Gleanings — §368
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 368 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
کلّ اشیاء در مقامی آیات الهی بوده و خواهند بود علی قدر مراتبها در مقام تجلّی سلطان مجلّی در ملکوت اسماء و صفات از برای کلّ اثبات آیتیّت میشود در اینصورت غیر آیات چیزی مشهود نه تا قرب و بعد تصوّر شود....
و اگر دست قدرت الهیّه آیتیّت اشیاء را اخذ نماید لا تری فی الملک من شیء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Know thou that every created thing is a sign of the revelation of God. Each, according to its capacity, is, and will ever remain, a token of the Almighty. Inasmuch as He, the sovereign Lord of all, hath willed to reveal His sovereignty in the kingdom of names and attributes, each and every created thing hath, through the act of the Divine Will, been made a sign of His glory. So pervasive and general is this revelation that nothing whatsoever in the whole universe can be discovered that doth not reflect His splendor. Under such conditions every consideration of proximity and remoteness is obliterated.… Were the Hand of Divine power to divest of this high endowment all created things, the entire universe would become desolate and void.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §300: that whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: that, God willingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §519: entire creationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
SE rendered اشیاء (ishíáʾ), مقامی (mqámí), آیات (áyát), الهی (al-hí), خواهند (khúáhnd) as “sign, God, will ever remain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: dependfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §338: meritskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: amongstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: I arosetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §96: of the signs of My Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: revealed versesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the revelation of versestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: from Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §506: itskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: the Lord of their livestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE expanded to “will ever remain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: will yegleaningsGWB §541: willedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: nor will ever be made manifestthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: I have not desired for youwill-and-testamentW&T §42: attemptedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: will clinggleaningsGWB §686: is to bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: could
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “capacity” (1 occurrences)
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 §12: splendorsgleaningsGWB §129: shine in the plentitude of His glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: splendourprayers-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 §75: effulgencesgleaningsGWB §615: His subsequent Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the kingsgleaningsGWB §63: through the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: the worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: by Thy sovereign mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulers
This form usually rendered as “reflecteth”, “reflected”, “wellspring” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: by the splendorsgleaningsGWB §688: glorious, will be unveiledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: splendoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Thou didst shed the splendorthe-hidden-wordsHW §140: open charactersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: effulgent glorygleaningsGWB §118: revelationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: effulgent glories
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: KingdomgleaningsGWB §683: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: and their kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Queen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: the heavensfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §210: all who are in the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: except as one who beareth Thy nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §91: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: unfold their mysteryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: expressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §101: characterizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: to express Thy
This form usually rendered as “demonstrate”, “affirmation”, “may” (25 occurrences)
demonstrate 18% affirmation 18% may 12% acceptance 12% truth 12% establish 6% other 6% made 6% vindicating 6% vindication 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: affirmationgleaningsGWB §238: have written downkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: demonstratedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: endow usthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: that its light may endurewill-and-testamentW&T §1: established firmlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: indisputably established
SE rendered صفات (ṣfát), از (iz), برای (bráy), اثبات (ithbát), آیتیّت (áytítt), میشود (míshúd), اینصورت (iynṣúrt), غیر (ghír) as “attributes, made, sign, nothing”
This form usually rendered as “imagined”, “consideration”, “think” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the portraitgleaningsGWB §555: through the trumpet-blastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: expect to hear the trumpet-soundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and the Quickenerwill-and-testamentW&T §17: in the garbepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: in this waygleaningsGWB §498: Who fashionethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “trumpet”
This form usually rendered as “others”, “other”, “without” (150 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “evident”, “manifest”, “can” (68 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: evidentfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §386: pronouncedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: the martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: how it testifiethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: that thou mayest draw nigh untofire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §548: draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: such as have drawn nigh unto Thy courttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “arrested”, “hath”, “seek” (81 occurrences)
SE rendered الهیّه (al-híhh), آیتیّت (áytítt), اشیاء (ishíáʾ), اخذ (ikhdh), نماید (nmáyd), تری (trí), الملک (al-mlk) as “Divine, high endowment, created, divest of, be discovered, universe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: had already surrenderedgleaningsGWB §288: ye may perceivekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: We exhortkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: rejected and despisedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: we beseech Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: thou didst neglectwill-and-testamentW&T §18: must he (the Guardian of the Cause of God) chooseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: ponder
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “seest”, “beholdest” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou seestfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §117: Thou shalt never behold Me!kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: hypocriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: art hidden from all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: hath never beheld
