Gleanings — §453
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 453 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
وارتقيتم في الظّلم إلى مقام الّذي قتلتم الّذي ما تحرّف وجهه عن وجه الله العليّ العظيم، فيا ليت قتلتموه كما يقتل النّاس بعضهم بعضا بل قتلتموه بقسم الّذي ما رأت بمثله عيون النّاس وبكت عليه السّماء وضجّت أفئدة المقرّبين، أما كان ابن نبيّكم وأما كان نسبته إلى النّبيّ مشتهرا بينكم فكيف فعلتم به ما لا فعل أحد من الأوّلين، فوالله ما شهد عين الوجود بمثلكم تقتلون ابن نبيّكم ثمّ تفرحون على مقاعدكم وتكوننّ من الفرحين، وتلعنون الّذين هم كانوا من قبل وفعلوا بمثل ما فعلتم ثمّ عن أنفسكم لمن الغافلين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Your iniquity waxed greater and greater until ye slew Him Who had never taken His eyes away from the face of God, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Would that ye had put Him to death after the manner men are wont to put one another to death! Ye slew Him, however, in such circumstances as no man hath ever witnessed. The heavens wept sore over Him, and the souls of them who are nigh unto God cried out for His affliction. Was He not a Scion of your Prophet’s ancient House? Had not His fame as a direct descendant of the Apostle been spread abroad amongst you? Why, then, did ye inflict upon Him what no man, however far ye may look back, hath inflicted upon another? By God! The eye of creation hath never beheld your like. Ye slay Him Who is a Scion of your Prophet’s House, and rejoice and make merry while seated on your seats of honor! Ye utter your imprecations against them who were before you, and who have perpetrated what ye have perpetrated, and remain yourselves all the time unaware of your enormities!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “waxed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: the exaltationgleaningsGWB §374: having ascendedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: soaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: to enable them to ascendepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: ascendedgleaningsGWB §115: to have attainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §423: and are wholly subject to Thy willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: advance
This form usually rendered as “tyranny”, “darkness”, “oppression” (97 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: This Wronged Onefire-tabletFire §2: the darknessgleaningsGWB §477: oppress themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: crueltiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: Whom the world hath wrongedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that have wrought injusticeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: He
SE rendered وارتقيتم (wártqítm), الظّلم (aẓ-ẓlm), مقام (mqám), قتلتم (qtltm), تحرّف (tḥrrf) as “waxed greater and greater, iniquity, ye slew, never taken”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: I had to facefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §285: that thou mayest perseverekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: Exponentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: and hast endued me with Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: slay megleaningsGWB §148: and slaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: martyrdomprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: put an end to the lifewill-and-testamentW&T §6: the deathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: slewestgleaningsGWB §460: If I be slain at your handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: put to death
This form usually rendered as “eyes” (1 occurrences)
letters 21% deviation 21% letter 18% one 8% single 8% word 5% perverted 5% transgression 5% words 4% “corruption” 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: statementsgleaningsGWB §610: those Letterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: and its Lettersthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the second letterwill-and-testamentW&T §34: interpolateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: with wordsgleaningsGWB §238: however insignificant
This form usually rendered as “face”, “countenance”, “meanings” (14 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His eyes away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: face offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: of Thy facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Godhoodfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §564: of Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: O my God—hathtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE expanded to “the Most Exalted”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: upperfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §546: immenselykitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: waxing greater and strongerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §370: God of glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
SE expanded to “the Most Great”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §108: the people of His Daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’sgleaningsGWB §295: fewkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: all the peoples of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: adjuregleaningsGWB §684: benefitskitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: can share thereinthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: I have pledged Myselfwill-and-testamentW&T §54: so grievousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: their portiongleaningsGWB §563: such akitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: so much so
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “gazed”, “eclipseth” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: a dreamfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §278: to recognizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the Mirrors reflecting the sun ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §169: I discoverthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: hypocrisywill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: mirrors
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: with the eyegleaningsGWB §483: thine eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
SE rendered رأت (rʾat), بمثله (bmthlh), عيون (ʿíwn), النّاس (an-nás), وبكت (wbkt), عليه (ʿlíh), السّماء (as-smáʾ), وضجّت (wḍjjt), أفئدة (ʾafʾdh), المقرّبين، (al-mqrrbín،) as “witnessed, no, The heavens wept sore, over Him, cried out, souls, nigh unto God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weepprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weeptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepeth soregleaningsGWB §463: thou wouldst surely weep soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: my bitter wailing
SE rendered بمثله (bmthlh), عيون (ʿíwn), النّاس (an-nás), وبكت (wbkt), عليه (ʿlíh), السّماء (as-smáʾ), وضجّت (wḍjjt), أفئدة (ʾafʾdh), المقرّبين، (al-mqrrbín،), أما (ʾamá) as “no, The heavens wept sore, over Him, cried out, souls, nigh unto God, Was”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thy namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §222: to the worship and service ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: empty nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §254: arrayed withtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
This form usually rendered as “pined”, “cried”, “hath” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groangleaningsGWB §610: that hath caused the denizens ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: by the sighstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §463: wouldst pine away and mournprayers-and-meditationsP&M §772: and the sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: of the heartsgleaningsGWB §453: the soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: thoughtsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Fu’adgleaningsGWB §1: the human heart
SE expanded to “nigh unto God”
such 18% nigh 16% who 14% enjoy 14% favored 12% have 10% all 8% well-favored 6% shall 2% well-favoured 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: are nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §127: hath drawn nigh unto Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: is at hand.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: such as are nightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: with the childrengleaningsGWB §272: mine own sonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the son ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the son ofgleaningsGWB §424: ones of the earth
prophets 64% prophet 13% announcement 7% informeth 3% great 3% apostle 3% prophet’s 3% tidings 1% instruction 1% prophethood 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: ProphetsgleaningsGWB §453: your Prophet’s ancient Housekitab-i-iqanKIQ §195: His Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §147: of Thy Prophetsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: the ProphetgleaningsGWB §110: the Prophets of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Prophethoodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Thy Prophets
This form usually rendered as “relationship”, “accused”, “ascribed” (60 occurrences)
relationship 17% accused 13% ascribed 9% charges 9% have 9% denounced 9% pronounced 9% bear 9% impute 9% calumnies 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: claimgleaningsGWB §324: relationshipkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: imputethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: that bindeth mewill-and-testamentW&T §34: causing them to deem meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: chargesgleaningsGWB §4: are related
well-known 21% month 13% city 13% thou 8% cities 8% widely 8% spread 8% well 8% fame 8% allowances 4%
This form usually rendered as “doings”, “ye”, “accorded” (12 occurrences)
doings 17% ye 17% accorded 8% did 8% yourselves 8% committed 8% done 8% responsible 8% behavior 8% hands 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou hast donegleaningsGWB §240: doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: doingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: handiworkthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: your deedsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath dealtgleaningsGWB §113: their actskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: which Thou hast done
SE expanded to “no man, however”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §507: No one of themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: nonegleaningsGWB §134: No one
This form usually rendered as “old”, “former”, “first” (13 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ye who are endued withfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §116: beginning, andkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: true meaningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Nineteen Letters
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “testified” (26 occurrences)
hath 32% have 18% testified 9% borne 9% testifieth 9% witnesseth 5% pronounced 5% detected 5% sweetness 5% pleasant 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: manifestfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §441: apparentkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: witnessesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: Resplendent Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: and foundfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §344: existkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Verily we foundprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: that they may inhaletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: thou wouldst findwill-and-testamentW&T §8: With
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Exultest thoufire-tabletFire §12: DelightgleaningsGWB §64: felicitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: gladnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: a fountain of gladness.”will-and-testamentW&T §57: happinessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: joys ofgleaningsGWB §78: ye rejoice
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “numbered”, “then” (46 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: It isgleaningsGWB §491: represented theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: we have becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
This form usually rendered as “ye” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered وفعلوا (wfʿlúá), بمثل (bmthl), فعلتم (fʿltm), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm) as “perpetrated”
yourselves 50% own 16% souls 10% hearts 8% desires 4% ye 4% upon 2% nature 2% judgment 2% waywardness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: onesgleaningsGWB §371: in Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: To everyoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: of Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in their liveswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: those men
SE rendered فعلتم (fʿltm), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm), لمن (lmn), الغافلين، (al-gháflín،) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: heedless onesgleaningsGWB §8: hath strayed from its pathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §98: How obliviousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: and banishthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: My heedlessnessgleaningsGWB §457: your heedlessness
