Gleanings — §52
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 52 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قُلْ هَذَا مَطْلِعُ الْغَيْبِ الْمَكْنُونِ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْعَارِفِيْنَ وَهَذَا مَظْهَرُ الْكَنْزِ الْمَخْزُونِ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْقَاصِدِيْنَ، وَهَذَا مَحْبُوبُ مَا كَانَ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَوْ أَنْتُمْ مِنَ الْمُقْبِلِيْنَ،
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: He it is Who is the Manifestation of Him Who is the Unknowable, the Invisible of the Invisibles, could ye but perceive it. He it is Who hath laid bare before you the hidden and treasured Gem, were ye to seek it. He it is Who is the one Beloved of all things, whether of the past or of the future. Would that ye might set your hearts and hopes upon Him!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: hath also saidgleaningsGWB §223: We havekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: He also saith:prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: and say:tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “dayspring”, “dawning-place”, “source” (125 occurrences)
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: If ye become aware offire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §52: the Manifestationkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: Revealersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: first glimmeringstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
invisible 53% unseen 28% unknowable 5% concealment 3% hidden 3% seen 3% secrets 1% things 1% whom 1% impenetrable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath been obscuredgleaningsGWB §122: Their wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: of the Invisiblesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §441: Thine invisibletablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: while I am absentthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: with detractionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Unseen, the UnknowablegleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hath beheld
الْمَكْنُونِ
literal: hidden; hidden/concealed; hidden, treasured
SE expanded to “hidden and treasured”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: “HiddengleaningsGWB §32: wraptkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: smoulderethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hiddentablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: He that was hidden from mortal eyesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: hiddengleaningsGWB §48: that which lay hidden from the eyes of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §474: the things which lie hid
SE rendered لَوْ (law), الْعَارِفِيْنَ (al-ʿárifín), وَهَذَا (wahadhá), مَظْهَرُ (maẓhar) as “could ye but perceive, He it is Who, hath laid bare”
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: the fragrance of whichgleaningsGWB §399: have failed to recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: true knowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: comprehendingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: is known as
This form usually rendered as “manifestation”, “revealer”, “who” (112 occurrences)
SE expanded to “hath laid bare”
manifestation 58% revealer 16% who 12% manifest 3% dayspring 2% manifested 2% manifestations 2% revealest 1% focused 1% symbol 1%
SE rendered وَهَذَا (wahadhá), مَظْهَرُ (maẓhar), الْكَنْزِ (al-kanz), الْمَخْزُونِ (al-makhzún) as “He it is Who, hath laid bare”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: is treasuredgleaningsGWB §480: be pampered with luxurieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: depositoriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §640: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §70: have treasuredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a treasuregleaningsGWB §354: all the things that lie enshrinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the treasuries
SE rendered وَهَذَا (wahadhá), مَظْهَرُ (maẓhar), الْكَنْزِ (al-kanz), الْمَخْزُونِ (al-makhzún) as “He it is Who, hath laid bare”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: treasuriesgleaningsGWB §52: hidden and treasuredkitab-i-ahdAhd §1: the treasurykitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Treasuries ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: enshrinedthe-hidden-wordsHW §66: I have preserved itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: treasurygleaningsGWB §627: within the treasuries
SE rendered الْقَاصِدِيْنَ، (al-qáṣidína،), وَهَذَا (wahadhá), مَحْبُوبُ (maḥbúb) as “He it is Who, is the one Beloved”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: the purposegleaningsGWB §370: hekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aimkitab-i-iqanKIQ §285: the meaning intendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §391: of them who haste to meet Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seekethwill-and-testamentW&T §47: my heart’s Desireepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the Desire of their hearts
SE expanded to “is the one Beloved”
beloved 44% well-beloved 26% best-beloved 12% loved 5% one 3% object 3% prized 2% thou 2% pleasing 1% love 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: the Well-Belovedfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §31: Oh, how I longkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: their heart’s desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: his belovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §6: their
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: It isgleaningsGWB §305: been identicalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §102: holdeth, for all timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I havetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §69: your inmost being
This form usually rendered as “set”, “faithful”, “turn” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the man that hath turned towards themfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §135: that of the Bábkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: agokitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: towardprayers-and-meditationsP&M §631: and to set myself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
