Gleanings — §348
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 348 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
حال ملاحظه نمائید بعد از آدم چه قدر لسان و بیان و قواعد خطّیّه مختلف شده تا چه رسد بقبل از آدم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Witness, therefore, how numerous and far-reaching have been the changes in language, speech, and writing since the days of Adam. How much greater must have been the changes before Him!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: Come what mightgleaningsGWB §482: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §740: Thy powertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: shall not wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
ملاحظه
literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “behold”, “observe” (153 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: found outgleaningsGWB §609: have beheldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: take heedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: withthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: I beheld, and lo!will-and-testamentW&T §5: witnessingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: look intogleaningsGWB §115: have poured
SE rendered حال (ḥál), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), نمائید (nmáʾíd), از (iz), آدم (ádm), چه (chh), قدر (qdr), لسان (lsán) as “Witness, Adam, how, numerous, language”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: thy tonguegleaningsGWB §506: from His own mouthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: mouthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: and with their tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagesgleaningsGWB §347: in that tongue
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
This form usually rendered as “standards”, “rules”, “forms” (7 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “writing” (1 occurrences)
own 40% script 7% handwriting 7% copy 7% writing 7% undeviating 7% read 7% midmost 7% clear 7% written 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: in his own handwritinggleaningsGWB §348: writingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: in the midmost heart of creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §136: clear characterswill-and-testamentW&T §42: own handwritingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: scriptgleaningsGWB §480: undeviatingwill-and-testamentW&T §52: written with
divers 47% various 9% contending 9% conflicting 6% diverge 6% varying 6% diverse 6% contrary 3% different 3% state 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: behindgleaningsGWB §178: strifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: away from the path ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: dividedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: this discordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: contrarygleaningsGWB §242: conflictkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: grave dissensions
SE rendered قواعد (qúáʿd), خطّیّه (khṭṭíṭh), مختلف (mkhtlf), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بقبل (bqbl), از (iz), آدم (ádm) as “writing, changes, How, before, Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: attainethgleaningsGWB §285: how superior must be the destinykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Causethe-hidden-wordsHW §154: was pronouncedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: wavedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: every tracegleaningsGWB §36: Armedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: is unrivalled
