Gleanings — §355
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 355 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
کم من معان لا تحویها قمص الألفاظ وکم منها لیست لها عبارة ولم تعط بیانًا ولا اشارةً وکم منها لا یمکن بیانها لعدم حضور أوانها کما قیل: "لا کلّ ما یعلم یقال ولا کلّ ما یقال حان وقته ولا کلّ ما حان وقته حضر أهله"،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
How great the multitude of truths which the garment of words can never contain! How vast the number of such verities as no expression can adequately describe, whose significance can never be unfolded, and to which not even the remotest allusions can be made! How manifold are the truths which must remain unuttered until the appointed time is come! Even as it hath been said: “Not everything that a man knoweth can be disclosed, nor can everything that he can disclose be regarded as timely, nor can every timely utterance be considered as suited to the capacity of those who hear it.”
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: in thoughtfire-tabletFire §15: Thy bountygleaningsGWB §111: gracious favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: and partake of Thy bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My providencewill-and-testamentW&T §4: through His loving-kindness
SE rendered تحویها (tḥúyhá), قمص (qmṣ), الألفاظ (al-lfáẓ), وکم (wkm), لیست (líst), عبارة (ʿbárh), ولم (wlm), تعط (tʿṭ), بیانًا (bíánan) as “contain, garment, words, How, no, expression, whose, describe, significance can never be unfolded”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: NogleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: There is nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: There is nogleaningsGWB §355: can never beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: None canepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: is as nothing
This form usually rendered as “expression” (1 occurrences)
tears 32% words 21% take 7% hebrew 7% authority 7% sayings 7% utterances 7% interpretations 4% warned 4% thou 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: tearsgleaningsGWB §347: crossing.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: passageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: my tearswill-and-testamentW&T §34: with tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: that thou mayest profitgleaningsGWB §41: pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: symbolically referred
This form usually rendered as “unfolded” (1 occurrences)
bounty 25% great 20% thou 11% hast 9% all-bountiful 9% favor 7% give 5% bestow 5% all-bounteous 5% giveth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: GivergleaningsGWB §134: givethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: withholdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: Divine giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §472: hath chosen to bestow upon theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: giftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: didst bestow upon him
This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “words”, “speech” (130 occurrences)
SE expanded to “significance can never be unfolded”
utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: No allusion of Minefire-tabletFire §14: evil suggestionsgleaningsGWB §73: The allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: implicationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: the strivings of Thy people to hint at Thy naturethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §66: in any degree
This form usually rendered as “can”, “attainable”, “hath” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all created thingsfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §278: eye of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §105: they that are createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §501: of all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: homelesswill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
lack 25% evanescent 17% nothingness 17% ignorance 8% failure 8% want 8% none 4% innocence 4% utter 4% destitute 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The evanescentgleaningsGWB §119: utter nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: she had ever been bornprayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: to its non-existencewill-and-testamentW&T §5: brought to naught.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: evanescentgleaningsGWB §374: as nothingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: non-existent
This form usually rendered as “presence”, “came”, “come” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath been said”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: the things which He saidgleaningsGWB §174: and Our Wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thy wordtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: be taughtfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §397: The knowledge thereofkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: Thy wisdomtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: momentgleaningsGWB §483: moment of thy lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: And thenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §163: continuallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: at the same timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: at
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: at timesgleaningsGWB §206: of these dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: At such a timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: the time which Thou hast fixedthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: At that momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: momentsgleaningsGWB §135: the set timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: the hour
