Gleanings — §460
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 460 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ثمّ اعلموا يا ملأ الأعجام بأنّكم لو تقتلونني يقوم لله أحد مقامي وهذه من سنّة الله الّتي قد خلت من قبل ولن تجدوا لسنّته لا من تبديل ولا من تحويل، أتريدون أن تطفئوا نور الله في أرضه أبى الله إلّا أن يتمّ نوره ولو أنتم تكرهوه في أنفسكم وتكوننّ من الكارهين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Give heed to My warning, ye people of Persia! If I be slain at your hands, God will assuredly raise up one who will fill the seat made vacant through My death, for such is God’s method carried into effect of old, and no change can ye find in God’s method of dealing. Seek ye to put out God’s light that shineth upon His earth? Averse is God from what ye desire. He shall perfect His light, albeit ye abhor it in the secret of your hearts.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: understandingfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §305: All-Wisekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: peoples ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that they may be made awaretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: the people offire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §359: chiefskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and the Concourse on hightablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §5: Realm
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘SlaygleaningsGWB §453: ye had put Him to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: will slayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: put an end to the lifewill-and-testamentW&T §9: to put ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá to deathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: murderersgleaningsGWB §454: Have they not slainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: Woe unto
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “may”, “shall” (16 occurrences)
SE expanded to “will assuredly raise up”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: anygleaningsGWB §680: Who elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §776: of Thy unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Who is the mangleaningsGWB §40: of eternal glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: yearsgleaningsGWB §139: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: for yearsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: the present yearthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long yearswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the breastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: two yearsgleaningsGWB §44: for generations
This form usually rendered as “carried” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “can ye find”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Makerfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §190: findeth itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: move and have their beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §449: can findtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: they may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §21: has made in thee its homewill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
SE expanded to “God’s method of dealing”
This form usually rendered as “transformation”, “bartered”, “converted” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: changegleaningsGWB §347: becomekitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: What!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §819: insteadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §39: alterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: make some change in itgleaningsGWB §614: for having repaid
SE rendered لسنّته (lsnnth), تبديل (tbdíl), تحويل، (tḥúyl،), أتريدون (ʾatrídún), تطفئوا (tṭfʾúá), نور (núr) as “God’s method of dealing, change, Seek ye, put out, God’s”
now 43% round 13% times 9% conditions 7% around 7% state 5% present 4% circumstances 4% power 4% therefore 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: unquenchableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish notwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedgleaningsGWB §458: putting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: inextinguishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burning
This form usually rendered as “light”, “radiance”, “illumine” (185 occurrences)
light 79% radiance 4% illumine 4% brightness 3% splendor 3% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glimmer 1% glory 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: towards the lightsfire-tabletFire §48: and with the fire ofgleaningsGWB §440: the effulgencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: Luminariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: of the splendorstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: of My lightwill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
SE expanded to “upon His earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all who are on earthfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §435: the beasts of the fieldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: grovellingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: these regions
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: unfinishedgleaningsGWB §116: allkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: utterlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: most perfectthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: have fully revealedwill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: will perfectgleaningsGWB §391: consummate
SE expanded to “ye abhor it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: hategleaningsGWB §395: abhorrethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: albeit the infidels abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: ills ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: stop thine earsgleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: and from whatever is hateful to TheegleaningsGWB §460: abhor
This form usually rendered as “yourselves”, “own”, “souls” (66 occurrences)
SE expanded to “secret of your hearts”
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 §125: one persongleaningsGWB §198: Our Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: Supreme Beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: Thy most exalted Selftablet-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 §111: such men
SE rendered تكرهوه (tkrhúh), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn) as “ye abhor it, the secret of your hearts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: thou didst liegleaningsGWB §120: His own Selfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: could haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: and His essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
