Gleanings — §565
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 565 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل يا قوم لا تنظروا إليّ إلّا بعيني إن يريدنّ أن تعرفنّ الله وقدرته
Shoghi Effendi Translation
If it be your wish, O people, to know God and to discover the greatness of His might, look, then, upon Me with Mine own eyes, and not with the eyes of anyone besides Me.
Translation Notes
SE rendered قل (ql), قوم (qúm), تنظروا (tnẓrúá), بعيني (bʿíní) as “people, look, then, with Mine own eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: hath saidgleaningsGWB §31: “Call outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: answered sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: and saithtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the Most Sublime Stationfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §76: noble habitationskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: pagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: by reasonfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §200: what eyekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: waiteth in expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: scenetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh
SE expanded to “with Mine own eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: eyesgleaningsGWB §667: well observedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the waterstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §19: chosen
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: by the willgleaningsGWB §298: I tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §96: of Thy good pleasuretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thou didst desiregleaningsGWB §275: to seek it
knowledge 34% understanding 12% recognize 9% know 9% fragrance 8% have 6% comprehend 6% known 5% recognized 5% hath 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognizethgleaningsGWB §414: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: unrenownedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: men’s apprehensiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: is known as
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God isgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §668: set
