Gleanings — §291
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 291 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ومن النّاس من اهتدی بهدی الله وفاز بلقائه وشرب من أیادي التّسلیم سلسبیل الحیوان وکان من الموقنین ومنهم من قام علی الإعراض وکفر بآیات الله المقتدر العزیز العلیم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Some were guided by the Light of God, gained admittance into the court of His presence, and quaffed, from the hand of resignation, the waters of everlasting life, and were accounted of them that have truly recognized and believed in Him. Others rebelled against Him, and rejected the signs of God, the Most Powerful, the Almighty, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered ومن (wmn), النّاس (an-nás), اهتدی (ihtdí), بهدی (bhdí), الله (al-lh) as “Some were guided, of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §41: amongst the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: all the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §466: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”
SE rendered ومن (wmn), النّاس (an-nás), اهتدی (ihtdí), بهدی (bhdí), الله (al-lh), وفاز (wfáz), بلقائه (blqáʾh), وشرب (wshrb) as “Some were guided, of God, the court of His presence, quaffed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidance ofgleaningsGWB §238: them who are guided arightkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: leadethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: of divine guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: and to guide the stepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidegleaningsGWB §537: Divine guidancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: of Truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: except in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §379: Holykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: Who worshippeth no onetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered ومن (wmn), النّاس (an-nás), اهتدی (ihtdí), بهدی (bhdí), الله (al-lh), وفاز (wfáz), بلقائه (blqáʾh), وشرب (wshrb), أیادي (ʾayádí), التّسلیم (at-tslím) as “Some were guided, of God, the court of His presence, quaffed, hand, resignation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: shinethgleaningsGWB §314: discoveredkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: is enabled to achievekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: hath reachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: have gazedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been honouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: will distinguish
SE expanded to “court of His presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: this Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §127: attain His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: to behold Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: in
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: hath drunkgleaningsGWB §89: are they that quaff itkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: drink then your fillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: cupprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: Give them to drinkthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: quaffgleaningsGWB §537: Drink ye your fill
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §184: at the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: his handswill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: at the mercy of rulersgleaningsGWB §85: your eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
resignation 48% resigned 10% submit 10% surrendered 5% accepted 5% all 5% resign 5% submission 5% submissive 5% surrendering 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §268: His salutations begleaningsGWB §618: righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: resignprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: is resignationwill-and-testamentW&T §8: resignedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: peacegleaningsGWB §154: yielded upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: unquestionable
SE rendered وشرب (wshrb), أیادي (ʾayádí), التّسلیم (at-tslím), سلسبیل (slsbíl), الحیوان (al-ḥíwán), وکان (wkán), الموقنین (al-múqnín), ومنهم (wmnhm) as “quaffed, hand, resignation, waters of everlasting life, were accounted, Others”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: a beastgleaningsGWB §552: animalskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: these beastsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: to liveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: of lifegleaningsGWB §76: life indeedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §28: the true lifegleaningsGWB §29: everlasting life
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: he begleaningsGWB §506: Ye continuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: “Be,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
SE rendered سلسبیل (slsbíl), الحیوان (al-ḥíwán), وکان (wkán), الموقنین (al-múqnín), ومنهم (wmnhm), قام (qám), الإعراض (al-ʾiʿráḍ), وکفر (wkfr) as “waters of everlasting life, were accounted, Others, rejected”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: certaintyfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §113: them that apprehend and believe this truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Certitude,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: are persuadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: that ye may have firm faithgleaningsGWB §286: certain
SE rendered وکان (wkán), الموقنین (al-múqnín), ومنهم (wmnhm), قام (qám), الإعراض (al-ʾiʿráḍ), وکفر (wkfr), بآیات (báyát), الله (al-lh) as “were accounted, Others, rejected, the signs, of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: by touching a spotfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §139: and spiritual capacitykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §709: with my thoughts fixed steadfastly upon Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
SE rendered ومنهم (wmnhm), قام (qám), الإعراض (al-ʾiʿráḍ), وکفر (wkfr), بآیات (báyát), الله (al-lh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr) as “Others, rejected, the signs, of God, the Most Powerful”
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: such as have turned aside from TheegleaningsGWB §614: and be willing to forgokitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: objectionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: have turned away from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: he who turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §58: hath turned awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: They that have turned away from Me
This form usually rendered as “unbelief”, “infidel”, “misbelief” (41 occurrences)
unbelief 24% infidel 17% misbelief 14% repudiated 10% infidels 10% rejected 7% cancel 7% impiety 3% denounced 3% disbelieveth 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they were unbelieversgleaningsGWB §35: blasphemykitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: believed notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §751: and repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Hast thou deniedgleaningsGWB §163: of the infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbelief
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §320: a testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: those which descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §563: Thy most mighty signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: wert thou to attain theretowill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
SE expanded to “the Most Powerful”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: All-Powerful, thegleaningsGWB §183: that ye may be exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: a more preciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: how deartablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: mighty
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: scientistsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §356: truthskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: the one Object of their questprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: may become an ensign oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
