Gleanings — §579
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 579 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فقوا إنّه ما من إله إلّا هو له الخلق والأمر يعطي من يشاء ويمنع عمّن يشاء وإنّه لهو المعطي الباذل العزيز الكريم قل يا ملأ البهاء بلّغوا أمر اللّه لأنّ اللّه كتب لكلّ نفس تبليغ أمره وجعله أفضل الأعمال لأنّها لن يقبل إلّا بعد عرفان اللّه المهيمن العزيز القدير وقدّر التّبليغ بالبيان لا بدونه كذلك نزل الأمر من جبروت اللّه العليّ الحكيم إيّاكم أن لا تحاربوا مع نفس بل ذكّروها باليبان الحسنة والموعظة البالغة إن كانت متذكّرة فلها وإلّا فأعرضوا عنها ثمّ اقبلوا إلی شطر
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Teach ye the Cause of God, O people of Bahá, for God hath prescribed unto every one the duty of proclaiming His Message, and regardeth it as the most meritorious of all deeds. Such a deed is acceptable only when he that teacheth the Cause is already a firm believer in God, the Supreme Protector, the Gracious, the Almighty. He hath, moreover, ordained that His Cause be taught through the power of men’s utterance, and not through resort to violence. Thus hath His ordinance been sent down from the Kingdom of Him Who is the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Beware lest ye contend with anyone, nay, strive to make him aware of the truth with kindly manner and most convincing exhortation. If your hearer respond, he will have responded to his own behoof, and if not, turn ye away from him, and set your faces towards God’s sacred Court, the seat of resplendent holiness.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “teach” (1 occurrences)
doctors 32% comprehend 18% understand 18% understanding 5% teach 5% could 5% comprehending 5% perceive 5% divines 5% learned 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but comprehendgleaningsGWB §645: comprehendingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §622: are enlightenedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: comprehendgleaningsGWB §83: perceivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §276: divinesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §464: and understand
SE rendered فقوا (fqúá), إله (ʾilh), الخلق (al-khlq), والأمر (wálʾamr) as “Teach, Cause”
SE rendered الخلق (al-khlq), والأمر (wálʾamr), يعطي (yʿṭí), يشاء (ysháʾ) as “Cause, will”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createthfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §287: My creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: a new creation?’”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §114: andtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: I created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by His commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §490: and in biddingkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §651: my affairstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §52: My command unto thee
SE rendered الخلق (al-khlq), والأمر (wálʾamr), يعطي (yʿṭí), يشاء (ysháʾ), ويمنع (wímnʿ), عمّن (ʿmmn), يشاء (ysháʾ), وإنّه (wʾinnh) as “Cause, will, He”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thou hast givengleaningsGWB §355: describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: we bestowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: Thou didst endow themthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: giftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hast given megleaningsGWB §472: chosen to bestowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: give
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy WillgleaningsGWB §152: God grantkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Will,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §15: Thou pleasesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: wisheth
SE rendered الخلق (al-khlq), والأمر (wálʾamr), يعطي (yʿṭí), يشاء (ysháʾ), ويمنع (wímnʿ), عمّن (ʿmmn), يشاء (ysháʾ), وإنّه (wʾinnh), لهو (lhú) as “Cause, will, He, he”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: debarrethgleaningsGWB §686: remain unendowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: mightiest and loftiestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: Nothing whatsoever can withholdtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: powerless to withhold
SE rendered والأمر (wálʾamr), يعطي (yʿṭí), يشاء (ysháʾ), ويمنع (wímnʿ), عمّن (ʿmmn), يشاء (ysháʾ), وإنّه (wʾinnh), لهو (lhú) as “Cause, will, He, he”
concerning 10% whatsoever 10% beyond 10% well 10% fear 10% all 10% entering 10% behind 10% recognizing 10% above 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §532: fear of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: concerninggleaningsGWB §467: as well asprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §572: of all attachment to
SE rendered وإنّه (wʾinnh), لهو (lhú), المعطي (al-mʿṭí), الباذل (al-bádhl), العزيز (al-ʿzíz), الكريم (al-krím), قل (ql), ملأ (mlʾ) as “He, he, Gracious, Say, people”
all-bountiful 67% munificent 33%
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (159 occurrences)
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest gloryfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §489: He exaltethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: noble form ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy transcendent gracethe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted be His
SE rendered لهو (lhú), المعطي (al-mʿṭí), الباذل (al-bádhl), العزيز (al-ʿzíz), الكريم (al-krím), قل (ql), ملأ (mlʾ), البهاء (al-bháʾ), بلّغوا (bllghúá), أمر (ʾamr) as “he, Gracious, Say, people, Bahá, Cause of God”
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §463: the All-Bountifulkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: through Thy favorwill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bounty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: repliedgleaningsGWB §280: Letkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: “Andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: call upon Thee sayingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: Verilytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: ‘Call out totablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: Andthe-hidden-wordsHW §73: Lord of Utterance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the ConcoursegleaningsGWB §464: congregationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: Floodtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: the Celestial Concourseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: ye peoplesgleaningsGWB §46: before the entire creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs
This form usually rendered as “glory”, “faith”, “splendor” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: glorygleaningsGWB §208: its splendorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §765: Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §14: Abháepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: the glorygleaningsGWB §30: the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glory
This form usually rendered as “teach”, “teaching”, “disseminate” (22 occurrences)
teach 41% teaching 12% disseminate 6% propagation 6% proclaiming 6% taught 6% purpose 6% duty 6% proclaim 6% delivered 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: informedfire-tabletFire §11: reachedgleaningsGWB §139: the stage of maturitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: consummatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: eloquentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: have happenedwill-and-testamentW&T §55: endeavour proclaimepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: a sum
SE expanded to “Cause of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: affairsgleaningsGWB §9: is a Revelationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: this Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: had been prescribedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commandswill-and-testamentW&T §3: all thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: It is Thine to commandgleaningsGWB §659: do We devolve
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §191: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy Divinitythe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Holy Writepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §563: Divine mercy
This form usually rendered as “books”, “scriptures”, “sacred” (76 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: booksgleaningsGWB §312: holy Writ of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: Holy Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: the Book?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §633: Write down, thenthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: have writtenwill-and-testamentW&T §6: such lettersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: the Book
SE expanded to “unto every one”
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “made”, “act” (33 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprivedfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: fashioned by Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: castprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: Rather hast Thou ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §65: clothewill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: suffer
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: His Divine GracegleaningsGWB §618: the virtue of the gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: attainmentsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: of Thy gracious favorstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: bountiesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garmentwill-and-testamentW&T §50: All-Bountiful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: conductedgleaningsGWB §604: observekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to enforceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §594: to performtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §24: Consortepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: the conduct
SE rendered أمره (ʾamrh), وجعله (wjʿlh), أفضل (ʾafḍl), الأعمال (al-ʾaʿmál), لأنّها (lʾannhá), يقبل (yqbl), عرفان (ʿrfán), اللّه (al-lh) as “His Message, and regardeth it as, the most meritorious, all deeds, is acceptable, believer, God”
“death” 17% tasted 17% quickened 8% “life” 8% “resurrection” 8% whosoever 8% “deprivation 8% unbelief 8% scriptures 8% chronicles 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: in the facefire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §717: unworthykitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: alreadyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §133: to enter intotablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: been lifted upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
knowledge 34% understanding 26% recognition 8% recognize 8% comprehension 7% know 6% recognizing 4% insight 3% wisdom 2% visualize 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: know HimgleaningsGWB §634: of understandingkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: lay bare beforetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thinkestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: known as
المهيمن
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
help 41% omnipotent 16% supreme 13% sovereign 9% ruler 6% transcendent 3% protector 3% transcendeth 3% pervadeth 3% all-subduing 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: transcendentgleaningsGWB §278: the omnipotent protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these twoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: and the Sovereign ProtectorgleaningsGWB §32: the rulerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: the self-sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §61: that transcendeth
almighty 38% most 29% strength 6% all-powerful 6% might 6% power 4% potent 4% art 2% god 2% all-subduing 2%
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
This form usually rendered as “without”, “except”, “others” (59 occurrences)
SE expanded to “through resort to violence”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: none other but HimgleaningsGWB §94: withheld fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §125: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §356: none except Thine own Selfthe-hidden-wordsHW §14: Mewill-and-testamentW&T §38: All othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: except TheegleaningsGWB §132: all else besides Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: SogleaningsGWB §161: In like mannerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Lámprayers-and-meditationsP&M §787: I have, therebythe-hidden-wordsHW §160: In this wisewill-and-testamentW&T §34: asepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: WhereforegleaningsGWB §30: that most exalted Spot
SE expanded to “been sent down”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: have been sent downgleaningsGWB §556: across immeasurable distanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: to send down upon ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
This form usually rendered as “heaven”, “realm”, “dominion” (56 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: of the heavenfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §267: oppressorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: are the heavenstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §7: Our exalted dominionwill-and-testamentW&T §53: Divine
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 §151: Beware thatfire-tabletFire §21: of puritygleaningsGWB §250: Let Him be your fearkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: norprayers-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 §19: wargleaningsGWB §74: convulsed by warsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: againstepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: conflictgleaningsGWB §636: your neighborprayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have assailed themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: contendedgleaningsGWB §579: contend
SE expanded to “strive to make him”
remembrance 28% praise 20% mention 16% remember 10% mentioned 7% remembering 5% make 4% name 4% recorded 3% call 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: Thy praisegleaningsGWB §3: the holiest of saintskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: ignoreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §523: Thy praise and Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: most excellentgleaningsGWB §702: upright and praiseworthykitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: favourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §290: and bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: good deedsgleaningsGWB §257: do good
This form usually rendered as “most” (1 occurrences)
exhorteth 20% counsels 20% counselleth 10% exhorted 10% admonisheth 10% counseleth 10% most 10% whose 10%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: admonisheth yougleaningsGWB §283: counselethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: counselsgleaningsGWB §595: from Whose lipsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhortethgleaningsGWB §579: and most convincingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: exhorteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: exhorted
This form usually rendered as “anyone” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: We praygleaningsGWB §38: are endowedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: provincesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §784: to help us befriendwill-and-testamentW&T §17: Guardianepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: successivegleaningsGWB §467: Governorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: continuous
This form usually rendered as “turned”, “have”, “repudiated” (29 occurrences)
SE expanded to “turn ye away”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: disbelieversgleaningsGWB §536: your repudiationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: mere oppositionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §249: fleetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns awaythe-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn awaywill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposed Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: turned away from
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: The timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: onprayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: abovethe-hidden-wordsHW §48: thanepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thy passionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §621: above all elseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: from achieving
SE expanded to “God’s sacred Court”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the directiongleaningsGWB §405: throneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: sideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §470: uponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: to ConstantinoplegleaningsGWB §657: the meadow
