Gleanings — §575
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 575 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
س ليجذب قوله قلوب السّامعين ومن دون ذلك لن يؤثّر قوله في أفئدة الطّالبين إيّاكم يا قوم لا تكوننّ من الّذين يأمرون النّاس بالبرّ وينسون أنفسهم أولئك يكذّبهم كلّما يخرج من أفواههم ثمّ حقايق الأشياء ثمّ ملئكة المقرّبين وإن يؤثّر قول هؤلاء في أحد هذا لم يكن منهم بل بما قدّر في الكلمات من لدن مقتدر حكيم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Whoso ariseth among you to teach the Cause of his Lord, let him, before all else, teach his own self, that his speech may attract the hearts of them that hear him. Unless he teacheth his own self, the words of his mouth will not influence the heart of the seeker. Take heed, O people, lest ye be of them that give good counsel to others but forget to follow it themselves. The words of such as these, and beyond the words the realities of all things, and beyond these realities the angels that are nigh unto God, bring against them the accusation of falsehood.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: lodestonefire-tabletFire §3: ThygleaningsGWB §558: blissful rapturekitab-i-iqanKIQ §163: uplifting their transportsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: and will be ableepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: enrapturegleaningsGWB §112: filled with ecstasykitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: ecstasy
This form usually rendered as “words”, “saith”, “through” (84 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: I repeatgleaningsGWB §30: We made replykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: absurdity of their sayingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §691: let him saytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
This form usually rendered as “hearken”, “perceive”, “hearing” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of them that hear him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: to hearfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §650: had breathedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: no earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: hast inclined mine ear totablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “without”, “except”, “others” (59 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: all else beside TheegleaningsGWB §702: Without itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: unlikeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §60: to aught else except Thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: from the comprehension of othersgleaningsGWB §324: whatever else is related
This form usually rendered as “influence”, “can” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: resultsgleaningsGWB §550: remnantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: signsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §560: Thy signswill-and-testamentW&T §1: writ and revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: marksgleaningsGWB §289: the workskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: outward manifestations
hearts 48% souls 21% minds 9% heart 7% men’s 4% understanding 4% men’s 2% illuminated 2% illumined 2% pure 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: heartsgleaningsGWB §176: men’s heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §216: mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §522: their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: the heartsgleaningsGWB §91: illuminated heart
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: seekinggleaningsGWB §301: presupposethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: indubitable factsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: craveththe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the object ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: still seekgleaningsGWB §356: strivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: Our purpose
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 §40: to fear Godfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §594: Let integrity and uprightnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: aboutprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: “Fearthe-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtuewill-and-testamentW&T §1: protectedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the God-fearing
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: those exalted gradesfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §63: attainedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: companyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §227: titletablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: been numberedfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §56: had concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §150: with utter self-effacementtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “give” (1 occurrences)
cause 53% revelation 17% command 5% bidding 5% commandments 4% behest 4% affairs 3% thou 3% decree 3% faith 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of othersgleaningsGWB §622: theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: of the peoplewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §128: wayward soulskitab-i-iqanKIQ §133: peoples and kindredsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind
This form usually rendered as “land”, “upon”, “piety” (59 occurrences)
land 33% upon 11% piety 11% unto 11% pious 6% righteousness 6% beseech 6% good 6% against 6% indignities 6%
forget 37% have 11% caused 11% forgotten 11% forgetful 5% oblivion 5% forgetfulness 5% hath 5% negligence 5% couldst 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: Have ye forgottengleaningsGWB §463: forgottenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: oblivionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: hath forgottenthe-hidden-wordsHW §27: couldst thou forgetgleaningsGWB §357: caused to forgetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §494: and negligencegleaningsGWB §85: of
own 41% themselves 31% souls 10% proper 3% themselves.” 3% selves 3% uttered 3% hearts 3% within 3% lives 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: in His own SelfgleaningsGWB §615: My whole lifekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: spiritprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: for Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soulwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the people
This form usually rendered as “god”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: nine will have elapsedgleaningsGWB §327: have attained in the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Beginningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §6: interpretationsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: especiallygleaningsGWB §427: this world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: falsehoodgleaningsGWB §463: will not prove untruekitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: treatedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: false oneswill-and-testamentW&T §4: dealt falselyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: them who speak falselygleaningsGWB §134: disprovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: disbelieve
This form usually rendered as “every”, “whatever”, “loftiest” (20 occurrences)
SE rendered أنفسهم (ʾanfshm), أولئك (ʾawlʾk), يكذّبهم (ykdhdhbhm), كلّما (kllmá), يخرج (ykhrj), أفواههم (ʾafúáhhm), حقايق (ḥqáyq), الأشياء (ash-shíáʾ) as “themselves, such as these, falsehood, the words, the realities, of all things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §43: UnsheathegleaningsGWB §286: yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: hath mischief proceededprayers-and-meditationsP&M §3: uttertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §7: them issue forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: went forth out
SE rendered أولئك (ʾawlʾk), يكذّبهم (ykdhdhbhm), كلّما (kllmá), يخرج (ykhrj), أفواههم (ʾafúáhhm), حقايق (ḥqáyq), الأشياء (ash-shíáʾ), ملئكة (mlʾkh) as “such as these, falsehood, the words, the realities, of all things, the angels”
11 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “of all things”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: created thingsgleaningsGWB §661: what Thou willestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: thing aprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: as Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: and through whatsoever
king 24% angels 20% lord 16% ruler 12% sovereign 8% kingship 4% transcendent 4% overruling 4% all-sufficient 4% supremacy 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: their possessionsgleaningsGWB §98: peoples of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: Who arttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardian angelsthe-hidden-wordsHW §130: eternal kingdomwill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous
SE expanded to “that are nigh unto God”
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
SE rendered ملئكة (mlʾkh), المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín), يؤثّر (yʾththr), قول (qúl), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), أحد (ʾaḥd), يكن (ykn), منهم (mnhm) as “the angels, that are nigh unto God, words”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE rendered المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín), يؤثّر (yʾththr), قول (qúl), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), أحد (ʾaḥd), يكن (ykn), منهم (mnhm) as “that are nigh unto God, words”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: anyonegleaningsGWB §510: kingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §288: of Thy onenesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §28: othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §166: any onegleaningsGWB §103: Divine Being
SE rendered أحد (ʾaḥd), يكن (ykn), منهم (mnhm), قدّر (qddr) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §42: Lord of strengthfire-tabletFire §48: OrdainergleaningsGWB §88: girded with powerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: measurekitab-i-iqanKIQ §99: omnipotenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: as decreed by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Powerfultablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: of His might
SE rendered قدّر (qddr), الكلمات (al-klmát) as “”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Him Who conversedfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §540: by yet another wordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: words utteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: a single wordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: to one mystic wordwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Epistlesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy Word
SE rendered قدّر (qddr), الكلمات (al-klmát), لدن (ldn) as “”
SE rendered الكلمات (al-klmát), لدن (ldn), مقتدر (mqtdr), حكيم (ḥkím) as “”
