Gleanings — §542
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 542 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
\[أَیْنَ] الّذین کانوا قبلکم وتطوف في حولهم ذوات الجمال أن اعتبروا یا قوم ولا تکوننّ من الغافلین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The generations that have gone on before you — whither are they fled? And those round whom in life circled the fairest and the loveliest of the land, where now are they? Profit by their example, O people, and be not of them that are gone astray.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thine EssencegleaningsGWB §90: had stoodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: theirprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: wilt abidetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest abide
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: worthyfire-tabletFire §46: press onwardgleaningsGWB §713: recentkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: time and againkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: in a bygone ageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: and set himself towardstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Spot round whichgleaningsGWB §391: is subservientkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: revolvethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: hath circledtablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: round which have circledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §10: doth circlewill-and-testamentW&T §24: peoplesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: have circled about
now 43% round 13% times 9% conditions 7% around 7% state 5% present 4% circumstances 4% power 4% therefore 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: circumstancesgleaningsGWB §482: yearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: Ponderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §200: by Thy strengthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: become veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: her statethe-hidden-wordsHW §26: plightwill-and-testamentW&T §52: at such a time
This form usually rendered as “women”, “fairest” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered قبلکم (qblkm), وتطوف (wtṭúf), حولهم (ḥúlhm), ذوات (dhúát), الجمال (al-jmál), اعتبروا (iʿtbrúá), قوم (qúm), تکوننّ (tkúnnn) as “before, circled, round whom, fairest and the loveliest, Profit, people, not”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: BeautygleaningsGWB §134: glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: none of whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: to gaze on Thy beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: and by My beautywill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “take”, “warned”, “profit” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “heedless”, “wayward”, “have” (43 occurrences)
SE expanded to “are gone astray”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: heedless onesgleaningsGWB §655: of them that trespass against Theekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: We knew notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have failed to recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: are unawaregleaningsGWB §279: have utterly neglected
