Gleanings — §444

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 444 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

حضرت موجود میفرماید: "خیمهٴ نظم عالم بدو ستون قائم و برپا مجازات و مکافات..."

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Great Being saith: The structure of world stability and order hath been reared upon, and will continue to be sustained by, the twin pillars of reward and punishment.… In another passage He hath written: Take heed, O concourse

Translation Notes

حضرت

ḥḍrt ḥ-ḍ-r → “great” Distinctive

literal: presence, majesty

This form usually rendered as “majesty”, “muhammad”, “honor” (240 occurrences)

majesty 37% muhammad 16% honor 9% great 9% holiness 7% commander 6% who 4% jesus 4% ‘alí 4% imam 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: The Commander gleaningsGWB §511: The Great Being kitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: His plight prayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and to stand the-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holy will-and-testamentW&T §4: His Holiness the epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: attend gleaningsGWB §41: His

موجود

mújúd w-j-d → “all” Distinctive

literal: existence; existent

This form usually rendered as “exist”, “extant”, “found” (50 occurrences)

exist 21% extant 14% found 14% existing 7% standeth 7% possession 7% there 7% embodied 7% could 7% recipient 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: man’s life fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §222: could relieve kitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: reality prayers-and-meditationsP&M §448: have tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may find the-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Me will-and-testamentW&T §38: are to be found

میفرماید

mífrmáyd f-r-m → “saith”

literal: say; command; says

saith 86% said 4% declareth 3% hath 3% turned 1% guardeth 1% addressing 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: saith gleaningsGWB §417: may graciously enable kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: hath announced prayers-and-meditationsP&M §705: deprive it not the-hidden-wordsHW §148: rebellion will-and-testamentW&T §25: must epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: inform gleaningsGWB §107: be their utterance

خیمهٴ

khímhٴ kh-y-m → “tabernacle”

literal: tent; tent, structure

tabernacle 60% structure 20% seat 20%

gleaningsGWB §656: the Seat kitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the tabernacle prayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: the tabernacle of gleaningsGWB §169: tabernacle gleaningsGWB §444: structure

نظم

nẓm n-ẓ-m → “and order”

literal: order; order, system

order 67% establishment 17% maintenance 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: establishment of order gleaningsGWB §444: and order will-and-testamentW&T §42: recovered their former stability epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: order gleaningsGWB §692: maintenance of order epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: fully-equipped

عالم

ʿálm ʿ-l-m → “world”

literal: world; knowledge; worlds

world 68% earth 8% mankind 7% realm 4% men 3% whole 2% all 2% all-knowing 2% knoweth 2% dwell 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: “Know fire-tabletFire §3: Enchanter gleaningsGWB §222: all worlds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: rabbis prayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is known tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught thee the-hidden-wordsHW §99: TO BE WISE

بدو

bdú d-w

literal: two

SE rendered موجود (mújúd), میفرماید (mífrmáyd), خیمهٴ (khímhٴ), نظم (nẓm), عالم (ʿálm), بدو (bdú), ستون (stún), قائم (qáʾm), برپا (brpá), مجازات (mjázát), مکافات (mkáfát) as “Being, saith, structure, and order, world, twin pillars, been reared upon, punishment.…, reward”

two 89% twofold 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: two months gleaningsGWB §144: twofold kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: two are will-and-testamentW&T §42: again epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: two years gleaningsGWB §168: hastened forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: hundred epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: two

ستون

stún s-ṭ-n → “twin”

literal: pillar, column

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §444: twin pillars

قائم

qáʾm q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered میفرماید (mífrmáyd), خیمهٴ (khímhٴ), نظم (nẓm), عالم (ʿálm), بدو (bdú), ستون (stún), قائم (qáʾm), برپا (brpá), مجازات (mjázát), مکافات (mkáfát) as “saith, structure, and order, world, twin pillars, been reared upon, punishment.…, reward”