Gleanings — §4
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 4 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
سبة بين حقايق الموجودات وبين قلم أمرك فسبحانك سبحانك من ذكر نسبتهم إلى ما ينسب إليك لأن كلّ النّسبة مقطوعة عن شجرة أمرك وكلّ السّبل ممنوعة عن مظهر نفسك ومطلع جمالك فسبحانك سبحانك من أن تُذكر بذكرٍ أو
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Nay, forbid it, O my God, that I should have uttered such words as must of necessity imply the existence of any direct relationship between the Pen of Thy Revelation and the essence of all created things. Far, far are They Who are related to Thee above the conception of such relationship! All comparisons and likenesses fail to do justice to the Tree of Thy Revelation, and every way is barred to the comprehension of the Manifestation of Thy Self and the Dayspring of Thy Beauty.
Translation Notes
relationship 22% related 15% kinship 11% ascribed 7% charges 7% have 7% attributed 7% accusations 7% impute 7% kindred 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: in My kinshipgleaningsGWB §122: resemblancekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: calumniesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: by virtue of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §30: towill-and-testamentW&T §43: connectionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: charges
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: truth-seekergleaningsGWB §313: naturekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: the symbolic meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thou hast confirmedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Celestialepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: one true God
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: existencefire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §129: thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §439: I cannottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
SE rendered سبة (sbh), حقايق (ḥqáyq), الموجودات (al-mújúdát), وبين (wbín), قلم (qlm), أمرك (ʾamrk), فسبحانك (fsbḥánk), سبحانك (sbḥánk) as “relationship, essence, all created things, and, the Pen, of Thy Revelation, forbid it, Far, far”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: AbhágleaningsGWB §493: Pen of Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy penwill-and-testamentW&T §1: by His All-Glorious Penepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: the Most Sublime PengleaningsGWB §387: His Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realms
SE expanded to “of Thy Revelation”
cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: His great and mighty Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §693: one ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: they were biddentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: celebratethgleaningsGWB §152: All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: Immeasurably highprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: Too high art Thou exaltedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: “GlorifiedgleaningsGWB §48: the impediments
This form usually rendered as “remembrance”, “mention”, “praise” (252 occurrences)
remembrance 25% mention 22% praise 20% mentioned 8% recorded 4% describe 4% remember 4% remembering 4% referred 4% words 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: relategleaningsGWB §23: thou that hast rememberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: set forthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: the mere mentiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE rendered ذكر (dhkr), نسبتهم (nsbthm), ينسب (ynsb), إليك (ʾilík), النّسبة (an-nsbh), مقطوعة (mqṭúʿh) as “uttered, relationship, are related, fail”
This form usually rendered as “barred”, “severed”, “fail” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: broke the graspgleaningsGWB §471: and have detached themselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is speechlessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §562: and detached myselftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: detached
tree 70% burning 11% blessedness 2% neither 2% “the 2% blessed 2% same 2% tree—which 2% divine 2% “tree 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: “The treegleaningsGWB §36: of the treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the divine Treeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: the treeswill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the tree of humilitygleaningsGWB §56: leaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: trees
SE expanded to “and every way”
SE rendered شجرة (shjrh), أمرك (ʾamrk), وكلّ (wkll), السّبل (as-sbl), ممنوعة (mmnúʿh), مظهر (mẓhr), نفسك (nfsk), ومطلع (wmṭlʿ), جمالك (jmálk) as “the Tree, of Thy Revelation, and every way, is barred, the Manifestation, of Thy Self, and the Dayspring, of Thy Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbiddengleaningsGWB §507: restrainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: withhold ittablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: will not hinder
manifestation 63% revealer 18% who 5% manifest 4% dayspring 3% supreme 3% revelation 3% revealest 1% symbol 1% exponent 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: revealedfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §362: outward behaviorkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: coming Manifestationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: were releasedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE expanded to “of Thy Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: itgleaningsGWB §471: men’s attentionkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: unaided and aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: for Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
SE expanded to “and the Dayspring”
dayspring 42% dawning-place 21% source 10% manifestation 8% revealer 6% who 4% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: ignorancefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §278: revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: the promised Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
SE expanded to “of Thy Beauty”
beauty 86% countenance 3% radiant 1% revelation 1% glory 1% whose 1% most 1% through 1% exalted 1% meditating 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: fairest and most comelygleaningsGWB §4: of Thy Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: of beauty.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for Thy glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: countenancesthe-hidden-wordsHW §88: a beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
