Gleanings — §487
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 487 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يا أيّها الملك فوالله ما أريد أن أشكو منهم في حضرتك إنّما أشكو بثّي وحزني إلى الله الّذي خلقنا وإيّاهم وكان علينا وعليهم لشاهد ووكيل بل أريد أن أذكّرهم بأعمالهم لعلّ لا يفعلوا بأحد كما فعلوا بنا ولعلّ يكوننّ من المتذكّرين،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
I swear by God, O King! It is not My wish to make My plaint to thee against them that persecute Me. I only plead My grief and My sorrow to God, Who hath created Me and them, Who well knoweth our state and Who watcheth over all things. My wish is to warn them of the consequences of their actions, if perchance they might desist from treating others as they have treated Me, and be of them that heed My warning.
Translation Notes
kingdom 24% king 23% sovereign 12% dominion 8% kingdoms 8% world 7% sovereignty 5% angels 4% earth 4% all-possessing 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: QueengleaningsGWB §117: the entire universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the peoples and kindreds of the earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: kingdoms oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: in the eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: Who layeth low
SE expanded to “I swear by God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §628: the sovereign Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: He Whom all things worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: If it be Thy wishgleaningsGWB §532: What I have wishedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: would fainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: by an act of Thy volitionthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: desirethgleaningsGWB §276: seekerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
This form usually rendered as “make”, “only” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: complaingleaningsGWB §601: a lampkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: complainingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: the nicheepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: complaintgleaningsGWB §684: within the shelterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: inmost chamberepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: complained
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: in Our presencegleaningsGWB §355: be considered as suited to the capacity ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: cravingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: and stoodthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §10: byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: sent forgleaningsGWB §482: thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: “My grieffire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §79: grieve His heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: can in no wise fill me with sorrowtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
This form usually rendered as “who” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §264: by menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: is but a creation oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou wast createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: a virtuous character
This form usually rendered as “accounted”, “time”, “who” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: should ever beargleaningsGWB §237: andkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: verilyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: endurethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
SE rendered وإيّاهم (wʾiyyáhm), وكان (wkán), علينا (ʿlíná), وعليهم (wʿlíhm), لشاهد (lsháhd), ووكيل (wúkíl), أريد (ʾaríd), أذكّرهم (ʾadhkkrhm) as “them, knoweth, our, state, wish, warn”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: can be discernedfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §439: can now be discernedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: put to a shameful deathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: is overshadowedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: see
SE rendered وإيّاهم (wʾiyyáhm), وكان (wkán), علينا (ʿlíná), وعليهم (wʿlíhm), لشاهد (lsháhd), ووكيل (wúkíl), أريد (ʾaríd), أذكّرهم (ʾadhkkrhm), بأعمالهم (bʾaʿmálhm) as “them, knoweth, our, state, wish, warn, actions”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: reliancegleaningsGWB §238: Ministers of Statekitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: put their trust inprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: trusting whollytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: Relythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: to put thy trustwill-and-testamentW&T §25: representepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: to put his reliance
remembrance 24% praise 17% mention 15% mentioned 11% remember 7% make 7% recorded 6% recount 5% remembering 5% describe 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: commendationgleaningsGWB §156: rememberedkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: I would proclaim Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
This form usually rendered as “works”, “acts”, “consequences” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: conductgleaningsGWB §112: to observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: work aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: the doings of mentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walkwill-and-testamentW&T §39: bear upon daily transactionsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: such deeds
This form usually rendered as “treating” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: actgleaningsGWB §638: your actskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: behaviourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: in Thy doingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: thou doest notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thou hast donegleaningsGWB §244: your doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: His doings?”
This form usually rendered as “one”, “any”, “man” (144 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: DivinegleaningsGWB §684: no one bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: no man elsetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: unto onegleaningsGWB §620: neighbor
This form usually rendered as “built”, “rear” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the childrengleaningsGWB §222: rearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: the people ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the son ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: the SongleaningsGWB §222: structures
