Gleanings — §327
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 327 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
و اگر الی ما لا نهایه بعقول اوّلیّه و آخریّه در این لطیفهٴ ربّانیّه و تجلّی عزّ صمدانیّه تفکّر نمائی البتّه از عرفان او کما هو حقّه خود را عاجز و قاصر مشاهده نمائی و چون عجز و قصور خود را از بلوغ بعرفان آیهٴ موجودهٔ در خود مشاهده نمودی البتّه عجز خود و عجز ممکنات را از عرفان ذات احدیّه و شمس عزّ قدمیّه بعین سر و سرّ ملاحظه نمائی و اعتراف بر عجز در این مقام از روی بصیرت منتها مقام عرفان عبد است و منتها بلوغ عباد...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Wert thou to ponder in thine heart, from now until the end that hath no end, and with all the concentrated intelligence and understanding which the greatest minds have attained in the past or will attain in the future, this divinely ordained and subtle Reality, this sign of the revelation of the All-Abiding, All-Glorious God, thou wilt fail to comprehend its mystery or to appraise its virtue. Having recognized thy powerlessness to attain to an adequate understanding of that Reality which abideth within thee, thou wilt readily admit the futility of such efforts as may be attempted by thee, or by any of the created things, to fathom the mystery of the Living God, the Daystar of unfading glory, the Ancient of everlasting days. This confession of helplessness which mature contemplation must eventually impel every mind to make is in itself the acme of human understanding, and marketh the culmination of man’s development.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “end that hath no end”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurablefire-tabletFire §11: lowest depthgleaningsGWB §467: God had forbiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: consummationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: the supreme aspirationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: boundless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §38: men endued with insightgleaningsGWB §322: mind iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: inconceivableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: intelligenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: judgmentgleaningsGWB §117: mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: they had understood itprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: man endued with understanding
This form usually rendered as “world”, “primal”, “first” (74 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: more especiallyfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawnkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: O Source of my beingthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
This form usually rendered as “another”, “again”, “other” (37 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: the world to comegleaningsGWB §540: morekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: Latterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §182: and in the life beyondthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: postponedgleaningsGWB §188: not His name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: SubtilegleaningsGWB §100: discriminatingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: lovingkindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: Thy manifold bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: as a sign of My loving-kindnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: these bountiesgleaningsGWB §14: kindlinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: ethereal
divine 45% god 17% heavenly 6% everlasting 6% celestial 6% divinely 4% sacred 4% ancient 4% heaven-sent 4% lord 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His LordgleaningsGWB §564: Lord ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: arttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your Lord
revelation 52% splendor 10% splendour 10% one 6% “revelation” 6% glory 3% falls 3% shine 3% reveal 3% such 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: glorygleaningsGWB §129: shine in the plentitude of His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: the effulgent gloriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: Thou didst reveal Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: appearedthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: clearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the splendorsgleaningsGWB §130: revelation
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “transcendent”, “exalted” (193 occurrences)
glory 42% transcendent 22% exalted 10% all-glorious 5% might 4% glorious 4% most 4% majesty 4% glorified 3% almighty 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glorygleaningsGWB §183: that ye may be exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: of all dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: By Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
صمدانیّه
literal: eternal; eternal, absolute; eternal, everlasting
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “eternal”, “celestial” (39 occurrences)
everlasting 46% eternal 11% celestial 7% god 7% ancient 7% immortal 7% ethereal 4% only 4% all-abiding 4% unfading 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the Ever-AbidinggleaningsGWB §40: everlasting bountykitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: of eternal gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: eternitywill-and-testamentW&T §53: unfailinggleaningsGWB §327: All-Abidingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: Thine everlasting
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 §140: reflect upongleaningsGWB §305: Consider thykitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: or from meditatingthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: consideredgleaningsGWB §37: thoughts
SE rendered تجلّی (tjllí), عزّ (ʿzz), صمدانیّه (ṣmdánính), تفکّر (tfkkr), نمائی (nmáʾí) as “revelation, All-Abiding, All-Glorious, God, ponder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: whichgleaningsGWB §110: hastkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: displayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didst becomewill-and-testamentW&T §13: will have taken its flightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: they have
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §252: KnowgleaningsGWB §305: that thou mayest discoverkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: unrenownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: such as have recognized Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: well-known
SE rendered حقّه (ḥqqh), عاجز (ʿájz), قاصر (qáṣr), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “powerlessness, recognized”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Him Who is the TruthgleaningsGWB §357: Most Greatkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: realkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §742: worthythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: clearepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: proven
This form usually rendered as “incapable”, “fail”, “impotent” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: with tearful eyesgleaningsGWB §220: Nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: the sickprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his powerlessnesswill-and-testamentW&T §49: overwhelmed meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: none can producegleaningsGWB §259: are powerlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: the miracle
SE rendered عاجز (ʿájz), قاصر (qáṣr), مشاهده (msháhdh), نمائی (nmáʾí), چون (chún), عجز (ʿjz) as “powerlessness, recognized, futility”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: conductgleaningsGWB §591: the Mansionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: for the sake of brevityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: have not failedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: within her most lofty mansionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: have not fallen short ofgleaningsGWB §220: darekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: can never hope to match
This form usually rendered as “behold”, “witness”, “perceive” (145 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: manifestfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §134: recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: I recognize, moreover,tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We have been informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §490: So great have beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: fillprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: hath reachedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: messagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reachedthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: His most mighty signsfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §531: the testimonieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: This verseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: Thy most resplendent signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: standethfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §109: of allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: come to existprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Begettertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has made in thee its homewill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §200: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: all the passagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: contingent worldthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: homelesswill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
SE rendered عجز (ʿjz), ممکنات (mmknát), از (iz), عرفان (ʿrfán), ذات (dhát), احدیّه (iḥdídh), شمس (shms), عزّ (ʿzz), قدمیّه (qdmímh) as “things, created, Living, Daystar of, unfading, Ancient of everlasting days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §386: for Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: Thine own beingwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my lifeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §536: by My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recesses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §134: No onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: those who are initiatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: incomparable Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: over the otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §115: Who is it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: sungleaningsGWB §670: the Daystar of Truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: this sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: of the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The sungleaningsGWB §124: these Divine Luminarieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: “suns”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystar
SE expanded to “Ancient of everlasting days”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: Him Who is the Ancient of Daysfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §174: Ever-Abidingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: their feet.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §803: ancient splendortablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footstepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §81: one stepwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
SE rendered احدیّه (iḥdídh), شمس (shms), عزّ (ʿzz), قدمیّه (qdmímh), بعین (bʿín), سر (sr), سرّ (srr), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمائی (nmáʾí), اعتراف (iʿtráf) as “Living, Daystar of, unfading, Ancient of everlasting days, mystery, confession”
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 §264: springsgleaningsGWB §119: elementskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: conceivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: not through the eyes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: will rejoicegleaningsGWB §40: privilykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: and to lay bare Thy mysteriestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteries
SE rendered شمس (shms), عزّ (ʿzz), قدمیّه (qdmímh), بعین (bʿín), سر (sr), سرّ (srr), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمائی (nmáʾí), اعتراف (iʿtráf), بر (br), عجز (ʿjz) as “Daystar of, unfading, Ancient of everlasting days, mystery, confession, helplessness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: found outgleaningsGWB §106: Were the eye of discernment to be openedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: witnessedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: the glancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §5: witnessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: carefully examinedgleaningsGWB §609: have beheld
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “such” (339 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen up against Usfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §39: have championedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: promulgatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: and a seattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
This form usually rendered as “discerning”, “understanding”, “mature” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: carefullygleaningsGWB §666: of true understandingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: man endued with insighttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: do thou seeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a seeing eyegleaningsGWB §35: discerning observer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: upon thyself and upon othersfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §553: Object of all adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: Such of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §38: are servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: servants of God
