Gleanings — §392
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 392 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
العظیم و قل لک الحمد یا مقصود العارفین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Render thanks unto thy Lord for having vouchsafed unto thee so great a bounty. Lift up thy voice and say: All praise be to Thee, O Thou, the Desire of every understanding heart!
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “so great a bounty”
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: greatestgleaningsGWB §717: The source of all majestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: mightiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: of the GrandeurgleaningsGWB §16: greater
5 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: God be praisedgleaningsGWB §268: the All-Praised.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: “Magnifiedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: PraisegleaningsGWB §721: All-Praise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the purposegleaningsGWB §128: His purposekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: The objectkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: meant solelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: have scornedthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: the charmwill-and-testamentW&T §7: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: my Desire
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
SE expanded to “every understanding heart”
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 §112: recognizethgleaningsGWB §634: of understandingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Knowledge,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §643: hath borne witnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: ye may be made
