Gleanings — §254
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 254 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل فارتقبوا حتّی یغیّر الله علیكم انّه لا یعزب عن علمه من شیء یعلم غیب السّموات والأرض وانّه بكلّ شیء علیم ولا تفرحوا بما فعلتم او تفعلون ولا بما وردتم علینا لأنّ بذلك لن یزداد شأنكم لو انتم تنظرون في اعمالكم بعین الیقین وكذلك لن ینقص عنّا من شیء بل یزید الله اجرنا بما صبرنا في البلایا وانّه یزید اجر الصّابرین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Await ye till God will have changed His favor unto you. Nothing whatsoever escapeth Him. He knoweth the secrets both of the heavens and of the earth. His knowledge embraceth all things. Rejoice not in what ye have done, or will do in the future, nor delight in the tribulation with which ye have afflicted Us, for ye are unable by such means as these to exalt your stations, were ye to examine your works with acute discernment. Neither will ye be capable of detracting from the loftiness of Our state. Nay, God will add unto the recompense with which He shall reward Us, for having sustained with persevering patience the tribulations We have suffered. He, verily, shall increase the reward of them that endure with patience.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: He shall saygleaningsGWB §464: spoken bykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: then follow these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
This form usually rendered as “await” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “will have changed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: other thingsfire-tabletFire §27: of Thine avenging wrathgleaningsGWB §349: changeskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: changethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: violateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §299: none save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §106: another than Mewill-and-testamentW&T §2: all things
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God possessethfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §131: one true Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ‘Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the distinguished divinesfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §557: teachingskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: of Qur’ánicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: Whose knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “created” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: if it be His WillgleaningsGWB §302: none elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: to whom He willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: to equal Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: UnseengleaningsGWB §280: absencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: disappearedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: disappearancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §280: withdrawn
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §32: through the potency of His namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: sacredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §163: on the plainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: fieldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §95: within itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: the earth
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: such asgleaningsGWB §568: the very offenseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: greatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §260: and the mightiest ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: all alikewill-and-testamentW&T §36: him thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Every singlegleaningsGWB §198: both
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: gladfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §423: rejoicingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: will gladdenwill-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: “Rejoice with great joygleaningsGWB §212: and filled with joy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §387: His workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: What a deedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: Do with me thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: your deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Thou hast dealtgleaningsGWB §458: your behaviorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He accomplisheth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: there befellgleaningsGWB §213: There hath befallenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: relatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §567: sore-triedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: hath befallengleaningsGWB §466: hath sufferedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: be led
This form usually rendered as “exalt”, “waxeth”, “have” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the stationfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §408: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: such asthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rank
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: the perpetrator of this deedgleaningsGWB §532: your workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: they themselves are doingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: of men’s doingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §39: enforcethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: works
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: assigned to UsgleaningsGWB §555: absolutekitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: Itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
SE rendered تنظرون (tnẓrún), اعمالكم (iʿmálkm), بعین (bʿín), الیقین (al-yqín), وكذلك (wkdhlk), ینقص (ynqṣ), عنّا (ʿnná), شیء (shíʾ) as “to examine, works, with acute discernment, of detracting, Our, state.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §18: true believerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: Positiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: of confidencethe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: be well assuredgleaningsGWB §397: assure him of its truth
SE rendered تنظرون (tnẓrún), اعمالكم (iʿmálkm), بعین (bʿín), الیقین (al-yqín), وكذلك (wkdhlk), ینقص (ynqṣ), عنّا (ʿnná), شیء (shíʾ) as “to examine, works, with acute discernment, of detracting, Our, state.”
This form usually rendered as “detracting”, “diminish”, “cause” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rewardgleaningsGWB §243: refused to receive Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: meedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: the recompensetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: the rewardepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: I will recompensegleaningsGWB §254: the recompense with which He shall reward Usepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: his due recompense
This form usually rendered as “having” (1 occurrences)
patience 33% patient 21% long-suffering 9% fortitude 9% tarry 9% forbearance 5% patiently 5% endure 3% who 3% resignation 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of patiencefire-tabletFire §40: to bear and enduregleaningsGWB §46: those who tarrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: their fortitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: of Thy forbearancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withholdthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: waitedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: with seemly patience
tribulations 31% tribulation 17% troubles 10% trials 7% woes 7% every 7% adversities 7% afflictions 5% manifold 5% calamities 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: My tribulationsfire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §569: the anguish I sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: every manner of adversitythe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: afflicted with trials
