Gleanings — §501

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 501 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ای ذبیح ضرّ این مظلوم از سجن و تاراج و اسیری و شهادت و ذلّت ظاهره نبوده و نیست بلکه ضرّ اعمالیست که احبّای حقّ بآن عاملند و آن را نسبت بحقّ میدهند هذا ضرّی ونفسه المهیمنة علی العالمین و ضرّ اکبر دیگر آنکه هر یوم یکی از اهل بیان مدّعی امر شده و بعضی متمسّک بغصنی از اغصان وبعضی مستقلّاً گفته‌اند آنچه گفته‌اند و عاملند آنچه عاملند

Shoghi Effendi Translation

The imprisonment inflicted on this wronged One, O Ḏhabíḥ, did to Him no harm nor can it ever do so; nor can the loss of all His earthly goods, His exile, or even His martyrdom and outward humiliation, do Him any hurt. That which can hurt Him are the evil deeds which the beloved of God commit, and which they impute to Him Who is the Sovereign Truth. This is the affliction from which I suffer, and to this He, Himself, Who is potent over all things, beareth Me witness. That which hath sorely hurt Me are the claims which the people of the Bayán are advancing every day. Some have proclaimed their allegiance to one of My Branches (Sons), while others have asserted independently their claims, and acted after their own desires.

Translation Notes

تاراج

táráj t-r-j

literal: plunder

SE rendered ضرّ (ḍrr), مظلوم (mẓlúm), از (iz), سجن (sjn), تاراج (táráj), اسیری (isírí), شهادت (shhádt), ذلّت (dhllt) as “harm, wronged One, imprisonment, martyrdom, outward humiliation”

robbed 33% plunder 33% plundered 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: plunder kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: been plundered epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: robbed epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the Persian Dragoman

اسیری

isírí ʾ-s-r

literal: captive; captives; captive/prisoner

SE rendered مظلوم (mẓlúm), از (iz), سجن (sjn), تاراج (táráj), اسیری (isírí), شهادت (shhádt), ذلّت (dhllt) as “wronged One, imprisonment, martyrdom, outward humiliation”

exiled 33% captive 33% exile 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: captives gleaningsGWB §718: enslave kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: lie imprisoned prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: in bondage epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: We were exiled gleaningsGWB §501: exile prayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: as captive gleaningsGWB §169: the captive

شهادت

shhádt sh-h-d → “martyrdom”

literal: witness; witnessed

martyrdom 32% testify 23% testimony 23% attest 5% denunciations 5% bear 5% death 2% witness 2% solemnly 2% admit 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: visible fire-tabletFire §48: the place gleaningsGWB §685: findeth itself kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appeareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: will behold prayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: scene tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witness the-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death

ذلّت

dhllt dh-l-l → “outward humiliation”

literal: humiliation; abasement; abased

abasement 48% humiliation 15% shame 11% disgrace 4% dishonor 4% misery 4% wretchedness 4% abased 4% loneliness 4% utter 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my baseness gleaningsGWB §489: doth abase kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: The utter destitution prayers-and-meditationsP&M §440: remembrance the-hidden-wordsHW §83: baser will-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: wretchedness gleaningsGWB §481: contemptible and worthless

ظاهره

ẓáhrh ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered اسیری (isírí), شهادت (shhádt), ذلّت (dhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), نبوده (nbúdh), نیست (níst), بلکه (blkh), ضرّ (ḍrr), اعمالیست (iʿmálíst) as “martyrdom, outward humiliation, can, hurt, deeds”

manifest 19% revealed 15% made 13% outward 11% appeared 10% appear 8% outwardly 6% visible 6% earthly 6% manifested 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: had occurred fire-tabletFire §12: Dayspring gleaningsGWB §181: should proceed and be made manifest kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: daysprings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: revealeth itself prayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: been unveiled to men’s eyes tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §14: I gave thee being

نبوده

nbúdh búdn

literal: be; to be

hath 30% have 22% had 15% can 7% could 7% remained 4% never 4% accounted 4% evident 4% neither 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §127: resided gleaningsGWB §173: Gird yourselves kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: hath never been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: have existed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: hath remained the-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye were will-and-testamentW&T §27: have been at all times epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: is not

اعمالیست

iʿmálíst ʿ-m-l → “deeds” Distinctive

literal: deed; deeds

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

deeds 30% works 16% act 10% doings 8% all 7% acts 7% work 6% have 6% do 6% deed 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: such deeds gleaningsGWB §178: with them that keep My statutes kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to enforce prayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: to perform tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conforming the-hidden-wordsHW §30: do thou observe will-and-testamentW&T §39: bear upon daily transactions epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: have committed

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “beloved”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 39% beloved 25% ye 17% love 6% disdainfully 3% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: grain fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §435: loving-kindness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherished prayers-and-meditationsP&M §215: with Thy love tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved will-and-testamentW&T §3: His loved ones)

نسبت

nsbt n-s-b → “impute” Distinctive

literal: attribution; relation; attributed

This form usually rendered as “relationship”, “accused”, “ascribed” (60 occurrences)

relationship 17% accused 13% ascribed 9% charges 9% have 9% denounced 9% pronounced 9% bear 9% impute 9% calumnies 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: on My kinship with Him gleaningsGWB §4: are related kitab-i-ahdAhd §15: kindred kitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: calumnies prayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: and hast related will-and-testamentW&T §43: connection epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: charge gleaningsGWB §300: attributed

میدهند

mídhnd dádn → “beareth me witness” Distinctive

literal: give; to give; given

This form usually rendered as “still”, “proclaim”, “impute” (4 occurrences)

SE expanded to “beareth Me witness”

still 33% proclaim 33% impute 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: delivered gleaningsGWB §118: have willingly laid down kitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: to be crowded prayers-and-meditationsP&M §647: bear the-hidden-wordsHW §109: have will-and-testamentW&T §7: explained and epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: proclaim gleaningsGWB §107: may cease

ونفسه

wnfsh n-f-s → “he, himself”

literal: self; soul; souls

own 19% self 19% soul 17% himself 16% evil 8% corrupt 5% one 5% souls 4% breath 4% man 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: My true gleaningsGWB §708: their desires kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: My being prayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Self tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyself the-hidden-wordsHW §28: Breathe will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: my own wish

المهیمنة

al-mhímnh h-m-n → “help”

literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector

help 44% sovereign 13% omnipotent 11% supreme 9% transcendeth 7% overshadoweth 4% ruler 4% transcendent 2% protector 2% whose 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the Help in Peril gleaningsGWB §268: the Supreme Protector kitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majesty of the Word of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: overshadowest tablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: ruler epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendent gleaningsGWB §180: Protector prayers-and-meditationsP&M §53: the Guardian

العالمین

al-ʿálmín ʿ-l-m → “things” Distinctive

literal: world; worlds

This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)

worlds 52% all 31% world 6% whole 3% entire 2% earth 2% men 2% creatures 1% creation 1% people 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: learning fire-tabletFire §13: ensigns gleaningsGWB §356: all human learning kitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognized kitab-i-iqanKIQ §198: the domain prayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: and Thou hast ever made known tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worlds tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught

اکبر

ikbr k-b-r → “most”

literal: greatest; greater; great

most 38% greater 15% great 13% greatest 5% mighty 5% transcendent 5% greet 5% more 5% surest 5% supreme 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: most mighty gleaningsGWB §251: swell not with pride kitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: most beauteous prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: and greatness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire the-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtiness will-and-testamentW&T §35: extreme

دیگر

dígr dígr

literal: other; other, another; other/another

SE rendered المهیمنة (al-mhímnh), العالمین (al-ʿálmín), ضرّ (ḍrr), اکبر (ikbr), دیگر (dígr), آنکه (ánkh), هر (hr), یوم (yúm), یکی (ykí), از (iz), اهل (ihl), بیان (bíán) as “is potent, things, hurt, sorely, which, every, day, one, people, Bayán”

another 31% other 15% moreover 15% different 13% yet 6% furthermore 6% again 4% else 4% now 4% following 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: other gleaningsGWB §122: second kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: Once more the-hidden-wordsHW §81: the next will-and-testamentW&T §3: the rest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: Others gleaningsGWB §39: particular kitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: Otherwise

هر

hr h-r → “every”

literal: every; each; every/each

every 56% anything 6% whatsoever 6% each 6% whosoever 6% although 6% both 6% whenever 6% one 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: every gleaningsGWB §512: whatsoever kitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: he epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: anything kitab-i-iqanKIQ §71: one of these kitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: Each kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: Although kitab-i-iqanKIQ §266: Whenever

یکی

ykí w-ḥ-d → “one”

literal: one; oneness

one 80% anyone 10% certain 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: another fire-tabletFire §43: By Thine aloneness gleaningsGWB §440: towards unity kitab-i-ahdAhd §9: unifying influence kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: His loneliness tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: believers in the Divine Unity tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: lone

اهل

ihl ʾ-h-l → “people”

literal: people; people/folk; people/inhabitants

people 40% peoples 20% dwellers 12% inmates 5% men 5% dwell 4% all 3% mankind 3% denizens 3% inhabitants 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: of its people fire-tabletFire §41: the stirrers gleaningsGWB §172: O people of Bahá kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: the dwellers of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: the powers tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §5: dwellers therein the-hidden-wordsHW §92: children

بیان

bíán b-y-n → “bayán” Distinctive

literal: utterance

This form usually rendered as “utterance”, “words”, “speech” (130 occurrences)

utterance 63% words 9% speech 5% language 4% tongue 4% divine 4% such 3% utterances 3% explanation 3% bayán 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: revealer fire-tabletFire §23: to speak forth gleaningsGWB §481: abject kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: divine sayings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: into the hands tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: absolute the-hidden-wordsHW §120: see

مدّعی

mddʿí d-ʿ-y → “claims”

literal: claim; claimant; claim, assert

laid 33% claims 33% professed 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: laid claim gleaningsGWB §465: hath laid claim kitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: professed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that presumeth the-hidden-wordsHW §25: claim will-and-testamentW&T §6: He that layeth a claim epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou didst profess gleaningsGWB §729: layeth claim

امر

imr ʾ-m-r

literal: command; matter; cause

SE rendered هر (hr), یوم (yúm), یکی (ykí), از (iz), اهل (ihl), بیان (bíán), مدّعی (mddʿí), امر (imr), بعضی (bʿḍí), متمسّک (mtmssk), بغصنی (bghṣní) as “every, day, one, people, Bayán, claims, to, Branches”

cause 57% revelation 17% faith 6% command 3% behest 3% divine 3% bidding 3% decree 3% ordainer 2% bidden 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the things fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §135: this process of progressive Revelation kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: the Cause, of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: Thou hast bidden me observe tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commands the-hidden-wordsHW §35: of power

وبعضی

wbʿḍí b-ʿ-ḍ → “others” Distinctive

literal: some; part; some, part

This form usually rendered as “certain”, “unto” (4 occurrences)

certain 67% unto 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: a few gleaningsGWB §337: of another kitab-i-iqanKIQ §7: a few among prayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: times will-and-testamentW&T §34: falsify epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: certain gleaningsGWB §453: another kitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: others.”

متمسّک

mtmssk m-s-k → “to”

literal: clinging; hold fast; cling

SE rendered اهل (ihl), بیان (bíán), مدّعی (mddʿí), امر (imr), بعضی (bʿḍí), متمسّک (mtmssk), بغصنی (bghṣní), از (iz), اغصان (ighṣán), وبعضی (wbʿḍí), مستقلّاً (mstqlláan) as “people, Bayán, claims, to, Branches, others, independently”