Gleanings — §460
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 460 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
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
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
SE rendered بأنّكم (bʾannkm), لو (lú), تقتلونني (tqtlúnní), يقوم (yqúm), لله (llh), أحد (ʾaḥd) as “If, I be slain, raise up, God, one”
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “I be slain”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: have slaingleaningsGWB §568: to be put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: will slayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to put an endwill-and-testamentW&T §54: made to perishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: fightinggleaningsGWB §270: to put him to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: fought
This form usually rendered as “arise”, “stand”, “may” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: arosefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §374: are equalkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: in momentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: risen uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who isgleaningsGWB §402: verily, istablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Whereinwill-and-testamentW&T §34: of this landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: Such agleaningsGWB §305: the worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: yearsgleaningsGWB §176: twenty yearskitab-i-iqanKIQ §166: seventy-yearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §243: ere the present yearthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: for long yearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: yeargleaningsGWB §176: year sixtykitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: aeons
This form usually rendered as “carried” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “can ye find”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the existingfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §473: thou canst perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: have their beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: can feeltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: that thou mayest findwill-and-testamentW&T §16: grown
SE expanded to “in God’s method”
SE rendered ولن (wln), تجدوا (tjdúá), لسنّته (lsnnth), تبديل (tbdíl), تحويل، (tḥúyl،), أتريدون (ʾatrídún) as “and no change, can ye find, in God’s method, Seek ye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: changegleaningsGWB §683: Corruptkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: turnethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotthe-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter notwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may give wayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: barter away
SE rendered لسنّته (lsnnth), تبديل (tbdíl), تحويل، (tḥúyl،), أتريدون (ʾatrídún), تطفئوا (tṭfʾúá), نور (núr), الله (al-lh) as “in God’s method, Seek ye, put out, light, God’s”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: at all timesgleaningsGWB §657: His strengthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: Whereforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §591: and under all conditionstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §109: now thatwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §703: desiringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: Thou didst wishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: desiregleaningsGWB §246: My heart’s desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: put out His lightgleaningsGWB §458: putting outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: quenchedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: must cease from burningwill-and-testamentW&T §47: stayedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: put outgleaningsGWB §600: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: extinguish
light 80% illumine 5% radiance 4% brightness 2% illuminate 1% luminary 1% into 1% glory 1% source 1% splendour 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sunfire-tabletFire §9: the brightnessgleaningsGWB §179: with the glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §3: shining and resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: fireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §580: splendors of the glorytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: exalted and gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: gleaming
SE expanded to “upon His earth”
This form usually rendered as “sire”” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: fathersgleaningsGWB §585: of your sireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: our fatherstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of thy fatherswill-and-testamentW&T §18: of its sire”epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: father ofgleaningsGWB §293: your fathersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §255: Father
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: energetically and assiduouslygleaningsGWB §196: fulfilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: to perfectprayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: the entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §131: onlywill-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusivelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: hath not yet endedgleaningsGWB §260: fulfilled.”
gleaningsGWB §645: may be averseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: the extreme of adversitygleaningsGWB §460: abhorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §179: abhorrentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: may be abhorrent unto Theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §768: abhorrethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: repugnant untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §362: Thou abhorrest
This form usually rendered as “yourselves”, “souls”, “own” (67 occurrences)
SE expanded to “secret of your hearts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: with him whogleaningsGWB §51: “Would that my lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: their vain and selfish desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: His trustwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
SE rendered ولو (wlú), تكرهوه (tkrhúh), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn) as “albeit, abhor, the secret of your hearts”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: Thy Lordfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §238: will it remainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: I amtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
