Gleanings — §472
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 472 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن يا أيّها السّلطان اسمع قول من ينطق بالحقّ ولا يريد منك جزاء عمّا أعطاك الله وكان على قسطاس حقّ مستقيم، ويدعوك إلى الله ربّك ويهديك سبل الرّشد والفلاح لتكون من المفلحين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Hearken, O King (Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz), to the speech of Him that speaketh the truth, Him that doth not ask thee to recompense Him with the things God hath chosen to bestow upon thee, Him Who unerringly treadeth the straight Path. He it is Who summoneth thee unto God, thy Lord, Who showeth thee the right course, the way that leadeth to true felicity, that haply thou mayest be of them with whom it shall be well.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: through the power ofgleaningsGWB §449: from exercising His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: earthly sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: and thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authority
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: earsfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §506: Heard ye notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: said unto himgleaningsGWB §268: Even as Thou hast writtenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: entreatethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §49: veritablegleaningsGWB §123: an Essencekitab-i-ahdAhd §12: rightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: a realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §601: Thy realitythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §9: have been madeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: His wishgleaningsGWB §706: Purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: Thou dost desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: wish onlygleaningsGWB §275: to seek it
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: as a punishmentgleaningsGWB §246: shall recompenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: as a recompenseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: JudgmentgleaningsGWB §239: and shall be repaidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: a rewardgleaningsGWB §472: recompense
SE expanded to “chosen to bestow”
bounty 32% hast 12% great 12% all-bountiful 9% give 6% bestow 6% thou 6% giveth 6% bounteousness 6% favor 6%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “had”, “past” (166 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Who unerringly treadeth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: werefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §720: discernethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have expectantly awaitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
SE rendered جزاء (jzáʾ), أعطاك (ʾaʿṭák), الله (al-lh), وكان (wkán), قسطاس (qsṭás), حقّ (ḥqq), مستقيم، (mstqím،), ويدعوك (wídʿúk), الله (al-lh) as “recompense, chosen to bestow, God, Who unerringly treadeth, straight Path, summoneth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: placefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §101: respectkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §74: constancy in Thy Causetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
beseecheth 50% summoneth 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: entreatgleaningsGWB §584: and summonkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: Praykitab-i-iqanKIQ §272: shall summonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: empoweredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: idle claimantsthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guiseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: summoned, and art still summoning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: GodheadgleaningsGWB §451: my Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: the Enlightenertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Lord, Most Highepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Exalted
This form usually rendered as “showeth”, “approach” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: to guidegleaningsGWB §366: guidethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: shall be offeredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: the light of guidance.”tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: heavenly guidancewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Guidance—forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: guidance ofgleaningsGWB §472: showeth thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §623: sake ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: self and desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: a path leadingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy pathgleaningsGWB §519: the
right 50% righteousness 50%
This form usually rendered as “true” (2 occurrences)
