Gleanings — §284
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 284 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فانظروا في رحمة الله وألطافه إنّه يأمركم بما ينفعكم بعد إذ كان غنيّا عن العالمين لن تضرّنا سيّئاتكم كما لا تنفعنا حسناتكم إنّما ندعوكم لوجه الله يشهد بذلك كلّ عالم بصير...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Consider the mercy of God and His gifts. He enjoineth upon you that which shall profit you, though He Himself can well dispense with all creatures. Your evil doings can never harm Us, neither can your good works profit Us. We summon you wholly for the sake of God. To this every man of understanding and insight will testify.
Translation Notes
mercy 69% tender 6% pity 3% god’s 3% source 3% bounty 3% all-merciful 3% have 3% compassion 3% token 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: pityfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §502: will deal mercilesslykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: of the showers of mercyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: by Thy mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: God. Unto thisfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God’skitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: God,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: O Lord my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “bounties”, “manifold”, “providence” (13 occurrences)
bounties 17% manifold 17% providence 8% gifts 8% bounty 8% favors 8% most 8% favours 8% overflowings 8% divine 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §547: the refinementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: Its nobleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: Thy transcendent favor andthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §288: the subtletieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: favours
SE expanded to “enjoineth upon you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: what had been prescribedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §44: those circumstanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: command of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: Thine injunctiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
SE expanded to “that which shall profit”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: wealgleaningsGWB §279: What advantage is thereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will profit methe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: profitable unto mangleaningsGWB §471: shall profit youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: profiteth me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: profit
This form usually rendered as “all-possessing”, “rich”, “independent” (58 occurrences)
all-possessing 43% rich 26% independent 9% can 4% riches 4% dispense 4% all-sufficing 2% verily 2% self-sufficient 2% lofty 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sunggleaningsGWB §409: He can enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: treasuresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: rich enoughtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: the eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §157: shall be all-sufficient unto youwill-and-testamentW&T §27: independent of
This form usually rendered as “world”, “earth”, “mankind” (364 occurrences)
SE expanded to “man of understanding”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: ascertainedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §253: divines and learnedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: world and all thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: troublegleaningsGWB §703: that which injureth themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: injuryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my needstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: will harmgleaningsGWB §441: distress
evil 48% misdeeds 13% sins 9% unhurt 4% wretchedness 4% condemnation 4% every 4% all 4% ills 4% wretched 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: preferablegleaningsGWB §473: whatever is bestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: through Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: or womangleaningsGWB §195: the most excellentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: which of you excel
SE rendered سيّئاتكم (sísʾátkm), كما (kmá), تنفعنا (tnfʿná), حسناتكم (ḥsnátkm), إنّما (ʾinnmá), ندعوكم (ndʿúkm), لوجه (lújh), الله (al-lh), يشهد (yshhd), بذلك (bdhlk) as “evil doings, neither can, profit, good works, summon, for the sake, God, testify, To this”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: suffer not thyselfgleaningsGWB §164: a faint reflection, a mere emblemkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: be madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: endeavour tothe-hidden-wordsHW §125: not yourselvesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: yegleaningsGWB §436: Suffer it not to becomekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: make it not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: summoned them untogleaningsGWB §59: Forgetkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: adjurationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §434: I calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: these idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonwill-and-testamentW&T §36: call upon Thee
SE expanded to “for the sake”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: in such wisefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §499: upon the groundkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: the countenancestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: evidentfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §499: I confesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: proclaim Thee to betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: men of insightgleaningsGWB §637: comprehend itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: do thou seeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: carefullygleaningsGWB §563: discerning eye
