Gleanings — §352
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 352 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
..فاعلموا بأنّ أصل العدل ومبدأه هو ما یأمر به مظهر نفس الله في یوم ظهوره لو أنتم من العارفین قل إنّه لمیزان العدل بین السّموات والأرضین وإنّه لو یأتي بأمر یفزع من في السّموات والأرض إنّه لعدل مبین وإنّ فزع الخلق لم یکن إلّا کفزع الرّضیع من الفطام لو أنتم من النّاظرین لو اطّلع النّاس بأصل الأمر لم یجزعوا بل استبشروا وکانوا من الشّاکرین...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Know verily that the essence of justice and the source thereof are both embodied in the ordinances prescribed by Him Who is the Manifestation of the Self of God amongst men, if ye be of them that recognize this truth. He doth verily incarnate the highest, the infallible standard of justice unto all creation. Were His law to be such as to strike terror into the hearts of all that are in heaven and on earth, that law is naught but manifest justice. The fears and agitation which the revelation of this law provokes in men’s hearts should indeed be likened to the cries of the suckling babe weaned from his mother’s milk, if ye be of them that perceive. Were men to discover the motivating purpose of God’s Revelation, they would assuredly cast away their fears, and, with hearts filled with gratitude, rejoice with exceeding gladness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Objectfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §154: mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §291: testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §49: a sign
essence 33% real 8% fundamental 8% principle 8% motivating 8% root 8% upon 8% essentials 8% essential 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: essencegleaningsGWB §159: principlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the essentialsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: foundationsgleaningsGWB §356: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: essentialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: with fairnessgleaningsGWB §520: equitably towardsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: assuredly justtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §7: justice and equityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justicegleaningsGWB §507: equitably
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: begingleaningsGWB §720: sourceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: their BeginninggleaningsGWB §352: the source thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: their OrigingleaningsGWB §124: a beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: proceedeth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: Revelationfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §192: in my powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: happeningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: by virtue of Thine authoritytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summonedthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: have proceededfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §323: through Thy Revelationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: adventprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: tokens of Thy handiworktablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: into beinggleaningsGWB §636: Who is Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: satanicprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: to Thee belongtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breathwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the realm of Divinityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §191: God’s
SE rendered یأمر (yʾamr), مظهر (mẓhr), نفس (nfs), الله (al-lh), یوم (yúm), ظهوره (ẓhúrh), لو (lú), العارفین (al-ʿárfín), قل (ql) as “prescribed, Manifestation, Self, God, revelation, if, them that recognize, this truth.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytimegleaningsGWB §341: This is the Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heaven and on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: night seasonwill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the Judgment DaygleaningsGWB §439: dailykitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
SE expanded to “them that recognize”
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: recognitiongleaningsGWB §546: the comprehensionkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: enable me to knowtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: askgleaningsGWB §174: Wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: answering saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: proclaimethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: weighedgleaningsGWB §585: Weigh itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: as the unerring Balanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: BalancegleaningsGWB §75: The Balancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: as a standardepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Weigh
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: advancementfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §411: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §218: Landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: and on Thy earththe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §234: land of the heart’s desire
SE rendered العدل (al-ʿdl), السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضین (wálʾarḍín), وإنّه (wʾinnh), لو (lú), یأتي (yʾatí), بأمر (bʾamr), یفزع (yfzʿ) as “justice, heaven, earth, Were, strike terror”
SE rendered السّموات (as-smúát), والأرضین (wálʾarḍín), وإنّه (wʾinnh), لو (lú), یأتي (yʾatí), بأمر (bʾamr), یفزع (yfzʿ) as “heaven, earth, Were, strike terror”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: producegleaningsGWB §78: been raisedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: givethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: come to passthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: will bringgleaningsGWB §691: be the authorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: didst come
terror 17% fear 17% caused 8% consternation 8% greatest 8% most 8% lamentation 8% strike 8% fears 8% likened 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: terrorgleaningsGWB §352: fears and agitationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: Great Terrorwill-and-testamentW&T §5: raised their plaintive criesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: the most great terrorgleaningsGWB §352: strike terrorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: fear and tremblingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: consternation
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%
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §290: called into beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: creation,—evenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: hath been generatedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conduct
SE rendered لعدل (lʿdl), مبین (mbín), فزع (fzʿ), الخلق (al-khlq), یکن (ykn), کفزع (kfzʿ), الرّضیع (ar-rḍíʿ), الفطام (al-fṭám) as “manifest justice, amongst, fears and agitation, men’s hearts, likened to, suckling babe, his mother’s milk”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §168: We bearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: are heldtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “whose”, “fix”, “seeing” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: hast fixed thy gazefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §566: meditatekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §90: wait expectingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: such as have settablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
This form usually rendered as “inscrutable”, “informed”, “arise” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §337: continue to be consciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: comprehendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: first glimmeringstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
This form usually rendered as “lament”, “cast” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “rejoice with exceeding gladness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: unto mankindgleaningsGWB §188: proclaimedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: joyful tidingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joythe-hidden-wordsHW §35: beareth unto thee thewill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: mankindgleaningsGWB §25: hath been prophesied
This form usually rendered as “thankful”, “thankful.…”, “gratitude” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: be thankfulfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §607: thankfulnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §51: Lauded and glorifiedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks be
