Gleanings — §369
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 369 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
چه قدر پاک و مقدّس است پروردگار تو و چه قدر عظیم است سلطنت و غلبهٴ او آیات تکوینیّه و آفاقیّه که مظاهر اسماء و صفات او تعالی شأنه هستند در یک مقام مقدّسند از قرب و بعد تا چه رسد بذاته تعالی...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold, how immeasurably exalted is the Lord your God above all created things! Witness the majesty of His sovereignty, His ascendancy, and supreme power. If the things which have been created by Him — magnified be His glory — and ordained to be the manifestations of His names and attributes, stand, by virtue of the grace with which they have been endowed, exalted beyond all proximity and remoteness, how much loftier must be that Divine Essence that hath called them into being?…
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: that whichfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §115: His invincible powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §12: grantedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and mightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §786: and Thine omnipotencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfulthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: be in thy power
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: AqdasgleaningsGWB §118: sacredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: of transcendent holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §3: Hisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: the Holy City
SE rendered پروردگار (prúrdgár), تو (tú), چه (chh), قدر (qdr), عظیم (ʿẓím), سلطنت (slṭnt), غلبهٴ (ghlbhٴ) as “Lord, your, sovereignty, supreme”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: sovereigngleaningsGWB §504: immeasurably greatkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: more exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: abovethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §8: fierceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: most grievous
sovereignty 80% dominion 4% crown 4% majesty 2% ascendency 2% worldly 2% ruleth 2% potencies 2% kingdom 2% power 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: by His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §593: and rebelled against His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: transcendenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §54: the Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
ascendancy 67% paramount 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §31: all-conqueringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: becomingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: didst ruleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: prevailed overgleaningsGWB §66: “Supreme ascendancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: subjugatedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §226: our subjection to
SE rendered سلطنت (slṭnt), غلبهٴ (ghlbhٴ), آیات (áyát), تکوینیّه (tkúynính), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), مظاهر (mẓáhr) as “sovereignty, supreme, created, manifestations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: the versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §327: that Realitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: through the influence of Thine utterancestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
This form usually rendered as “which”, “new” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye do butgleaningsGWB §473: and be thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: Veiled
SE rendered غلبهٴ (ghlbhٴ), آیات (áyát), تکوینیّه (tkúynính), آفاقیّه (áfáqíqh), مظاهر (mẓáhr), اسماء (ismáʾ), صفات (ṣfát) as “supreme, created, manifestations, names, attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: above the horizonfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §691: this summitkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: dawning-placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: the day-springprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: to the horizontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §34: all regions
manifestations 67% exponents 11% manifestation 5% who 4% embodiments 4% emblems 3% through 3% symbols 2% revealers 2% person 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: come to passfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §382: manifestethkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: dayspringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: the letter thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: showing forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: what is its namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §49: all created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: in Thy heaventablet-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 §302: portraykitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: clothed themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: canst Thou be describedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: describedgleaningsGWB §387: applicablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: traits and limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: Thine attributes
This form usually rendered as “exalted”, “glorified”, “how” (62 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the crownfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §48: overrulingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: Exalted is He aboveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thine all-glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “such”, “station”, “state” (112 occurrences)
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §258: regardingfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §516: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: things pertainingthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rank
This form usually rendered as “still”, ““there” (25 occurrences)
SE rendered تعالی (tʿálí), شأنه (shʾanh), هستند (hstnd), یک (yk), مقام (mqám), مقدّسند (mqddsnd), از (iz), قرب (qrb), چه (chh) as “magnified, glory, stand, If, exalted, proximity, how”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §39: their stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §503: proclamationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Viewed in this lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: pursued steadfastlytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §642: Erelongkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: someprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: having near accesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
SE rendered مقدّسند (mqddsnd), از (iz), قرب (qrb), چه (chh), رسد (rsd), بذاته (bdháth), تعالی (tʿálí) as “exalted, proximity, how, Essence, Divine”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: ceased to reachgleaningsGWB §680: can enrichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: is unrivalledthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: didst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: becameepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: might have remained undeliveredgleaningsGWB §348: How much greater must have beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: led
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §386: hath Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the very recessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §85: with their own beingswill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His EssencegleaningsGWB §3: is propelledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: the unchangeable Being
