Gleanings — §49
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 49 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ُكَ الْمُبْرَمُ الأَعْلَى لأَحْيَيْتُ مَنْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ بِالْكَلِمَةِ الْعُلْيَا الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ لِسَانِ قُدْرَتِكَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ عِزِّكَ وَبَشَّرْتُهُمْ بِالْمَنْظَرِ الأَبْهَى مَقَامِ الَّذِي فِيهِ ظَهَرَ الْمَكْنُونُ بِاسْمِكَ الظَّاهِرِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ الْقَيُّومِ، يَا قَلَمِ هَلْ تَرَى الْيَوْمَ غَيْرِي أَيْنَ الأَشْيَاءُ وَظُهُورَاتُهَا وَأَيْنَ الأَسْمَاءُ وَمَلَكُوتُهَا وَالْبَوَاطِنُ وَأَسْرَارُهَا وَالظَّوَاهِر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Canst thou discover anyone but Me, O Pen, in this Day? What hath become of the creation and the manifestations thereof? What of the names and their kingdom? Whither are gone all created things, whether seen or unseen? What of the hidden secrets of the universe and its revelations? Lo, the entire creation hath passed away! Nothing remaineth except My Face, the Ever-Abiding, the Resplendent, the All-Glorious.
Translation Notes
irresistible 36% resistless 27% all-compelling 9% inscrutable 9% divinely-appointed 9% inescapable 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §555: new lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: quicken metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of thefire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §594: soil of the human heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: on Thine earththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §79: earthly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: pronouncefire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §441: a wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: of His divine utteranceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: utterethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: speak forth
SE rendered سَمِعْتُهَا (samiʿtuhá), لِسَانِ (lisán), قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Incline thine ear untofire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §110: knownkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: listenerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: Who hearesttablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
SE rendered لِسَانِ (lisán), قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik) as “”
SE rendered قُدْرَتِكَ (qudratik), مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), عِزِّكَ (ʿizzik) as “the All-Glorious”
power 45% might 30% strength 7% almighty 7% through 4% authority 3% transcendent 1% all-conquering 1% omnipotent 1% sovereign 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: though not whollyfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §36: of everlasting dominionkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the weighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: are nottablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
SE expanded to “and their kingdom”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §456: the rulers and kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §43: the angels descend.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §134: Thou Who art the Possessortablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “great”, “might” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §640: glory of all temporal honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: dignitariesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §157: my Strengththe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: might
SE rendered مَلَكُوتِ (malakút), عِزِّكَ (ʿizzik), وَبَشَّرْتُهُمْ (wabashshartuhum) as “the All-Glorious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: EvangelgleaningsGWB §234: announce to theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: earthlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §33: a messenger of joywill-and-testamentW&T §38: the Forerunnerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: may announcegleaningsGWB §555: bearing the joyful tidings
SE rendered عِزِّكَ (ʿizzik), وَبَشَّرْتُهُمْ (wabashshartuhum), بِالْمَنْظَرِ (biálmanẓar) as “the All-Glorious”
most 19% sublime 13% scene 13% eyes 13% vision 13% turn 6% spot 6% towards 6% habitation 6% resplendent 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Thy most glorious lightgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: connectionfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §719: them to lofty gradeskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: station—the stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: the seattablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% manifest 11% revealed 8% hath 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% made 4% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: occurredfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §26: fulfilledkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: have beenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: may show forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §612: Scripturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Hidden Secretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: by the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §145: heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thine incomparable glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: call
SE rendered الْمُهَيْمِنِ (al-muhaymin), الْقَيُّومِ، (al-qayyúmi،), قَلَمِ (qalam), هَلْ (hal) as “Pen, Canst thou”
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
This form usually rendered as “"hath”, “know”, “think” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdethfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §77: We point outprayers-and-meditationsP&M §606: I have sustainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: beholdgleaningsGWB §359: judgment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytimegleaningsGWB §27: Day.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of the dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: all their lives longwill-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: whichgleaningsGWB §548: Days ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: His days
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: otherfire-tabletFire §27: honorgleaningsGWB §106: anykitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: other traditions, all otherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: any one save Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: strangerwill-and-testamentW&T §19: dissentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: without
This form usually rendered as “all”, “things”, “created” (76 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: willinggleaningsGWB §198: of the Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: all”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §203: the Daystar of Thy willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: things
SE rendered الأَسْمَاءُ (as-smáʾ), وَمَلَكُوتُهَا (wamalakútuhá), وَالْبَوَاطِنُ (wálbawáṭin), وَأَسْرَارُهَا (waʾasráruhá), وَالظَّوَاهِر (wálẓẓawáhir) as “the names, and their kingdom, hidden secrets, whether seen”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: thronegleaningsGWB §288: onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the divine mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §516: Rejoicetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: hiddenwill-and-testamentW&T §42: plotted darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteries
