Gleanings — §29
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 29 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إِذًا أخذها اهتزاز السّرور ونادت بأعلى النِّداء نفسي لإقبالك الفداء ولعنايتك الفداء ولتوجّهك الفداء قد أهلكني يا مَطْلَع الحيوة فراقك وأحرقني هجرك لك الحمد بما أسمعتني ندائك وشرّفتني بقُدومك وأحييتني من نفحات أيّامك وصرير قلمك الّذي جعلته صورا بين عبادك فلمّا جاء أمرك المُبرم نفخت فيه إِذًا قامت القيمة الكبرى وظهرت الأسرار المكنونة في خزائن مالك الأشياء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Seized with transports of joy, and raising high her voice, she thus exclaimed: “May my life be a sacrifice to Thee, inasmuch as Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon me, hast bestowed upon me Thy bounty, and hast directed towards me Thy steps. Separation from Thee, O Thou Source of everlasting life, hath well nigh consumed me, and my remoteness from Thy presence hath burned away my soul. All praise be to Thee for having enabled me to hearken to Thy call, for having honored me with Thy footsteps, and for having quickened my soul through the vitalizing fragrance of Thy Day and the shrilling voice of Thy Pen, a voice Thou didst ordain as Thy trumpet-call amidst Thy people. And when the hour at which Thy resistless Faith was to be made manifest did strike, Thou didst breathe a breath of Thy spirit into Thy Pen, and lo, the entire creation shook to its very foundations, unveiling to mankind such mysteries as lay hidden within the treasuries of Him Who is the Possessor of all created things.”
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Seized with transports of joy”
SE rendered أخذها (ʾakhdhhá), اهتزاز (ihtzáz), السّرور (as-srúr), ونادت (wnádt), بأعلى (bʾaʿlى), النِّداء (an-nidáʾ) as “Seized with transports of joy, she thus exclaimed, raising high, her”
stirred 19% hath 19% transports 13% shaken 13% vibrateth 6% have 6% trembleth 6% throw 6% overshadow 6% stirrings 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: stir me uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: tremblethgleaningsGWB §634: stirred thy spirit within theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been quickened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: secretgleaningsGWB §672: into the joykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the headsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: consciencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: the gladnesswill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: through His mysteries
This form usually rendered as “calling”, “raised”, “lift” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: calleth aloudfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §609: thy crykitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: the howlingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: proclaim
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: transcendent and most sublimefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §353: exalted be His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and strongerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: hath elevatedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “one”, “soul” (224 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the souls of mengleaningsGWB §707: He is indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: among the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: in Thine inmost spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by Myself
SE expanded to “inasmuch as Thou”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Setfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §696: him that hath turned thereuntokitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: seekersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: and hath been willing to suffertablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of sacrificefire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §136: ransomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: be a sacrifice untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §409: to offer uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: be a sacrifice to Theewill-and-testamentW&T §36: a sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: offered up
This form usually rendered as “hast” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: Our loving-kindnessfire-tabletFire §26: gracegleaningsGWB §331: is meantkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: the Eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §286: by Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §156: bestowed upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner
SE expanded to “and hast directed towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: wouldst set thy face towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §617: all attachment tokitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §414: I have turned my facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “consumed” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: Deadlyfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §381: perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: consumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: crushed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: the path of destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §24: perdition
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: informingfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §463: realizekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: Whose countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §552: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: to livegleaningsGWB §76: life indeed
separation 70% because 30%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: separationfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §118: separation from Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: A part of themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: because of its separation from Thy Selftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §100: differwill-and-testamentW&T §7: disruption
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: were meltedgleaningsGWB §30: fast consumingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: consumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: burningtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hath burned away my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §51: his heart was consumed with the flameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: to be burnt upgleaningsGWB §576: being consumed
remoteness 88% separation 13%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: departedfire-tabletFire §2: of desolationgleaningsGWB §29: my remoteness from Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §44: bereavementprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: abandoned their homestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: remoteness from Thy presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: EMIGRANTSepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: retirement
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised begleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Ahmad andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: I render Thee thankstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §219: All praise
This form usually rendered as “didst”, “having”, “hast” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “enabled me to hearken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: possessed of a hearing earfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §29: for having enabled me to hearkenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §719: and mine earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: it might be honoredgleaningsGWB §642: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: nobleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: such as have recognized Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been honouredwill-and-testamentW&T §18: gloriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: most sublimegleaningsGWB §119: hath received them
SE expanded to “having quickened my”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: My existence would havefire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §465: the Quickenerkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: the lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §387: for the regenerationtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §23: endued with life
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §187: sweet smelling savorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: the Divine fragrancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the sweet savoursepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: breathgleaningsGWB §47: breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §244: The days of your lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: Thine utterancetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Thy days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voicegleaningsGWB §82: in their gross violationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striventablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voicegleaningsGWB §29: and the shrilling voicegleaningsGWB §168: urged
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: PengleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: by Thy PengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: made theefire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §579: and regardeth it askitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §493: Empowertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: then makewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: of othersgleaningsGWB §75: The Trumpetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: conceivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §8: fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: trumpetgleaningsGWB §313: Ifkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: by the trumpet-call
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Adored Onefire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §71: among Our servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: unto Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §5: ‘Abdu’l‑Baháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: others
This form usually rendered as “come”, “hath”, “reached” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: reachedgleaningsGWB §587: come downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: He came to youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §309: Who came unto themthe-hidden-wordsHW §75: Abideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: We, verily, have comegleaningsGWB §83: hath come to passkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: come to you
cause 62% revelation 14% behest 6% faith 4% bidding 4% commandment 3% decree 2% affairs 2% through 2% command 1%
all-compelling 33% irresistible 27% resistless 20% inscrutable 7% divinely-appointed 7% inescapable 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: blastgleaningsGWB §75: been blownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: And there was a blastprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: was breathedthe-hidden-wordsHW §64: breathed ingleaningsGWB §83: The blast hath been blownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: infusing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §320: the various stageskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: of the Day of Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §369: they will arisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
most 50% mighty 11% supreme 9% transcendent 7% great 5% unfailing 5% immeasurable 5% all-encompassing 5% monstrous 2% grievous 2%
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the revelationsfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §148: Dispensationkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: in the days ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: uncoveredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: hiddengleaningsGWB §29: lay hiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §320: that are hid from the eyes of mentablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: had been wraptepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: lie hidgleaningsGWB §48: that which lay hidden from the eyes of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped up
treasuries 40% treasures 15% all 10% within 10% stronghold 5% treasury 5% out 5% repositories 5% storehouses 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: repositorygleaningsGWB §630: treasuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: are treasuredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: Well-Guardedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: treasures ofgleaningsGWB §693: treasures
This form usually rendered as “lord”, “king”, “thou” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the angelsgleaningsGWB §171: of God’s mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: a favoriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: O Thou Who art the Kingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the sovereign Lord of all
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: the willgleaningsGWB §404: particles of matterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: Primal Willprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: by the power of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
