Gleanings — §293
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 293 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
مر الله ربّکم وربّ آبائکم الأوّلین ویا قوم لا تنظروا إلی ما عندکم فانظروا بما نزّل من عند الله وإنّه خیر لکم عن کلّ شيء إن أنتم من العارفین ویا قوم فارجعوا البصر إلی ما عندکم من حجّة الله وبرهانه وما نزّل یومئذ لیظهر لکم الحقّ بآیات واضح مبین ویا قوم لا تتّبعوا خطوات الشّیطان أن اتّبعوا ملّة الرّحمن وکونوا من المؤمنین هل بعد ظهور الله ینفع أحدًا شيء لا فونفسي المقتدر العلیم الحکیم کلّما زاد في النّصح زادوا في البغضآء إلی أن قتلوه بالظّلم أَلَا لعنة
Shoghi Effendi Translation
“God,” said He, “is My witness, O people! I am come to you with a Revelation from the Lord, your God, the Lord of your fathers of old. Look not, O people, at the things ye possess. Look rather at the things God hath sent down unto you. This, surely, will be better for you than the whole of creation, could ye but perceive it. Repeat the gaze, O people, and consider the testimony of God and His proof which are in your possession, and compare them unto the Revelation sent down unto you in this Day, that the truth, the infallible truth, may be indubitably manifested unto you. Follow not, O people, the steps of the Evil One; follow ye the Faith of the All-Merciful, and be ye of them that truly believe. What would it profit man, if he were to fail to recognize the Revelation of God? Nothing whatever. To this Mine own Self, the Omnipotent, the Omniscient, the All-Wise, will testify.”
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lord, your God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: I have nurturedgleaningsGWB §103: of God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: OUR LORDprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: O my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fathersgleaningsGWB §293: your fatherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our fatherstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of thy fatherswill-and-testamentW&T §18: of its sire”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: FathergleaningsGWB §585: of your siresepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: father of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: firstfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §729: interpretethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the meaning thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §17: and of the nextthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the firstgleaningsGWB §116: no beginning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §63: attainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: people,’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: in the possessiongleaningsGWB §508: in His sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: inspired by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: through the shiningthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Mewill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the governmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: whengleaningsGWB §279: from Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: togleaningsGWB §189: have decreedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: descendethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: sendeth downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: chosengleaningsGWB §71: the righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: How wellprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: been createdthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: He Who is the UnconditionedgleaningsGWB §697: thorns
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “all” (188 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His willgleaningsGWB §198: of the Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: as Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My will
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 §153: recognizinggleaningsGWB §566: capable of recognizing Mekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: thou wouldst seizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: confessedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou mayest apprehend
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: turngleaningsGWB §506: Ye shallkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: repairedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: Enable metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: repaired tothe-hidden-wordsHW §36: and returningwill-and-testamentW&T §38: Unto the Most Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: retold
SE rendered العارفین (al-ʿárfín), ویا (wíá), قوم (qúm), فارجعوا (fárjʿúá), البصر (al-bṣr), عندکم (ʿndkm), حجّة (ḥjjh), الله (al-lh) as “recognize, O people, Repeat the gaze, your possession, God”
eye 29% penetrating 14% discernment 7% keen 7% carefully 7% outward 7% perceive 7% sight 7% moment 7% eyes 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: men of insightgleaningsGWB §219: discerningkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: will ye not then beholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: our eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: seethgleaningsGWB §191: inly blind
SE rendered فارجعوا (fárjʿúá), البصر (al-bṣr), عندکم (ʿndkm), حجّة (ḥjjh), الله (al-lh), وبرهانه (wbrhánh), نزّل (nzzl), یومئذ (yúmʾdh) as “Repeat the gaze, your possession, God, His proof, sent down, in this Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: PilgrimagegleaningsGWB §585: the testimonykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: abiding testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: a Testimonythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: argumentwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Proofsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: ḤájígleaningsGWB §77: Their proofs
SE expanded to “in this Day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §417: blessed Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: ‘On that dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: fleeting daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: whichgleaningsGWB §48: Thy Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: as yet
SE expanded to “may be indubitably manifested”
may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: have occurredfire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §636: substitutedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: of the revelationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “the truth, the infallible truth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse
SE rendered یومئذ (yúmʾdh), لیظهر (líẓhr), لکم (lkm), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), بآیات (báyát), واضح (wáḍḥ), مبین (mbín), ویا (wíá), قوم (qúm), تتّبعوا (tttbʿúá), خطوات (khṭúát) as “in this Day, may be indubitably manifested, unto you, the truth, the infallible truth, Revelation, O people, Follow, steps”
clear 26% evident 26% clearly 12% lucid 9% surest 6% manifest 6% unmistakable 6% reveal 3% unmistakably 3% incontestable 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: evidentgleaningsGWB §127: unequivocally bear witnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: obviousthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: openepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: cleargleaningsGWB §130: abundantly demonstrated.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: perspicuous
SE rendered لیظهر (líẓhr), لکم (lkm), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), بآیات (báyát), واضح (wáḍḥ), مبین (mbín), ویا (wíá), قوم (qúm), تتّبعوا (tttbʿúá), خطوات (khṭúát), الشّیطان (ash-shíṭán) as “may be indubitably manifested, unto you, the truth, the infallible truth, Revelation, O people, Follow, steps, the Evil One”
resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: the sungleaningsGWB §605: observancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: hath followedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: having followedgleaningsGWB §187: following
SE expanded to “the Evil One”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: peoplegleaningsGWB §362: standardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: the Faithwill-and-testamentW&T §22: nations and governmentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: nationgleaningsGWB §531: the nationswill-and-testamentW&T §38: a grudgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: foreigners
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the Compassionatefire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §655: of the tender mercieskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: merciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: Thine immeasurable mercytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercythe-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial
SE expanded to “and be ye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: wasfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §210: had made theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: have continuedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE expanded to “that truly believe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: trustgleaningsGWB §471: to the faithfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: trusteeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the path of faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: they have believedwill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: faithgleaningsGWB §287: the faith
This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: can profit yougleaningsGWB §279: shall profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §589: will profit methe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theewill-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common wealepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: profitgleaningsGWB §471: and profitprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: me
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “anyone” (82 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Mine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the OnegleaningsGWB §564: He that seekethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: my bodytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of strength and of mightfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §189: have bestowedkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: prizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: the ruling of Thytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: menfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §150: learned menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: clericsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: and the knowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE
SE rendered فونفسي (fúnfsí), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العلیم (al-ʿlím), الحکیم (al-ḥkím), کلّما (kllmá) as “Mine own Self, Omnipotent, Omniscient, All-Wise”
SE rendered المقتدر (al-mqtdr), العلیم (al-ʿlím), الحکیم (al-ḥkím), کلّما (kllmá), زاد (zád) as “Omnipotent, Omniscient, All-Wise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the greater waxedgleaningsGWB §589: enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: extravaganceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the morewill-and-testamentW&T §35: waxed fiercerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: did MygleaningsGWB §160: increaseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: waxeth
SE rendered العلیم (al-ʿlím), الحکیم (al-ḥkím), کلّما (kllmá), زاد (zád), النّصح (an-nṣḥ) as “Omniscient, All-Wise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: admonishedgleaningsGWB §206: the Counselorkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the counselskitab-i-iqanKIQ §11: exhortedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: We counsel youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: exhortethgleaningsGWB §666: counseleththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: Heed ye this counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘SlaygleaningsGWB §454: ye havekitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: foughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to put an endwill-and-testamentW&T §9: to put ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá to deathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: massacregleaningsGWB §453: ye had putkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: murder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors beforefire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §447: of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: tyranny!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: ungodlythe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §3: He Whom the worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a cruelty
curse 18% revile 9% cursed 9% slander 9% malison 9% opprobrium 9% execration 9% execrate 9% confound 9% accursed 9%
