Gleanings — §298
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 298 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن یا عبد المؤمن بالله تالله لو أرید أن أذکر لک ما ورد عَلَيَّ لن تحمله النّفوس ولا العقول وکان الله علی ذلک شهید وإنّک أنت فاحفظ نفسک ولا تعقّب هؤلآء وکن في أمر ربّک لمن المتفکّرین أن اعرف ربّک بنفسه لا بدونه لأنّ دونه لن یکفیک بشيء ویشهد بذلک کلّ الأشیآء إن أنت من السّامعین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O My servant that believest in God! By the righteousness of the Almighty! Were I to recount to thee the tale of the things that have befallen Me, the souls and minds of men would be incapable of sustaining its weight. God Himself beareth Me witness. Watch over thyself, and follow not the footsteps of these people. Meditate diligently upon the Cause of thy Lord. Strive to know Him through His own Self and not through others. For no one else besides Him can ever profit thee. To this all created things will testify, couldst thou but perceive it.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: even as a slavefire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §177: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §220: for Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §35: meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Abdi’llah
SE expanded to “that believest in God”
believer 35% true 17% believe 13% faithful 9% am 4% disbelieved 4% believest 4% believeth 4% believer’.” 4% believing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: worthy ofgleaningsGWB §285: them that have truly believedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: embracing the Faith of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: and the Trustees of Thy Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: trust
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §374: of the revelation of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: God’s divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: Thou the Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
This form usually rendered as “wish”, “have”, “what” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §275: him that seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: contrary to Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: desiregleaningsGWB §275: refused to seek itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
This form usually rendered as “call”, “relate”, “mention” (11 occurrences)
SE expanded to “things that have befallen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: in the passagegleaningsGWB §561: however great the tribulation We may sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: the victims ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: have befallen Theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt aepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: have befallengleaningsGWB §287: Enterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: recorded
This form usually rendered as “suffered”, “endured”, “bear” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “be incapable of sustaining”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: beargleaningsGWB §139: to sustain the burden of His Messagekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustainingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: pregnantprayers-and-meditationsP&M §413: hath bornewill-and-testamentW&T §48: my forbearanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: bearergleaningsGWB §252: would not wish to be laid upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: By HimgleaningsGWB §428: nay your very liveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: those whoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: with Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: over Mine own Self
SE expanded to “minds of men”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: the wisegleaningsGWB §124: conceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: meditate uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: men endued with insightgleaningsGWB §35: with their limited understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: understanding mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: man endued with understanding
This form usually rendered as “accounted”, “time”, “who” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: yegleaningsGWB §358: “Hathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §327: Thou hast existedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: beareth witnessfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §487: Who well knoweth our statekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: descriedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §1: confessethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: openly manifest
This form usually rendered as “keep”, “shield”, “preserve” (17 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Watch over thyself”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: to protectgleaningsGWB §629: Shield themkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §625: Preservertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
SE rendered شهید (shhíd), وإنّک (wʾinnk), فاحفظ (fáḥfẓ), نفسک (nfsk), تعقّب (tʿqqb), هؤلآء (hʾláʾ), وکن (wkn), أمر (ʾamr), ربّک (rbbk) as “Me witness, Watch over thyself, these, the Cause, of thy Lord”
SE expanded to “of thy Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: with my LordgleaningsGWB §123: born of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is the vassal of nonetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
SE expanded to “Meditate diligently upon”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: that thou mayest understandgleaningsGWB §192: distinguish myselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: He of Whom they had knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: recognized Him nottablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have known
SE rendered اعرف (iʿrf), ربّک (rbbk), بنفسه (bnfsh), بدونه (bdúnh), دونه (dúnh), یکفیک (ykfík), بشيء (bshíʾ), ویشهد (wíshhd), بذلک (bdhlk) as “Strive, and not through, can ever profit thee, this”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: from all except TheegleaningsGWB §457: though We had committed nothingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: the likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §488: all things save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §18: none but Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §196: otherwise
SE expanded to “can ever profit thee”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: sufficientgleaningsGWB §510: be Thy sufficingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: Is it not enough for themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §819: it would be sufficientthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: suffice theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Not contentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: sufficegleaningsGWB §595: that can satisfy the needs of the whole of mankind
SE rendered بدونه (bdúnh), دونه (dúnh), یکفیک (ykfík), بشيء (bshíʾ), ویشهد (wíshhd), بذلک (bdhlk) as “and not through, can ever profit thee, this”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My willgleaningsGWB §605: whateverkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: my pleasuretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that iswill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
السّامعین
literal: hear; hearing; heard
This form usually rendered as “hearken”, “possessed”, “did” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “couldst thou but perceive it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §591: to hear its accentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: as shall incline their earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
