Gleanings — §571
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 571 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قدّسوا قلوبكم عن حبّ الدّنيا ثمّ ألسنكم عن ذكر ما سويٰه ثمّ أركانكم عن كلّ ما يمنعكم عن اللّقا ويقرّبكم إلی ما يأمركم به الهوى اتّقوا اللّه يا قوم وكونوا من المتّقين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Cleanse from your hearts the love of worldly things, from your tongues every remembrance except His remembrance, from your entire being whatsoever may deter you from beholding His face, or may tempt you to follow the promptings of your evil and corrupt inclinations. Let God be your fear, O people, and be ye of them that tread the path of righteousness.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: PurgegleaningsGWB §182: is such as nokitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: far above the reach and ken of the understandingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: My holinesswill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: sanctify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heartsgleaningsGWB §687: affection of your heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: their mindsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §164: within my hearttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: and their own heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: within your heartswill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: of My lovefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §31: Oh, how I longkitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: my friendprayers-and-meditationsP&M §95: such as lovedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: best belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §18: ye beloved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagesgleaningsGWB §603: in a languagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §241: the tonguestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: tonguesgleaningsGWB §251: whose tongues
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: quotegleaningsGWB §71: through thy wordskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: dwell uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: celebrate Thy praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE expanded to “except His remembrance”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: everywheregleaningsGWB §556: menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §248: establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: his alltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §18: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §457: and fashioned you
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: membergleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole beingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: foundationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the foundationsgleaningsGWB §283: the memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: My very limbs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: obscuregleaningsGWB §449: resistkitab-i-iqanKIQ §197: is stilledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §59: and have deterred themtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: be bereftwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: forbade it
SE expanded to “beholding His face”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: impartedfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §397: instilledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: By attaining, therefore, to the presence ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: entrance into Thy presencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: to draw thee nighfire-tabletFire §2: Those who are near unto TheegleaningsGWB §700: them that shall be brought nigh unto Uskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: Ere longprayers-and-meditationsP&M §101: for such of Thy creatures as enjoy near access to Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: the Presencetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: the favoured of God
This form usually rendered as “biddeth”, “commandeth”, “enjoineth” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “corrupt”, “desire”, “desires” (105 occurrences)
SE expanded to “promptings of your evil”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionsfire-tabletFire §21: passiongleaningsGWB §656: the limitless immensitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: pursued his ownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §520: evil desirestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: and passionthe-hidden-wordsHW §127: OF PASSIONwill-and-testamentW&T §15: self
SE expanded to “Let God be”
SE rendered يأمركم (yʾamrkm), الهوى (al-húى), اتّقوا (ittqúá), اللّه (al-lh), قوم (qúm), وكونوا (wkúnúá), المتّقين (al-mttqín) as “to follow, promptings of your evil, Let God be, people, be ye, them that tread”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: standingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §490: thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Viewed in this lightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: bidden me to occupytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: ye do butgleaningsGWB §286: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: If he beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §131: Thine own Essencetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
