Gleanings — §318
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 318 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
سرّ من اسرار الله او است آیة کبری و مخبری که خبر میدهد از عوالم الهی در او مستور است آنچه که عالم حال استعداد ذکر آن را نداشته و ندارد ان انظر الی نفس الله القائمة علی السّنن و النّفس الأمّارة الّتی قامت علی الاعراض و تنهی النّاس عن مالک الأسمآء و تأمرهم بالبغی و الفحشآء الا انّها فی خسران مبین…
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Verily I say, the human soul is, in its essence, one of the signs of God, a mystery among His mysteries. It is one of the mighty signs of the Almighty, the harbinger that proclaimeth the reality of all the worlds of God. Within it lieth concealed that which the world is now utterly incapable of apprehending. Ponder in thine heart the revelation of the Soul of God that pervadeth all His Laws, and contrast it with that base and appetitive nature that hath rebelled against Him, that forbiddeth men to turn unto the Lord of Names, and impelleth them to walk after their lusts and wickedness. Such a soul hath, in truth, wandered far in the path of error.…
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: mysteriesgleaningsGWB §67: privatelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: thy bedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §632: Hidden Secrettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: hiddenwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: joy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §368: this high endowmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §210: theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: and acknowledged Thy signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His verses
SE rendered سرّ (srr), اسرار (isrár), الله (al-lh), آیة (áyh), کبری (kbrí), مخبری (mkhbrí), خبر (khbr), میدهد (mídhd), از (iz), عوالم (ʿúálm) as “mystery, mysteries, God, mighty signs, harbinger, proclaimeth, worlds”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: grandeurgleaningsGWB §642: high honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: more awfulwill-and-testamentW&T §3: the Great Cityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: supreme attainmentgleaningsGWB §287: supreme and infallible authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: exaltedwill-and-testamentW&T §7: gravest
This form usually rendered as “harbinger” (1 occurrences)
all-informed 23% traditions 17% announced 11% informed 11% warneth 9% informing 6% tidings 6% news 6% hath 6% have 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ignorance ofgleaningsGWB §318: harbingerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: chroniclesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: that it may acquaintgleaningsGWB §39: prophecieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: prophesied
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: will leadgleaningsGWB §340: experiencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: recordedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: bearthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: cast not awaywill-and-testamentW&T §7: preparedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: still bear, witnessgleaningsGWB §171: admit
SE rendered آیة (áyh), کبری (kbrí), مخبری (mkhbrí), خبر (khbr), میدهد (mídhd), از (iz), عوالم (ʿúálm), الهی (al-hí), مستور (mstúr), آنچه (ánchh) as “mighty signs, harbinger, proclaimeth, worlds, God, concealed, that”
23 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: knowestfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §170: worldwide regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: of Scienceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: Thou hast ever made knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
hidden 43% concealed 26% hid 6% lie 6% veiled 6% hide 3% yet 3% whatsoever 3% unrevealed 3% enshrined 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: thesethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: verilykitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Althoughepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: \‘They
This form usually rendered as “capacity” (5 occurrences)
few 25% capacity 25% number 10% counteth 10% reckon 5% manifold 5% several 5% “prepare 5% immeasurable 5% multiplicity 5%
SE rendered آنچه (ánchh), عالم (ʿálm), حال (ḥál), استعداد (istʿdád), ذکر (dhkr), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd), انظر (inẓr) as “that, world, now, incapable of apprehending, hath, Ponder”
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: recordedgleaningsGWB §40: Lawkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: shareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: Thy praise and Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE rendered استعداد (istʿdád), ذکر (dhkr), نداشته (ndáshth), ندارد (ndárd), انظر (inẓr), نفس (nfs), الله (al-lh), القائمة (al-qáʾmh) as “incapable of apprehending, hath, Ponder, Soul of God, pervadeth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §20: treegleaningsGWB §336: All-Possessingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterredthe-hidden-wordsHW §77: loosen notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: possessedgleaningsGWB §316: not susceptiblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: not possess
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “gaze”, “look” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: hast fixed thy gazefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §406: are occupiedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: to fix their gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: turn your eyes
SE expanded to “Soul of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: any onegleaningsGWB §576: itselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the deadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: to Thine own exalted Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
This form usually rendered as “standing”, “standeth”, “have” (33 occurrences)
standing 20% standeth 13% have 13% arise 13% agitated 7% viceregent 7% self-subsisting 7% pervadeth 7% acteth 7% may 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Straight Pathfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §66: from such heightskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: attain the stateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: Thereupon I arosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
This form usually rendered as “appetitive” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: incidentgleaningsGWB §135: this process of progressive Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: hath been saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: This hostilitywill-and-testamentW&T §5: Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by His all-compelling behestgleaningsGWB §300: its empirekitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: significance of their position
turn 20% turned 17% denial 14% repudiation 9% rejected 9% faithlessness 9% turning 6% have 6% denials 6% renounce 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: denialgleaningsGWB §486: withdrawkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: objectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: they have broken offtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: protested
end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: mengleaningsGWB §578: of your neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: manwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §473: the interests of thy peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: the PossessorgleaningsGWB §636: of the kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: such of their subjectstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
This form usually rendered as “corrupt”, “lusts”, “acted” (9 occurrences)
gleaningsGWB §248: should haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: beseemthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: it is incumbentwill-and-testamentW&T §48: meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §643: corrupt inclinationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: have so rebelledthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: rebelled
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
This form usually rendered as “grievous”, “clear”, “plainly” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: clear ruingleaningsGWB §225: the lostkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: perdition.”will-and-testamentW&T §10: bloodthirstyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: plainly erredgleaningsGWB §195: perishwill-and-testamentW&T §53: in grievous lossepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: perished
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “expounder”, “luminous” (65 occurrences)
resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%
