Gleanings — §572
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 572 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
من المتّقين قل يا قوم أنتم إن تقولوا ما لا تفعلوا فما الفرق بينكم وبين الّذينهم قالوا اللّه ربّنا فلمّا جائهم علی ظلل القدس إذا كفروا به وكانوا من المنكرين خلّصوا أنفسكم عن الدّنيا وزخرفها إيّاكم أن لا تقرّبوا بها لأنّها يأمركم بالبغي والفحشاء ويمنعكم عن صراط عزّ
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Should your conduct, O people, contradict your professions, how think ye, then, to be able to distinguish yourselves from them who, though professing their faith in the Lord their God, have, as soon as He came unto them in the cloud of holiness, refused to acknowledge Him, and repudiated His truth? Disencumber yourselves of all attachment to this world and the vanities thereof. Beware that ye approach them not, inasmuch as they prompt you to walk after your own lusts and covetous desires, and hinder you from entering the straight and glorious Path.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “beware” (1 occurrences)
fear 63% let 8% lay 5% righteousness 5% virtue 5% god-fearing 3% integrity 3% beware 3% most 3% purity 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: Fear ye Godfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §564: the fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the fear of God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: biddingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §465: reach the placekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §222: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: Whose servicetablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
separation 38% qur’án 16% distinction 13% scattered 9% separated 5% discern 4% star 4% scatter 4% passing 4% distinguish 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: of the Qur’ánfire-tabletFire §1: of separationgleaningsGWB §113: make any distinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: someprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: their separation from Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdomwill-and-testamentW&T §17: subvert His Wordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrived
This form usually rendered as “thee” (11 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “such” (1 occurrences)
who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: gracegleaningsGWB §148: this God-givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: by thy LordgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §74: Godhood
SE expanded to “He came unto them”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: have come unto himgleaningsGWB §135: sent downkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: comethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: came unto themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: were summonedgleaningsGWB §572: He came unto themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: Thy promise came
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §572: cloudkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: beneath the shadethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §2: shelterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the cloudsgleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the clouds
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: of holinessgleaningsGWB §330: transcendethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: earthly abodeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §444: such as devoutly worshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §35: ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dwellers of the habitations of holinessgleaningsGWB §584: within the Holy Veil
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe notgleaningsGWB §44: infidelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: misbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and disbelievedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §593: have disbelieved
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: essencefire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §282: ye may bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §332: hast beentablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “denied”, “have”, “deniers” (12 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and repudiated His truth”
denied 17% have 17% deniers 17% perverse 8% all 8% repudiated 8% aggressor 8% such 8% misbelievers 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: repudiate the True OnegleaningsGWB §149: repudiatedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: faithlessnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §462: Promised Onewill-and-testamentW&T §34: disbelieved in Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: deniest MegleaningsGWB §163: of the perverse and faithlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: stern business.”
This form usually rendered as “disencumber”, “deliver” (3 occurrences)
disencumber 50% deliver 50%
SE rendered وكانوا (wkánúá), المنكرين (al-mnkrín), خلّصوا (khllṣúá), أنفسكم (ʾanfskm), الدّنيا (ad-dníá), وزخرفها (wzkhrfhá), إيّاكم (ʾiyyákm) as “have, and repudiated His truth, Disencumber yourselves, this world, and the vanities thereof, Beware”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: MygleaningsGWB §287: of himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §136: the least of menprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: for Whose saketablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
SE expanded to “and the vanities thereof”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §463: the vanitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: preposterousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §572: and the vanities thereofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: thoughtsgleaningsGWB §361: vanitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: specious discourses
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: the well-favored and sincere onesfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §290: draw them nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: hour draweth nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §782: will draw us nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §36: drawing near
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
This form usually rendered as “biddeth”, “commandeth”, “enjoineth” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: of His Causefire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §448: the ultimate destiny ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Command,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: of Thy powertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: results
This form usually rendered as “corrupt”, “lusts”, “acted” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and hinder you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: thou hast forbiddengleaningsGWB §716: failed to deterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: depriveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: have kept them backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: have withheld me
SE expanded to “straight and glorious Path”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: this StraightgleaningsGWB §317: straightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “sirat,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy straightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: straight PathgleaningsGWB §85: the Straightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: Sirátepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy path
SE rendered والفحشاء (wálfḥsháʾ), ويمنعكم (wímnʿkm), صراط (ṣráṭ), عزّ (ʿzz) as “and covetous desires, and hinder you, the straight and glorious Path”
glory 49% transcendent 20% exalted 10% glorified 4% honor 4% all-glorious 3% mighty 3% most 3% almighty 3% might 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Strongfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §682: Almighty and All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §350: The power of Thy mightthe-hidden-wordsHW §125: Pride not yourselveswill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: glorified
