Gleanings — §305
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 305 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
تفکّر في النّوم وإنّه آیة الأعظم بین النّاس لو یکوننّ من المتفکّرین مثلاً إنّک تری في نومک أمرًا في لیل وتجده بعینه بعد سنة أو سنتین أو أزید من ذلک أو أقلّ ولو یکون العالم الّذي أنت رأیت فیه ما رأیت هذا العالم الّذي تکون فیه فیلزم ما رأیت في نومک یکون موجودًا في هذا العالم في حین الّذي تراه في النّوم وتکون من الشّاهدین مع إنّک تری أمرًا لم یکن موجودًا في العالم ویظهر من بعد إِذًا حقّق بأنّ عالم الّذي أنت رأیت فیه ما رأیت یکون عالمًا آخَر الّذي لا له أوّل ولا آخِر وإنّک إن تقول هذا العالم في نفسک ومطويّ فیها بأمر من لدن عزیز قدیر لحقّ ولو تقول بأن الرّوح لمّا تجرّد عن العلایق في النّوم سیّره الله في عالم الّذي یکون مستورًا في سرّ هذا العالم لحقّ وإنّ للّه عالم بعد عالم وخلق بعد خلق وقدّر في کلّ عالم ما لا یحصیه أحد إلّا نفسه المحصي العلیم وإنّک فکّر فیما ألقیناک لتعرف مراد الله ربّک وربّ العالمین وفیه کنز أسرار الحکمة وإنّا ما فصّلناه لحزن الّذي أحاطني من الّذین خلقوا بقولي إن أنتم من السّامعین...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Consider thy state when asleep. Verily, I say, this phenomenon is the most mysterious of the signs of God amongst men, were they to ponder it in their hearts. Behold how the thing which thou hast seen in thy dream is, after a considerable lapse of time, fully realized. Had the world in which thou didst find thyself in thy dream been identical with the world in which thou livest, it would have been necessary for the event occurring in that dream to have transpired in this world at the very moment of its occurrence. Were it so, you yourself would have borne witness unto it. This being not the case, however, it must necessarily follow that the world in which thou livest is different and apart from that which thou hast experienced in thy dream. This latter world hath neither beginning nor end. It would be true if thou wert to contend that this same world is, as decreed by the All-Glorious and Almighty God, within thy proper self and is wrapped up within thee. It would equally be true to maintain that thy spirit, having transcended the limitations of sleep and having stripped itself of all earthly attachment, hath, by the act of God, been made to traverse a realm which lieth hidden in the innermost reality of this world. Verily I say, the creation of God embraceth worlds besides this world, and creatures apart from these creatures. In each of these worlds He hath ordained things which none can search except Himself, the All-Searching, the All-Wise. Do thou meditate on that which We have revealed unto thee, that thou mayest discover the purpose of God, thy Lord, and the Lord of all worlds. In these words the mysteries of Divine Wisdom have been treasured. We have refrained from dwelling upon this theme owing to the sorrow that hath encompassed Us from the actions of them that have been created through Our words, if ye be of them that will hearken unto Our Voice.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “reflect”, “meditate” (98 occurrences)
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: PondergleaningsGWB §669: ponderethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: and were he to musethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: what is his thoughtgleaningsGWB §37: thoughts
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: sleep ofgleaningsGWB §305: thy dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: sleepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: to sleepwill-and-testamentW&T §33: that sleepeth notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: he that liethgleaningsGWB §555: the slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: the sleep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §374: these signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: the verses sent down unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy wondrous Signs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievousgleaningsGWB §651: louderkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §5: bitterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Most Mighty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §123: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: all the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §108: the people of His Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: men for
This form usually rendered as “all”, “would”, “numbered” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: I dweltgleaningsGWB §358: “Hathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: so that he should have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: Thou hast beentablet-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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: suchgleaningsGWB §99: such as thesekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: such other thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and comparisonsthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Mine imagewill-and-testamentW&T §15: in their footstepsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: weight
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “seest”, “beholdest” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seenfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §368: would becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: opinionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: Thou mayest behold themthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the mirrors
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: commandethfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §66: Mystickitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §53: of God’s holy Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §328: Whom Thou hast commandedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
SE rendered مثلاً (mthláan), تری (trí), نومک (númk), أمرًا (ʾamran), لیل (líl), وتجده (wtjdh), بعینه (bʿính), سنة (snh) as “Behold, seen, dream, thing, thy, fully, realized, a considerable lapse of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: by nightgleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: nightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “will”, “wilt” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: My beingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §247: We foundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the Revealerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: may perceivetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
eye 52% eyes 14% spring 11% well-spring 5% identical 5% same 5% any 2% aynu’l-baqar 2% black-eyed 2% acute 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the eyesgleaningsGWB §548: hath been ordainedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: I shedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: thine
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: two yearsgleaningsGWB §44: for generationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: for yearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: the present yearthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long yearswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the breastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: yearlygleaningsGWB §139: year
SE rendered بعینه (bʿính), سنة (snh), سنتین (sntín), أزید (ʾazíd), أقلّ (ʾaqll), ولو (wlú), یکون (ykún), العالم (al-ʿálm) as “realized, a considerable lapse of, Had, world”
SE rendered أقلّ (ʾaqll), ولو (wlú), یکون (ykún), العالم (al-ʿálm) as “Had, world”
less 45% one 14% infinitesimal 9% exceedeth 5% fraction 5% even 5% short 5% little 5% though 5% unceasingly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: divinefire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §153: all creatureskitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: of all beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: had they been satisfiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “would” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: neededgleaningsGWB §404: nothing short ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: It is enjoined uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: such needs and wantswill-and-testamentW&T §9: requisiteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: must needsgleaningsGWB §512: absolutely essentialkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: incumbent upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: forevergleaningsGWB §152: The very momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: swift as the twinkling of an eyeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time whenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §216: conditionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: this hour
This form usually rendered as “now”, “have”, “borne” (6 occurrences)
SE rendered یکن (ykn), موجودًا (mújúdan), العالم (al-ʿálm), ویظهر (wíẓhr), حقّق (ḥqqq), عالم (ʿálm) as “being, must, world”
may 16% shall 14% show 11% revealed 11% reveal 9% manifested 9% manifest 9% whom 7% will 7% revelation 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustlygleaningsGWB §655: the realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §150: confinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have thereby deservedthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering (Ḥuqúq)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: proven
This form usually rendered as “world”, “end”, “next” (125 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: more fittingfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §423: your ultimate objectivekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: comethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Letters
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: is stated to have saidgleaningsGWB §96: Knowkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I made replyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §566: utteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: him thatgleaningsGWB §409: every onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: their selfish desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: thy life
This form usually rendered as “wrapped” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered نفسک (nfsk), ومطويّ (wmṭúyy), بأمر (bʾamr), لدن (ldn), عزیز (ʿzíz), قدیر (qdír), لحقّ (lḥqq), ولو (wlú), تقول (tqúl) as “self, wrapped, decreed, the, All-Glorious, Almighty, maintain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: by HimgleaningsGWB §259: inherently possesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: from Our presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §155: My divineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: as decreed bygleaningsGWB §698: bidden by
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 §183: manifest glorygleaningsGWB §135: peerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy majestytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendorwill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: blessed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who was the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ)fire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §66: The Quintessencekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: bread of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Him Who was Thy Spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §115: the ease
This form usually rendered as “having” (1 occurrences)
detachment 56% detached 13% abstraction 6% oneness 6% sooner 3% having 3% symbols 3% when 3% character 3% soon 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: No soonergleaningsGWB §128: the detachedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: are detached from all else but Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §136: sanctitywill-and-testamentW&T §9: is onlygleaningsGWB §95: of Detachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: as soon asgleaningsGWB §683: character
This form usually rendered as “all”, “affections” (2 occurrences)
all 50% affections 50%
This form usually rendered as “made”, “path”, “walk” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the othergleaningsGWB §633: speedingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: concerning the characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: make me able to roamwill-and-testamentW&T §34: elsewhereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: journeyinggleaningsGWB §322: planetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: traverse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: in Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §385: with the Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: whatsoever lieth hidfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §683: mysteriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: O Thou Who art the Concealerthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: lie hid
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “secret”, “privily” (57 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: secretsgleaningsGWB §550: sanctuarykitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: precedethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: the Divine Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: fresh and greenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy blissepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: a goodly characterfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §264: by menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: creation.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of Thine own creatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: countgleaningsGWB §684: innumerablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: duly ascertainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: must remain inscrutable to everyone exceptthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: recountwill-and-testamentW&T §11: boundlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: unnumberedgleaningsGWB §322: can
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: onegleaningsGWB §689: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: those who are initiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: no hearttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §620: neighbor
This form usually rendered as “have”, “which”, “revealing” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §54: Thy presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: adventprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: before thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §5: sowed the seeds
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “unacquainted”, “make” (21 occurrences)
thou 42% unacquainted 11% make 11% couldst 5% recognition 5% truth 5% appreciate 5% acquaint 5% reveal 5% inscrutable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: of every man of understandinggleaningsGWB §327: to an adequate understanding ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: such knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: and discovertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: such as have recognized Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: associationgleaningsGWB §722: his ownkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: one aim in lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: I have soughtthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: hath conspired against meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: desiregleaningsGWB §522: He willeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy LordgleaningsGWB §381: “Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: the Almightyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thy sovereigntytablet-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 §110: my Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the treasurygleaningsGWB §305: treasuredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §117: HANDMAIDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: treasuresgleaningsGWB §630: treasuriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the treasuries
wisdom 38% law 24% commandment 7% divine 7% hath 6% injunction 4% authority 4% commandments 3% command 3% pronounce 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: bindinggleaningsGWB §280: there is a wisdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: pronounce theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §537: Thy Perspicuoustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §22: Tribunal
This form usually rendered as “dwelling” (1 occurrences)
separated 15% thou 15% distinction 11% separation 11% details 11% have 7% differentiation 7% unfolded 7% hath 7% distinguished 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: have been distinctly set forthgleaningsGWB §548: a seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: distinguishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: Thou hast decidedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be distinguishedthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: awaywill-and-testamentW&T §11: been cut offepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: circumstantial account
sorrow 25% grief 15% sadden 10% sadness 10% sorrows 10% anguish 10% saddened 5% tribulation 5% despondency 5% affliction 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: infinite sorrowsfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §490: be overwhelmed with anguishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: My grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
have 67% encompassed 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: have appeared onfire-tabletFire §9: envelopedgleaningsGWB §390: hath spread itself overkitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: shedding illuminationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: have encompassed them on every sidethe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me roundepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: hath encompassed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: We, verily, hearfire-tabletFire §37: have heardgleaningsGWB §522: Hearken untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §716: is a man of hearingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
