Gleanings — §271
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 271 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إذا حضرت تلقآء وجه إبنها تکلّمت بما ناحت به قلوب العشّاق ثمّ الملأ الأعلی وربّک علی ما أقول شهید وعلیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
No sooner did she behold the face of her son, than she spoke to him such words as caused the hearts of the lovers of God, and beyond them those of the Concourse on high, to cry out and be sore pained with grief. Truly, thy Lord knoweth what My tongue speaketh. He Himself beareth witness to My words.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: of HimgleaningsGWB §41: pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §67: Himselfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: have, at Thy bidding, metthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: “His Holinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: attained Our presencegleaningsGWB §490: to thee
SE rendered حضرت (ḥḍrt), تلقآء (tlqáʾ), وجه (wjh), إبنها (ʾibnhá), تکلّمت (tkllmt), ناحت (náḥt) as “behold, the face, her son, she spoke”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: meetethfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §471: send downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: “attainment unto the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §713: Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: of eternal reunionthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: kindling
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: proceededfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §383: have turnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: their countenanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: lift uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
son 79% children 7% foundations 3% sons 3% edifice 2% descendant 2% baní-háshim 2% foundation 2% “o 1% rear 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: utterfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §564: all-compelling namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: speaketh to metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy Word
SE rendered وجه (wjh), إبنها (ʾibnhá), تکلّمت (tkllmt), ناحت (náḥt), قلوب (qlúb), العشّاق (al-ʿshsháq), الملأ (al-mlʾ) as “the face, her son, she spoke, the hearts, the lovers of God, the Concourse”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: fearful heartgleaningsGWB §687: the whole affectionkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: their mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: was stirred upthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: fraudulent
SE expanded to “the lovers of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoplesgleaningsGWB §359: chiefskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse ofgleaningsGWB §464: congregationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: high-mindedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §481: high-minded tokitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: transcendent powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and this most augusttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: unto thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: mightgleaningsGWB §327: divinely ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-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 §157: your Lord
This form usually rendered as “say”, “declare”, “describe” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: sayinggleaningsGWB §322: theorieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: “Then saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: uttered such calumniestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
witness 33% suffered 19% beareth 10% testifieth 10% who 5% cruel 5% witness.… 5% sufficient 5% testify 5% will 5%
This form usually rendered as “all-knowing”, “omniscient”, “knower” (77 occurrences)
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: signsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §412: knoweth wellkitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of all menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
