: preposterousgleaningsGWB §361: vanitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: thoughts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: On this daygleaningsGWB §464: His Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Judgment Daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the day-timegleaningsGWB §47: Day — the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: ConcealmentgleaningsGWB §562: their inward lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the wombprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: my inner beingthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: wombepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: IgleaningsGWB §324: spiritual perceptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “hidden,”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “continually approaching them”
This form usually rendered as “receding” (2 occurrences)
after 47% remoteness 13% far 12% when 9% then 5% notwithstanding 3% upon 3% subsequent 3% future 3% since 2%
SE rendered تقرّبتم (tqrrbtm), الدّنیا (ad-dníá), وتبعّدتم (wtbʿʿdtm), عنها (ʿnhá), كنتم (kntm), العاقلین (al-ʿáqlín), فلمّا (flmmá) as “continually approaching them, after, been, since ye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §621: above all elsethe-hidden-wordsHW §48: thanepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: The timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: from achieving
SE rendered وتبعّدتم (wtbʿʿdtm), عنها (ʿnhá), كنتم (kntm), العاقلین (al-ʿáqlín), فلمّا (flmmá), ولدتم (wldtm), وبلغ (wblgh), اشدّكم (ishddkm) as “after, been, since ye, were born, attained, maturity”
mind 39% understanding 19% minds 16% understand 6% judgment 3% men 3% wise 3% sane 3% conceive 3% every 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: judgmentgleaningsGWB §134: understandkitab-i-iqanKIQ §288: comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: endued with understandingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: men endued with insightgleaningsGWB §124: sane mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: intellectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §702: proclaimethkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: liberal effusionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: deliverwill-and-testamentW&T §14: Teachingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: thou wouldst attain
This form usually rendered as “maturity”, “attain” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: depths of the earthgleaningsGWB §672: that dwell upon thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the claythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the earthgleaningsGWB §13: of dustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: now dwelling upon the dust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asgleaningsGWB §453: Why, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: How can I ever befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the naturegleaningsGWB §197: how much moreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: how much more to apprehend
This form usually rendered as “exhibit” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “gather”, “unity”, “gathered” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a large gatheringgleaningsGWB §417: the meanestkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: these momentousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: reunitedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: can My way accordwill-and-testamentW&T §13: meeting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the soulgleaningsGWB §205: these menkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: whosoeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: to my corrupt desirestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
days 50% “immediately 50%
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: togleaningsGWB §572: from enteringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §635: behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §155: from the
This form usually rendered as “have”, “passed”, “chance” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: passedgleaningsGWB §244: shall roll awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: past tenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: the Divine OrdainergleaningsGWB §248: your chance is well-nighkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: irrevocable purposegleaningsGWB §488: shall all pass away
SE rendered فات (fát), الوقت (al-wqt), عنكم (ʿnkm), ومضت (wmḍt), الفرصة (al-frṣh), فتنبّهوا (ftnbbhúá), ملأ (mlʾ), الغافلین (al-gháflín) as “numbered and, days are, lost, your chance is well-nigh, shake off your slumber, ones, heedless”
This form usually rendered as “shake” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakenedgleaningsGWB §456: failed to realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakeninggleaningsGWB §248: shake off your slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse ofgleaningsGWB §46: before the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §638: people ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: that hath erredgleaningsGWB §453: all the time unawarekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: knew not, howeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: have forgottenthe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: My heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §373: forgetful
