Gleanings — §614

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 614 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بسراب بقیعة وأعرضتم عن بحر الّذي جعله الله عَذْبًا سَایِغًا فویلٌ لکم بما بدّلتم نعمة الله وکنتم من الّذینهم کفروا بنفسي أوّل مرّة إن أنتم في أنفسکم تفقهون إِذًا قوموا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Will ye be content with that which is like the vapor in a plain, and be willing to forgo the Ocean Whose waters refresh, by virtue of the Will of God, the souls of men? Woe unto you, for having repaid the bounty of God with so vain and contemptible a thing! Ye are, indeed, of them that have rejected Me in My previous Revelation. Would that your hearts could comprehend!

Translation Notes

بسراب

bsráb s-r-b → “vapor”

literal: mirage

2 occurrences in corpus

gleaningsGWB §614: the vapor gleaningsGWB §687: vapor

بقیعة

bqíʿh q-y-ʿ → “plain”

literal: plain

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §614: in a plain

وأعرضتم

wʾaʿrḍtm ʿ-r-ḍ → “turned”

literal: turn away; turning away

turned 50% willing 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: turning away from Thee gleaningsGWB §629: renounced kitab-i-iqanKIQ §173: disbelieved prayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: turn them away tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns away the-hidden-wordsHW §22: hast thou turned away will-and-testamentW&T §17: hath epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: oppose

بحر

bḥr b-ḥ-r → “ocean”

literal: sea; ocean; sea, ocean

ocean 76% sea 16% waters 2% most 1% billowing 1% where 1% outpouring 1% rushing 1% oceans 1% seeking 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceans fire-tabletFire §3: Where gleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waters kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billows prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and the ocean of tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seas will-and-testamentW&T §2: Twin epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the seas

جعله

jʿlh j-ʿ-l

literal: made

SE rendered بقیعة (bqíʿh), وأعرضتم (wʾaʿrḍtm), بحر (bḥr), جعله (jʿlh), الله (al-lh), عَذْبًا (ʿadhban), سَایِغًا (sáyighan), فویلٌ (fúylun) as “in a plain, and be willing to forgo, the Ocean, God, refresh, Woe”

hath 46% made 13% act 8% beetle 8% adorneth 4% given 4% fashioned 4% singled 4% regardeth 4% ordained 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: to be deprived fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §428: prepared kitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: thrust prayers-and-meditationsP&M §255: caused Them to become the-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hast will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Make

عَذْبًا

ʿadhban ʿ-dh-b → “refresh”

literal: punishment; torment; tormented

fresh 50% refresh 25% cooling 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulation gleaningsGWB §683: chastise kitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: death prayers-and-meditationsP&M §341: woeful tribulation epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: chastisement gleaningsGWB §281: fresh kitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: a painful punishment.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thou chastisest us

سَایِغًا

sáyighan s-w-gh

literal: flowing/pleasant; pleasant

SE rendered بحر (bḥr), جعله (jʿlh), الله (al-lh), عَذْبًا (ʿadhban), سَایِغًا (sáyighan), فویلٌ (fúylun), لکم (lkm), بدّلتم (bddltm), نعمة (nʿmh) as “the Ocean, God, refresh, Woe, unto you, repaid, the bounty”

2 occurrences in corpus

gleaningsGWB §281: soft-flowing

فویلٌ

fúylun w-y-l → “woe”

literal: woe; woe, destruction; woe, calamity

woe 90% bewail 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Woe, then kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: “Woe epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: woe kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: bewail epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Woe betide thee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: woe betide him epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: woe betide epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: and woe

لکم

lkm l-k-m → “unto you”

literal: to you

2 occurrences in corpus

بدّلتم

bddltm b-d-l → “barter” Distinctive

literal: change; transformation; exchange

This form usually rendered as “repaid” (1 occurrences)

barter 19% change 12% turned 12% changed 12% converted 8% hath 8% transformation 8% alter 8% turn 8% turneth 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: change gleaningsGWB §264: repeal kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: “alteration prayers-and-meditationsP&M §656: changeth tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgot the-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter not will-and-testamentW&T §36: wash away epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were converted

وکنتم

wkntm k-w-n → “ye are”

literal: be; was; to be

ye 77% have 8% persisted 8% sunk 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §224: Be ye fire-tabletFire §35: universe gleaningsGWB §584: Be of them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: art thou to prayers-and-meditationsP&M §272: lieth tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyself tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitate tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath

الّذینهم

adh-dhínhm l-dh-y → “which”

literal: those who; who; which

SE rendered بدّلتم (bddltm), نعمة (nʿmh), الله (al-lh), وکنتم (wkntm), الّذینهم (adh-dhínhm), کفروا (kfrúá), بنفسي (bnfsí), أوّل (ʾawwl), مرّة (mrrh) as “repaid, the bounty, of God, Ye are, that, have rejected, Me”

who 26% which 26% such 11% doubters 5% one 5% caused 5% dependents 5% generations 5% unto 5% whom 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: He Who gleaningsGWB §109: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: Who prayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: and by Him Whom epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: which gleaningsGWB §524: that of your dependents kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: such as

کفروا

kfrúá k-f-r → “have rejected”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever

have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: believe not gleaningsGWB §272: betray not kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: infidels!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: and disbelieved tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: deny will-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: infidels gleaningsGWB §612: ye have rejected

بنفسي

bnfsí n-f-s → “own” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

This form usually rendered as “myself”, “soul”, “one” (224 occurrences)

myself 28% soul 15% one 14% man 10% anyone 8% any 8% mine 5% self 5% life 3% souls 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: whoever gleaningsGWB §593: corrupt inclinations kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: person prayers-and-meditationsP&M §267: I swear tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §121: pure breath will-and-testamentW&T §27: the people

أوّل

ʾawwl ʾ-w-l

literal: first; firstness; beginning

SE rendered وکنتم (wkntm), الّذینهم (adh-dhínhm), کفروا (kfrúá), بنفسي (bnfsí), أوّل (ʾawwl), مرّة (mrrh), أنفسکم (ʾanfskm), تفقهون (tfqhún) as “Ye are, that, have rejected, Me, your hearts, could comprehend”

first 50% beginning 13% early 13% foundation 3% inception 3% firstly 3% nine 3% earliest 3% greatest 3% ever 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: one gleaningsGWB §220: ever since the dawn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the former sun prayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstness the-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that have will-and-testamentW&T §6: interpretations epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: earliest gleaningsGWB §440: the early

مرّة

mrrh m-r-r

literal: pass; passed

SE rendered الّذینهم (adh-dhínhm), کفروا (kfrúá), بنفسي (bnfsí), أوّل (ʾawwl), مرّة (mrrh), أنفسکم (ʾanfskm), تفقهون (tfqhún) as “that, have rejected, Me, your hearts, could comprehend”