Gleanings — §591
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 591 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
ثمّ صحي بين الأرض والسّماء تاللّه الحقّ إنّي لحوريّة خلقني البهاء في قصر اسمه الأبهى وزيّن نفسي بطراز الأسماء في الملأ الأعلى وإنّي لقد كنت محفوظة خلف حجبات العصمة ومستورة عن أَنْظُرِ البريّة اذا سمعت أبدع الألحان عن شطر أيمن الرّحمن شهدت بأنّ الجنان تحرّكت في نفسها شوقا لإستماعها وطلبا للقائها كذلك نزّلنا في قيّوم الأسماء علی لحن البقاء وعلی لحن الأحلی في هذا اللّوح المبين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Cry out before the gaze of the dwellers of heaven and of earth: I am the Maid of Heaven, the Offspring begotten by the Spirit of Bahá. My habitation is the Mansion of His Name, the All-Glorious. Before the Concourse on high I was adorned with the ornament of His names. I was wrapt within the veil of an inviolable security, and lay hidden from the eyes of men. Methinks that I heard a Voice of divine and incomparable sweetness, proceeding from the right hand of the God of Mercy, and lo, the whole Paradise stirred and trembled before Me, in its longing to hear its accents, and gaze on the beauty of Him that uttered them. Thus have We revealed in this luminous Tablet, and in the sweetest of languages, the verses which the Tongue of Eternity was moved to utter in the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “heaven and of earth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: of the earthfire-tabletFire §36: a desolate landgleaningsGWB §245: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §55: placeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: on Thy earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: the Land
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: in his namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §416: upon My namekitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: a separate designationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §252: heaven!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered صحي (ṣḥí), الأرض (ar-rḍ), والسّماء (wálssmáʾ), تاللّه (tálllh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), إنّي (ʾinní), لحوريّة (lḥúrírh), خلقني (khlqní) as “out before, heaven and of earth, dwellers of, Offspring begotten by”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: with Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §186: the Faith of Godkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: holy and divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE rendered الأرض (ar-rḍ), والسّماء (wálssmáʾ), تاللّه (tálllh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), إنّي (ʾinní), لحوريّة (lḥúrírh), خلقني (khlqní), البهاء (al-bháʾ) as “heaven and of earth, dwellers of, Offspring begotten by, the Spirit of Bahá”
SE rendered والسّماء (wálssmáʾ), تاللّه (tálllh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), إنّي (ʾinní), لحوريّة (lḥúrírh), خلقني (khlqní), البهاء (al-bháʾ), قصر (qṣr), اسمه (ismh) as “dwellers of, Offspring begotten by, the Spirit of Bahá, Mansion, His Name”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: damselsgleaningsGWB §168: the Maid of Heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: the húrístablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: maidswill-and-testamentW&T §15: disciplesgleaningsGWB §588: Maid of Heaventablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §25: maidwill-and-testamentW&T §6: Centre
SE expanded to “Offspring begotten by”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: createthfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §590: We have created Theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: I would not have createdprayers-and-meditationsP&M §584: of Thine own creatingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: was called into being
SE expanded to “the Spirit of Bahá”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: by Thy most gloriousgleaningsGWB §200: gloriouskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: among the people of Baháprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: Minethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glorywill-and-testamentW&T §56: of Gloriesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: splendorgleaningsGWB §207: glory of
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: innocencegleaningsGWB §523: palaceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: can never hope to matchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: have not failedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: within her most lofty mansionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: their palacesgleaningsGWB §466: transgressed against himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: only guilt
all-glorious 72% most 8% abhá 6% glory 6% effulgent 3% everlasting 1% resplendent 1% glorious 1% what 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: All-Gloriousfire-tabletFire §48: BahágleaningsGWB §288: of everlasting mightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §533: the Self-Exaltingthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: HE IS THE GLORYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §23: AbhágleaningsGWB §48: effulgent
SE expanded to “I was adorned”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: “Adornfire-tabletFire §31: AdornergleaningsGWB §520: deck yourselveskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: is investedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: Seize the timeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst deck forththe-hidden-wordsHW §126: adorneth himselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: adorned
SE rendered البهاء (al-bháʾ), قصر (qṣr), اسمه (ismh), الأبهى (al-ʾabhى), وزيّن (wzízn), نفسي (nfsí), بطراز (bṭráz), الأسماء (as-smáʾ), الملأ (al-mlʾ), الأعلى (al-ʾaʿlى) as “the Spirit of Bahá, Mansion, His Name, the All-Glorious, I was adorned, with the ornament, of His names, Concourse, on high”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: thy passionsgleaningsGWB §544: one of youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: souls ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: within himselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §27: the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: character
SE expanded to “with the ornament”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: vesturegleaningsGWB §426: glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §7: with the splendourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: splendourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §358: didst adorntablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: with such an adorningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: crown togleaningsGWB §589: beauteous image
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Concoursefire-tabletFire §45: are filledgleaningsGWB §188: Followers of the Gospelkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: may be filledtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: assemblagetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursewill-and-testamentW&T §34: filling
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: exaltationfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: by the exalted beings”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: from magnifyingtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my glory
SE rendered الملأ (al-mlʾ), الأعلى (al-ʾaʿlى), وإنّي (wʾinní), لقد (lqd), محفوظة (mḥfúẓh), خلف (khlf), حجبات (ḥjbát), العصمة (al-ʿṣmh), ومستورة (wmstúrh) as “Concourse, on high, within, the veil, an inviolable security, lay hidden”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: preservethgleaningsGWB §511: preserving the securitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §677: didst protecttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn welltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §22: guardianthe-hidden-wordsHW §112: sanctuary
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: diversgleaningsGWB §440: differencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: the signs of universal discord appearedwill-and-testamentW&T §9: this discordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: shall be thrown into confusiongleaningsGWB §276: make it a cause of dissension amongst youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: contention and conflict
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: deter theegleaningsGWB §287: the dense veilskitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: with eyes unveiledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §187: shut him out from Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: her browthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: dost thou veil thyselfwill-and-testamentW&T §4: veil theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: ye have allowed your learning to shut you out, as by a veil
This form usually rendered as “protection”, “pure”, “sacred” (5 occurrences)
SE expanded to “an inviolable security”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: of mine integritygleaningsGWB §630: Thy inviolable fastnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §7: It is divinely preservedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: Protectorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §609: chastitywill-and-testamentW&T §17: guidanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: protectiongleaningsGWB §24: sacred and inviolable
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §65: dissimulationfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §591: lay hiddenkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: Invisibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: veilsthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: that lie concealed
This form usually rendered as “look”, “consider”, “gaze” (34 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: Meditate onfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §86: are ye gazingkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: observedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: turning their gazetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye turn your eyes towards
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §9: creationgleaningsGWB §690: your Lord, the Creatorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: and with all that were created by Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: mengleaningsGWB §517: Who hath created youprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: against Theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: mankindgleaningsGWB §122: emerge
SE expanded to “that I heard”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: Incline thine earfire-tabletFire §37: have heardgleaningsGWB §298: couldst thou but perceive itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: when acquainted withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the earstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heardthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: Thy hearingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: ears in all regions were inclined
This form usually rendered as “wondrous”, “most” (6 occurrences)
SE expanded to “divine and incomparable sweetness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: the PeerlessgleaningsGWB §116: The wonderskitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: loveliestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §235: the marvelous evidencestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §2: in His Namethe-hidden-wordsHW §65: have createdepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: MakersgleaningsGWB §432: created
SE rendered البريّة (al-brírh), سمعت (smʿt), أبدع (ʾabdʿ), الألحان (al-lḥán), شطر (shṭr), أيمن (ʾaymn), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), شهدت (shhdt), الجنان (al-jnán) as “of men, that I heard, divine and incomparable sweetness, Voice, the right hand, of the God of Mercy, and lo, the whole Paradise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: the seatgleaningsGWB §405: proceeding out of the throne ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: sideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: towards HimgleaningsGWB §726: directionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §378: directed upon itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the direction
This form usually rendered as “security” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: have disbelievedgleaningsGWB §247: unto them that believekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: faith—theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §756: and the Trustees of Thy Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §10: and securewill-and-testamentW&T §28: loyaltyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §253: to believe
SE expanded to “of the God of Mercy”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: Most Mercifulfire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassiongleaningsGWB §35: loving-kindnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: divineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §401: greater compassiontablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: in token of His mercy
This form usually rendered as “have”, “thou”, “witnessed” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: deathfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §567: know full wellkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §251: the testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: soon realizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: as thou also dost witnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: Seek a martyr’s death
SE expanded to “the whole Paradise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: possessedgleaningsGWB §127: of heavenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: “paradise,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: and the inmates of the all-highest Paradisetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: the highest paradisethe-hidden-wordsHW §102: the Belovedwill-and-testamentW&T §44: with all your heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: the Garden
SE expanded to “stirred and trembled”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: incitedfire-tabletFire §27: MovergleaningsGWB §387: hath directedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: leadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §695: Prime Moverthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: MOVING FORM OFwill-and-testamentW&T §10: and senselessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: through Whose movement
SE expanded to “in its longing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: I yearn afterfire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §38: bereavementkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: longing desireprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: longthe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: such as yearn for
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: requestethgleaningsGWB §356: strivekitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: factsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: Let the object of mine ardent questthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: if thou seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: askedgleaningsGWB §556: the Object of his questkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Object of his quest
SE rendered شوقا (shúqá), لإستماعها (lʾistmáʿhá), وطلبا (wṭlbá), للقائها (llqáʾhá), كذلك (kdhlk), نزّلنا (nzzlná), قيّوم (qíqúm) as “in its longing, to hear, and gaze, Thus, have We revealed, the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: this Presencefire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §291: admittance into the court of His presencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: of the “Divine Presence”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §381: they yearn to be scatteredtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §37: to meet Mewill-and-testamentW&T §5: sowed the seeds
SE expanded to “have We revealed”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: sent me downgleaningsGWB §556: distanceskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: had descendedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: may befalltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §18: gradesthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth
This form usually rendered as “self-subsisting”, “who”, “qayyum” (66 occurrences)
self-subsisting 79% who 8% qayyum 2% self-sufficing 2% self-subsisting!” 2% self-subsisting.” 2% above 2% self-subsisting! 2% grasp 2% set 2%
eternity 32% immortality 23% everlasting 17% long 6% immortal 6% eternal 4% throughout 4% incorruptible 2% unfading 2% establishment 2%
SE expanded to “sweetest of languages”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Most Sweetfire-tabletFire §41: How sweet wasgleaningsGWB §622: exquisite beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §781: enthrallingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyedthe-hidden-wordsHW §72: SweetergleaningsGWB §629: Thy most sweetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §554: How sweet
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: My TabletgleaningsGWB §230: hath been unfoldedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: lucidprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and Thy Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: shone forthgleaningsGWB §519: in His most holy and exalted Tablet
This form usually rendered as “manifest”, “palpable”, “resplendent” (88 occurrences)
SE expanded to “the verses which”
manifest 30% palpable 12% resplendent 9% expounder 9% luminous 9% evident 7% lucid 7% perspicuous 7% clear 5% plainly 5%
