Gleanings — §5
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 5 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فسبحانك سبحانك من أن تُذكر بذكرٍ أو توصف بوصفٍ أو تثنّى بثنآءٍ وكلّما أمرت به عبادك من بدايع ذكرك وجواهر ثنائك هذا من فضلك عليهم ليصعدن بذلك إلى مقرّ الّذي خلق في كينونيّاتهم من عرفان أنفسهم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Far, far from Thy glory be what mortal man can affirm of Thee, or attribute unto Thee, or the praise with which he can glorify Thee! Whatever duty Thou hast prescribed unto Thy servants of extolling to the utmost Thy majesty and glory is but a token of Thy grace unto them, that they may be enabled to ascend unto the station conferred upon their own inmost being, the station of the knowledge of their own selves.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “glorified”, “lauded”, “praised” (181 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: celebratethfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §347: of Divine Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: veilsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §168: Praised be Thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
This form usually rendered as “warning”, “names”, “aware” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: revealgleaningsGWB §1: make mention of Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: to which We have already referredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §325: of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §311: can never be describedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: traits and limitationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §825: the description of anyoneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: descriptiongleaningsGWB §302: portraykitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: noble traitsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: being praised
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “thou”, “hast” (26 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: at His biddingfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §396: your doingskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §221: promiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: commandment to declare Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: of My cause
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: these servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §192: mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adorationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §658: Whom I worshiptablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: Object of my adoration
SE expanded to “extolling to the utmost”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the worldgleaningsGWB §162: wondrous revelationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §96: most wondrousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §336: Thy created realmstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wondrousgleaningsGWB §117: wonders
SE rendered أمرت (ʾamrt), عبادك (ʿbádk), بدايع (bdáyʿ), ذكرك (dhkrk), وجواهر (wjúáhr), ثنائك (thnáʾk), فضلك (fḍlk), عليهم (ʿlíhm) as “prescribed, servants, extolling to the utmost, grace, them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: He that secludeth himselfgleaningsGWB §92: Gemskitab-i-iqanKIQ §193: Essencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: the gem-liketablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the nearnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the gemwill-and-testamentW&T §32: my Shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the fugitive
grace 91% loving-kindness 2% tender 2% bounty 1% token 1% whose 1% bounteousness 1% gracious 1% mercy 1%
SE rendered فضلك (fḍlk), عليهم (ʿlíhm), ليصعدن (líṣʿdn), بذلك (bdhlk), مقرّ (mqrr), خلق (khlq) as “grace, them, station, their”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raisedgleaningsGWB §171: to advanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: Help them, then, O God, to reach forthtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §51: settingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “Get thee up
This form usually rendered as “seat”, “habitation”, “spot” (95 occurrences)
seat 34% habitation 11% spot 11% abide 11% place 9% retreats 6% court 6% throne 4% established 4% confessed 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: recognizedgleaningsGWB §212: His most holy habitationkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: singled outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: recognizingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: were cheeredtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath been made the seat ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: destinedwill-and-testamentW&T §8: quietness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: menfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §48: creatures’kitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: that hath been createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: a goodly character
This form usually rendered as “own” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: Have thougleaningsGWB §212: created thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: If he beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that controllethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
knowledge 32% understanding 23% recognize 8% recognition 7% comprehension 7% know 6% divine 5% recognizing 4% wisdom 3% insight 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: integritygleaningsGWB §652: bear witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: understanding and recognitionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that they may recognizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: such as had known Him
own 36% themselves 30% souls 9% within 6% hearts 6% lives 4% proper 2% what 2% persons 2% heedlessness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: His lifegleaningsGWB §503: He Who iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: To everyoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: of Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: unto Mewill-and-testamentW&T §44: souls such as theseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: Me
