Gleanings — §490

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 490 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

اسمع يا سلطان ما ألقينا على حضرتك ثمّ امنع الظّالمين عن ظلمهم ثمّ اقطع أيديهم عن رؤوس المسلمين، فوالله ورد علينا ما لا يجري القلم على ذكره إلّا بأن يحزن راقمه ولن تقدر أن تسمعه آذان الموحّدين، وبلغ أمرنا إلى مقام الّذي بكت علينا عيون أعدائنا ومن ورائهم كلّ ذي بصر بصير، بعد الّذي توجّهنا إلى حضرتك وأمرنا النّاس بأن يدخلوا في ظلّك لتكون حصنا للموحّدين،

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Let thine ear be attentive, O King, to the words We have addressed to thee. Let the oppressor desist from his tyranny, and cut off the perpetrators of injustice from among them that profess thy faith. By the righteousness of God! The tribulations We have sustained are such that any pen that recounteth them cannot but be overwhelmed with anguish. No one of them that truly believe and uphold the unity of God can bear the burden of their recital. So great have been Our sufferings that even the eyes of Our enemies have wept over Us, and beyond them those of every discerning person. And to all these trials have We been subjected, in spite of Our action in approaching thee, and in bidding the people to enter beneath thy shadow, that thou mightest be a stronghold unto them that believe in and uphold the unity of God.

Translation Notes

اسمع

ismʿ s-m-ʿ → “let thine ear be attentive”

literal: hear; hearing; heard

SE expanded to “Let thine ear be attentive”

hear 29% hearken 21% let 13% give 8% incline 8% “hearken 4% may 4% “give 4% methinks 4% can 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Him Who heareth fire-tabletFire §37: have heard gleaningsGWB §568: beheld kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no ear prayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: reached tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard the-hidden-wordsHW §111: a hearing will-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined

سلطان

slṭán s-l-ṭ → “king”

literal: sovereignty; king; authority

king 42% sovereignty 19% sháh 12% sovereign 11% through 5% lord 4% power 2% majesty 2% virtue 2% excelleth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: rulers gleaningsGWB §368: the sovereign Lord of all kitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: undisputed sovereignty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §199: almighty power tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just king epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: the kings

ألقينا

ʾalqíná l-q-y

literal: meeting; cast; meeting, encounter

SE rendered اسمع (ismʿ), سلطان (slṭán), ألقينا (ʾalqíná), حضرتك (ḥḍrtk), امنع (imnʿ) as “Let thine ear be attentive, King, thee, the oppressor desist”

presence 38% before 13% have 8% attain 7% reunion 6% when 6% attainment 6% divine 6% behold 5% meet 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: to convey fire-tabletFire §1: of Thy Countenance gleaningsGWB §202: to hand down kitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: advent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: face to face with tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presence the-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on thee will-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds

حضرتك

ḥḍrtk ḥ-ḍ-r → “thee”

literal: presence; present; presence/holiness

thee 50% highness 17% station 6% loftiness 6% exaltation 6% majesty 6% bestowed 6% towards 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Moses Himself gleaningsGWB §311: attaineth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: Husayn’s prayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: and stood the-hidden-wordsHW §93: gathered will-and-testamentW&T §8: to the presence epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: He (Moses)gleaningsGWB §492: thy station

امنع

imnʿ m-n-ʿ → “withhold” Distinctive

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

This form usually rendered as “lofty”, “sublime”, “most” (8 occurrences)

lofty 25% sublime 25% most 25% let 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterred gleaningsGWB §550: repel him away kitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: highly exalted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: unattainable tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hindered will-and-testamentW&T §56: hindrance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade it

ظلمهم

ẓlmhm ẓ-l-m → “his tyranny”

literal: wronged; injustice; darkness

tyranny 33% have 33% cruelty 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: one wronged fire-tabletFire §33: through the tyranny gleaningsGWB §508: punish the wrongdoers kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: shall the sun be darkened prayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: been sore oppressed the-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloom will-and-testamentW&T §5: because of this iniquity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: wronged

اقطع

iqṭʿ q-ṭ-ʿ → “cut off”

literal: detachment; detached; severed

cut 67% absolute 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cut gleaningsGWB §310: pieces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: renounce prayers-and-meditationsP&M §473: and am rid of all attachment to tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: severed ones will-and-testamentW&T §8: final and decisive epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: fragments of gleaningsGWB §476: can ever touch or hurt thee

أيديهم

ʾaydíhm y-d-y → “hands”

literal: hand; hands

own 43% hands 43% perpetrators 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy hand gleaningsGWB §448: nor the hands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §139: by will-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of God epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its hand gleaningsGWB §627: in Thine hands kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands

رؤوس

rʾús r-ʾ-s → “head”

literal: head

head 33% heads 21% leadership 18% leaders 8% chief 5% who 5% mine 3% top 3% ra’is 3% beheaded 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: His head gleaningsGWB §163: my head kitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: own tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: exalted the-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy head epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the leaders gleaningsGWB §192: me kitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: chief

المسلمين،

al-mslmín، s-l-m

literal: peace; submission; greeted

SE rendered ظلمهم (ẓlmhm), اقطع (iqṭʿ), أيديهم (ʾaydíhm), رؤوس (rʾús), المسلمين، (al-mslmín،), فوالله (fúállh), ورد (wrd), علينا (ʿlíná), يجري (yjrí) as “his tyranny, cut off, the perpetrators of, from, By the righteousness of God, tribulations We have sustained, that recounteth”

profess 40% have 20% such 20% over 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: His salutations be upon Him gleaningsGWB §477: over them that profess thy faith kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: admittedly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: and make him whole will-and-testamentW&T §8: resigned epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: the peace gleaningsGWB §679: resigned and submissive kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: proof

فوالله

fúállh ʾ-l-h → “by the righteousness of god”

literal: god; o god

SE expanded to “By the righteousness of God”

god 85% lord 6% divine 4% god’s 2% almighty 1% divinity 1% righteousness 0% god’s 0% “god 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §41: forbiddeth kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: God verily prayers-and-meditationsP&M §821: art God tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

ورد

wrd w-r-d → “tribulations we have sustained”

literal: entering; come; came upon

SE expanded to “tribulations We have sustained”

hath 26% have 19% things 14% befallen 13% there 10% befell 6% what 5% suffered 4% result 1% lamenteth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the things which have befallen Him gleaningsGWB §41: inflict kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: came to visit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: have befallen Thee will-and-testamentW&T §5: dealt a epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the things which befell them gleaningsGWB §218: must befall kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: partaking

يجري

yjrí j-r-y → “hath” Distinctive

literal: flowing; flow; to flow

This form usually rendered as “flow”, “floweth”, “traveleth” (17 occurrences)

flow 21% floweth 21% traveleth 7% such 7% mention 7% recounteth 7% will 7% ascribeth 7% may 7% now 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: to execute gleaningsGWB §505: been moved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: hath streamed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §853: have shed tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: one maiden the-hidden-wordsHW §142: hath emboldened will-and-testamentW&T §5: audacious epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: hath flowed out

القلم

al-qlm q-l-m → “pen”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

pen 96% finger 1% written 1% whose 1% any 1% appear 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Pen gleaningsGWB §719: Our Pen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: of Thy most august Pen will-and-testamentW&T §13: every clime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the Pen gleaningsGWB §387: His Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: any pen

ذكره

dhkrh dh-k-r

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

SE rendered يجري (yjrí), القلم (al-qlm), ذكره (dhkrh), يحزن (yḥzn), راقمه (ráqmh), ولن (wln), تقدر (tqdr) as “that recounteth, pen, overwhelmed with anguish, cannot but”

mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy praise gleaningsGWB §70: celebrate His praise kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: and spoken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §726: Thy glorification tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mention the-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me

يحزن

yḥzn ḥ-z-n → “overwhelmed with anguish” Distinctive

literal: grieve; grief

This form usually rendered as “saddened”, “will”, “lest” (8 occurrences)

SE expanded to “overwhelmed with anguish”

saddened 25% will 13% lest 13% overwhelmed 13% what 13% grieve 13% pained 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grief fire-tabletFire §12: Sorrows gleaningsGWB §183: the cup of sorrow kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondency prayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: put to grief tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: affliction the-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou grieve will-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed

راقمه

ráqmh r-q-m

literal: written; inscribe; inscribed

SE rendered القلم (al-qlm), ذكره (dhkrh), يحزن (yḥzn), راقمه (ráqmh), ولن (wln), تقدر (tqdr), تسمعه (tsmʿh), آذان (ádhán) as “pen, overwhelmed with anguish, cannot but, the burden, eyes of”

hath 26% written 21% inscribed 11% recorded 11% what 5% set 5% wrote 5% decreed 5% bearing 5% writings 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: was written down gleaningsGWB §689: in his writings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: irrevocably established will-and-testamentW&T §52: written epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: set forth gleaningsGWB §56: hath imprinted prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: laid down will-and-testamentW&T §9: written by

تقدر

tqdr q-d-r → “cannot but”

literal: power; powerful

ordain 64% can 9% power 9% give 9% grant 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath power fire-tabletFire §48: Ordainer gleaningsGWB §15: The portion kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: granted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: of His providence prayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: Do Thou ordain for me tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerful the-hidden-wordsHW §9: There is

آذان

ádhán ʾ-dh-n → “leave” Distinctive

literal: ear; ears

This form usually rendered as “ears”, “ear”, “hearing” (12 occurrences)

ears 42% ear 25% hearing 17% burden 8% minds 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a hearing ear gleaningsGWB §622: the bounds which kitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: into their ears prayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: mine ear tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own ears will-and-testamentW&T §34: the minds epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: by My leave gleaningsGWB §251: by His leave

الموحّدين،

al-múḥḥdín، w-ḥ-d

literal: unity

SE rendered تقدر (tqdr), تسمعه (tsmʿh), آذان (ádhán), الموحّدين، (al-múḥḥdín،), وبلغ (wblgh), أمرنا (ʾamrná), مقام (mqám), بكت (bkt) as “cannot but, the burden, eyes of, to enter, have wept”

have 27% such 15% truly 12% all 12% believers 8% true 8% who 8% faithful 4% unity 4% unto 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: one fire-tabletFire §43: By Thine aloneness gleaningsGWB §440: towards unity kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: one single prayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: of Thy oneness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone

وبلغ

wblgh b-l-gh

literal: attainment

attained 20% caused 20% great 20% waxed 20% hath 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: teach fire-tabletFire §11: reached gleaningsGWB §490: So great have been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: delivered unto him prayers-and-meditationsP&M §318: Cause him tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: message tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reached the-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully

وأمرنا

wʾamrná ʾ-m-r → “and in bidding” Distinctive

literal: command; cause

This form usually rendered as “cause”, “have”, “sufferings” (10 occurrences)

SE expanded to “and in bidding”

cause 50% have 10% sufferings 10% bidding 10% “our 10% command 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: at the bidding fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §136: Faith of God kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: decreed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: any thing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §297: cares tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee

بكت

bkt b-k-y → “have wept”

literal: weep; wept; weeping

weep 40% wept 20% weepeth 20% have 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weep gleaningsGWB §619: weepeth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weep tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tears will-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tears epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: weeping gleaningsGWB §463: thou wouldst surely weep sore prayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weep

عيون

ʿíwn ʿ-y-n

literal: eye; eyes

SE rendered مقام (mqám), بكت (bkt), علينا (ʿlíná), عيون (ʿíwn), أعدائنا (ʾaʿdáʾná), ومن (wmn), ورائهم (wráʾhm) as “to enter, have wept, Our enemies, beyond them those”

eyes 56% eye 19% springs 11% waters 4% all 4% when 4% tears 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: appoint gleaningsGWB §101: distinct kitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: the same things prayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyes tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyes tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tears the-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring

أعدائنا

ʾaʿdáʾná ʿ-d-w → “our enemies”

literal: enemy; enemies

enemies 60% adversaries 14% foes 5% enemy 5% mine 5% enmity 4% transgressor 2% aggressor 2% all 2% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: an enemy fire-tabletFire §33: Thy foes gleaningsGWB §184: of Mine enemies kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: hate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: among Thine enemies the-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgress will-and-testamentW&T §49: foemen

ورائهم

wráʾhm w-r-ʾ → “beyond them those” Distinctive

literal: behind; behind, beyond; behind, after

This form usually rendered as “behind” (3 occurrences)

SE expanded to “beyond them those”

behind 47% beyond 26% after 5% rear 5% thee 5% back 5% moreover 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: after thee gleaningsGWB §445: in his rear prayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: moreover tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: beyond epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: behind your backs gleaningsGWB §503: from thee prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and beyond them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: behind their backs

ذي

dhí dh-w-y

literal: possessor; possessor of; possessor-of

SE rendered أعدائنا (ʾaʿdáʾná), ومن (wmn), ورائهم (wráʾhm), ذي (dhí), بصر (bṣr), بصير، (bṣír،), توجّهنا (tújjhná) as “Our enemies, beyond them those, discerning person, Our action in approaching thee”

man 44% every 17% beings 6% discerning 6% word 6% ears 6% each 6% one 6% who 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: man of gleaningsGWB §286: word prayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their kindred will-and-testamentW&T §32: my kinsmen epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: man gleaningsGWB §242: discerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: and my gleaningsGWB §393: ears

بصير،

bṣír، b-ṣ-r → “discerning person”

literal: sight; insight

discernment 27% discerning 20% insight 20% eyewitness 7% comprehend 7% true 7% discerneth 7% man 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: a keen gleaningsGWB §118: mine eye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: understanding prayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyes tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heart the-hidden-wordsHW §45: do thou see epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insight gleaningsGWB §227: his heart

توجّهنا

tújjhná w-j-h → “our action in approaching thee” Distinctive

literal: turning

This form usually rendered as “turning”, “set”, “transferred” (4 occurrences)

SE expanded to “Our action in approaching thee”

turning 25% set 25% transferred 25% action 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my face fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §55: hath directed His steps towards kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his face kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: to turn prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: hath turned tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy steps the-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards

النّاس

an-nás n-ʾ-s → “the people”

literal: people; people, mankind; people/mankind

men 36% people 32% mankind 8% others 8% all 6% amongst 3% neighbor 3% man 2% souls 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s gleaningsGWB §643: the children of men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherents prayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Some will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of men epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: others gleaningsGWB §108: the people of His Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: of the people around Him

يدخلوا

ydkhlúá d-kh-l

literal: enter; entered; entering

SE rendered وأمرنا (wʾamrná), النّاس (an-nás), يدخلوا (ydkhlúá), ظلّك (ẓllk), لتكون (ltkún), حصنا (ḥṣná) as “and in bidding, the people, beneath thy shadow, that thou mightest be, a stronghold unto”