Gleanings — §538
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 538 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل قد نزل معادل ما نزل علی عَلِيٍّ من قَبْلُ ومن کان في ریب علی ما نطق علیه الرّوح حینئذ ینبغي له بأن یحضر تلقآء العرش لیسمع آیات الله ویکون علی بصیرة منیر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: The verses We have revealed are as numerous as those which, in the preceding Revelation, were sent down upon the Báb. Let him that doubteth the words which the Spirit of God hath spoken seek the court of Our presence and hear Our divinely revealed verses, and be an eyewitness of the clear proof of Our claim.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: answer and saygleaningsGWB §266: to saykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: recordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §482: and proclaimtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: were revealedgleaningsGWB §31: descendedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: come downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §270: written downtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: in accordance with
This form usually rendered as “compare”, “richer”, “numerous” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: with justicegleaningsGWB §507: your high sense of justicekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: equityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §337: would be more heinous thanthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: be justwill-and-testamentW&T §28: the just sovereignepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: comparegleaningsGWB §438: moderation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: that doubtestgleaningsGWB §555: and misgivingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: doubter.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: the suspiciousthe-hidden-wordsHW §13: a doubt thereofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: doubterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: as suspicious.’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: idle fancies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: crieth out these wordsfire-tabletFire §37: utterethgleaningsGWB §710: giveth utterancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: and can unloosetablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: hath been moved to disclosewill-and-testamentW&T §2: declared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulsfire-tabletFire §49: fragrancegleaningsGWB §612: Spirit of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: bread of heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §65: breezestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: of heaventhe-hidden-wordsHW §20: a breath of My own Spirit
SE rendered ریب (ríb), نطق (nṭq), علیه (ʿlíh), الرّوح (ar-rúḥ), حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), ینبغي (ynbghí), یحضر (yḥḍr) as “doubteth, spoken, the Spirit, seek, the court of Our presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentsgleaningsGWB §303: the hour at whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: Whereforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: until nowgleaningsGWB §372: thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §54: thousand lives
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: beseemethgleaningsGWB §656: as it befittethkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: to do that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and as beseemethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: behoovethgleaningsGWB §544: paramount duty iskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: that which is meet and seemlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: becometh
This form usually rendered as “attaineth”, “seek” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “court of Our presence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: Him WhogleaningsGWB §355: be considered as suited to the capacity ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of Providenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: of Thine exaltationthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: in the holy presencewill-and-testamentW&T §4: His Holiness theepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §256: the BábgleaningsGWB §41: Him
SE rendered الرّوح (ar-rúḥ), حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), ینبغي (ynbghí), یحضر (yḥḍr), تلقآء (tlqáʾ), العرش (al-ʿrsh), لیسمع (lísmʿ), آیات (áyát), الله (al-lh), ویکون (wíkún) as “the Spirit, seek, the court of Our presence, hear, Our divinely revealed verses, God, be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: impartedfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §486: We have caused to descend upon theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: pour out into thine earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §48: to meet Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §17: sow the seeds of
SE rendered ینبغي (ynbghí), یحضر (yḥḍr), تلقآء (tlqáʾ), العرش (al-ʿrsh), لیسمع (lísmʿ), آیات (áyát), الله (al-lh), ویکون (wíkún) as “seek, the court of Our presence, hear, Our divinely revealed verses, God, be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: throne on highgleaningsGWB §279: His thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: thronesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §836: Thy mighty Thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MY THRONEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: its mighty thronegleaningsGWB §585: the Throne of glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: Throne.”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: thine inner earfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §537: Heard it ye everkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: catch thetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE expanded to “Our divinely revealed verses”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: versefire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §151: the words of God thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: these wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: the verses sent down unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: comethwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Holy Text
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: I adjure theefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §462: is in the hand of none except Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: toprayers-and-meditationsP&M §296: and the Object of the adorationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
This form usually rendered as “will”, “future”, “may” (77 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: he begleaningsGWB §469: might actkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: they areprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: I would still have failed to repaytablet-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 “discernment”, “discerning”, “insight” (15 occurrences)
SE rendered آیات (áyát), الله (al-lh), ویکون (wíkún), بصیرة (bṣírh), منیر (mnír) as “Our divinely revealed verses, God, be, the clear proof”
resplendent 36% radiant 11% illumined 11% luminous 9% illuminated 9% shining 7% enlightening 5% effulgent 5% clear 5% enlightened 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: into lightfire-tabletFire §26: LightgivergleaningsGWB §684: surpassing lusterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: traditions establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §735: was illuminedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: splendourthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: Get thou from it thy radiancewill-and-testamentW&T §13: radiantly
