Gleanings — §57
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 57 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
مِنْ أَعْلَى الْغُرُفَاتِ أَنْ أَبْشِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْجِنَانِ بِمَا تَدُقُّ أَنَامِلُ الْقِدَمِ النَّاقُوسَ الأَعْظَمَ فِي قُطْبِ السَّمَآءِ بِاسْمِ الأَبْهَى، وَأَدَارَتْ أَيَادِي الْعَطَاءِ كَوْثَرَ الْبَقَآءِ تَقَرَّبُوا ثُمَّ اشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا لَكُمْ يَا مَطَالِعَ الشَّوْقِ وَمَشَارِقَ الاشْتِياقِ، إِذًا طَلَعَ مَطْلِعُ الأَسْمَآءِ مِنْ سُرَادِقِ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ مُنَادِيًا بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَآءِ يَا أَهْلَ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Within this Paradise, and from the heights of its loftiest chambers, the Maids of Heaven have cried out and shouted: “Rejoice, ye dwellers of the realms above, for the fingers of Him Who is the Ancient of Days are ringing, in the name of the All-Glorious, the Most Great Bell, in the midmost heart of the heavens. The hands of bounty have borne round the cup of everlasting life. Approach, and quaff your fill. Drink with healthy relish, O ye that are the very incarnations of longing, ye who are the embodiments of vehement desire!”
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)
SE expanded to “heights of its loftiest”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: may be exaltedfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §292: upon theirkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: is He—“Andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §725: Thy highnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around herthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: ForerunnergleaningsGWB §555: the Mystic Heraldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: announcedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: was manifestedthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: OF MANwill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: mankindgleaningsGWB §672: be gladdened
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: among the dwellers of Thy realmgleaningsGWB §583: Concoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: ye peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the people
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: ParadisegleaningsGWB §312: childkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §532: all the delights of Paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §7: thy heavenly homewill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the GardengleaningsGWB §360: Beloved
This form usually rendered as “toll”, “ringing” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: the Most Great PrisongleaningsGWB §181: exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: more grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: and Whose majestythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: Crownepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: RevelationgleaningsGWB §183: most mighty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: the namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §374: into the heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: guidanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: have been cast into prisontablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: unto the heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: lightsgleaningsGWB §186: the Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-GloriousgleaningsGWB §661: of Gloryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: the brightest realities
This form usually rendered as “borne” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §490: the perpetratorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: In Thy handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: with the handgleaningsGWB §184: at the hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §178: bestowfire-tabletFire §4: generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: show kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: and Thy generositythe-hidden-wordsHW §66: iswill-and-testamentW&T §10: Thy bountiful Graceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: bountyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: bounteousness
living 45% kawthar 14% waters 10% river 10% stream 3% cup 3% life-giving 3% through 3% everlasting 3% plenteous 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the living watersgleaningsGWB §435: streamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §5: the riverepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: watersgleaningsGWB §60: the life-giving waters of reunionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Kawtharprayers-and-meditationsP&M §508: living waters
eternity 35% immortality 22% everlasting 19% long 5% eternal 5% throughout 3% establishment 3% duration 3% continuance 3% discovered 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: remainfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §470: perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the immortal draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: live totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: Eternity
SE expanded to “quaff your fill. Drink”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: drunkgleaningsGWB §89: are they that quaff itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: those that have quaffedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §620: make her quaffthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: drinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: drink yegleaningsGWB §57: quaff your fill. Drinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: drinking
SE expanded to “with healthy relish”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered اشْرَبُوا (ishrabúá), هَنِيئًا (haníʾan), لَكُمْ (lakum), مَطَالِعَ (maṭáliʿ), الشَّوْقِ (ash-shawq) as “quaff your fill. Drink, with healthy relish, incarnations, longing”
2 occurrences in corpus
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Dayspringfire-tabletFire §12: RevealergleaningsGWB §260: broken,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: dawnprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: and the dawningtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §17: May knowthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: longingfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §591: in its longingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: yearningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: in their longingthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: yearn
daysprings 38% manifestations 19% day-springs 10% dawning-places 5% sources 5% emblems 5% repositories 5% embodiments 5% easts 5% “easts” 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the dawnfire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §666: manifestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arisingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §389: effulgencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the lightthe-hidden-wordsHW §61: radiantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: risen and shineth
SE rendered الأَسْمَآءِ (as-smáʾ), سُرَادِقِ (surádiq), الْكِبْرِيَاءِ (al-kibríáʾ), مُنَادِيًا (munádiyan) as “Heaven, cried out and shouted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of the TabernaclesgleaningsGWB §34: the veilkitab-i-iqanKIQ §3: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: enter the Tabernacletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: the unseen pavilionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: pavilionwill-and-testamentW&T §5: the PaviliongleaningsGWB §661: the Tabernacle
SE rendered الأَسْمَآءِ (as-smáʾ), سُرَادِقِ (surádiq), الْكِبْرِيَاءِ (al-kibríáʾ), مُنَادِيًا (munádiyan) as “Heaven, cried out and shouted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: proudgleaningsGWB §471: swell with pridekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: greatprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thy majesty and greatnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
This form usually rendered as “proclaim”, “divine”, “herald” (10 occurrences)
SE expanded to “cried out and shouted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: cry outfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §632: cryingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: to cry outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: calleth
SE rendered مُنَادِيًا (munádiyan), الأَرْضِ (ar-rḍ) as “cried out and shouted”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: in the landfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §584: the dwellers on earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: heaven and on earththe-hidden-wordsHW §98: realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: upon earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §638: the peoples of the earth
