Gleanings — §590
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 590 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ربّك أن افدي نفسكِ في سبيله لأنّا خلقناكِ له ولذا أخذنا عنكِ العهد في ذرّ البقاء عند معشر المقرّبين ولا تجزعي عن رمي الظّنونات من أهل الإشارات دعيهم بأنفسهم لأنّهم اتّبعوا همزات الشّياطين ثمّ صحي بين الأرض
Shoghi Effendi Translation
If Thou smellest from anyone the smell of the love of Thy Lord, offer up Thyself for him, for We have created Thee to this end, and have covenanted with Thee, from time immemorial, and in the presence of the congregation of Our well-favored ones, for this very purpose. Be not impatient if the blind in heart hurl down the shafts of their idle fancies upon Thee. Leave them to themselves, for they follow the promptings of the evil ones.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: educatedgleaningsGWB §582: for theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: divine decreeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: of 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 §168: her Lord
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: lay downfire-tabletFire §46: SacrificegleaningsGWB §655: be offered upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: sacrificedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §467: have offered upwill-and-testamentW&T §3: in sacrificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: laid downfire-tabletFire §48: of sacrifice
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: utterancesgleaningsGWB §405: Sufferkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: selfishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §305: to themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: systems of religious beliefgleaningsGWB §97: doorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: self and desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: and in Thy path.”the-hidden-wordsHW §51: My pathwill-and-testamentW&T §3: shedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thy waygleaningsGWB §317: means of admittance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Either thou or someone elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §218: a moment’sthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: that Heepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thekitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: menfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §133: creationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: endowedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: were created by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: creatorsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hast created me
SE rendered سبيله (sbílh), لأنّا (lʾanná), خلقناكِ (khlqnák), ولذا (wldhá), أخذنا (ʾakhdhná), عنكِ (ʿnk), العهد (al-ʿhd) as “for him,, for, created Thee, and, have covenanted, Thee”
who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%
This form usually rendered as “recognizing” (2 occurrences)
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 §157: togleaningsGWB §28: and beyondprayers-and-meditationsP&M §396: Now thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: fromgleaningsGWB §572: from enteringprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: aboveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: from whatsoevergleaningsGWB §532: fear of God
SE rendered خلقناكِ (khlqnák), ولذا (wldhá), أخذنا (ʾakhdhná), عنكِ (ʿnk), العهد (al-ʿhd), ذرّ (dhrr), البقاء (al-bqáʾ), معشر (mʿshr), المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín) as “created Thee, and, have covenanted, Thee, the congregation, Our well-favored ones”
SE rendered ولذا (wldhá), أخذنا (ʾakhdhná), عنكِ (ʿnk), العهد (al-ʿhd), ذرّ (dhrr), البقاء (al-bqáʾ), معشر (mʿshr), المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín) as “and, have covenanted, Thee, the congregation, Our well-favored ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: \‘Let me alonegleaningsGWB §13: same atomskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the dustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: atoms of the earthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: leavegleaningsGWB §364: one jot or one tittlekitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: thingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: the atoms
SE rendered ولذا (wldhá), أخذنا (ʾakhdhná), عنكِ (ʿnk), العهد (al-ʿhd), ذرّ (dhrr), البقاء (al-bqáʾ), معشر (mʿshr), المقرّبين (al-mqrrbín), تجزعي (tjzʿí) as “and, have covenanted, Thee, the congregation, Our well-favored ones, impatient”
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 §81: Everlastingfire-tabletFire §36: isgleaningsGWB §566: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this imperishableprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: the Ever-Abidingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §80: yet lingersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: life would have
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: company of HisgleaningsGWB §259: congregationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §115: intercourseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: twenty-fourthe-hidden-wordsHW §145: communewill-and-testamentW&T §43: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: associatedgleaningsGWB §422: kings
SE expanded to “Our well-favored ones”
nigh 18% favored 18% enjoy 18% who 14% well-favored 11% near 7% well-favoured 4% favourites 4% brought 4% such 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: nearer accessfire-tabletFire §3: oceangleaningsGWB §290: draw them nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: Kindredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: of the divine Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: draw me nearertablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: favouredthe-hidden-wordsHW §36: drawing near
impatient 21% fear 14% lament 14% cast 7% dismay 7% feel 7% weighed 7% lamentations 7% empowereth 7% alarm 7%
This form usually rendered as “hurl”, “devilish”, “darts” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thou dost imaginefire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §36: of idle fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: we deemprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: my belieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: is thy fancyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: idle imaginings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: peoples of the earthgleaningsGWB §583: Concoursekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: beholders ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §114: midstprayers-and-meditationsP&M §224: people ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §109: DWELLERSwill-and-testamentW&T §34: devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: they that dwell
suggestions 20% allusions 13% hints 13% evil 13% vain 7% blasphemous 7% implications 7% references 7% strivings 7% doubt 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the descriptiongleaningsGWB §355: allusionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: referencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of men all suggestionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: milkgleaningsGWB §19: can adequately describekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: signprayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: by a stroke
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Cast themgleaningsGWB §508: cast behind your backskitab-i-iqanKIQ §126: “Letprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: sufferthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: breathedwill-and-testamentW&T §48: leftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: to cast awaygleaningsGWB §196: hath endowed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: having followedgleaningsGWB §427: followethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §286: followersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: successive tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §49: compassedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wert thou to followgleaningsGWB §245: Walk not
promptings 50% slanderer 50%
SE rendered اتّبعوا (ittbʿúá), همزات (hmzát), الشّياطين (ash-shíáṭín), صحي (ṣḥí) as “follow, promptings, evil ones”
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered همزات (hmzát), الشّياطين (ash-shíáṭín), صحي (ṣḥí), الأرض (ar-rḍ) as “promptings, evil ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: all that is on earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §246: the whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: earth andthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earthfire-tabletFire §3: ongleaningsGWB §449: in the earth
