Gleanings — §283
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 283 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إيّاكم أن تفرّقكم شئونات النّفس والهوى كونوا كالأصابع في اليد والأركان للبدن كذلك يعظكم قلم الوحي إن أنتم من الموقنين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Beware lest the desires of the flesh and of a corrupt inclination provoke divisions among you. Be ye as the fingers of one hand, the members of one body. Thus counseleth you the Pen of Revelation, if ye be of them that believe.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “beware” (1 occurrences)
fear 63% let 8% lay 5% righteousness 5% virtue 5% god-fearing 3% integrity 3% beware 3% most 3% purity 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the God-fearingfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §625: uprightnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: dissimulationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: “Fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Fear ye God
This form usually rendered as “provoke” (1 occurrences)
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: differ they in reflectionfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §30: of thy separationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: of the Muhammadan Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §361: scattered themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the people of salvationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: star
This form usually rendered as “manifold”, “assaults”, “changes” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §408: honor destinedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: Such arethe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §620: the stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: the noise and distraction
SE rendered تفرّقكم (tfrrqkm), شئونات (shʾúnát), النّفس (an-nfs), والهوى (wálhúى), كونوا (kúnúá), كالأصابع (kálʾaṣábʿ), اليد (al-yd), والأركان (wálʾarkán) as “provoke divisions, corrupt inclination, of the flesh, and of a, Be ye, as the fingers, of one hand, the members”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §414: the immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: howprayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: any evil or corrupt desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: wasfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §527: have erredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: Thou werttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “as the fingers”
SE expanded to “of one hand”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our limbsgleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: foundationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: their limbsgleaningsGWB §571: your entire beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §244: the limbs
SE expanded to “of one body”
This form usually rendered as “admonisheth”, “counseleth” (2 occurrences)
admonisheth 50% counseleth 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: counselsgleaningsGWB §595: from Whose lipsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: admonisheth yougleaningsGWB §283: counselethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhortethgleaningsGWB §579: and most convincingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: exhorteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhorted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: with the pengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realmswill-and-testamentW&T §13: climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the Most Sublime PengleaningsGWB §387: His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy
الوحي
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
revelation 91% inspiration 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: RevelationgleaningsGWB §656: of Thy Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: of RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: sent downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: Thy most sweet remembranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: Thy revelationgleaningsGWB §583: inspiration
SE expanded to “them that believe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of certitudefire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §353: thou must, likewise, believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: certaintyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §743: persuadedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: be well assuredgleaningsGWB §18: every true believer
