Gleanings — §423
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 423 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إنّا نراكم تفرحون بما جمعتموه لغيركم وتمنعون أنفسكم عن العوالم الّتي لم يحصها إلاّ لوحي المحفوظ قد شغلتكم الأموال عن المئال هذا لا ينبغي لكم لو أنتم تعلمون طهّروا قلوبكم عن ذَفَرِ الدّنيا مسرعين إلى ملكوت ربّكم فاطر الأرض والسّمآء الّذي به ظهرت الزّلازل وناحت القبآئل إلاّ من نبذ الورى وأخذ ما أمر به في لوح مكنون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We see you rejoicing in that which ye have amassed for others and shutting out yourselves from the worlds which naught except My guarded Tablet can reckon. The treasures ye have laid up have drawn you far away from your ultimate objective. This ill beseemeth you, could ye but understand it. Wash your hearts from all earthly defilements, and hasten to enter the Kingdom of your Lord, the Creator of earth and heaven, Who caused the world to tremble and all its peoples to wail, except them that have renounced all things and clung to that which the Hidden Tablet hath ordained.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: We behold itfire-tabletFire §14: Thou seestgleaningsGWB §305: seen inkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: Who—as Thou beholdestwill-and-testamentW&T §32: seest meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: a dreamfire-tabletFire §23: Thou seest Me
This form usually rendered as “rejoice”, “ye” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: “Rejoice with great joyfire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §292: to rejoiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: Exultationwill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: gladgleaningsGWB §279: Rejoiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: will gladden
This form usually rendered as “which” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: a troopgleaningsGWB §72: The whole human racekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: acquisitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: Assemble themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: ye will allwill-and-testamentW&T §52: all parts of the earth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: elsewherefire-tabletFire §21: pervertedgleaningsGWB §423: for otherskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: none otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: with any one exceptthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: other than Mewill-and-testamentW&T §2: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: conflict
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: obscuregleaningsGWB §686: remain unendowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: withholdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: have kept them backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: your own selvesgleaningsGWB §319: that hath remained faithfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: their own fanciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Whom Thou Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: this worldfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §513: one countrykitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: knowledge.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: to Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
reckon 25% number 19% can 13% stone 6% count 6% have 6% canst 6% search 6% innumerable 6% concentrate 6%
tablet 77% preserved 4% tablets 4% lawh-i-burhan 2% lawh-i-fu’ad 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% comprehend 2% guarded 2% mystic 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: hath shedgleaningsGWB §189: the Tablets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: “Tabletprayers-and-meditationsP&M §154: risentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: TabletgleaningsGWB §591: luminous Tablet
guarded 20% preserved 20% protected 13% protect 7% wrapt 7% can 7% safeguarded 7% shielded 7% “guarded 7% impregnable 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: preservedgleaningsGWB §567: in ensuringkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: ensure the preservationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: protect ustablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: the safeguardingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: protect thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: been occupiedgleaningsGWB §441: ravaged by warkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: commune with Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: keep me backthe-hidden-wordsHW §27: and busywill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: theygleaningsGWB §499: most mighty enterprise
This form usually rendered as “possessions” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: KinggleaningsGWB §511: their realmskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: worldly dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: Thine own Kingdom endurethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
This form usually rendered as “ultimate” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: firstgleaningsGWB §134: Primarykitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: Beginning that hath no beginning”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §544: both this world and inwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: thegleaningsGWB §423: your ultimate objectivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: upon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §492: as befitteth thy stationkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: meetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: aidgleaningsGWB §115: adequatelykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: would still be unseemly
8 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: shall be cleansedgleaningsGWB §156: cleansedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §256: shall wash themthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: stainlessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to cleansegleaningsGWB §155: recoveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst sanctifythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: their heartsgleaningsGWB §363: lotkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: disturbanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: were rent asunderthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: mindwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls of men
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “world”, “things”, “life” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hastenedgleaningsGWB §656: I have made hastekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: “Swiftprayers-and-meditationsP&M §75: that they may all hastenthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: traverseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: Haste yegleaningsGWB §31: Hastenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: hasted
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andgleaningsGWB §370: His revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: hath been cleft asundergleaningsGWB §696: be cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: cloven asunder.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: hath brokentablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Fashionerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: the power ofgleaningsGWB §423: Creatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: “cleaving
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: is His namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §39: separate designationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: by the name oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “revealed” (44 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “earthquakes”, “tremble” (3 occurrences)
earthquakes 50% tremble 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: made the earth to tremblegleaningsGWB §102: dismayedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: waverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: trembledwill-and-testamentW&T §34: convulsed and shakenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: have trembledgleaningsGWB §86: quakedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: wavering
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: beginningfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §74: are regarded with favorkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: senseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: who have welcomedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have cast away thegleaningsGWB §423: renouncedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: and castthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: castgleaningsGWB §504: hath forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: forsookepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: cast away
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: all peoplesgleaningsGWB §278: of all beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: all menthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: beneathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: mankindgleaningsGWB §48: the whole worldepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: of MankindgleaningsGWB §629: the world
This form usually rendered as “envelop”, “seized”, “obtain” (20 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: his faithgleaningsGWB §285: biddingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: the dominion of Whose willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §3: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: affairsgleaningsGWB §148: the Divine Ordainer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hidgleaningsGWB §677: which I have treasuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: reflectepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: every hidden thingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “Hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: concealed
