Gleanings — §609
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 609 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن یا حرف الحيّ لقد سَمِعَت أُذُن الله ندائک ولاحظت عین الله کتابک وینادیک حینئذ عن جهة العرش بآیات نفسه المهیمن القیّوم فطوبی
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O Letter of the Living! The ear of God hath heard thy cry, and His eyes have beheld thy written supplication. He is calling thee from His seat of glory, and is revealing unto thee the verses that have been sent down by Him Who is the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Translation Notes
letter 37% letters 19% contention 11% words 7% word 7% have 4% third 4% intimation 4% first 4% second 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: statementsgleaningsGWB §610: every other Letterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: single letterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: Thy Letterstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: a wordwill-and-testamentW&T §5: deviationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: wordsgleaningsGWB §237: all things
SE expanded to “of the Living”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: abashedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §704: animalkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: the Fountain of all lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soultablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of lovewill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: hastgleaningsGWB §295: have revealedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: thenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: Iepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: We have beenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: “Moreepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: God hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: hearingfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §568: hath ever beheldkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: have knownprayers-and-meditationsP&M §435: attune his earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
This form usually rendered as “call”, “voice”, “most” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the Divine Voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §66: voicethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: Heraldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §761: by Thytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: cry out
This form usually rendered as “have” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: behold HimgleaningsGWB §39: doth recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §15: regardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: consider attentivelyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: the eyeswill-and-testamentW&T §30: observedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: ConsidergleaningsGWB §380: recognizeth
eye 51% spring 14% eyes 14% well-spring 3% identical 3% aynu’l-baqar 3% damsels 3% acute 3% before 3% face 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: springsgleaningsGWB §101: distinctkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: sameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §70: whose eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: those of all creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §58: with Mine eyewill-and-testamentW&T §34: nobility
SE expanded to “thy written supplication”
This form usually rendered as “throne”, “seat”, “have” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “His seat of glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: pillar ofgleaningsGWB §594: a pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: of Thy thronethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the MightygleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: seat
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: by His versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §661: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §100: His Wordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: are but the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: verse
This form usually rendered as “own”, “self”, “soul” (324 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: for thyselfgleaningsGWB §293: Mine own Selfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: contraryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: breathetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: OF HIS SELFwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
المهیمن
literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector
SE expanded to “the Help in Peril”
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 §180: Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: thisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §399: Omnipotent Protectorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: overpowering majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-SubduinggleaningsGWB §531: Sovereign Protector
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: Viceregentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §316: environmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: His peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: risen uptablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose
SE rendered بآیات (báyát), نفسه (nfsh), المهیمن (al-mhímn), القیّوم (al-qíqúm), فطوبی (fṭúbí) as “the verses, Him Who, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Well is itgleaningsGWB §432: How great the felicitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: Happy isepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: BlessedgleaningsGWB §205: Happy are theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: Happy
