Gleanings — §568
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 568 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ومع هذا الظّهور الّذي أحاط الممکنات وهذا الإشراق الّذي ما سمعوا شبهه في الآفاق اعترضوا عَلَيَّ ملأ البیان ومنهم من أعرض عن الصّراط وکفر بالّذي آمن به وبغی علی الله المقتدر المهیمن العليّ العظیم ومنهم من توقّف لدی الصّراط وعلّق أمر الله بساذجه بتصدیق الّذي خلق بقولي وبذلک حبط أعماله وما کان من الشّاعرین ومنهم من قاس نفس الله بنفسه وغرّته الأسمآء إلی مقام حارب بوجهي وافتی علی قتلي ونسبني بکلّ ما کان في نفسه إذًا اشکر في بثّي وحزني الّذي خلقني وأرسلني
Shoghi Effendi Translation
And yet, notwithstanding this Revelation whose influence hath pervaded all created things, and despite the brightness of this Light, the like of which none of them hath ever beheld, witness how the people of the Bayán have denied and contended with Me. Some have turned away from the Path of God, rejected the authority of Him in Whom they had believed, and acted insolently towards God, the Most Powerful, the Supreme Protector, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Others hesitated and halted in His Path, and regarded the Cause of the Creator, in its inmost truth, as invalid unless substantiated by the approval of him who was created through the operation of My Will. Thus have their works come to naught, and yet they failed to perceive it. Among them is he who sought to measure God with the measure of his own self, and was so misled by the names of God as to rise up against Me, who condemned Me as one that deserved to be put to death, and who imputed to Me the very offenses of which he himself was guilty.
Wherefore, do I plead My grief and My sorrow to Him Who created Me and entrusted Me with His Message.
Translation Notes
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: for the sake of proclaimingfire-tabletFire §38: prevailgleaningsGWB §286: generatekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: through their Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: which Thou wilt manifesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §99: guise
SE expanded to “influence hath pervaded”
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 §160: All-Encompassingfire-tabletFire §20: have been breathed togleaningsGWB §66: the All-Pervadingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: hath pervadedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: apprehendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: besetwill-and-testamentW&T §5: from all sides afflictedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: neglect
SE expanded to “all created things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: Placelessfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §683: the universekitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: the souls of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §842: every humanthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: in existencewill-and-testamentW&T §17: submissivenessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: unto thine abode
This form usually rendered as “shining”, “shed”, “brightness” (70 occurrences)
shining 17% shed 11% brightness 11% effulgent 11% shineth 11% shone 8% light 8% revelation 8% rise 8% splendor 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: hath dawnedfire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawninggleaningsGWB §22: manifested itselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: riseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §734: and shine brightly over all Thy creaturestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
This form usually rendered as “reached”, “beheld”, “hearkened” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Him Who hearethfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §211: Couldst thou have been toldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §290: that inclineth his earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: hast inclined mine ear totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
SE rendered وهذا (whdhá), الإشراق (ash-shráq), سمعوا (smʿúá), شبهه (shbhh), الآفاق (al-áfáq), اعترضوا (iʿtrḍúá), ملأ (mlʾ) as “and, despite, the like of which, beheld, witness, the”
This form usually rendered as “world”, “whole”, “all” (52 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “contended”, “caviled”, “have” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: them that have turned asidegleaningsGWB §287: turned awaykitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: have turned their face awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §715: refusaltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: hath also turned awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §3: exposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: The supplications
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: the people offire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §188: O people ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: can filltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §13: the Celestial Concourse
SE expanded to “from the Path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: a guiding lightgleaningsGWB §682: unto the straight Pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straight Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: WaygleaningsGWB §568: His Pathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: PathgleaningsGWB §317: into His straight Path
SE rendered البیان (al-bíán), ومنهم (wmnhm), أعرض (ʾaʿrḍ), الصّراط (aṣ-ṣráṭ), وکفر (wkfr), بالّذي (bálldhí), آمن (ámn), وبغی (wbghí), الله (al-lh) as “Bayán, Some, from the Path, rejected, the authority, towards”
unbelief 24% infidel 17% misbelief 14% repudiated 10% infidels 10% rejected 7% cancel 7% impiety 3% denounced 3% disbelieveth 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: they denygleaningsGWB §272: betray not thy faith in Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: their unbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: and who have repudiatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: if ye denyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: impietygleaningsGWB §612: ye have rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: misbelief
This form usually rendered as “believed”, “believe”, “hath” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: FaithfulgleaningsGWB §446: securitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: believingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: to have believedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: confidewill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: faith
SE rendered الصّراط (aṣ-ṣráṭ), وکفر (wkfr), بالّذي (bálldhí), آمن (ámn), وبغی (wbghí), الله (al-lh) as “from the Path, rejected, the authority, towards”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the things which beseemed themgleaningsGWB §621: their lustskitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: iniquityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: worthythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: dost seekwill-and-testamentW&T §48: as it is meet and seemlygleaningsGWB §568: acted insolentlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: wickedness
This form usually rendered as “god”, “god’s”, “lord” (1314 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Divinefire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §26: O ye beloved of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: All these thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: remaintablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
SE rendered بالّذي (bálldhí), آمن (ámn), وبغی (wbghí), الله (al-lh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), المهیمن (al-mhímn), العليّ (al-ʿlíl), العظیم (al-ʿẓím), ومنهم (wmnhm) as “rejected, the authority, towards, Supreme”
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
SE rendered آمن (ámn), وبغی (wbghí), الله (al-lh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), المهیمن (al-mhímn), العليّ (al-ʿlíl), العظیم (al-ʿẓím), ومنهم (wmnhm), توقّف (túqqf) as “the authority, towards, Supreme, hesitated”
help 68% omnipotent 6% overshadoweth 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4% protector 4% guardian 2% power 2% who 2% extend 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent ProtectorgleaningsGWB §617: the Supreme Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: and hast caused to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §612: the omnipotent Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §600: Protectorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the Help in Peril
SE rendered الله (al-lh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), المهیمن (al-mhímn), العليّ (al-ʿlíl), العظیم (al-ʿẓím), ومنهم (wmnhm), توقّف (túqqf), لدی (ldí), الصّراط (aṣ-ṣráṭ) as “towards, Supreme, hesitated, in His Path”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Most Sublimefire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §135: the Realms abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: How supremetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on highwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
SE rendered الله (al-lh), المقتدر (al-mqtdr), المهیمن (al-mhímn), العليّ (al-ʿlíl), العظیم (al-ʿẓím), ومنهم (wmnhm), توقّف (túqqf), لدی (ldí), الصّراط (aṣ-ṣráṭ) as “towards, Supreme, hesitated, in His Path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: not leftfire-tabletFire §28: doth My pen haltgleaningsGWB §210: stand thoukitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: revealedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: would not hesitateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of such as tarrygleaningsGWB §338: are fully awarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: Trustees
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: in the sight ofgleaningsGWB §719: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: afterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: atgleaningsGWB §386: when brought face to face withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: when brought beforeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: fromgleaningsGWB §720: through the guidance of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: suspendedgleaningsGWB §498: hath willedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: entanglementsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: dependwill-and-testamentW&T §15: detachmentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: hanginggleaningsGWB §305: all earthly attachmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: attachment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: these thingsfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §300: preordainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: hath prescribed for himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the waysprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: upon Thy biddingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: EssencegleaningsGWB §568: in its inmost truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: Substanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §659: quintessencegleaningsGWB §122: pure and stainlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: most pureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: the inmost spiritgleaningsGWB §66: the Ancient
acknowledge 25% truth 15% sanction 15% acknowledged 10% assent 10% recognize 5% faith 5% testified 5% unless 5% admit 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: truthfulgleaningsGWB §341: acknowledgedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: truly applicableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §219: to acknowledgetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: with absolute sinceritywill-and-testamentW&T §7: acquiescedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: uprightnessgleaningsGWB §53: We have heard
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §41: of a goodly characterfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §616: Who hath formedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: made manifestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: who were created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: the people
SE rendered الله (al-lh), بساذجه (bsádhjh), بتصدیق (btṣdíq), خلق (khlq), بقولي (bqúlí), وبذلک (wbdhlk), حبط (ḥbṭ), أعماله (ʾaʿmálh) as “the, Creator, unless substantiated, by”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: would answer and saygleaningsGWB §63: exclaimedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: recordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §79: idly
This form usually rendered as “come” (1 occurrences)
أعماله
ʾaʿmálh ʿ-m-l → “by the approval of him who was created through the operation of my will. thus have their works come to” Distinctive
literal: deed; deeds; work
This form usually rendered as “deeds”, “all”, “doings” (66 occurrences)
SE expanded to “by the approval of him who was created through the operation of My Will. Thus have their works come to”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: perpetrated such actsgleaningsGWB §463: all thy doingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: fulfilledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: Walkwill-and-testamentW&T §29: them that act accordinglyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: deed
SE rendered حبط (ḥbṭ), أعماله (ʾaʿmálh), الشّاعرین (ash-sháʿrín), ومنهم (wmnhm), قاس (qás), نفس (nfs), الله (al-lh), بنفسه (bnfsh) as “unless substantiated, by, naught, yet, they”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thygleaningsGWB §203: themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: the mind of manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: for Thy spirittablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the faithful
This form usually rendered as “misled” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: vanitygleaningsGWB §568: was so misledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: haughtinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §793: and who have been so deludedthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: PRIDE YOURSELVESwill-and-testamentW&T §17: every vainglorious oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath puffed me upgleaningsGWB §471: arrogance
This form usually rendered as “names”, “all”, “name” (141 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: by one of His namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §627: of Thy nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: in terms ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: of Thy shadowing Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: Him Who is the Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §63: attainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: rise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: came to passtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
SE rendered الله (al-lh), بنفسه (bnfsh), وغرّته (wghrrth), الأسمآء (as-smáʾ), مقام (mqám), حارب (ḥárb) as “they, failed, perceive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: wargleaningsGWB §296: contended with Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: to assailprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: againstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: contendedgleaningsGWB §636: refrain from contendingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: foughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §798: and have risen up against
SE rendered وغرّته (wghrrth), الأسمآء (as-smáʾ), مقام (mqám), حارب (ḥárb), بوجهي (bújhí) as “failed, perceive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: to set his face in the direction offire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §285: realitieskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §711: all them that have set themselves towards Theetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: unto Mine
SE rendered وغرّته (wghrrth), الأسمآء (as-smáʾ), مقام (mqám), حارب (ḥárb), بوجهي (bújhí), وافتی (wáftí) as “failed, perceive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: the judgment thou didst pronouncegleaningsGWB §719: have condemned to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: Youthwill-and-testamentW&T §6: decreeingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Thou hast pronounced sentencegleaningsGWB §568: condemnedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: decreedgleaningsGWB §719: pronounced the sentence of My death
SE rendered مقام (mqám), حارب (ḥárb), بوجهي (bújhí), وافتی (wáftí), قتلي (qtlí) as “perceive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: massacregleaningsGWB §568: deserved to be put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: be slainprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and put to deathwill-and-testamentW&T §6: the deathepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: that I may killgleaningsGWB §452: have because of you been put to deathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: murder
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: to relategleaningsGWB §41: Such sore accusationskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: My Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: declaredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §276: most exalted tiewill-and-testamentW&T §4: attributingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: ascribed the authorshipgleaningsGWB §313: faithful
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankfulfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §477: Thou canst best praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: thankful.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: yield Thee thankstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanks unto Himthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: honeyed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: sorrowfulfire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §652: I sorrow for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: shall not be put to grieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou grievewill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of the Apostle of GodgleaningsGWB §406: were presentedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: Prophethoodprayers-and-meditationsP&M §461: sent down by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: hath sent forththe-hidden-wordsHW §71: waftedwill-and-testamentW&T §53: treatisesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: His Apostle
