Gleanings — §464
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 464 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يا ملأ المبغضين، إنّا ندعوكم إلى الله ونذكّركم بأيّامه ونبشّركم بلقائه ونقرّبكم إليه ونلقيكم من بدايع حكمته وأنتم تطردوننا وتكفّروننا بما صفت لكم ألسنتكم الكذبة وتكوننّ من المدبرين، وإذا أظهرنا بينكم ما أعطانا الله بجوده تقولون إن هذا إلّا سحر مبين كما قالوا أمم أمثالكم من قبل إن أنتم من الشّاعرين، ولذا منعتم أنفسكم عن فيض الله وفضله ولن تجدوه من بعد إلى أن يحكم الله بيننا وبينكم وهو أحكم الحاكمين، ومنكم من قال إنّ هذا هو الّذي ادّعى
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I know not the path ye have chosen and which ye tread, O congregation of My ill-wishers! We summon you to God, We remind you of His Day, We announce unto you tidings of your reunion with Him, We draw you nigh unto His court, and send down upon you tokens of His wondrous wisdom, and yet lo, behold how ye reject Us, how ye condemn Us, through the things which your lying mouths have uttered, as an infidel, how ye devise your devices against Us! And when We manifest unto you what God hath, through His bountiful favor, bestowed upon Us, ye say, “It is but plain magic.” The same words were spoken by the generations that were before you and were what you are, did ye but perceive it. Ye have thereby deprived yourselves of the bounty of God and of His grace, and shall never obtain them till the day when God will have judged between Us and you, and He, verily, is the best of Judges.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: ConcoursegleaningsGWB §56: ye that inhabitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §46: before the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: calling outgleaningsGWB §220: hath invitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: claimsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and called me totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: was calledthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: I summonepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: summoned
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: DivinitygleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §10: His
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: remember TheegleaningsGWB §257: them that heedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: glorifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: memoriestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §618: sooner or laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His daysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: night seasonwill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: when all the tribesgleaningsGWB §34: the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: today
SE expanded to “announce unto you tidings”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: unto mankindgleaningsGWB §555: the Mystic Heraldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: announcethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joythe-hidden-wordsHW §33: a messenger of joywill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: ForerunnergleaningsGWB §176: heralded
SE expanded to “your reunion with Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: the Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §506: attained His Presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: We impartedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: face to face withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of Himwill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
SE expanded to “draw you nigh unto”
SE rendered بأيّامه (bʾayyámh), ونبشّركم (wnbshshrkm), بلقائه (blqáʾh), ونقرّبكم (wnqrrbkm), إليه (ʾilíh), ونلقيكم (wnlqíkm), بدايع (bdáyʿ), حكمته (ḥkmth), وأنتم (wʾantm) as “His Day, announce unto you tidings, your reunion with Him, draw you nigh unto, send down upon you, wondrous, wisdom, ye”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the universegleaningsGWB §286: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: beauteousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: the creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdwill-and-testamentW&T §2: most wondrousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §452: of creation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: statutes of Thy BookgleaningsGWB §242: judge fairly between menkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: emphasizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: astablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §34: government
This form usually rendered as “reject” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: banishedgleaningsGWB §243: justify Our banishmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: Wilt Thou cast awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: drive themgleaningsGWB §464: reject Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §578: Cast meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: abandonedgleaningsGWB §461: “Thrust
This form usually rendered as “condemn” (1 occurrences)
have 29% repudiated 18% disbelieved 15% infidel 8% infidels 6% denied 6% unbelief 6% ye 5% believe 3% reject 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §593: have disbelievedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: ungratefulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: had disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: forgivegleaningsGWB §530: repudiate
attributes 66% description 7% describe 6% attribute 5% praise 4% virtues 3% all 3% describing 2% characterized 2% affirm 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §387: the descriptionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §94: These attributeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: clothed themselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: an expression
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered وتكفّروننا (wtkffrúnná), صفت (ṣft), لكم (lkm), ألسنتكم (ʾalsntkm), الكذبة (al-kdhbh), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn), المدبرين، (al-mdbrín،), وإذا (wʾidhá) as “condemn Us, uttered, your lying, mouths, And when”
SE rendered صفت (ṣft), لكم (lkm), ألسنتكم (ʾalsntkm), الكذبة (al-kdhbh), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn), المدبرين، (al-mdbrín،), وإذا (wʾidhá), أظهرنا (ʾaẓhrná) as “uttered, your lying, mouths, And when, We manifest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: wertfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §243: is Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: to lasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered لكم (lkm), ألسنتكم (ʾalsntkm), الكذبة (al-kdhbh), وتكوننّ (wtkúnnn), المدبرين، (al-mdbrín،), وإذا (wʾidhá), أظهرنا (ʾaẓhrná), بينكم (bínkm), أعطانا (ʾaʿṭáná) as “your lying, mouths, And when, We manifest, unto you, bestowed upon Us”
take 13% ordereth 13% ordainer 13% selfish 13% providence 13% ruler 7% incompetent 7% machinations 7% devise 7% schemed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: OrdainergleaningsGWB §163: are continually plotting to instillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: designsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: reflectepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: orderethgleaningsGWB §437: rehabilitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: strive to grasp
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: eargleaningsGWB §564: by the leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: by the permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: mine earwill-and-testamentW&T §28: leaveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a hearing eargleaningsGWB §251: by His leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §211: by permission
This form usually rendered as “disclosed”, “sent”, “revealed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My Revelationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §563: Such iskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings of authority and sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: my outer beingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
SE expanded to “bestowed upon Us”
bounty 32% hast 12% great 12% all-bountiful 9% give 6% bestow 6% thou 6% giveth 6% bounteousness 6% favor 6%
SE expanded to “through His bountiful favor”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowalgleaningsGWB §237: His bountiful favorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: bountiful graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §6: through Thy gracious providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: bountyfire-tabletFire §34: Giver
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: \‘SaygleaningsGWB §305: contendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: will certainly exclaimprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: uttered such calumniestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “sorcery.’””, “magic.”” (3 occurrences)
sorcery.’” 67% magic.” 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: Many a dawngleaningsGWB §464: magic.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: the dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §770: at the hour of dawnthe-hidden-wordsHW §126: midnightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: dawngleaningsGWB §395: at the break of daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: sorcery.’”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “nations”, “peoples”, “people” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: ingleaningsGWB §170: its peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: spiritual leadersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: ImamsgleaningsGWB §615: peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: adherentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: Mother
This form usually rendered as “before” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: similar to thatgleaningsGWB §707: comparisonskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: For exampleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: comparisonthe-hidden-wordsHW §4: imageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: as agleaningsGWB §26: as steadfast and immovable as
SE expanded to “did ye but perceive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §464: did ye but perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: foolishly interpretedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: notgleaningsGWB §413: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: knowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Fane
who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%
This form usually rendered as “forbidden” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you outgleaningsGWB §23: shut outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: shuttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: inaccessible
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: of mengleaningsGWB §541: every understanding heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: such soulsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: myself to be altogether nothingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
grace 61% blessings 4% flow 4% bounty 4% bountiful 4% infinite 4% outpouring 4% unto 4% streaming 4% overflowing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: Lord of grace aboundinggleaningsGWB §124: floodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: revitalizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: the outpouringswill-and-testamentW&T §17: unerringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §25: the manifold gracekitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Outpouring,”
SE expanded to “and of His grace”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: through His gracegleaningsGWB §652: My bountykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: through Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: foundfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §441: are apparentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §62: of mankindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of the entire creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: may findthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: despite
This form usually rendered as “both”, “"he”, “fear” (43 occurrences)
SE rendered وبينكم (wbínkm), وهو (whú), أحكم (ʾaḥkm), الحاكمين، (al-ḥákmín،), ومنكم (wmnkm), قال (qál) as “and you, He, the best, Judges, words”
SE rendered قال (qál), ادّعى (iddʿى) as “words”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: hast laid claimgleaningsGWB §605: idle pretenderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: lay claimthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: claimwill-and-testamentW&T §6: of his claimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: professgleaningsGWB §623: call yourselvesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that presumeth
