Gleanings — §539

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 539 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

قل تالله قد تمّت نعمة الله وبلغت کلمته ولاح وجهه وأحاط سلطانه وظهر أمره وسبق إحسانه العالمین.

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: By the righteousness of the Almighty! The measure of the favors of God hath been filled up, His Word hath been perfected, the light of His countenance hath been revealed, His sovereignty hath encompassed the whole of creation, the glory of His Revelation hath been made manifest, and His bounties have rained upon all mankind.

Translation Notes

قل

ql q-w-l → “say”

literal: say; saying

say 86% say: 4% “say 2% “say 2% tell 1% \‘say 1% know 1% exclaim 1% testify 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: We have said gleaningsGWB §572: professing their faith kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speaketh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: would surely have said prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: and said tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out to tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded her the-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words

الله

al-lh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 93% god’s 2% lord 1% divine 1% almighty 1% “god 1% god.” 0% unto 0% towards 0% \‘god 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O God fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §56: God’s,”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divine prayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: remain tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial

تمّت

tmmt t-m-m

literal: complete; all; completed

SE rendered قل (ql), تالله (tállh), تمّت (tmmt), نعمة (nʿmh), الله (al-lh), وبلغت (wblght) as “Say, the favors, God, Word hath been perfected”

hath 25% come 13% fulfilled.” 13% fulfilled 13% stilled 13% bounty 13% fully 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: the utmost gleaningsGWB §166: was suddenly kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: inflexible prayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: most perfect the-hidden-wordsHW §131: only will-and-testamentW&T §6: more complete epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: energetically gleaningsGWB §135: was fulfilled

وبلغت

wblght b-l-gh → “word hath been perfected”

literal: reach; reached; attainment

SE expanded to “Word hath been perfected”

thou 50% hath 25% failed 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: a sum fire-tabletFire §11: reached gleaningsGWB §117: attainments kitab-i-iqanKIQ §185: unravel prayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the wise tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: message tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she reached the-hidden-wordsHW §12: bountifully

کلمته

klmth k-l-m

literal: word; words

SE rendered نعمة (nʿmh), الله (al-lh), وبلغت (wblght), کلمته (klmth), ولاح (wláḥ), وجهه (wjhh), وأحاط (wʾaḥáṭ), سلطانه (slṭánh) as “the favors, God, Word hath been perfected, countenance, sovereignty”

word 38% words 36% through 5% who 4% utterances 4% sayings 3% speak 3% one 3% most 2% utterance 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: speech fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining word gleaningsGWB §278: but one word kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: utter kitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: that which prayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: idle talk tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic word the-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith

ولاح

wláḥ l-w-ḥ

literal: tablet; tablets; allusion

SE rendered نعمة (nʿmh), الله (al-lh), وبلغت (wblght), کلمته (klmth), ولاح (wláḥ), وجهه (wjhh), وأحاط (wʾaḥáṭ), سلطانه (slṭánh), وظهر (wẓhr), أمره (ʾamrh) as “the favors, God, Word hath been perfected, countenance, sovereignty, Revelation”

hath 50% risen 25% uncovered 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Our Tablets gleaningsGWB §39: the allusions kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: a number of treatises prayers-and-meditationsP&M §330: and the Tablet tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Books will-and-testamentW&T §7: a document epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: in Thy Tablets gleaningsGWB §41: page

وجهه

wjhh w-j-h → “countenance”

literal: face

face 29% countenance 14% meanings 14% unfurled 7% eyes 7% light 7% whose 7% faces 7% quarter 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to the countenance fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §568: Me kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his face kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: character prayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: hath not been directed tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy steps the-hidden-wordsHW §76: turned towards

وأحاط

wʾaḥáṭ ḥ-w-ṭ

literal: encompassing; encompass; encompassed

SE rendered الله (al-lh), وبلغت (wblght), کلمته (klmth), ولاح (wláḥ), وجهه (wjhh), وأحاط (wʾaḥáṭ), سلطانه (slṭánh), وظهر (wẓhr), أمره (ʾamrh), وسبق (wsbq), إحسانه (ʾiḥsánh) as “God, Word hath been perfected, countenance, sovereignty, Revelation, bounties”

encompassed 45% hath 17% envelop 11% pervaded 6% embraced 6% have 4% surrounded 4% surround 2% throughout 2% enveloped 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: have encompassed fire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed to gleaningsGWB §191: spread through kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: comprehendeth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: which have embraced the-hidden-wordsHW §98: beset will-and-testamentW&T §32: compassed me round epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: encompassed

سلطانه

slṭánh s-l-ṭ → “sovereignty”

literal: sovereignty; king; authority

king 42% sovereignty 19% sháh 12% sovereign 11% through 5% lord 4% power 2% majesty 2% virtue 2% excelleth 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: the Sháh gleaningsGWB §531: clothed with the glory of an all-compelling sovereignty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: that sovereignty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §351: your Sovereign tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the King the-hidden-wordsHW §98: chief will-and-testamentW&T §7: power of the Crown epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: Thy sovereignty

وظهر

wẓhr ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered وجهه (wjhh), وأحاط (wʾaḥáṭ), سلطانه (slṭánh), وظهر (wẓhr), أمره (ʾamrh), وسبق (wsbq), إحسانه (ʾiḥsánh), العالمین (al-ʿálmín) as “countenance, sovereignty, Revelation, bounties, mankind”