Gleanings — §508
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 508 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
بين الخلائق أجمعين، إنّ الله قد أودع زمام الخلق بأيديكم لتحكموا بينهم بالحقّ وتأخذوا حقّ المظلوم عن هؤلاء الظّالمين، وإن لن تفعلوا بما أمرتم في كتاب الله لن يذكر أسماؤكم عنده بالعدل وإنّ هذا لغبن عظيم، أتأخذون حكم أنفسكم وتدعون حكم الله العليّ المتعالي القادر القدير، دعوا ما عندكم وخذوا ما أمركم الله به ثمّ ابتغوا الفضل من عنده وإنّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God hath committed into your hands the reins of the government of the people, that ye may rule with justice over them, safeguard the rights of the downtrodden, and punish the wrongdoers. If ye neglect the duty prescribed unto you by God in His Book, your names shall be numbered with those of the unjust in His sight. Grievous, indeed, will be your error. Cleave ye to that which your imaginations have devised, and cast behind your backs the commandments of God, the Most Exalted, the Inaccessible, the All-Compelling, the Almighty? Cast away the things ye possess, and cling to that which God hath bidden you observe. Seek ye His grace, for he that seeketh it treadeth His straight Path.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “entire”, “peoples”, “dwell” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: that peoplefire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §616: hath formedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: attributesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: of Thy creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: how ye were createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: was created
SE rendered الخلائق (al-khláʾq), أجمعين، (ʾajmʿín،), الله (al-lh), أودع (ʾawdʿ), زمام (zmám), الخلق (al-khlq) as “the people, God, committed, reins, government”
SE expanded to “into your hands”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: handsgleaningsGWB §167: hold within My graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: In Thy handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thy handgleaningsGWB §459: your hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: sovereigntygleaningsGWB §695: code of lawskitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: meaning ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: ruleth over theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: shall be testedthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “among” (14 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: clear prooffire-tabletFire §38: ExpoundergleaningsGWB §216: in the world ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: of the Bayánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: Thy clear tokensthe-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §1: clear and manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: truthgleaningsGWB §319: By the righteousnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: demonstratedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: befittinglythe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offeringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Inevitable
This form usually rendered as “safeguard” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: rescuedgleaningsGWB §395: appointkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: were encompassedwill-and-testamentW&T §5: regarded himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: clunggleaningsGWB §433: will lay violent hold on
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: this darknessfire-tabletFire §33: the tyrannygleaningsGWB §447: of tyrannykitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: of darknessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: transgressions committedthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §34: wrought the most glaring crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: oppressors before
SE rendered بالحقّ (bálḥqq), وتأخذوا (wtʾakhdhúá), حقّ (ḥqq), المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), الظّالمين، (aẓ-ẓálmín،), تفعلوا (tfʿlúá) as “with justice, safeguard, the rights, the downtrodden, the wrongdoers, neglect”
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “neglect”, “conduct” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “commanded”, “admonisheth”, “hath” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summonsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §619: creation ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: all actsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: of all thingstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §30: My command
book 85% kitáb-i-íqán 2% tablet 2% words 2% text 2% kitáb-i-aqdas 1% writing 1% bayán 1% divinely 1% holy 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy BooksgleaningsGWB §510: have pledgedkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: in His Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Last Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: the Sealed Bookthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: letters and documentsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: the Bayán
This form usually rendered as “remember”, “remembered”, “describe” (25 occurrences)
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: concerninggleaningsGWB §720: vauntedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: made mentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: attempt to describetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: andfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §349: all-highest and transcendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: heaven;”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §729: the loftinesstablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: he bear My name
This form usually rendered as “when”, “god”, “before” (161 occurrences)
SE expanded to “in His sight”
when 21% god 15% before 13% estimation 12% sight 12% thereupon 8% whom 6% through 6% possession 4% belong 4%
SE expanded to “with those of the unjust”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: with a justicegleaningsGWB §408: can compareprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: failed to repaytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rivalthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §8: to be justepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §438: limits of moderation
great 44% most 24% grievous 8% mighty 8% immense 7% sublime 2% announcement 2% abounding 2% how 2% all-powerful 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the GreatgleaningsGWB §533: greatness of the powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: moldering bonethe-hidden-wordsHW §42: Magnifywill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §607: highest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: namegleaningsGWB §324: this rational facultykitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: for Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
almighty 38% most 29% strength 6% all-powerful 6% might 6% power 4% potent 4% art 2% god 2% all-subduing 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: powerfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §291: the Most Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: consummate powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: the power of Whosetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: the Mighty, the All-Powerful
gleaningsGWB §235: behoovethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and the wickednessthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §572: your own lustsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: unworthythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: dost seekwill-and-testamentW&T §48: rebelled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: acts which are beneficialgleaningsGWB §68: through the gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: its showering bountiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
