Gleanings — §261
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 261 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قضت أیّام معدودات وما رجع إلینا إلی أن أرسل رسولاً آخر أخبرنا بأنّ القوم أعرضوا عمّا أرادوا وهم قوم صاغرون کذلك قضي الأمر في العراق إنّي شهید علی ما أقول وانتشر هذا الأمر في الأقطار وما استشعر أحد کذلك قضینا إن أنتم تعلمون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Days passed and he failed to come back to Us. Eventually, there came another messenger who informed Us that the people had given up what they originally had purposed. They are indeed a contemptible people. This is what happened in ‘Iráq, and to what I reveal I Myself am witness. This happening was noised abroad, yet none was found to comprehend its meaning. Thus did We ordain it. Would that ye knew this!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: whereongleaningsGWB §47: Day — the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §97: is the Daywill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: their timegleaningsGWB §28: Day, the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the Last Day.”
SE rendered قضت (qḍt), أیّام (ʾayyám), معدودات (mʿdúdát), رجع (rjʿ), إلینا (ʾilíná), أرسل (ʾarsl) as “passed, Days, come back, to Us, came”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: severalgleaningsGWB §99: of numberkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: and counteth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: capacity and spiritual receptivenessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: yearswill-and-testamentW&T §7: slanderousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: countethgleaningsGWB §100: immeasurable
This form usually rendered as “returned”, ““return”, “retold” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: returngleaningsGWB §486: Return, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: leave behindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: Enable metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §120: repairwill-and-testamentW&T §38: must be referredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: turn
This form usually rendered as “sent”, “send”, “hath” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: have sent them untogleaningsGWB §537: sent Him down untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: any messengerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: let a breath passtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: transferredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of the Apostle
This form usually rendered as “end”, “world”, “next” (61 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: endgleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: latterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: and of the worldwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: againgleaningsGWB §463: latter partkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: respite
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ignorance ofgleaningsGWB §74: He Who is the All-Informedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: traditionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §142: I was unawareepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bring you tidingsgleaningsGWB §713: warnedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: recorded
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: menfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §321: sensekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Day of Resurrection—asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: a stationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: pleasethgleaningsGWB §608: pleaseth.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §380: have not soughttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His wishgleaningsGWB §298: I to
SE rendered القوم (al-qúm), أعرضوا (ʾaʿrḍúá), أرادوا (ʾarádúá), وهم (whm), قوم (qúm), صاغرون (ṣághrún), کذلك (kdhlk), قضي (qḍí), الأمر (al-ʾamr) as “the people, given up, purposed, people, contemptible, happened”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: vain fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §413: the imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: his vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
This form usually rendered as “contemptible” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: ThereupongleaningsGWB §721: other thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: In such wiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: that therebythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: In this wisewill-and-testamentW&T §34: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: Unto thisgleaningsGWB §254: by such means as these
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: biddethfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §571: follow the promptingskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: of all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)
witness 33% suffered 19% beareth 10% testifieth 10% who 5% cruel 5% witness.… 5% sufficient 5% testify 5% will 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He saidgleaningsGWB §516: your outlaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Our argument with the wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: hast saidtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
spread 29% spreading 13% diffuse 13% noised 8% promotion 8% shed 8% diffusion 8% propagation 4% disseminate 4% resurrection 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §367: the promotionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: to blazonwill-and-testamentW&T §27: diffusionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: disseminategleaningsGWB §618: shall scatter abroadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §353: be spread
This form usually rendered as “land”, “regions”, “lands” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: dropgleaningsGWB §9: one dropkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: single dropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: regionsgleaningsGWB §404: every landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: Thy dominionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: lands
consciousness 16% perceive 16% comprehend 11% expressive 11% indicate 11% indicative 11% hair 11% understand 5% indicating 5% mental 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §39: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: slumber of negligenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicatinggleaningsGWB §464: did ye but perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: indicateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: hair
This form usually rendered as “know”, “understand”, “comprehend” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: all that is thereinfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §282: Greater Worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: evidencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
