Gleanings — §281
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 281 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يا ملأ الأرض تالله الحقّ قد انفجرت من الأحجار الأنهار العذبة السّآئغة بما أخذتها حلاوة بيان ربّكم المختار وأنتم من الغافلين دعوا ما عندكم ثمّ طيروا بقوادم الانقطاع فوق الإبداع كذلك يأمركم مالك الاختراع الّذي بحركة قلمه قلّب العالمين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O peoples of the earth! God, the Eternal Truth, is My witness that streams of fresh and soft-flowing waters have gushed from the rocks, through the sweetness of the words uttered by your Lord, the Unconstrained; and still ye slumber. Cast away that which ye possess, and, on the wings of detachment, soar beyond all created things. Thus biddeth you the Lord of creation, the movement of Whose Pen hath revolutionized the soul of mankind.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: concourse ofgleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: ConcoursegleaningsGWB §188: Followers of Muḥammadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs
SE expanded to “of the earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §246: the whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: Thine earththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: of the earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §636: refrain from contending
SE expanded to “God, the Eternal Truth”
SE rendered ملأ (mlʾ), الأرض (ar-rḍ), تالله (tállh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), انفجرت (infjrt), الأحجار (al-ʾaḥjár), الأنهار (an-nhár) as “peoples, of the earth, God, the Eternal Truth, gushed, the rocks, streams”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: unto thatgleaningsGWB §191: hath appearedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: apprehensionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast confirmedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §38: is verily the Truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: God
This form usually rendered as “gushed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: dawning-lightgleaningsGWB §281: gushedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §653: Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: the morninggleaningsGWB §37: Dayspringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of the Dayspring
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: its streamsgleaningsGWB §478: riverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the riverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and the crystal streamsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: daygleaningsGWB §222: Jordankitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the streaming riverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the streams
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: tormentgleaningsGWB §614: refreshkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: afflictionsgleaningsGWB §77: a tormentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: sufferingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thou chastisest us
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered الأنهار (an-nhár), العذبة (al-ʿdhbh), السّآئغة (as-sáʾghh), أخذتها (ʾakhdhthá), حلاوة (ḥláwh), بيان (bíán), ربّكم (rbbkm), المختار (al-mkhtár) as “streams, fresh, soft-flowing, sweetness, words, your Lord, the Unconstrained”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: sweetgleaningsGWB §591: in the sweetest of languagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of its sweetnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §152: sweetnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §292: the sweetnessgleaningsGWB §622: beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My LordgleaningsGWB §557: of Lordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: to be preferredgleaningsGWB §509: manifest advantagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §225: righteousthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §488: the best
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: strayedgleaningsGWB §201: have strayedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: knew not, howeverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §191: to be forgetfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: My heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §655: from Thy path
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: in the estimationgleaningsGWB §279: the earthly thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §818: is with Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the thingsgleaningsGWB §279: their all
This form usually rendered as “wings” (1 occurrences)
ancient 52% eternity 9% footsteps 7% feet 7% step 6% eternal 5% everlasting 5% past 4% ever-abiding 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: Ancient of Daysfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §59: of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: hath spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: of eternitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §81: the nextwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
detachment 43% renunciation 31% cessation 5% detached 5% renounced 5% all 2% complete 2% cease 2% renounce 2% sublime 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cutgleaningsGWB §641: complete detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: have ridtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §139: rid
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: universegleaningsGWB §683: marvelouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: His wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: an evidencethe-hidden-wordsHW §160: mysticwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: IncomparablegleaningsGWB §206: so wondrous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §305: as decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: all actsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: of Thy Faithtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: triumph of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the LordgleaningsGWB §273: angel!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: the kingdom of namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: been devisedgleaningsGWB §281: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: world of creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: created and fashionedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have wroughtgleaningsGWB §696: all creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: of the universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: the realm of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: movefire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §537: have raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: complyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: the restlessnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: She bestirred herselfwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: stirring up
This form usually rendered as “heart”, “hearts”, “soul” (121 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: transformedgleaningsGWB §161: men’s heartskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: from my heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: receptive hearts
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
SE expanded to “soul of mankind”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: clearfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §437: religious leaderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: satisfiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §14: seekest thou enlightenment
