Gleanings — §527
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 527 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
(لوح الملكة فيكتوريا) يا أصحاب المجالس في هناك وديار أخرى تدبّروا وتكلّموا فيما يُصلح به العالم وحاله
یا أصحاب المجلس في هناک ودیار أُخری، تدبّروا وتکلّموا فیما یصلح به العالم وحاله لو أنتم من المتوسّمین فانظروا العالم کهیکل إنسان إنّه خلق صحیحاً کاملاً فاعترته الأمراض بالأسباب المختلفة المتغایرة وما طابت نفسه في یوم بل اشتدّ مرضه بما وقع تحت تصرّف أطبّآء غیر حاذقة الّذین رکبوا مطیّة الهوی وکانوا من الهائمین وإن طاب عضو من أعضائه في عصر من الأعصار بطبیب حاذق بقیت أعضآء
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O ye the elected representatives of the people in every land! Take ye counsel together, and let your concern be only for that which profiteth mankind, and bettereth the condition thereof, if ye be of them that scan heedfully. Regard the world as the human body which, though at its creation whole and perfect, hath been afflicted, through various causes, with grave disorders and maladies. Not for one day did it gain ease, nay its sickness waxed more severe, as it fell under the treatment of ignorant physicians, who gave full rein to their personal desires, and have erred grievously. And if, at one time, through the care of an able physician, a member of that body was healed, the rest remained afflicted as before. Thus informeth you the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
Translation Notes
SE rendered لوح (lúḥ), الملكة (al-mlkh), فيكتوريا (fíktúríá), أصحاب (ʾaṣḥáb) as “elected representatives”
tablet 77% preserved 4% tablets 4% lawh-i-burhan 2% lawh-i-fu’ad 2% perspicuous 2% original 2% comprehend 2% guarded 2% mystic 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy TabletsgleaningsGWB §591: luminous Tabletkitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: These wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: and the Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tabletepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: illuminedgleaningsGWB §709: His Tablets
SE rendered الملكة (al-mlkh), فيكتوريا (fíktúríá), أصحاب (ʾaṣḥáb), المجالس (al-mjáls) as “elected representatives”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: KinggleaningsGWB §636: of the kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: among Thy nationstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: that thine may bewill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
companions 65% followers 8% disciples 8% people 8% members 2% associates 2% elected 2% hearts 2% small 2% god’s 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of its ownergleaningsGWB §407: the followerskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: men of insightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: disciples and companionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §857: comforterthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: dwellersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: them who are endowedgleaningsGWB §527: elected representatives
SE rendered أصحاب (ʾaṣḥáb), المجالس (al-mjáls), هناك (hnák), وديار (wdíár), أخرى (ʾakhrى), تدبّروا (tdbbrúá) as “elected representatives, land, every, Take ye counsel together”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: assemblygleaningsGWB §461: gatheringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: enshrinedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: dwelleththe-hidden-wordsHW §134: companionshipepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: by the tribunalsgleaningsGWB §337: so closely associatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: occupying
SE rendered أصحاب (ʾaṣḥáb), المجالس (al-mjáls), هناك (hnák), وديار (wdíár), أخرى (ʾakhrى), تدبّروا (tdbbrúá) as “elected representatives, land, every, Take ye counsel together”
3 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “other”, “another”, “again” (17 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Take ye counsel together”
take 13% ordereth 13% ordainer 13% selfish 13% providence 13% ruler 7% incompetent 7% machinations 7% devise 7% schemed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: OrdainergleaningsGWB §362: selfish schemeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: strive to graspprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: Thy providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: reflectepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: measuresgleaningsGWB §163: are continually plotting to instillkitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: led
SE rendered هناك (hnák), وديار (wdíár), أخرى (ʾakhrى), تدبّروا (tdbbrúá), وتكلّموا (wtkllmúá), فيما (fímá), يُصلح (yuṣlḥ), العالم (al-ʿálm), وحاله (wḥálh) as “land, every, Take ye counsel together, that which, profiteth, mankind, bettereth the condition thereof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: Who conversed with Godfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §346: spokekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: the text of the Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §277: utterethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: He Who conversed with God
This form usually rendered as “days” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: in this mortal lifegleaningsGWB §363: after Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: in mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: in theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: ingleaningsGWB §218: in the days to comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: within mewill-and-testamentW&T §10: through my love for
betterment 29% hath 14% profiteth 10% requirements 10% amity 10% bless 10% better 5% cause 5% reformer 5% world 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §16: the well-beinggleaningsGWB §172: rehabilitatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: currentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: blessthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: seeking their own goodwill-and-testamentW&T §25: rightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: causegleaningsGWB §562: to ennoble
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Know thoufire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §271: He Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: have realizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is My knowledge
This form usually rendered as “now”, “consider”, “present” (178 occurrences)
SE expanded to “bettereth the condition thereof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: hath comegleaningsGWB §309: hidden behindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: Whereforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §799: Thy power and Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: wavertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §30: untouched
8 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “them that scan heedfully”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: Gaze thoufire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §34: yearningly awaitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: end in viewprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: to fix their gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: recall
This form usually rendered as “human” (1 occurrences)
temple 28% form 17% temples 10% embodiments 10% tabernacles 10% beings 7% bodies 7% human 3% embodiment 3% manifestations 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: my templefire-tabletFire §44: Thy templegleaningsGWB §100: the Templeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: Templesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the bodiestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodimentsthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy templewill-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple
SE rendered المتوسّمین (al-mtússmín), فانظروا (fánẓrúá), العالم (al-ʿálm), کهیکل (khíkl), إنسان (ʾinsán), خلق (khlq), صحیحاً (ṣḥíḥáan), کاملاً (kámláan), فاعترته (fáʿtrth) as “them that scan heedfully, Regard, world, as the human body, creation, whole, perfect, hath been afflicted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Every mangleaningsGWB §436: the human racekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: reunionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §404: enjoy such intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: desire communionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: perceivegleaningsGWB §370: to mankitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: Son of Man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a creaturefire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §264: by menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: creation no endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: Thine own creationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: hath been created
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: for the healinggleaningsGWB §528: to improve its conditionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: healthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: wholegleaningsGWB §39: correctkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: doubtfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: to effect a curekitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: speakest the truth
This form usually rendered as “which”, “hath” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: which is afflictedgleaningsGWB §527: hath been afflictedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the Urvatu’l-Vuthqáprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: impairgleaningsGWB §199: Divestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: Urvatu’l-Vuthqá ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §204: the handleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: and laid hold on
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: grievous maladygleaningsGWB §74: inveterate diseaseskitab-i-iqanKIQ §165: is in a diseasedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: the sicknessesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: maladiesgleaningsGWB §156: infirmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: illsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: ailing
SE expanded to “through various causes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: SuffergleaningsGWB §174: promotekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: effective meanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: privily they would vilifyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: the most great Instrumentthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: the wailingwill-and-testamentW&T §52: bring to naughtepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: conducive
SE rendered فاعترته (fáʿtrth), الأمراض (al-ʾamráḍ), بالأسباب (bálʾasbáb), المختلفة (al-mkhtlfh), المتغایرة (al-mtgháyrh), طابت (ṭábt), نفسه (nfsh) as “hath been afflicted, maladies, through various causes, gain ease, it”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the diversgleaningsGWB §440: differencekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: contending peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: will dividethe-hidden-wordsHW §151: diversewill-and-testamentW&T §58: revoltepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: beyond
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: Happy the mangleaningsGWB §527: gain easekitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: sweetnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §432: and refreshwill-and-testamentW&T §29: Well is it withepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: to recovergleaningsGWB §222: richkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: the everlasting and goodly
SE rendered طابت (ṭábt), نفسه (nfsh), یوم (yúm), اشتدّ (ishtdd), مرضه (mrḍh), وقع (wqʿ) as “gain ease, it, day, waxed, sickness, fell”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: thine own selfgleaningsGWB §687: earthly desireskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: their vain and selfish desiresprayers-and-meditationsP&M §773: by Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: are theywill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: daysgleaningsGWB §228: by daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: a mighty Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: the Fastwill-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ timeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §256: Our dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: dost witness today
have 19% fell 15% occurred 15% come 12% brought 8% repositories 8% recipients 8% hath 8% actually 4% episode 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: come to passgleaningsGWB §346: arosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §232: in gazingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: fell uponthe-hidden-wordsHW §148: situatewill-and-testamentW&T §19: givenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: have happened
treatment 18% establishing 9% appropriate 9% seize 9% pervading 9% sway 9% transmuting 9% transcendent 9% meddling 9% lay 9%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: physiciangleaningsGWB §74: the true Physicianprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: the Healerthe-hidden-wordsHW §107: healerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: physiciansgleaningsGWB §74: unskilled practitionersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §697: my healingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the ignorant physicians
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
SE expanded to “gave full rein”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: gave full reingleaningsGWB §452: ye have perpetratedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: have wroughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: they have transgressedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §3: let the angelic spirits enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: committethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: committed thatgleaningsGWB §499: commit vile and contemptible
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: desiresfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §629: evil passions and desireskitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: and the breaththe-hidden-wordsHW §39: thou desirestwill-and-testamentW&T §36: my spiritepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: desire
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: he wasfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §189: beenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: worldly and impedingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: succeedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: limbgleaningsGWB §527: restprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: the memberswill-and-testamentW&T §17: membersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: limb of My bodyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bodywill-and-testamentW&T §38: those of Englandepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: member
eternity 23% everlasting 18% immortality 16% eternal 14% immortal 7% imperishable 6% remained 5% incorruptible 5% ever-abiding 5% live 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §154: remainingfire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §44: been blindlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: remained unfulfilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: the continuance of lifetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: endureth
