Gleanings — §567
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 567 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
وإنّک فانظر شأن هؤلآء بعد الّذي شهدوا کلّهم بأنّي فدیت نفسي وأهلي في سبیل الله وحفظًا لإیمانهم وکنت بین الأعدآء في أیّام الّتي اضطربت کلّ النّفوس وستروا وجوههم عن الأحباب والأعدآء وکانوا بحفظ أنفسهم لمن المشتغلین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Behold the low estate of these men who know full well how I have offered up Mine own Self and My kindred in the path of God and for the preservation of their faith in Him, who are well aware how Mine enemies have compassed Me about, in the days when the hearts of men feared and trembled, the days when they hid themselves from the eyes of the loved ones of God and of His enemies, and were busied in ensuring their own security and peace.
We eventually succeeded in manifesting the Cause of God, and exalted it to so eminent a position that all the people, except those who cherished ill-will in their hearts against this Youth and joined partners with the Almighty, acknowledged the sovereignty of God and His mighty dominion.
Translation Notes
SE rendered وإنّک (wʾinnk), فانظر (fánẓr), شأن (shʾan), هؤلآء (hʾláʾ) as “Behold, low estate, these men”
This form usually rendered as “consider”, “gaze”, “look” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: with the eyefire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §463: Set before thine eyeskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: for the sake ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §84: of Thy mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: turn your eyes
This form usually rendered as “such”, “station”, “honor” (82 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neithergleaningsGWB §214: stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the manifold evidencesthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §115: revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: power
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “realized” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered هؤلآء (hʾláʾ), شهدوا (shhdúá), کلّهم (kllhm), بأنّي (bʾanní), فدیت (fdít), نفسي (nfsí), وأهلي (wʾahlí), سبیل (sbíl), الله (al-lh) as “these men, acknowledged, all, offered up, Mine own Self, My kindred, path, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be offered upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §107: be sacrificedwill-and-testamentW&T §49: Martyrdomepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: that I may sacrificefire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Mine own Self”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: soulgleaningsGWB §618: thine own soulkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: to be the same astablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: inmatesfire-tabletFire §22: the SyriansgleaningsGWB §697: the upholderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: people of the Bayánprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: my peopletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: them that are withinthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: childrenwill-and-testamentW&T §52: rebellious ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: DivinegleaningsGWB §23: God’s,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: abandonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §148: this God-given
This form usually rendered as “protection”, “protect”, “protected” (56 occurrences)
SE expanded to “for the preservation”
protection 27% protect 20% protected 10% guard 10% security 7% shield 7% preservation 7% safeguarding 7% about 3% hath 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: preservedgleaningsGWB §705: for their protectionkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: tightenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §388: attempt to savetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §17: impregnableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: shield
faith 17% trustworthy 11% believe 11% believed 11% trustees 11% trustworthiness 8% trust 8% security 8% have 8% believer 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: trustworthygleaningsGWB §260: “I truly believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §702: Thy protectionthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: may fulfillepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm them that Thou didst trustgleaningsGWB §268: believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: believeth
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “hast”, “lay” (112 occurrences)
SE expanded to “who are well aware how”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: been numberedfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §483: beforekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: have expectantly awaitedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the night seasongleaningsGWB §228: by daykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: Thine own dayswill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the daysgleaningsGWB §279: your bygone dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: today
SE expanded to “feared and trembled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: confusiongleaningsGWB §211: to tremblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §343: would be sore shakentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: perturbed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: they hide Me awayfire-tabletFire §45: Thou ConcealergleaningsGWB §558: enshrinedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: latentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: starsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §206: cloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: been hiddenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: hidden
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: directed towardsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §29: directed towards me Thy stepskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §246: that they may beholdtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of thethe-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself
SE expanded to “the loved ones”
SE rendered والأعدآء (wálʾaʿdáʾ), وکانوا (wkánúá), بحفظ (bḥfẓ), أنفسهم (ʾanfshm), لمن (lmn) as “of His enemies, were busied, in ensuring, their own security”
SE rendered وکانوا (wkánúá), بحفظ (bḥfẓ), أنفسهم (ʾanfshm), لمن (lmn), المشتغلین (al-mshtghlín) as “were busied, in ensuring, their own security”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: busied themselvesgleaningsGWB §410: endeavorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: communedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: and be occupied onlythe-hidden-wordsHW §27: and busywill-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: ingleaningsGWB §499: most mighty enterprise
