Gleanings — §252
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 252 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ولا تحملوا علی النّاس ما لا تحملوه علی انفسكم ولن ترضوا لأحد ما لا ترضونه لكم وهذا خیر النّصح لو انتم من السّامعین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lay not on any soul a load which ye would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things ye would not desire for yourselves. This is My best counsel unto you, did ye but observe it.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “excessive” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §643: the children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: men forwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §466: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiation
SE rendered النّاس (an-nás), تحملوه (tḥmlúh), انفسكم (infskm), ولن (wln), ترضوا (trḍúá), لأحد (lʾaḥd), ترضونه (trḍúnh) as “a load, wish to be laid, desire not, anyone, desire”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: othersgleaningsGWB §567: their own securitykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: Thine own Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
pleasure 37% good 18% good-pleasure 12% content 9% satisfied 6% acceptable 4% will 4% thee 4% upright 3% contentment 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: pleasedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §289: the Paradisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §142: entirely contentthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: be contentwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: willingness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §327: Living Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: noprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: Thy transcendent singlenessthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: no mangleaningsGWB §193: alonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: divine Being
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered ولن (wln), ترضوا (trḍúá), لأحد (lʾaḥd), ترضونه (trḍúnh), لكم (lkm), وهذا (whdhá), خیر (khír), النّصح (an-nṣḥ), لو (lú) as “desire not, anyone, desire, for yourselves, This is, best, counsel, did ye but observe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Such agleaningsGWB §468: thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and thiswill-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who isgleaningsGWB §305: this worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: chosegleaningsGWB §120: chose to conferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: retiredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: with the goodthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: best advantagegleaningsGWB §476: highest good
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: admonisher togleaningsGWB §594: an admonisherkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the counselskitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: exhortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: exhortgleaningsGWB §270: might admonish himthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counsel
8 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وهذا (whdhá), خیر (khír), النّصح (an-nṣḥ), لو (lú), السّامعین (as-sámʿín) as “This is, best, counsel, did ye but observe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou hearestfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §506: Heard ye notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: reachedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
