Gleanings — §455
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 455 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فلمّا قتلتموه قام أحد من أحبّائه على القصاص ولن يعرفه أحد واختفى أمره عن كلّ ذي روح وقضي منه ما أمضي إذا ينبغي بأن لا تلوموا أحدا في ذلك بل لوموا أنفسكم فيما فعلتم إن أنتم من المنصفين، هل فعل أحد من أهل الأرض بمثل ما فعلتم لا فوربّ العالمين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And when ye took away His life, one of His followers arose to avenge His death. He was unknown of men, and the design he had conceived was unnoticed by anyone. Eventually he committed what had been preordained. It behooveth you, therefore, to attach blame to no one except to yourselves, for the things ye have committed, if ye but judge fairly. Who is there on the whole earth who hath done what ye have done? None, by Him Who is the Lord of all worlds!
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “ye” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: murderedgleaningsGWB §148: and slaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: Him to deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: put an end to the lifewill-and-testamentW&T §6: the deathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: slewestgleaningsGWB §454: Have they not slainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: put to death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: On the one handfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §272: Go thou straight onkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: strengthenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: the seattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §207: no mangleaningsGWB §311: any mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: of Truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: any man’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §302: No peer or partner
This form usually rendered as “loved”, “beloved”, “ye” (38 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §52: is the one Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: the lustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §478: of them that love metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
This form usually rendered as “avenge” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: with lying talesgleaningsGWB §311: recounttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: the talegleaningsGWB §509: Our talegleaningsGWB §455: avenge His deathgleaningsGWB §257: have We recounted unto yougleaningsGWB §509: do We relategleaningsGWB §163: I was moved to whisper
SE expanded to “was unknown of men”
can 24% recognize 19% know 14% known 10% comprehend 10% recognizeth 5% maketh 5% discover 5% perceive 5% apprehendeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: have knowngleaningsGWB §277: hath recognizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: understanding and recognitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §825: the comprehension of aught elsetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: breath
This form usually rendered as “unnoticed” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: concealgleaningsGWB §122: concealmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: passed beyond the veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: so long as Thine own Essence is hiddentablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: invisiblethe-hidden-wordsHW §124: unseenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: it is no secretgleaningsGWB §555: mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: at the biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §664: His servicekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: divine Revelationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: is the commandtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
SE rendered يعرفه (yʿrfh), أحد (ʾaḥd), واختفى (wákhtfى), أمره (ʾamrh), ذي (dhí), روح (rúḥ), وقضي (wqḍí), أمضي (ʾamḍí), ينبغي (ynbghí) as “was unknown of men, anyone, unnoticed, design, preordained, had, behooveth”
SE rendered يعرفه (yʿrfh), أحد (ʾaḥd), واختفى (wákhtfى), أمره (ʾamrh), ذي (dhí), روح (rúḥ), وقضي (wqḍí), أمضي (ʾamḍí), ينبغي (ynbghí) as “was unknown of men, anyone, unnoticed, design, preordained, had, behooveth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who was the Spirit of God (Jesus Christ)fire-tabletFire §30: the breezesgleaningsGWB §522: may attain unto tranquillity and peacekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: bread of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: by the fragrancestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §131: on your own ease
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “have”, “fulfilled” (30 occurrences)
hath 36% have 14% fulfilled 14% happened 9% slew 5% decreed 5% decision 5% predestined 5% consigned 5% inevitable 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy decreefire-tabletFire §29: of destinygleaningsGWB §228: meet and seemlykitab-i-ahdAhd §10: is endedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: to the requirementsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §127: as were decreedthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: for that which I ordainwill-and-testamentW&T §39: exigencies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §637: beseemkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: beseemeth themgleaningsGWB §620: would be unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
This form usually rendered as “attach” (1 occurrences)
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 §86: thougleaningsGWB §684: evil whisperingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: covetousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: for themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: those souls
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%
This form usually rendered as “fair-minded”, “judge”, “every” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fairnessgleaningsGWB §180: injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: Observeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: to act equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Judge thou equitablygleaningsGWB §412: Observe equity in your judgment
This form usually rendered as “earth”, “land”, “world” (459 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §511: all-embracingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: the peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: all the dwellers of the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: My earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: all that are on earth
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by Him Who is the Lord of all”
lord 86% god 5% divine 3% lords 2% divinity 1% lordship 1% sovereignty 1% educator 1% holy 1% enlightener 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: the Lordship of GodgleaningsGWB §455: by Him Who is the Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: of the Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: standardsfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §303: a worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: knowableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §500: I recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
