Gleanings — §266
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 266 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قولي إلهي إلهي أودعت عندي أمانة من عندک وأخذتها بإرادتک لیس لأمتک هذه أن تقول لِمَ وَبِمَ لأنّک محمود في فعلک ومطاع في أمرک أي ربِّ إنّ أمتک هذه متوجّهة إلی فضلک وعطائک قدّر لها ما یقرّبها إلیک وینفعها في کلّ عالم من عوالمک إنّک أنت الغفور الکریم لا إله إلّا أنت الآمر القدیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: O God, my God! Thou hast committed into mine hands a trust from Thee, and hast now according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will called it back to Thyself. It is not for me, who am a handmaid of Thine, to say, whence is this to me or wherefore hath it happened, inasmuch as Thou art glorified in all Thine acts, and art to be obeyed in Thy decree. Thine handmaid, O my Lord, hath set her hopes on Thy grace and bounty. Grant that she may obtain that which will draw her nigh unto Thee, and will profit her in every world of Thine. Thou art the Forgiving, the All-Bountiful. There is none other God but Thee, the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: through these wordsgleaningsGWB §638: the professionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Our argument with the wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: call upon Thee sayingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: AbandongleaningsGWB §162: Thou hast destinedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: abandon me untothe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of strengthwill-and-testamentW&T §48: leftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: to cast awaygleaningsGWB §63: will renounce
This form usually rendered as “sight”, “into”, “grace” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: MegleaningsGWB §239: all ye possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: stubbornly oppose Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: othersgleaningsGWB §508: the things ye possess
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: believergleaningsGWB §268: believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: believed inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy protectionthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and secureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: believe ingleaningsGWB §568: had believedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the trust
This form usually rendered as “called” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: have been takenfire-tabletFire §15: overcomegleaningsGWB §468: lay hold onkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: have refused to seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: hath afflictedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thouthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: come upon thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: purposedgleaningsGWB §550: determinethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §134: would theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: Thy purposetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: was being despatched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is notgleaningsGWB §358: is not possessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: not beengleaningsGWB §85: cannot be regarded to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: can cherish noepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothing
SE expanded to “handmaid of Thine”
handmaiden 60% handmaid 40%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: His handmaidensgleaningsGWB §266: handmaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: handmaidengleaningsGWB §266: handmaid of Thineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: of Thy handmaidenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §210: Thy handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §193: handmaidensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §372: Thy handmaiden
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “glorious”, “all-praised”, “praiseworthy” (17 occurrences)
glorious 15% all-praised 15% praiseworthy 15% praised 8% glorified 8% glory 8% august 8% all-glorious 8% “praiseworthy 8% act 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: thanksgleaningsGWB §610: Render thankskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Magnified betablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: “Praised begleaningsGWB §401: of glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: doethgleaningsGWB §615: have wroughtkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: motive for such deedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thy handiworkthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: thou doest notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: actgleaningsGWB §508: neglectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: achievement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: “ObeygleaningsGWB §563: the sinnerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: believerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “Obeyedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to do thiswill-and-testamentW&T §17: through obedience toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: “WillinglygleaningsGWB §264: to be obeyed
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “behest” (179 occurrences)
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: the Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §531: your Causekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: at Whose biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: my affairstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my LordgleaningsGWB §293: Lord, your Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its Lord
SE expanded to “set her hopes on”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: directethfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §548: attuned tokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: with my face settablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §16: thy face unto Mine
grace 91% tender 2% dawning-places 1% hand 1% bounty 1% loving-kindness 1% horizon 1% bounteousness 1% favor 1% mercy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: concerning the meritsgleaningsGWB §201: The excellencekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and the virtuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bounteousnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: vouchsafing Thy bounty
This form usually rendered as “power”, “ordained”, “ordain” (182 occurrences)
SE expanded to “draw her nigh”
SE rendered وعطائک (wʿṭáʾk), قدّر (qddr), یقرّبها (yqrrbhá), إلیک (ʾilík), وینفعها (wínfʿhá), عالم (ʿálm), عوالمک (ʿúálmk) as “bounty, Grant, draw her nigh, profit, world, Thine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: is unprofitable unto yougleaningsGWB §284: that which shall profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will helpthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theewill-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common wealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will profitgleaningsGWB §719: indeed, profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: enable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the earthfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §153: all creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: commentatorsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: and wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgive mefire-tabletFire §35: ForgivergleaningsGWB §656: Thy forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: art the Ever-Forgivingwill-and-testamentW&T §13: concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardongleaningsGWB §375: We implore pardon
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §217: the most Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: the God of bountywill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: All-Bountiful
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
