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..." و در مقام دیگر میفرماید: "یا معشر

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”

literal: presence/holiness

majesty 44% honor 10% great 10% holiness 10% commander 7% who 5% excellency 3% unto 3% imam 3% embodiments 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: honor gleaningsGWB §347: He kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: His own prayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: may stand the-hidden-wordsHW §122: His holy will-and-testamentW&T §27: The Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: Saint gleaningsGWB §259: when attaining

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% evident 7% witnessed 7% existing 7% standeth 7% possession 7% there 7% embodied 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: and found fire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathe gleaningsGWB §227: can inhale kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the Revealer prayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: influence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhale the-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Me will-and-testamentW&T §22: existent

میفرماید

mífrmáyd frmúdn → “saith”

literal: say

saith 72% hath 9% will 4% declareth 4% who 2% said 2% turned 2% saying 2% guardeth 2% drawing 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: bestow gleaningsGWB §625: His object is to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: saying:prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is able to the-hidden-wordsHW §93: I gave will-and-testamentW&T §6: by Him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: proclaim gleaningsGWB §98: arise to proclaim

خیمهٴ

khímhٴ kh-y-m → “tabernacle”

literal: tent, tabernacle

tabernacle 50% structure 10% seat 10% habitations 10% home 10% covering 10%

gleaningsGWB §169: tabernacle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: home prayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: the tabernacle of the-hidden-wordsHW §151: covering gleaningsGWB §656: the Seat kitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the tabernacle gleaningsGWB §444: structure kitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: habitations

نظم

nẓm n-ẓ-m → “order”

literal: order; are ordered; order, system

order 67% establishment 17% maintenance 17%

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

بدو

bdú d-w → “two”

literal: two

two 82% twofold 9% both 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: two gleaningsGWB §144: twofold kitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: Twelve hundred will-and-testamentW&T §42: again kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: two are will-and-testamentW&T §54: spur on kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: Both

ستون

stún s-ṭ-n → “pillars”

literal: pillar, column

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §444: pillars

قائم

qáʾm q-w-m → “station” Distinctive

literal: station

This form usually rendered as “qá’im”, “standing”, “have” (47 occurrences)

qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: as he that standeth fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §460: fill the seat made vacant through My death kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: proclaimed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: sovereignty tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfast tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place

برپا

brpá brpá

literal: erect, establish; standing

SE rendered خیمهٴ (khímhٴ), نظم (nẓm), عالم (ʿálm), بدو (bdú), ستون (stún), قائم (qáʾm), برپا (brpá), مجازات (mjázát), مکافات (mkáfát), مقام (mqám), دیگر (dígr) as “structure, order, world, twin, pillars, been reared, punishment.…, and, another”

2 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: stirred up

مجازات

mjázát j-z-w → “punishment.…”

literal: punishment, penalty

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §444: punishment.…

مکافات

mkáfát k-f-ʾ → “and”

literal: recompense

SE rendered بدو (bdú), ستون (stún), قائم (qáʾm), برپا (brpá), مجازات (mjázát), مکافات (mkáfát), مقام (mqám), دیگر (dígr), میفرماید (mífrmáyd) as “twin, pillars, been reared, punishment.…, and, another, written”