Gleanings — §376

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 376 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

زاغ بصره بگو در خود ملاحظه کنید اظفار و چشم هر دو از شما است آیا این دو نزد شما در یک رتبه و یک شأن بوده اگر گفته شود بلی قل کذبتم بربّی الأبهی چه که آن را قطع میکنید و این را مثل جان عزیز دارید تجاوز از رتبه و مقام جایز نه حفظ مراتب لازم یعنی هر شیء در مقام خود مشاهده شود بلی

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Furthermore, consider the signs of the revelation of God in their relation one to another. Can the sun, which is but one of these signs, be regarded as equal in rank to darkness? The one true God beareth Me witness! No man can believe it, unless he be of those whose hearts are straitened, and whose eyes have become deluded. Say: Consider your own selves. Your nails and eyes are both parts of your bodies. Do ye regard them of equal rank and value? If ye say, yea; say, then: ye have indeed charged with imposture, the Lord, my God, the All-Glorious, inasmuch as ye pare the one, and cherish the other as dearly as your own life.

Translation Notes

زاغ

zágh z-y-gh

literal: deviated

SE rendered زاغ (zágh), بصره (bṣrh), بگو (bgú), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh) as “eyes, Say, Consider”

1 occurrence in corpus

بصره

bṣrh b-ṣ-r → “eyes”

literal: sight; insight; eyes

eyes 24% insight 19% sight 17% eye 14% discerning 7% power 7% vision 5% uttered 2% hearing 2% blindness 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: seeth gleaningsGWB §118: to perceive kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: see prayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyes the-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sight epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keen gleaningsGWB §111: penetrating vision

بگو

bgú g-w-y → “say”

literal: say; to say

say 36% maintain 18% methinks 14% called 7% said 7% regardest 4% did 4% speaketh 4% what 4% declare 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: said gleaningsGWB §191: murmur against kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: utter the-hidden-wordsHW §83: exclaim epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: Regardest gleaningsGWB §35: maintain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: voicing the-hidden-wordsHW §120: Speak

ملاحظه

mláḥẓh l-ḥ-ẓ → “consider”

literal: observation; observe; observation, consideration

consider 41% reflect 14% behold 13% observe 13% witness 5% recognize 3% regard 3% witnessed 3% ponder 3% read 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: high regard gleaningsGWB §213: eyes kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: regard kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Reflect prayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the eyes will-and-testamentW&T §30: observed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: carefully look gleaningsGWB §106: to behold

کنید

kníd k-r-d

literal: do; to do; do, make

SE rendered بصره (bṣrh), بگو (bgú), ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کنید (kníd), اظفار (iẓfár), چشم (chshm), هر (hr), دو (dú), از (iz) as “eyes, Say, Consider, nails, both”

do 40% reflect 20% sanctify 20% yourselves 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: made gleaningsGWB §563: perceive kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: knoweth the-hidden-wordsHW §93: sanctify will-and-testamentW&T §7: acquiesced epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: plead gleaningsGWB §263: discover kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: after

اظفار

iẓfár ẓ-f-r → “triumph” Distinctive

literal: triumph, success; nail, claw; nails

This form usually rendered as “nails” (2 occurrences)

triumph 50% nails 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: triumph gleaningsGWB §376: nails

چشم

chshm ch-sh-m → “eyes”

literal: eye; spring; with eyes/through eyes

eyes 43% eye 33% own 3% inner 3% well-spring 3% salty 3% gaze 3% founts 3% closed 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: eye gleaningsGWB §685: inner and outer eye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §167: well-spring the-hidden-wordsHW §104: founts will-and-testamentW&T §4: closed his eyes epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: with the eyes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: eye to epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: eyes

هر

hr h-r

literal: every; every/each; each

SE rendered ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کنید (kníd), اظفار (iẓfár), چشم (chshm), هر (hr), دو (dú), از (iz), آیا (áyá) as “Consider, nails, eyes, both, Do ye”

every 62% whatsoever 8% each 8% whosoever 8% although 8% both 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: every gleaningsGWB §429: Every age kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: Although epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: every nineteen gleaningsGWB §512: whatsoever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: Each kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: he kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: Whosoever

دو

dú d-w → “two”

literal: two

two 89% twofold 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: sought gleaningsGWB §168: hastened forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: two are will-and-testamentW&T §42: again epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: two gleaningsGWB §144: twofold kitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: hundred epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: two months

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered ملاحظه (mláḥẓh), کنید (kníd), اظفار (iẓfár), چشم (chshm), هر (hr), دو (dú), از (iz), آیا (áyá) as “Consider, nails, eyes, both, Do ye”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from

آیا

áyá ʾ-y-y → “signs”

literal: sign; signs; verse

verse 57% sign 19% mighty 5% how 5% “smoke” 5% what 5% utterances 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His verses fire-tabletFire §26: utterance gleaningsGWB §318: mighty signs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: “smoke” denotes prayers-and-meditationsP&M §849: signs of tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by what will-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: are verses

نزد

nzd n-z-d

literal: near; near, with; near/with

SE rendered دو (dú), از (iz), آیا (áyá), دو (dú), نزد (nzd), یک (yk), رتبه (rtbh), یک (yk) as “both, Do ye, one, rank”

unto 23% sight 15% have 8% estimation 8% whenever 8% visited 8% all 8% eyes 8% came 8% compared 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: unto everyone gleaningsGWB §674: compared to which kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: In kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: in the sight the-hidden-wordsHW §96: near will-and-testamentW&T §6: possession epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: all gleaningsGWB §674: before the

یک

yk y-k → “one”

literal: one; with/to-one; one-colored

one 83% alike 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: but for an hour gleaningsGWB §442: of one kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: one and the same the-hidden-wordsHW §151: one-colored will-and-testamentW&T §24: Unity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: one gleaningsGWB §563: alike kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: a

رتبه

rtbh r-t-b → “rank”

literal: rank; ranks

state 23% station 15% rank 15% estate 8% instance 8% stations 8% most 8% part 8% level 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: well-disciplined gleaningsGWB §106: state kitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: things prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: most august seat tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: their stations the-hidden-wordsHW §160: path will-and-testamentW&T §7: prepared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: the field of

شأن

shʾan sh-ʾ-n

literal: state

SE rendered یک (yk), رتبه (rtbh), یک (yk), شأن (shʾan), گفته (gfth), بلی (blí), قل (ql), کذبتم (kdhbtm) as “one, rank, say, yea, ye have indeed charged”

such 24% station 18% honor 12% through 12% neither 6% people 6% glory 6% dignity 6% low 6% splendor 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the people gleaningsGWB §567: low estate kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: Thy state the-hidden-wordsHW §68: My state epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rank gleaningsGWB §314: stature prayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: the noise and distraction

گفته

gfth g-f-t → “say”

literal: say; to say; said

said 23% say 23% spoken 8% state 8% hath 8% maintain 8% expounded 8% motive 8% given 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: spoken gleaningsGWB §144: a Message kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: with unseemly talk kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: exclaimed will-and-testamentW&T §21: must epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: said gleaningsGWB §40: say kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: I say

بلی

blí b-l-y → “yea”

literal: yea

yea 63% “yea 13% \‘yea 13% indeed 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: “Yea prayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: the tribulations the-hidden-wordsHW §58: imperishable epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: Indeed the-hidden-wordsHW §15: outworn epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: \‘Yea epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Yea epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: afflicted

کذبتم

kdhbtm k-dh-b → “falsehood” Distinctive

literal: falsehood

This form usually rendered as “ye”, “which” (2 occurrences)

ye 50% which 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: He truly is gleaningsGWB §192: false kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: impostors epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: imposture gleaningsGWB §707: erred grievously kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: denying epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: lying gleaningsGWB §376: ye have indeed charged

بربّی

brbbí r-b-b → “lord”

literal: Lord; lord

lord 94% exalted 3% all-glorious 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: of its Lord gleaningsGWB §122: sovereignty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decree prayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Glorious the-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy God will-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most High epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: is our Lord

الأبهی

al-ʾabhí b-h-w → “the all-glorious”

literal: glory; most glorious; most-glorious

all-glorious 63% most 12% glorious 7% abhá 7% effulgent 5% immortality 2% glory 2% brightest 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: are verily glorious gleaningsGWB §201: all-glorious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: Thy Light the-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glory will-and-testamentW&T §14: Abhá epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lights gleaningsGWB §208: its splendor prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glory

چه

chh ch-h

literal: what; what/for; whatsoever, that which

SE rendered بلی (blí), قل (ql), کذبتم (kdhbtm), بربّی (brbbí), الأبهی (al-ʾabhí), چه (chh), قطع (qṭʿ), میکنید (míkníd) as “yea, say, ye have indeed charged, the Lord, the All-Glorious, pare”

what 50% whatsoever 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: what gleaningsGWB §436: Whatsoever epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: For

قطع

qṭʿ q-ṭ-ʿ → “detachment” Distinctive

literal: detachment; detached; severed

This form usually rendered as “cut”, “cease”, “fade” (12 occurrences)

cut 20% cease 10% fade 10% country 10% hath 10% unceasingly 10% severed 10% pare 10% cleft 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cut gleaningsGWB §551: must detach kitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounce prayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: fragments tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed ones tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passed will-and-testamentW&T §11: decisive epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: completely detached

مثل

mthl m-th-l

literal: like; likeness; example

SE rendered قطع (qṭʿ), میکنید (míkníd), مثل (mthl), جان (ján), عزیز (ʿzíz), دارید (dáríd), تجاوز (tjáwz), از (iz), رتبه (rtbh) as “pare, your own life, dearly, cherish, rank”

consider 20% such 15% even 15% like 11% same 9% instance 9% similar 7% what 6% equal 4% likened 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: Similar gleaningsGWB §556: If kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like unto kitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: others prayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: the same likeness the-hidden-wordsHW §4: image epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: same as gleaningsGWB §177: likened unto

جان

ján j-ʾ-n → “your own life”

literal: soul; life

SE expanded to “your own life”

lives 28% soul 22% life 17% heart 14% hearts 6% spirit 3% own 3% human 3% thyself 3% souls 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: their lives gleaningsGWB §674: hearts kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: souls prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: All life the-hidden-wordsHW §153: heart and soul will-and-testamentW&T §15: proved self-sacrificing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: his spirit gleaningsGWB §556: the Beloved

عزیز

ʿzíz ʿ-z-z → “glory” Distinctive

literal: glory; mighty; might

This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)

all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted be His fire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishment gleaningsGWB §495: His glory kitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §324: strength and glory the-hidden-wordsHW §69: of wondrous glory will-and-testamentW&T §10: my pride epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: sovereignty and glory

دارید

dáríd d-ʾ-r → “repository” Distinctive

literal: have; to have; possessor

This form usually rendered as “tree”, “keep” (8 occurrences)

tree 50% keep 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: possessed gleaningsGWB §440: entertain no wish kitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: not prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: not deterred the-hidden-wordsHW §77: loosen not epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §95: dispatch gleaningsGWB §316: not susceptible kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: “Abode

تجاوز

tjáwz j-w-z

literal: transgression; transgress, exceed

SE rendered مثل (mthl), جان (ján), عزیز (ʿzíz), دارید (dáríd), تجاوز (tjáwz), از (iz), رتبه (rtbh) as “your own life, dearly, cherish, rank”

transgressed 22% even 11% passeth 11% transcend 11% can 11% excess 11% depart 11% deviate 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: permissible gleaningsGWB §669: can possibly transgress kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: it would be improper will-and-testamentW&T §22: in no wise permitted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: have outstepped gleaningsGWB §720: excess kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: halted will-and-testamentW&T §38: deviate

مقام

mqám q-w-m

literal: station; place

SE rendered عزیز (ʿzíz), دارید (dáríd), تجاوز (tjáwz), از (iz), رتبه (rtbh), مقام (mqám) as “dearly, cherish, rank”

station 55% connection 12% place 6% most 5% seat 5% such 5% spot 3% another 3% court 2% instance 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: as he that standeth fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §622: subject kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: Day of Resurrection—as prayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: bounds tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose

نه

nh n-h-y

literal: end; ended; utmost

SE rendered دارید (dáríd), تجاوز (tjáwz), از (iz), رتبه (rtbh), مقام (mqám), جایز (jáyz), نه (nh) as “cherish, rank”

end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: end fire-tabletFire §29: of the gleaningsGWB §612: Did We not forbid kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbidden kitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: forbid prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: utmost limit tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehend the-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny

حفظ

ḥfẓ ḥ-f-ẓ

literal: protection; protect; preserve

SE rendered رتبه (rtbh), مقام (mqám), جایز (jáyz), نه (nh), حفظ (ḥfẓ) as “rank”

protection 27% protect 20% protected 10% guard 10% security 7% shield 7% preservation 7% safeguarding 7% about 3% hath 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Watch ye, therefore, over gleaningsGWB §629: Shield them kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguarding kitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: “Guarded prayers-and-meditationsP&M §403: Thy care tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn well will-and-testamentW&T §38: protect His Law epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: shield

لازم

lázm l-z-m

literal: necessary; necessary, incumbent; necessary/binding

SE rendered رتبه (rtbh), مقام (mqám), جایز (jáyz), نه (nh), حفظ (ḥfẓ), مراتب (mrátb), لازم (lázm), یعنی (yʿní), هر (hr), شیء (shíʾ), مقام (mqám), مشاهده (msháhdh) as “rank, witness”