Gleanings — §613
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 613 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فوجمالي لن یقبل منکم الیوم شيء ولو تسجدون ببقآء سلطنة الله أو تکوننّ من الّذینهم یرکعون لأنّ کلّ الأمور معلّق بأمره وکلّ الأعمال منوط بإذنه وکلّ حینئذ بین یدیه ککفّ طین مقبوض ولن یرفع الیوم ندآء أحد إلی الله إلّا بعد حبّه وهذا من أصل الدّین لو أنتم تعرفون
Shoghi Effendi Translation
By My Beauty! Nothing whatsoever shall, in this Day, be accepted from you, though ye continue to worship and prostrate yourselves before God throughout the eternity of His dominion. For all things are dependent upon His Will, and the worth of all acts is conditioned upon His acceptance and pleasure. The whole universe is but a handful of clay in His grasp. Unless one recognize God and love Him, his cry shall not be heard by God in this Day. This is of the essence of His Faith, did ye but know it.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “By My Beauty”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: of His beautygleaningsGWB §181: a little whilekitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: of Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §88: everlasting beautywill-and-testamentW&T §3: One of them
This form usually rendered as “acceptable”, “acceptance”, “shall” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: believingfire-tabletFire §46: go forwardgleaningsGWB §63: draw nighkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: receptive soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: acknowledgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §140: Direct, then, his eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: Thou hast fixed Thy gaze upon metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §39: “And kiss
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: in the daytimegleaningsGWB §548: Days ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §49: On the day whenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §741: their lives longtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §81: all other days
This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “created” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: thinggleaningsGWB §661: Thou willestkitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §245: willesttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: bow downgleaningsGWB §613: prostrate yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worshipprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: boweth down in worshipthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Prostrate thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: prostrated themselvesgleaningsGWB §70: prostratekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”
eternity 32% immortality 23% everlasting 17% long 6% immortal 6% eternal 4% throughout 4% incorruptible 2% unfading 2% establishment 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: life would havefire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §148: ever-enduringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §668: the endlessnesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: the eternal
This form usually rendered as “sovereignty”, “might”, “clothed” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: of Thy sovereigntygleaningsGWB §236: Sulṭánkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: potenciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: of Thy transcendent sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: sovereign
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “numbered”, “then” (46 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: essencegleaningsGWB §96: His own Personkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: His Realityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: that will enable himtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §4: My essence
SE rendered الله (al-lh), تکوننّ (tkúnnn), الّذینهم (adh-dhínhm), یرکعون (yrkʿún), الأمور (al-ʾamúr), معلّق (mʿllq), بأمره (bʾamrh) as “God, continue, ye, things, dependent, Will”
all 62% every 25% each 3% whole 2% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% continually 1% whatever 1% one 1%
This form usually rendered as “deeds”, “all”, “doings” (66 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: his workgleaningsGWB §556: wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: wereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: to dotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conformingthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deedswill-and-testamentW&T §29: them that act accordinglyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: in the discharge of his duty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: dependeth upongleaningsGWB §410: must needs depend uponkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: dependentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §180: conditionedgleaningsGWB §176: must dependkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: depend solely upongleaningsGWB §324: dependedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §34: dependent upon
leave 31% ear 24% permission 21% attentive 3% ordained 3% will 3% acceptance 3% bounds 3% sanction 3% any 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: leavegleaningsGWB §486: by the leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §749: Thy leavetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: permissiongleaningsGWB §222: Leave hath, moreover, been given
SE rendered وکلّ (wkll), الأعمال (al-ʾaʿmál), منوط (mnúṭ), بإذنه (bʾidhnh), وکلّ (wkll), حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), یدیه (ydíh), ککفّ (kkff), طین (ṭín), مقبوض (mqbúḍ), ولن (wln) as “whole, acts, conditioned, acceptance, is, grasp, handful, clay, Unless”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: timegleaningsGWB §724: the present timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Whereuponprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: at a time whenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: such momentsgleaningsGWB §74: From the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: in one and the same momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: at
This form usually rendered as “hand”, “hold”, “mine” (25 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: the handsgleaningsGWB §184: at the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my handwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: with the handsgleaningsGWB §476: designskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
This form usually rendered as “handful”, “worthless” (2 occurrences)
SE rendered وکلّ (wkll), حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), یدیه (ydíh), ککفّ (kkff), طین (ṭín), مقبوض (mqbúḍ), ولن (wln), یرفع (yrfʿ), الیوم (al-yúm), ندآء (ndáʾ), أحد (ʾaḥd) as “whole, is, grasp, handful, clay, Unless, heard, this Day, cry, one”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: this afflictiongleaningsGWB §627: Whose graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §127: the contractprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: in the grasp ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: were held firmlygleaningsGWB §657: the mighty graspkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: turnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: in His grasp
This form usually rendered as “hoist”, “exalt”, “exalteth” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: a Voice cried to Himfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §653: The call thou didst raisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §123: proclaimethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: were heard calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: And raised the callepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: Call
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: no other mangleaningsGWB §494: God’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: holy and transcendent unitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §55: dwellerthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: thy neighborepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: but a man likegleaningsGWB §293: man
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §52: is the one Belovedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: tender affectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: tiny seedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Love Mewill-and-testamentW&T §3: O ye beloved of
essence 22% root 22% essentials 11% fundamentals 11% real 6% fundamental 6% principle 6% true 6% wholly 6% motivating 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §176: fundamentalsgleaningsGWB §356: to the Rootkitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: essentialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: stemsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: the statutesgleaningsGWB §328: truekitab-i-iqanKIQ §93: falseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: foundations
faith 62% religion 19% true 4% reckoning 2% holy 2% muḥammadan 2% muhammadan 2% revelation 2% dispensation 2% cause 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: religiongleaningsGWB §299: the Citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Muhammadan Faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: in Thy Faithwill-and-testamentW&T §3: True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: My religiongleaningsGWB §636: are the citieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: the Faith of God
This form usually rendered as “comprehend”, “could”, “did” (10 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: Couldst thou but knowgleaningsGWB §685: a true knowledgekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: all the learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: all them that have recognized Thy truthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: through the knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: acknowledgment
