Gleanings — §414
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 414 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
انّه هو الموهوم و لا یفقهون نسأل الله ان یوفّق الکلّ و یعرّفهم نفسه و انفسهم لعمری من فاز بعرفانه یطیر فی هوآء حبّه و ینقطع عن العالمین و لا یلتفت الی من علی الأرض کلّها و کیف الّذین یتکلّمون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We beseech God that He may graciously vouchsafe His grace unto all men, and enable them to attain the knowledge of Him and of themselves. By My life! Whoso hath known Him shall soar in the immensity of His love, and shall be detached from the world and all that is therein. Nothing on earth shall deflect him from his course, how much less they who, prompted by their vain imaginations, speak those things which God hath forbidden.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “prompted by their vain imaginations”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: the idle fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §610: vain imaginationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and vain imaginationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE rendered الموهوم (al-múhúm), یفقهون (yfqhún), نسأل (nsʾal), الله (al-lh), یوفّق (yúffq), الکلّ (al-kll) as “prompted by their vain imaginations, We beseech, God, vouchsafe His grace, all men”
understand 75% comprehend 25%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §83: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but comprehendgleaningsGWB §410: understandkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understand
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: beseechgleaningsGWB §217: I beseech Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §699: begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: I implore TheegleaningsGWB §356: We beseechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: I begepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Ask, that
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
This form usually rendered as “vouchsafe” (2 occurrences)
aid 33% assist 15% unity 11% concord 9% graciously 7% may 7% thou 7% fellowship 4% unitedly 4% strengthen 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: concordgleaningsGWB §395: perfect fellowshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: agree withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: Assist mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: Graciously assistepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: to graciously assist themgleaningsGWB §10: peacekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: inconsistent
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the dumbgleaningsGWB §4: and every waykitab-i-ahdAhd §12: everyonekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: His all-embracingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: whatever timetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: bethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: naughtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: in utter falsehood
This form usually rendered as “enable” (3 occurrences)
knowledge 34% understanding 12% recognize 9% know 9% fragrance 8% have 6% comprehend 6% known 5% recognized 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: the fragrancegleaningsGWB §198: to know and recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Who hath knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou mayest apprehend
SE expanded to “By My life”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: By the righteousness of GodgleaningsGWB §262: By My Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built upthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: By the righteousnessgleaningsGWB §615: By Mine own Selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: build up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He was forgivengleaningsGWB §159: hath not recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: attained untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: Who hath enteredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showeredthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: blissfulgleaningsGWB §604: final victory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §100: soaringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of the human mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: able to soartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: fledgleaningsGWB §713: the Birds of Darkness
This form usually rendered as “atmosphere”, “heights”, “heaven” (30 occurrences)
atmosphere 38% heights 19% heaven 10% firmament 5% immensity 5% limitless 5% heavens 5% wisdom 5% sublimities 5% wings 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: firmamentfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §91: Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: ancient gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: prompted by their desiresthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: promptings of thine own passions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: love notfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §654: my Best-Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: myprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: love towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: thou lovest Me not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: of detachmentgleaningsGWB §685: rid yourselves of attachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: falleth shortprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: have rid themselvestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed onestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: They passedwill-and-testamentW&T §11: decisiveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: barred
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the most learnedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §178: dwell on earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: universeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Name, the All-Knowingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
SE rendered حبّه (ḥbbh), ینقطع (ynqṭʿ), العالمین (al-ʿálmín), یلتفت (yltft), الأرض (ar-rḍ), کلّها (kllhá), کیف (kíf) as “love, be detached, world, all that is therein, how much less”
SE rendered العالمین (al-ʿálmín), یلتفت (yltft), الأرض (ar-rḍ), کلّها (kllhá), کیف (kíf), الّذین (adh-dhín), یتکلّمون (ytkllmún) as “world, all that is therein, how much less, they who, speak”
SE expanded to “how much less”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: HowgleaningsGWB §242: why is it, thenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §282: “What of the signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: how much more whenthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: whyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the naturegleaningsGWB §528: much less recognizeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: Pen,—how much more
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: speakfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §102: the expressionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and Thy wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: words
