Gleanings — §493

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 493 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ای ذبیح در اکثری از الواح الهیّه از قلم امریّه نازل و جمیع احبّای الهی را وصیّت فرمودیم که ذیل مقدّس را بطین اعمال ممنوعه و غبار اخلاق مردوده میالایند و همچنین وصیّت فرمودیم که بما نزّل فی الألواح ناظر باشند اگر وصایای الهیّه را که از مشرق قلم رحمانی اشراق فرموده بگوش جان میشنیدند و باصغای آن فائز میگشتند حال اکثر من فی الامکان را بخلعت هدایت مزیّن

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The Pen of Revelation, O Ḏhabíḥ, hath, in most of the divinely revealed Tablets, recorded these words: We have admonished all the loved ones of God to take heed lest the hem of Our sacred vesture be smirched with the mire of unlawful deeds, or be stained with the dust of reprehensible conduct. We have, moreover, exhorted them to fix their gaze upon whatsoever hath been revealed in Our Tablets. Had their inner ears been attentive to the Divine counsels which have shone forth from the Dayspring of the Pen of the All-Merciful, and hearkened unto His Voice, most of the peoples of the earth would have by now been adorned with the ornament of His guidance. What had been preordained, however, hath come to pass.

Translation Notes

ذبیح

dhbíḥ dh-b-ḥ → “offer”

literal: slaughtered one; slaughtered; sacrificed

offer 50% sacrifice 50%

gleaningsGWB §136: sacrifice gleaningsGWB §136: offer up

اکثری

ikthrí k-th-r → “most”

literal: most; many; most/majority

most 62% many 15% majority 8% how 8% mostly 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: for the most part gleaningsGWB §493: most of the peoples kitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: mostly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: most gleaningsGWB §224: bountiful kitab-i-iqanKIQ §72: Cause epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: majority kitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: most of you

از

iz ʾ-z → “in”

literal: from

SE rendered ذبیح (dhbíḥ), اکثری (ikthrí), از (iz), الواح (al-wáḥ), الهیّه (al-híhh), از (iz), قلم (qlm), امریّه (imrírh), نازل (názl) as “Ḏhabíḥ, most, of, Tablets, divinely revealed, Pen of Revelation, recorded, hath”

23 occurrences in corpus

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: from kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: Amongst kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: at

الهیّه

al-híhh ʾ-l-h → “divinely revealed”

literal: God; divine; god

god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grace gleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writ epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God is gleaningsGWB §148: this God-given

قلم

qlm q-l-m → “pen of revelation”

literal: pen; pen, reed; the pen

SE expanded to “Pen of Revelation”

pen 97% abhá 1% supreme 1% most 1% all-glorious 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My Pen gleaningsGWB §375: of His Pen kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Pen of Power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: of Thy pen will-and-testamentW&T §13: clime epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: Thy pen gleaningsGWB §719: Our Pen prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: my afflicted pen

امریّه

imrírh ʾ-m-r → “cause”

literal: command; cause

cause 17% revelation 17% mission 17% act 8% recorded 8% commandment 8% things 8% happenings 8% god’s 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: bade gleaningsGWB §493: recorded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §52: command of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: didst bid Him tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commands will-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute command epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: It is Thine to command gleaningsGWB §264: Sovereign Ordainer

نازل

názl n-z-l → “hath” Distinctive

literal: send down; descending; descend

This form usually rendered as “revealed”, “sent”, “have” (100 occurrences)

revealed 45% sent 27% have 7% hath 7% descended 6% down 1% flow 1% prophesied 1% disclosed 1% reveal 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: as gleaningsGWB §583: shall descend kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: hath descended prayers-and-meditationsP&M §540: Send down, therefore tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descend the-hidden-wordsHW §1: that which

جمیع

jmíʿ j-m-ʿ → “all”

literal: all; all, entire

all 81% every 8% whole 3% each 2% whatsoever 1% one 1% concourse 1% under 1% divers 1% any 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §179: every gleaningsGWB §192: every limb kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth up kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: took counsel together prayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: leagued tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gathered the-hidden-wordsHW §96: ever will-and-testamentW&T §36: for all

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “loved ones”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 41% beloved 26% ye 15% love 6% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: My love fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §610: one Beloved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of His love prayers-and-meditationsP&M §571: servants tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I long tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §24: seek thine own

وصیّت

wṣíṣt w-ṣ-y → “testaments”

literal: admonition; admonish; testament

testaments 20% admonished 20% exhorted 20% exhort 20% counsel 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: Chosen Ones gleaningsGWB §493: counsels kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: exhort kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the wishes and admonitions will-and-testamentW&T §38: I counsel you saying epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: testaments gleaningsGWB §493: admonished kitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: admonitions

فرمودیم

frmúdím f-r-m → “have”

literal: say; command; says

saith 48% hath 14% said 14% revealed 6% have 6% declared 4% consider 3% thou 2% spoken 2% recorded 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: is gleaningsGWB §288: I have kitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: hath been revealed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is able to the-hidden-wordsHW §156: have I given will-and-testamentW&T §25: must epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: saith gleaningsGWB §418: entrusted

ذیل

dhíl dh-y-l → “hem of our sacred vesture”

literal: hem; hem, train; hem/tail

SE expanded to “hem of Our sacred vesture”

hem 97% robe 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: unto My hem fire-tabletFire §31: The robe gleaningsGWB §223: skirt kitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: robe prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to the resplendent hem epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: hem of His generosity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: to the hem epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the hem

مقدّس

mqdds q-d-s

literal: holy; sanctified

SE rendered الهی (al-hí), وصیّت (wṣíṣt), فرمودیم (frmúdím), ذیل (dhíl), مقدّس (mqdds), بطین (bṭín), اعمال (iʿmál), ممنوعه (mmnúʿh), غبار (ghbár) as “of God, admonished, have, hem of Our sacred vesture, be smirched, deeds, unlawful, dust of”

sanctified 30% exalted 18% holy 16% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% purged 3% blessed 2% pure 2% transcendeth 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: holiness gleaningsGWB §115: immeasurably above kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Jerusalem prayers-and-meditationsP&M §830: sanctified above tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concourse the-hidden-wordsHW §135: the epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sanctify gleaningsGWB §20: most holy

بطین

bṭín ṭ-y-n → “clay”

literal: clay; clay, mud, mire

clay 50% mire 25% besmirched 13% smirched 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the mire gleaningsGWB §247: clay epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: are besmirched with mire gleaningsGWB §405: smirched and mired

اعمال

iʿmál ʿ-m-l → “deeds”

literal: deed; deeds; work

deeds 44% doings 13% acts 8% works 8% all 8% behavior 4% deed 4% words 4% men’s 4% man’s 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: His actions gleaningsGWB §463: all thy doings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: work prayers-and-meditationsP&M §692: my action tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conforming the-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walk will-and-testamentW&T §39: transactions epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: behavior

ممنوعه

mmnúʿh m-n-ʿ → “hinder”

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

hinder 20% forbidden 13% ceased 13% deprive 13% debarreth 7% strayed 7% unlawful 7% denied 7% deprived 7% deterred 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: will not hinder gleaningsGWB §412: hath restrained kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: deprive prayers-and-meditationsP&M §16: have hindered tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longer will-and-testamentW&T §56: hindrance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade it

غبار

ghbár gh-b-r → “dust of”

literal: dust; with-dust

dust 80% clouds 10% darkened 5% have 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: dust fire-tabletFire §35: darkened gleaningsGWB §493: dust of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: have caused fire-tabletFire §30: the gleaningsGWB §677: dust of vain desires gleaningsGWB §74: The dust gleaningsGWB §173: clouds

اخلاق

ikhláq kh-l-q → “conduct”

literal: creation; create; created

character 65% conduct 13% virtues 4% characteristics 4% saintly 4% righteousness 4% attributes 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creatures fire-tabletFire §40: wert created gleaningsGWB §387: born kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: His people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: to create tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created her the-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were created epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Creator

مردوده

mrdúdh r-d-d → “reject”

literal: rejection; rejected

outcast 22% rejected 22% hath 11% reprehensible 11% discarded 11% contemptible 11% reprobate 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: refute gleaningsGWB §469: from inflicting kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: denounced prayers-and-meditationsP&M §39: frustrate will-and-testamentW&T §6: confuted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: refutation gleaningsGWB §689: assail kitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: repudiation

میالایند

míáláynd ʾ-l-w → “take”

literal: pollute; soil, smirch; to, toward

take 33% sullied 33% thee 33%

gleaningsGWB §493: to take heed lest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: Thee gleaningsGWB §405: to be gleaningsGWB §626: to be sullied

همچنین

hmchnín ch-n-n → “likewise”

literal: likewise

likewise 73% also 5% similarly 5% like 5% another 2% while 2% moreover 2% call 2% among 2% grievous 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: at another gleaningsGWB §340: while kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: such epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: also kitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: In like manner epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: Likewise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: since kitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: Similarly

ناظر

náẓr n-ẓ-r → “fix their gaze upon”

literal: look; looking

SE expanded to “fix their gaze upon”

fix 24% turned 17% fixed 10% gaze 10% hast 7% consider 7% keep 7% guided 7% turn 7% looking 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the Most Sublime Vision fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §712: fix his gaze kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: fix his gaze upon kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: still crieth out prayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: to fix his gaze tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh

باشند

báshnd b-w-d → “hath” Distinctive

literal: be; is; to be

This form usually rendered as “must”, “under” (18 occurrences)

must 50% under 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: hath never had gleaningsGWB §389: can function kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: hath never been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: there the-hidden-wordsHW §120: Live will-and-testamentW&T §5: been in epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: sojourned gleaningsGWB §324: has

مشرق

mshrq sh-r-q → “dayspring”

literal: shining; east; shine

dayspring 41% dawning-place 15% shining 14% shineth 11% east 6% shine 4% shone 2% horizon 2% realms 2% source 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: shining fire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawning gleaningsGWB §610: hath enveloped kitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: luminous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: effulgence tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §27: Flooding the-hidden-wordsHW §63: it may shine epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dawn

رحمانی

rḥmání r-ḥ-m → “all-merciful”

literal: mercy; merciful

divine 20% all-merciful 13% heavenly 13% mercy 13% irrefutable 7% eternal 7% glory 7% breath 7% celestial 7% god 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy mercy fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §484: in his mercy kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: Breath prayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the Most Compassionate.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial

بگوش

bgúsh g-w-sh → “inner ears”

literal: ear

ears 42% ear 37% inner 11% hearing 5% heed 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §238: ear gleaningsGWB §142: ears kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearing ear kitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: inner hearing gleaningsGWB §493: inner ears kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: their ears kitab-i-iqanKIQ §232: Heed

جان

ján j-ʾ-n

literal: soul; life

SE rendered قلم (qlm), رحمانی (rḥmání), اشراق (ishráq), فرموده (frmúdh), بگوش (bgúsh), جان (ján), میشنیدند (míshnídnd), باصغای (báṣgháy) as “the Pen, the All-Merciful, have shone forth from, inner ears, been attentive, hearkened”

lives 28% soul 22% life 17% heart 14% hearts 6% spirit 3% own 3% human 3% thyself 3% souls 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: their lives gleaningsGWB §556: the Beloved kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: life in hand prayers-and-meditationsP&M §664: All life the-hidden-wordsHW §101: Friend will-and-testamentW&T §15: proved self-sacrificing epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: life gleaningsGWB §118: lives

میشنیدند

míshnídnd sh-n-y → “heard” Distinctive

literal: hear; to hear

This form usually rendered as “attentive” (1 occurrences)

heard 43% attentive 14% hearken 14% thou 14% hear 14%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: heard gleaningsGWB §683: hearken kitab-i-iqanKIQ §235: thou hast heard the-hidden-wordsHW §90: hear gleaningsGWB §493: been attentive

باصغای

báṣgháy ṣ-gh-w → “hearkened”

literal: listening; listen; listening, hearing

hath 50% hearkened 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: to hearken gleaningsGWB §176: hearken prayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: hearkening the-hidden-wordsHW §129: that ye may hearken epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: endure gleaningsGWB §415: be attentive epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: is reported gleaningsGWB §563: recognize

فائز

fáʾz f-w-z

literal: attain

SE rendered بگوش (bgúsh), جان (ján), میشنیدند (míshnídnd), باصغای (báṣgháy), فائز (fáʾz), میگشتند (mígshtnd), حال (ḥál), اکثر (ikthr), الامکان (al-ámkán) as “inner ears, been attentive, hearkened, now, most of the peoples, of the earth”

attain 54% attained 20% attainest 5% recognized 5% hath 5% forgiven 2% will 2% achieve 2% may 2% attaineth 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: blissful gleaningsGWB §343: to achieve their objects kitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: would attain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: to attain tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showered the-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth upon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: achieve gleaningsGWB §20: hath attained

میگشتند

mígshtnd g-sh-t

literal: become; became; to become

SE rendered میشنیدند (míshnídnd), باصغای (báṣgháy), فائز (fáʾz), میگشتند (mígshtnd), حال (ḥál), اکثر (ikthr), الامکان (al-ámkán) as “been attentive, hearkened, now, most of the peoples, of the earth”