Gleanings — §49
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 49 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يَا قَلَمِ هَلْ تَرَى الْيَوْمَ غَيْرِي أَيْنَ الأَشْيَاءُ وَظُهُورَاتُهَا وَأَيْنَ الأَسْمَاءُ وَمَلَكُوتُهَا وَالْبَوَاطِنُ وَأَسْرَارُهَا وَالظَّوَاهِرُ وَآثَارُهَا، قَدْ أَخَذَ الْفَنَاءُ مَنْ فِي الإِنْشَاءِ وَهَذَا وَجْهِيَ الْبَاقِي الْمُشِرِقُ الْمُنِيرُ،
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: Pen of thegleaningsGWB §387: His Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the realmswill-and-testamentW&T §54: to appear asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: PengleaningsGWB §719: Our Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §771: with Thy most exalted Pen
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “seest”, “beholdest” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: mirrorfire-tabletFire §28: Canst Thou seegleaningsGWB §505: Whatever thou seestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: “What thinkestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: I have not seen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: day ofgleaningsGWB §248: whilekitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: in every dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §738: aftertablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days
This form usually rendered as “what”, “besides”, “other” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “anyone but Me”
This form usually rendered as “all”, “things”, “created” (89 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: thatgleaningsGWB §134: purposekitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: whomsoever He willethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: Thy primal willtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §13: elsewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
revelation 29% manifestation 16% manifestations 13% revealed 8% manifest 8% hath 7% made 6% manifested 5% appeared 5% revelations 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: namedfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §496: lofty heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: fameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: by Him Who is Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the kingdomgleaningsGWB §443: rulerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: a favoriteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §843: His realmtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §15: farepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominion
This form usually rendered as “unseen” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: by the mysteriesgleaningsGWB §470: takest delightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: whose secretstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §42: beganepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: through His mysteries
This form usually rendered as “revelations” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these writingsgleaningsGWB §196: the signskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: habitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: the virtue wherewith Thou hast endowed itthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: follow inwill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: His signsgleaningsGWB §361: sacrifice
SE expanded to “hath passed away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: carried away have they beenfire-tabletFire §15: overcomegleaningsGWB §507: plunderedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: seek enlightenmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: encompassedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
SE rendered وَآثَارُهَا، (wátháruhá،), أَخَذَ (ʾakhadh), الْفَنَاءُ (al-fanáʾ), الإِنْشَاءِ (an-nsháʾ) as “all created things, hath passed away, creation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: pass awaygleaningsGWB §112: His nothingnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: vanitiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: must perishthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: mortalityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: perisheth notgleaningsGWB §119: ultimate extinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: everlasting
الإِنْشَاءِ
literal: creation; creation, origination; creation/origination
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of creationgleaningsGWB §59: the world of creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: as fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: in the entire creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: belowwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: creationgleaningsGWB §2: by Thee and are but the evidences of Thine handiwork
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: gonefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §510: fix Thy gaze uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: through the brightness of whose facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Eternityfire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §566: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: survivedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: of everlasting lifetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §132: immortal life
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “shining” (140 occurrences)
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My effulgencefire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §603: the lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: splendorstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamedthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “radiant”, “illumined” (60 occurrences)
resplendent 36% radiant 11% illumined 11% luminous 9% illuminated 9% shining 7% enlightening 5% effulgent 5% clear 5% enlightened 2%
