Gleanings — §508
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 508 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
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 هذا لسبيل مستقيم
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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: “By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §506: itskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: divinely-revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: before Thy Godheadtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “committed” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: hast entrustedgleaningsGWB §266: Thou hast committedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: entrustethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: Leave methe-hidden-wordsHW §20: breathedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: they left me notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Cast themgleaningsGWB §475: resign not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: are the reinsgleaningsGWB §418: The instrumentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: restrain Ourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that the reinstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §4: Unmoorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: the reinsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the empireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: reins
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy virtuesfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §669: human beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §233: creaturetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: hence I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: conduct
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: at the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §475: to the mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: O Thou in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §58: the Hands (pillars) of the Cause of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §410: mercykitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His hands
This form usually rendered as “judge”, “deal”, “ye” (4 occurrences)
SE expanded to “rule with justice over”
This form usually rendered as “between”, “amongst”, “over” (14 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “god”, “truth”, “one” (436 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the truthgleaningsGWB §113: true meaningkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: a realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: against methe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: proven
This form usually rendered as “safeguard”, “fail” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: followedfire-tabletFire §13: hath befallengleaningsGWB §82: They have been seizedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: Grasp yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: and they shall be seizedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: I am so carried awaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him choosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: Seize thou
This form usually rendered as “wronged”, “whom”, “oppressed” (173 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: injusticefire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §467: of the unjustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: of the people of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §29: by the wrongthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §34: wrought the most glaring crueltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: with manifest injustice
This form usually rendered as “neglect”, “conduct” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: activitiesgleaningsGWB §324: activitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: behaviourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: hath suffered more grievouslythe-hidden-wordsHW §30: thou doest notepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: what He doethgleaningsGWB §188: Dokitab-i-iqanKIQ §61: the deeds
This form usually rendered as “commanded”, “admonisheth”, “duty” (4 occurrences)
book 87% holy 3% tablet 2% words 2% sacred 2% books 1% scriptures 1% own 1% writing 1% kitáb-i-íqán 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy BooksgleaningsGWB §22: sacred Scriptureskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: Our Most Holy Bookkitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the sacred Bookprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: Write us upthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and have written for theewill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: My Books
This form usually rendered as “describe”, “remembered”, “remember” (25 occurrences)
describe 29% remembered 14% remember 7% others 7% reveal 7% commemorated 7% numbered 7% admonish 7% vaunted 7% recounted 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: The afore-mentionedgleaningsGWB §247: a warningkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: attribute unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: be mentionedtablet-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 §149: in the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §391: which cometh down from Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: firmamentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §706: and by Thy Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §432: the things ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §47: in the presence ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: than that which thou possessest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: justicegleaningsGWB §508: with those of the unjustkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: pricelessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §36: rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of justicegleaningsGWB §20: richer than
This form usually rendered as “great”, “most”, “mighty” (130 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: Most MightygleaningsGWB §504: inconceivably mightykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §110: comparative potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: is infinitethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: most great
yourselves 50% own 16% souls 10% hearts 8% desires 4% ye 4% upon 2% nature 2% judgment 2% waywardness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: thyselfgleaningsGWB §395: in his steadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: selfish desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: their own sakestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §156: desirewill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: for myself
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: upliftfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §406: of the Most Highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: the most exalted—mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: the all-glorioustablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
This form usually rendered as “powerless”, “almighty”, “can” (39 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the things which beseemed themgleaningsGWB §621: their lustskitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: unchasteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: and the wickednessthe-hidden-wordsHW §40: if thou wouldst attainwill-and-testamentW&T §48: as it is meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §538: Letkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: wickedness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: My peoplefire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §381: this privilegekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of selfprayers-and-meditationsP&M §151: may speed outtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
