Gleanings — §272
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 272 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قالت إبني إبني أن أفد نفسک في سبیل ربّک إیّاک أن تکفر بالّذي سجد لوجهه من في السّموات والأرضین یا بنيّ أن استقم علی أمر ربّک ثمّ أقبل إلی محبوب العالمین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And when addressing him she said: “My son, mine own son! Fail not to offer up thyself in the path of thy Lord. Beware that thou betray not thy faith in Him before Whose face have bowed down in adoration all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth. Go thou straight on, O my son, and persevere in the path of the Lord, thy God. Haste thee to attain the presence of Him Who is the Well-Beloved of all worlds.”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: askgleaningsGWB §702: his wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: concerning His wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: and saithtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the childrengleaningsGWB §454: the descendantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: Son of Maryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: SONSwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: “O son of mangleaningsGWB §272: “My son
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrificegleaningsGWB §109: a sacrificekitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: be a sacrifice untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: To have sacrificedwill-and-testamentW&T §36: offered up for themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: offered Myself upfire-tabletFire §46: Sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: nonegleaningsGWB §457: your waywardnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: personprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: by its very naturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: passionwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the pathgleaningsGWB §472: right coursekitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: Thy good pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §623: sake of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §548: unfadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-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 §193: Exalted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: signsgleaningsGWB §363: whatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: consummate verseswill-and-testamentW&T §9: sacred verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the verseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: manifestwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Textepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: “Beware, beware
This form usually rendered as “betray”, “cancel” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: forgivegleaningsGWB §612: ye have rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ungratefulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: fragrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe notgleaningsGWB §359: believed not
This form usually rendered as “which”, “through”, “one” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Him before Whose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: whichgleaningsGWB §84: those menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: He through Whomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: him whomgleaningsGWB §410: themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: with that of whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: through which
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: bow down beforegleaningsGWB §668: bow the kneekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: worshipthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye bow the kneeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: prostrated themselves, before HimgleaningsGWB §272: bowed downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”
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 §147: wouldst turn awayfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §323: My countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: hath turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: arisefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §316: original statekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §612: have waitedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
SE rendered والأرضین (wálʾarḍín), بنيّ (bnín), استقم (istqm), أمر (ʾamr), ربّک (rbbk), أقبل (ʾaqbl), محبوب (mḥbúb), العالمین (al-ʿálmín) as “earth, persevere, the Lord, thy God, to attain, Well-Beloved, all worlds.””
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: this CausegleaningsGWB §170: at the bidding ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: in their affairstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute commandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the ordergleaningsGWB §702: this duty
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “set”, “turned” (51 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: placed beforefire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §74: are regarded with favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: turned away fromprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: recognizingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 6% prized 2% who 2% one 2% pleasing 1% god 1% new 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: love offire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §343: for His lovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: lovest mostprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: my affectionstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but comprehendfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §11: present-daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §398: the God of knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
