Gleanings — §286
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 286 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل کلّ ما یخرج من فمه إنّه لمحیي الأبدان لو أنتم من العارفین کلّ ما أنتم تشهدون في الأرض إنّه قد ظهر بأمره العالي المتعالي المحکم البدیع إذا استشرق عن أفق فمه شمس إسمه الصّانع بها تظهر الصّنایع في کلّ الأعصار وإنّ هذا لحقّ یقین ویستشرق هذا الاسم علی کلّ ما یکون وتظهر منه الصّنایع بأسباب الملک لو أنتم من الموقنین کلّ ما تشهدون ظهورات الصّنعیّة البدیعة کلّها ظهر من هذا الاسم وسیظهر من بعد ما لا سمعتموه من قبل کذلک قدّر في الألواح ولا یعرفها إلّا کلّ ذي بصر حدید وکذلک حین الّذي تستشرق عن أفق البیان شمس إسمي العلّام یحمل کلّ شيء من هذا الاسم بدایع العلوم علی حدّه ومقداره ویظهر منه في مدّ الأیّام بأمر من لدن مقتدر علیم وکذلک فانظر في کلّ الأسمآء وکن علی یقین منیع قل إنّ کلّ حرف تخرج من فم الله إنّها لأمّ الحروفات وکذلک کلّ کلمة تظهر من معدن الأمر إنّها لأمّ الکلمات وإنّ لوحه لأمّ الألواح فطوبی للعارفین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instill new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth. All the wondrous works ye behold in this world have been manifested through the operation of His supreme and most exalted Will, His wondrous and inflexible Purpose. Through the mere revelation of the word “Fashioner,” issuing forth from His lips and proclaiming His attribute to mankind, such power is released as can generate, through successive ages, all the manifold arts which the hands of man can produce. This, verily, is a certain truth. No sooner is this resplendent word uttered, than its animating energies, stirring within all created things, give birth to the means and instruments whereby such arts can be produced and perfected. All the wondrous achievements ye now witness are the direct consequences of the Revelation of this Name. In the days to come, ye will, verily, behold things of which ye have never heard before. Thus hath it been decreed in the Tablets of God, and none can comprehend it except them whose sight is sharp. In like manner, the moment the word expressing My attribute “The Omniscient” issueth forth from My mouth, every created thing will, according to its capacity and limitations, be invested with the power to unfold the knowledge of the most marvelous sciences, and will be empowered to manifest them in the course of time at the bidding of Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Knowing. Know thou of a certainty that the Revelation of every other Name is accompanied by a similar manifestation of Divine power. Every single letter proceeding out of the mouth of God is indeed a mother letter, and every word uttered by Him Who is the Wellspring of Divine Revelation is a mother word, and His Tablet a Mother Tablet. Well is it with them that apprehend this truth.
