Gleanings — §56
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 56 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
الأَعْظَمَ لِحَيوَةِ الْعَالَمِينَ، قُلْ تِلْكَ جَنَّةٌ رُقِمَ عَلَى أَوْرَاقِ مَا غُرِسَ فِيها مِنْ رَحِيقِ الْبَيَانِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ الْمَكْنُونُ بِقُدْرَةٍ وَسُلْطَانٍ، إِنَّهَا لَجَنَّةٌ تَسْمَعُ مِنْ حَفِيفِ أَشْجَارِهَا يَا مَلأَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَآءِ قَدْ ظَهَرَ مَا لا ظَهَرَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَأَتَى مَنْ كَانَ غَيْبًا مَسْتُورًا فِي أَزَلِ الآزَالِ، وَمِنْ هَزِيزِ أَرْيَاحِهَا قَدْ أَتَى الْمَالِكُ وَالْمُلْكُ للهِ ومِنْ خَرِيرِ مَائِهَا قَدْ قَرَّتِ الْعُيُونُ بِمَا كَشَفَ الْغَيْبُ الْمَكْنُونُ عَنْ وَجْهِ الْجَمَالِ سِتْرُ الْجَلالِ وَنَادَتْ فِيْهَا الْحُورِيَّاتُ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: This is the Paradise on whose foliage the wine of utterance hath imprinted the testimony: “He that was hidden from the eyes of men is revealed, girded with sovereignty and power!” This is the Paradise, the rustling of whose leaves proclaims: “O ye that inhabit the heavens and the earth! There hath appeared what hath never previously appeared. He Who, from everlasting, had concealed His Face from the sight of creation is now come.” From the whispering breeze that wafteth amidst its branches there cometh the cry: “He Who is the sovereign Lord of all is made manifest. The Kingdom is God’s,” while from its streaming waters can be heard the murmur: “All eyes are gladdened, for He Whom none hath beheld, Whose secret no one hath discovered, hath lifted the veil of glory, and uncovered the countenance of Beauty.”
Translation Notes
SE rendered الأَعْظَمَ (al-ʾaʿẓam), لِحَيوَةِ (liḥaywah), الْعَالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), قُلْ (qul) as “Say”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: chiefgleaningsGWB §183: most mightykitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: loftyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §489: Thy great glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: greatest and mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: aboundinggleaningsGWB §632: Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam
SE rendered لِحَيوَةِ (liḥaywah), الْعَالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), قُلْ (qul) as “Say”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: Livingfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §167: revived Mekitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: recreatetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE rendered الْعَالَمِينَ، (al-ʿálamína،), قُلْ (qul), جَنَّةٌ (jannahun), رُقِمَ (ruqim) as “Say, the Paradise, hath imprinted the testimony”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: learningfire-tabletFire §3: EnchantergleaningsGWB §498: may knowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: of their understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §9: that knowethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: have referredgleaningsGWB §412: Say: Observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: answering saidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §737: uttered such calumniestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: held to be possessedgleaningsGWB §58: the blissful abodekitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: Theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: this Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the GardengleaningsGWB §591: the whole Paradise
SE expanded to “hath imprinted the testimony”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: inscribedgleaningsGWB §56: hath imprinted the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: hath writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §9: written byepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: recordedgleaningsGWB §692: hath fixedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: irrevocably establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: set forth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: pagefire-tabletFire §23: NightingalegleaningsGWB §66: The Phoenixkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: the Bird of Heavenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: of its leavestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: celestial dovewill-and-testamentW&T §30: written paperepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: newspapers
SE rendered رُقِمَ (ruqim), أَوْرَاقِ (ʾawráq), غُرِسَ (ghuris), رَحِيقِ (raḥíq), الْبَيَانِ (al-bayán) as “hath imprinted the testimony, foliage, wine, utterance”
4 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §200: glorious Chaliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: the cupepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: Choice Sealed WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: pure beverageepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wine
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: for the revelationfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §13: the unnumbered evidenceskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: Causeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: hoistedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory
الْمَكْنُونُ
literal: hidden; hidden/concealed; hidden, treasured
SE expanded to ““He that was hidden”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: hiddengleaningsGWB §56: He Whom none hathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: been wrapped upepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: hidgleaningsGWB §56: “He that was hiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: the Hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: concealedgleaningsGWB §612: Scriptures
This form usually rendered as “power”, “ordained”, “ordain” (182 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “king”, “sovereignty”, “sháh” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereigntygleaningsGWB §593: and rebelled against His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: spiritual sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §616: Lord and King oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: His Majesty
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: have also heardfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §389: senses of hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: intonedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the Burning BushgleaningsGWB §56: leaveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Tree—whichprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: the treeswill-and-testamentW&T §57: Lote-Treesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: of BlessednessgleaningsGWB §36: blessed Treekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the same Tree
SE expanded to “ye that inhabit”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: ConcoursegleaningsGWB §359: chiefskitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §24: inmates oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye rich onesgleaningsGWB §568: the peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: of earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §636: thereofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: on Thine earththe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the landfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §163: on the plain of Karbilá
SE expanded to “is now come.””
SE rendered وَأَتَى (waʾatá), غَيْبًا (ghayban), مَسْتُورًا (mastúran), أَزَلِ (ʾazal) as “is now come.”, from everlasting”
invisible 35% unseen 27% visible 10% seen 8% unknowable 8% concealment 4% secrets 2% things 2% all 2% impenetrable 2%
veil 41% concealed 11% conceal 11% hidden 11% unveiled 7% dissimulation 4% concealment 4% lay 4% hide 4% open 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: veilfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §586: wraptkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: innerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: all veilstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: veils and curtains
This form usually rendered as “whispering”, “whisper”, “murmur” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: have been quickenedgleaningsGWB §29: transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: stir me uptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §29: shakenwill-and-testamentW&T §35: made merryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: vibratethgleaningsGWB §56: whispering breezeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: hath been quickened
This form usually rendered as “branches” (1 occurrences)
winds 41% fragrance 19% fellowship 7% tempests 7% fragrances 7% breath 4% sweet 4% branches 4% breeze 4% blossom 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: dominiongleaningsGWB §357: nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: kingdom of namestablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: My dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: holyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: its watersgleaningsGWB §36: such waterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: inasmuch asthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: with the watersgleaningsGWB §395: the soft-flowing watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: the water
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §259: of Aynu’l-BaqargleaningsGWB §198: with your own eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: with Thine own eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §33: with Thine eye
This form usually rendered as “made”, “conceal”, “pierce” (9 occurrences)
face 68% countenance 13% faces 4% enveloping 2% eyes 2% before 2% vision 2% fixed 2% light 2% turn 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §227: turning towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §56: His Facekitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: quarter of the Heavensprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: I have turnedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE expanded to “countenance of Beauty.””
beauty 83% ancient 5% countenance 2% ornament 2% promised 2% everlasting 2% divine 2% immortal 2% abhá 2% fairest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: brieflygleaningsGWB §573: Incomparablekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: charmprayers-and-meditationsP&M §847: exalted Beautytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §3: Abhá Beauty
SE rendered الْجَمَالِ (al-jamál), سِتْرُ (sitr), الْجَلالِ (al-jalál), وَنَادَتْ (wanádat) as “countenance of Beauty.”, the veil, glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §299: will hailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: crytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: calleth
SE rendered الْجَلالِ (al-jalál), وَنَادَتْ (wanádat), الْحُورِيَّاتُ (al-ḥúrírát) as “glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: the black-eyedgleaningsGWB §588: Maid of Heaventablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: favored damselwill-and-testamentW&T §15: disciplesgleaningsGWB §588: black-eyed Damseltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: maidwill-and-testamentW&T §6: CentregleaningsGWB §273: the Maids of Heaven
