Gleanings — §274

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 274 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

قد اضطرب النّظم من هذا النّظم الاعظم و اختلف التّرتيب بهذا البديع الّذی ما شهدت عين الابداع شبهه

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The world’s equilibrium hath been upset through the vibrating influence of this most great, this new World Order. Mankind’s ordered life hath been revolutionized through the agency of this unique, this wondrous System — the like of which mortal eyes have never witnessed.

Translation Notes

اضطرب

iḍṭrb ḍ-r-b → “hath been upset”

literal: disturbed; be disturbed; agitation

SE expanded to “hath been upset”

have 40% hath 20% feel 20% tremble 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: agitation gleaningsGWB §161: Dismayed and overpowered kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismay prayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: shook and trembled tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: be not thou troubled tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smote the-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be perturbed will-and-testamentW&T §3: scourged

النّظم

an-nẓm n-ẓ-m → “order”

literal: order; are ordered; order, system

order 67% establishment 17% maintenance 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: establishment of order gleaningsGWB §692: maintenance of order will-and-testamentW&T §42: their former stability epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: fully-equipped epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: order

الاعظم

al-áʿẓm ʿ-ẓ-m

literal: greatest; great; greatness

SE rendered اضطرب (iḍṭrb), النّظم (an-nẓm), النّظم (an-nẓm), الاعظم (al-áʿẓm), اختلف (ikhtlf), التّرتيب (at-trtíb), بهذا (bhdhá), البديع (al-bdíʿ) as “hath been upset, new World Order, hath been revolutionized, Mankind’s ordered life, this, this wondrous System”

most 70% greater 8% supreme 5% greatest 4% more 4% mightier 3% how 2% transcendeth 2% mightiest 2% sovereign 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: majesty gleaningsGWB §27: majesty.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: weighty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majesty the-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnify will-and-testamentW&T §5: bitter epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: great

اختلف

ikhtlf kh-l-f → “divers”

literal: different; behind; difference

divers 20% contrary 20% behind 14% differences 14% discord 8% differ 5% difference 5% strife 5% various 4% oppose 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: oppose gleaningsGWB §299: from behind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: beneath prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the signs of universal discord appeared will-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: contrary gleaningsGWB §178: strife kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the divergent

التّرتيب

at-trtíb r-t-b → “station” Distinctive

literal: rank; ranks; time

This form usually rendered as “ordinance”, “create”, “set” (7 occurrences)

ordinance 14% create 14% set 14% convene 14% have 14% raise 14% prepared 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: how intense gleaningsGWB §555: to the stations kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: of no profit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: level the-hidden-wordsHW §160: in the path of will-and-testamentW&T §7: prepared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: convene gleaningsGWB §377: every rank and station

البديع

al-bdíʿ b-d-ʿ → “this wondrous system”

literal: wondrous; wonders

SE expanded to “this wondrous System”

wondrous 67% incomparable 11% first 6% peerless 6% truth 6% name 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the First gleaningsGWB §286: truth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: marvellous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: howsoever wondrous tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Name the-hidden-wordsHW §65: have created epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wondrous gleaningsGWB §621: to His wondrous

شهدت

shhdt sh-h-d → “witnessed”

literal: witness; witnessed

have 18% thou 18% witnessed 9% shouldst 9% testified.… 9% lo 9% bear 9% didst 9% testify 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: hath testified fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §487: Who well knoweth our state kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: hath proclaimed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Having testified tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found them the-hidden-wordsHW §47: to shed thy life-blood on the dust, a martyr

عين

ʿín ʿ-y-n → “mortal eyes have”

literal: eye; eyes

SE expanded to “mortal eyes have”

eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: in the eye gleaningsGWB §254: with acute discernment kitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: Itself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: I shed tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyes tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tears the-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes

شبهه

shbhh sh-b-h → “like of which”

literal: doubts; likeness

SE expanded to “like of which”

doubt 33% like 17% night 8% doubted 8% shadow 8% obscurities 8% uncertainty 8% misgiving 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: equal gleaningsGWB §122: resemblance kitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: doubted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: comparisons will-and-testamentW&T §1: doubtfulness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: the like of which gleaningsGWB §385: none to compare unto Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: obscurities

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