Gleanings — §413

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 413 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

مشهود و مبرهن و واضح قل لک الحمد یا ستّار عیوب الضّعفآء و لک الحمد یا غفّار ذنوب الغفلآء ناس را از موهوم منع نمودیم که بسلطان معلوم و ما یظهر من عنده عارف شوند حال بظنون و اوهام خود مبتلا مشاهده میشوند لعمری انّهم هم الموهوم و لا یشعرون و ما یتکلّمون

Shoghi Effendi Translation

We have forbidden men to walk after the imaginations of their hearts, that they may be enabled to recognize Him Who is the sovereign Source and Object of all knowledge, and may acknowledge whatsoever He may be pleased to reveal. Witness how they have entangled themselves with their idle fancies and vain imaginations. By My life! They are themselves the victims of what their own hearts have devised, and yet they perceive it not. Vain and profitless is the talk of their lips, and yet they understand not.

Translation Notes

مشهود

mshhúd sh-h-d → “witness” Distinctive

literal: witness; witnessed

This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “evident”, “visible” (68 occurrences)

manifest 27% evident 18% visible 9% found 9% clear 9% witnessed 9% perspicuous 5% regarded 5% indubitable 5% discerned 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: gazed fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §397: disclose kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the testimony prayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: is the authority tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found them the-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death

مبرهن

mbrhn b-r-h-n

literal: proof; proven; evidence

SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), مبرهن (mbrhn) as “Witness”

indubitable 25% fully 25% demonstrate 25% doubt 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: fully persuaded gleaningsGWB §88: evidence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: glorious evidence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: and Thine infallible Proof epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: testimonies gleaningsGWB §448: His testimony kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: doubt prayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: Thy proof

واضح

wáḍḥ w-ḍ-ḥ

literal: clear; clear, evident; clear/evident

SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), مبرهن (mbrhn), واضح (wáḍḥ) as “Witness”

clear 26% evident 26% clearly 12% lucid 9% surest 6% manifest 6% unmistakable 6% reveal 3% unmistakably 3% incontestable 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: evident gleaningsGWB §130: abundantly demonstrated.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: unmistakable the-hidden-wordsHW §137: open epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: clearly attested gleaningsGWB §91: is evident kitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: incontestable epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: clear

قل

ql q-w-l

literal: say; saying

SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), مبرهن (mbrhn), واضح (wáḍḥ), قل (ql) as “Witness”

say 87% “say 2% “say 2% \‘say 2% say: 2% know 2% exclaim 1% tell 1% testify 1% let 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: doth so gleaningsGWB §257: My speech kitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: he answered prayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: have so tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verily tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And the-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel

لک

lk l

literal: for; for you; for him

SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), مبرهن (mbrhn), واضح (wáḍḥ), قل (ql), لک (lk) as “Witness”

5 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His is

الحمد

al-ḥmd ḥ-m-d

literal: praise; praised

SE rendered مشهود (mshhúd), مبرهن (mbrhn), واضح (wáḍḥ), قل (ql), لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), ستّار (sttár), عیوب (ʿíwb), الضّعفآء (aḍ-ḍʿfáʾ) as “Witness”

thanks 42% praise 26% all 9% praised 7% give 6% magnified 3% “praised 2% all-praise 2% “praised 2% yield 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: “Praised gleaningsGWB §266: glorified kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: His praise”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: “Praised tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thanks will-and-testamentW&T §40: the Lord be praised epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Praised be God gleaningsGWB §219: All praise

ستّار

sttár s-t-r

literal: concealed

SE rendered مبرهن (mbrhn), واضح (wáḍḥ), قل (ql), لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), ستّار (sttár), عیوب (ʿíwb), الضّعفآء (aḍ-ḍʿfáʾ) as “”

concealer 20% thou 20% stars 20% star 20% concealest 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the Concealer fire-tabletFire §45: Thou Concealer gleaningsGWB §277: is concealed kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latent kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: lie as yet unravelled prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and concealest tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hidden epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: may conceal

عیوب

ʿíwb ʿ-y-b

literal: faults; fault; fault, defect

SE rendered واضح (wáḍḥ), قل (ql), لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), ستّار (sttár), عیوب (ʿíwb), الضّعفآء (aḍ-ḍʿfáʾ) as “”

folly 50% faults 50%

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: folly the-hidden-wordsHW §120: faults

الضّعفآء

aḍ-ḍʿfáʾ ḍ-ʿ-f

literal: weak; weakness; weaken

all 33% weak 33% impotent 17% helpless 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: powerless to weaken gleaningsGWB §578: doubly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: were brought low prayers-and-meditationsP&M §627: all weakness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: double gleaningsGWB §479: all are helpless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their limited understanding prayers-and-meditationsP&M §811: to my poverty

غفّار

ghffár gh-f-r

literal: forgiving; forgiveness; forgive

SE rendered لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), غفّار (ghffár), ذنوب (dhnúb), الغفلآء (al-ghfláʾ), ناس (nás), از (iz), موهوم (múhúm) as “men, the imaginations”

ever-forgiving 50% pardoner 17% forgiver 17% thou 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: pardon fire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver gleaningsGWB §569: ask forgiveness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: We ask forgiveness of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: cause Thee to forgive will-and-testamentW&T §13: concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: forgave gleaningsGWB §257: wash away

ذنوب

dhnúb dh-n-b

literal: sin; sins

SE rendered لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), غفّار (ghffár), ذنوب (dhnúb), الغفلآء (al-ghfláʾ), ناس (nás), از (iz), موهوم (múhúm), منع (mnʿ) as “men, the imaginations, forbidden”

sins 50% transgressions 25% forgive 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: sins gleaningsGWB §468: crime kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: forgive sins.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the sins of men the-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinful epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the greatest of sinners gleaningsGWB §167: of having transgressed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’

الغفلآء

al-ghfláʾ gh-f-l

literal: heedless; heedlessness

SE rendered لک (lk), الحمد (al-ḥmd), غفّار (ghffár), ذنوب (dhnúb), الغفلآء (al-ghfláʾ), ناس (nás), از (iz), موهوم (múhúm), منع (mnʿ), نمودیم (nmúdím) as “men, the imaginations, forbidden, We have”

heedless 26% heedlessness 16% waywardness 12% wayward 11% oblivious 10% unaware 7% have 6% negligence 5% forgetful 4% strayed 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have said gleaningsGWB §9: disregard kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: deprived prayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and banish the-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwary epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the wayward gleaningsGWB §214: turned away

ناس

nás n-ʾ-s → “men”

literal: people; people, mankind; people/mankind

men 38% people 34% others 8% mankind 5% all 4% peoples 3% fellowmen 2% neighbor 2% men’s 1% wayward 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind gleaningsGWB §139: They that heard Him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of men epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiation gleaningsGWB §578: of your neighbor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: people

از

iz ʾ-z

literal: from

SE rendered ناس (nás), از (iz), موهوم (múhúm), منع (mnʿ), نمودیم (nmúdím), بسلطان (bslṭán), معلوم (mʿlúm) as “men, the imaginations, forbidden, We have, sovereign, knowledge”

23 occurrences in corpus

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

موهوم

múhúm w-h-m → “imaginations”

literal: illusion; fancy; illusions

imaginations 25% nothing 13% vain 13% fleeting 13% victims 13% prompted 13% idle 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: idle fancy fire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginings gleaningsGWB §374: their idle fancies kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginings tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusion the-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubt will-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion

منع

mnʿ m-n-ʿ → “forbidden” Distinctive

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

This form usually rendered as “withhold”, “have”, “hindered” (77 occurrences)

withhold 14% have 14% hindered 14% withheld 11% prevented 8% deter 8% hinder 8% hath 8% prevent 8% can 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbidden gleaningsGWB §572: and hinder you kitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and were hindered tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodly will-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permitted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hath deterred me

نمودیم

nmúdím n-m-ʾ → “we have”

literal: do; show; make

have 38% said 13% appointed 13% summoned 13% recorded 13% revealed 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §246: withhold gleaningsGWB §333: deliver kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: is kitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: recount prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: can cause the-hidden-wordsHW §120: appear will-and-testamentW&T §24: show your epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: He setteth forth

بسلطان

bslṭán s-l-ṭ → “sovereign”

literal: sovereignty; king; authority

king 39% sovereignty 23% sháh 13% sovereign 9% lord 5% power 3% through 3% monarch 2% divine 2% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kings gleaningsGWB §40: King in truth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: ascendency prayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: all-conquering tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §41: warrant epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the higher powers

معلوم

mʿlúm ʿ-l-m → “knowledge” Distinctive

literal: knowledge

This form usually rendered as “evident”, “known”, “object” (86 occurrences)

evident 40% known 21% object 12% clear 12% know 5% ascertained 2% unmistakable 2% discovered 2% apparent 2% indubitably 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §83: Jewish doctors fire-tabletFire §3: Enchanter gleaningsGWB §35: leaders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: of their prayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: the contingent world tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge

یظهر

yẓhr ẓ-h-r → “reveal” Distinctive

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

This form usually rendered as “may”, “shall”, “show” (76 occurrences)

may 18% shall 16% show 11% revealed 11% manifested 11% manifest 9% reveal 7% appear 7% make 5% proceedeth 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Thy Revelation fire-tabletFire §38: prevail gleaningsGWB §70: His Revelation kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sources kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: this wondrous Dispensation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: Thy manifold tests assail them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory

عنده

ʿndh ʿ-n-d

literal: at

SE rendered بسلطان (bslṭán), معلوم (mʿlúm), یظهر (yẓhr), عنده (ʿndh), عارف (ʿárf), شوند (shúnd), حال (ḥál), بظنون (bẓnún), اوهام (iwhám) as “sovereign, knowledge, reveal, recognize, idle fancies, vain imaginations”

when 21% god 15% before 13% estimation 12% sight 12% thereupon 8% whom 6% through 6% possession 4% belong 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: God gleaningsGWB §279: their all kitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: with prayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: Thy mouth the-hidden-wordsHW §72: to Me will-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Me gleaningsGWB §266: Thee

شوند

shúnd sh-w-d

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered معلوم (mʿlúm), یظهر (yẓhr), عنده (ʿndh), عارف (ʿárf), شوند (shúnd), حال (ḥál), بظنون (bẓnún), اوهام (iwhám), مبتلا (mbtlá) as “knowledge, reveal, recognize, idle fancies, vain imaginations, entangled”

again 14% would 14% feed 14% unraveling 14% will 14% therein 14% intervening 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: can never gleaningsGWB §40: be made kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: will be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: come prayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forth the-hidden-wordsHW §119: should will-and-testamentW&T §22: may become epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: now

حال

ḥál ḥ-w-l

literal: state; now

SE rendered یظهر (yẓhr), عنده (ʿndh), عارف (ʿárf), شوند (shúnd), حال (ḥál), بظنون (bẓnún), اوهام (iwhám), مبتلا (mbtlá) as “reveal, recognize, idle fancies, vain imaginations, entangled”