Gleanings — §53
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 53 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يَا قَلَمِ إِنَّا نُصَدِّقُكَ فِيمَا اعْتَذَرْتَ بِهِ فِي الصَّمْتِ مِا تَقُولُ فِي الْحَيْرَةِ الَّتِي نَرَاكَ فِيهَا
Shoghi Effendi Translation
We have heard the voice of thy pleading, O Pen, and excuse thy silence. What is it that hath so sorely bewildered thee?
Translation Notes
SE rendered قَلَمِ (qalam), نُصَدِّقُكَ (nuṣaddiquk), فِيمَا (fímá), اعْتَذَرْتَ (iʿtadhart) as “Pen, and excuse thy silence”
truth 38% true 17% truthfulness 13% truthful 7% acknowledge 7% sincere 6% truly 3% applicable 3% men 3% sanction 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: of truthgleaningsGWB §238: that speak the truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: who shall bear witnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: truth,”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §19: assentingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §268: hath spoken the truthgleaningsGWB §568: unless substantiated by the approval
This form usually rendered as “pleading” (1 occurrences)
SE rendered اعْتَذَرْتَ (iʿtadhart), الصَّمْتِ (aṣ-ṣamt), تَقُولُ (taqúl), الْحَيْرَةِ (al-ḥayrah) as “and excuse thy silence, is it that, bewildered”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: held His peacegleaningsGWB §690: proclaim unceasinglyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: to hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §211: He will not be silentgleaningsGWB §46: thy peaceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: I hold my peaceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: that hold their peacegleaningsGWB §48: silence
This form usually rendered as “saith”, “saying”, “exclaimeth” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “is it that hath so sorely”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We saidgleaningsGWB §107: utteranceskitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Our argumentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §838: by Thy word of commandtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: astoundedgleaningsGWB §118: bewilderingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: bewilderingly mysteriousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: perplexedgleaningsGWB §321: wonder and amazementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: strangeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: have been sore perplexed
This form usually rendered as “see”, “methinks”, “thee” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the mirrorsfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §163: of the visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: seenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: Thou well knowestthe-hidden-wordsHW §62: thou mayest obtainwill-and-testamentW&T §35: saw meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: hath ever seen
