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.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: have saidgleaningsGWB §257: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: planeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: call upon Thee sayingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
This form usually rendered as “spring”, “altereth”, “empire” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: “BegonegleaningsGWB §704: causeth man to overstepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: quittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §25: expelepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thine empire shall pass
This form usually rendered as “quickener”, “mouth”, “fountain” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of lifefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §279: your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: and the Quickenertablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE rendered یخرج (ykhrj), فمه (fmh), لمحیي (lmḥíy), الأبدان (al-ʾabdán), لو (lú), العارفین (al-ʿárfín) as “proceedeth, of, mouth, God, such potency”
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the recognitiongleaningsGWB §414: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: thou wouldst seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to know Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: understanding
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “appear”, “raise” (24 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: be setfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §29: unveilingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: coming Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §514: have appearedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE rendered تشهدون (tshhdún), الأرض (ar-rḍ), ظهر (ẓhr), بأمره (bʾamrh), العالي (al-ʿálí), المتعالي (al-mtʿálí), المحکم (al-mḥkm), البدیع (al-bdíʿ) as “new life, every human frame, be, of, them that, comprehend, this, truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: at the commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §181: nobleskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: at Whose biddingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: hast commandedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: to Our command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Most Exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §286: them thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: is He—“Andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: inaccessible heightstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: concourse on high
SE rendered ظهر (ẓhr), بأمره (bʾamrh), العالي (al-ʿálí), المتعالي (al-mtʿálí), المحکم (al-mḥkm), البدیع (al-bdíʿ), استشرق (istshrq), أفق (ʾafq), فمه (fmh) as “be, of, them that, comprehend, this, truth, the, works, ye”
perspicuous 23% gird 15% firmly-established 8% mighty 8% resistless 8% fortified 8% fully 8% firmly 8% emphatically 8% impregnable 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: this mightygleaningsGWB §621: His wondrous remembrancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: His wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §170: bountiful favorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §5: majesty
This form usually rendered as “wondrous”, “shine” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: Dawning-Placesfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §383: of the glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: to riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: the shiningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: to illuminethe-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: been illumined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §26: the heavengleaningsGWB §198: above the dayspringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: the Dayspringthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of the worldgleaningsGWB §385: the realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §762: the all-highest horizon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: testifygleaningsGWB §289: countless Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §36: most exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: sunlightgleaningsGWB §100: Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: Day-Stars
This form usually rendered as “name”, “most”, “names” (134 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: of His Namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy most excellent titlestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
This form usually rendered as “arts”, “crafts”, “craftsmen” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: craftsgleaningsGWB §118: creative powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thy handiworkthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: madewill-and-testamentW&T §6: forgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: revelations of Thine handiworkgleaningsGWB §319: the arts
SE rendered تظهر (tẓhr), الصّنایع (aṣ-ṣnáyʿ), الأعصار (al-ʾaʿṣár), لحقّ (lḥqq), یقین (yqín), ویستشرق (wístshrq) as “have, been, the, supreme and most exalted, Will, His wondrous and inflexible Purpose”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: truthgleaningsGWB §669: He iskitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: “Iprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: against methe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §23: his realityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: committed everything unto
This form usually rendered as “certitude”, “certainty”, “assurance” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: be persuadedfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §554: Knowledgekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: absolute faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: I am persuadedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: assuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: assurancegleaningsGWB §286: such power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §499: the entire universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: been all-powerfultablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered یکون (ykún), وتظهر (wtẓhr), الصّنایع (aṣ-ṣnáyʿ), بأسباب (bʾasbáb), الملک (al-mlk), لو (lú), الموقنین (al-múqnín) as “the, word, issuing forth from His lips, and, proclaiming, His attribute, such power”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to blaspheme againstgleaningsGWB §317: these causeskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: privily they would vilifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: the most great Instrumentthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the wailingwill-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: through various causes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Lord ofgleaningsGWB §495: the governmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §177: the downtroddentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
This form usually rendered as “produce” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: that hearkenfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §295: ye hearkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: Who hearesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered سمعتموه (smʿtmúh), کذلک (kdhlk), قدّر (qddr), الألواح (al-lúáḥ), یعرفها (yʿrfhá) as “produce, is, a, No”
This form usually rendered as “many”, “how”, “multitude” (36 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: how greatfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §410: awhilekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obviousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §271: Potent art Thoutablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
tablet 77% preserved 4% tablets 4% lawh-i-burhan 2% lawh-i-fu’ad 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% comprehend 2% guarded 2% mystic 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the TabletgleaningsGWB §189: the Tablets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: best establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: pages of the booktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: is utteredgleaningsGWB §598: That which
This form usually rendered as “sharp”, “discernment”, “chains” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: limitsgleaningsGWB §44: limitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: by four limitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §342: of chainstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: ordinancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: worldly limitationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: in My statutesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: steel
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: doctorsfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §677: symbolkitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: knowledge andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: have realizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: beargleaningsGWB §139: their abilitykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: suffered and enduredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: enduredwill-and-testamentW&T §48: my forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: endured steadfastlygleaningsGWB §286: means and instruments
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “all” (188 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: as He pleasethgleaningsGWB §249: recompensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: the Daystar of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created things
This form usually rendered as “lifted”, “witness”, “time” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: the treasures thereofgleaningsGWB §41: inkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: spaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §457: that shadoweth all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: with the claywill-and-testamentW&T §3: a periodepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: reinforcegleaningsGWB §347: considerable lapse of time
This form usually rendered as “who”, “unto”, “part” (47 occurrences)
SE rendered بأمر (bʾamr), لدن (ldn), مقتدر (mqtdr), علیم (ʿlím), وکذلک (wkdhlk), فانظر (fánẓr), الأسمآء (as-smáʾ), وکن (wkn), یقین (yqín) as “the, consequences, of, Revelation of, this, days to come, will”
This form usually rendered as “most”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (33 occurrences)
most 23% transcendent 18% exalted 14% sublime 9% inaccessible 9% mighty 9% all-highest 5% ripe 5% verily 5% glorious 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheldgleaningsGWB §130: transcendent powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: withhold ittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarreth
letter 37% letters 19% contention 11% words 7% word 7% have 4% third 4% intimation 4% first 4% second 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: deflectedgleaningsGWB §163: an intimationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: contentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: by that Lettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: a wordwill-and-testamentW&T §40: interpolationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: statementsgleaningsGWB §453: eyes away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: divine Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §10: His
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: of the nationsfire-tabletFire §13: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §286: andkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the peoples and kindredskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Imámsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: of all the nationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: mother’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: in My presence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: One Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §537: utteringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: writingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: crieth outtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: Divinity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “BlessedgleaningsGWB §205: “The blessedness awaiting themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Blessed, also, isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed are the fair-mindedgleaningsGWB §311: Blessed isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: “Great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Blessed
