Gleanings — §269
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 269 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن اذکري ما ظهر من أُمّ الأشرف الّذي فدی نفسه في أرض الزّآء أَلَاإانّه في مقعد صدق عند مقتدر قدیر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Call thou to mind the behavior of As̱hraf’s mother, whose son laid down his life in the Land of Zá (Zanján). He, most certainly, is in the seat of truth, in the presence of One Who is the Most Powerful, the Almighty.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Call thou to mind”
remembrance 24% praise 17% mention 15% mentioned 11% remember 7% make 7% recorded 6% recount 5% remembering 5% describe 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: attributedgleaningsGWB §700: the words he utterethkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: ignoreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: Whose praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: shine forthfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §107: claimed for themselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the literal interpretationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and may declaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: break forth
This form usually rendered as “noblest”, “most”, “as̱hraf’s” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: it might be honoredgleaningsGWB §357: the glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: having been honoured withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: and conferred upon us the honortablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having honoured mewill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: came to visitgleaningsGWB §123: manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: be sacrificed for His sakefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §136: ransomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: be a sacrifice untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: have offered uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §3: offered in sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid down
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (323 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: unto ThyselfgleaningsGWB §60: Minekitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the minds of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: souls of all mentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: for Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §725: In itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: the earth itselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Holy Land
truth 60% truthfulness 20% truthful 4% truly 4% uprightness 2% hath 2% undoubted 2% manifest 2% sincerity 2% justly 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: uprightnessgleaningsGWB §239: the undoubted truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: sanctionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: is the truthgleaningsGWB §496: sincerity
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
