Gleanings — §615

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 615 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بین یدي الله وتدارکوا ما فرّطتم في جنب ربّکم وهذا أمري علیکم إن أنتم تسمعون فوعمري ما فعل أُمَّة الفرقان کما فعلتم ولا ملأ التّورَیة والإنجیل والزّبور وإنّي بذلت نفسي لإثبات أمره وبشّرناکم في کلّ الألواح بظهوره فلمّا ظهر بردآء الکبریآء علی هیکل البهآء بتجلّي أُخری إِذًا قمتم علی المحاربة بنفسه المهیمن القیّوم إیّاکم یا قوم فاستحیوا عنّي وعمّا ورد عليّ في سبیل الله ولا تکوننّ من الّذینهم کفروا بما نزل علیهم من سمآء عزّ مرفوع أن یا حرف الحيّ کذلک

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Arise, and, under the eyes of God, atone for your failures in duty towards Him. This is My commandment unto you, were ye to incline your ears unto My commandment. By Mine own Self! Neither the people of the Qur’án, nor the followers of either the Torah or the Evangel, nor those of any other Book, have committed that which your hands have wrought. I, Myself, have dedicated My whole life to the vindication of the truth of this Faith. I, Myself, have announced, in all My Tablets, the advent of His Revelation. And yet, no sooner did He manifest Himself, in His subsequent Revelation, clothed in the glory of Bahá and arrayed in the robe of His grandeur, than ye rebelled against Him Who is the supreme Protector, the Self-Subsisting. Beware, O people! Be ye ashamed of that which hath befallen Me at your hands in the path of God. Take heed that ye be not of them that have rejected that which hath been sent down unto them from the Heaven of God’s transcendent glory.

Translation Notes

یدي

ydí y-d-y → “hands”

literal: hand; hands; by-hand

hand 30% hold 20% hands 20% presence 10% under 10% door 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindness gleaningsGWB §163: by the sword kitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own hands prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: my hand tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand is tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their hands epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its hand gleaningsGWB §459: your hands

وتدارکوا

wtdárkúá d-r-k → “comprehend” Distinctive

literal: comprehension

This form usually rendered as “may”, “atone” (3 occurrences)

may 50% atone 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: comprehending gleaningsGWB §197: capable of experiencing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: attainment prayers-and-meditationsP&M §352: can see the-hidden-wordsHW §66: understand epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: will it fade away gleaningsGWB §202: imagine kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: comprehended

فرّطتم

frrṭtm f-r-ṭ

literal: neglect; excess; you neglected

SE rendered یدي (ydí), الله (al-lh), وتدارکوا (wtdárkúá), فرّطتم (frrṭtm), جنب (jnb), ربّکم (rbbkm), وهذا (whdhá), أمري (ʾamrí), علیکم (ʿlíkm) as “under the eyes of, God, atone, Him, This, commandment, unto you”

failed 50% failure 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hath failed in duty towards Thee gleaningsGWB §480: Overstep not gleaningsGWB §195: failed gleaningsGWB §257: failure in duty

جنب

jnb j-n-b

literal: side

SE rendered الله (al-lh), وتدارکوا (wtdárkúá), فرّطتم (frrṭtm), جنب (jnb), ربّکم (rbbkm), وهذا (whdhá), أمري (ʾamrí), علیکم (ʿlíkm) as “God, atone, Him, This, commandment, unto you”

side 50% beside 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: thou gleaningsGWB §100: to thee kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: refrain kitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: your honour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §592: and to shun will-and-testamentW&T §55: shun epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: Thou must not gleaningsGWB §674: taste

وهذا

whdhá h-dh-ʾ → “this”

literal: this; this (masculine); this (feminine)

SE rendered وتدارکوا (wtdárkúá), فرّطتم (frrṭtm), جنب (jnb), ربّکم (rbbkm), وهذا (whdhá), أمري (ʾamrí), علیکم (ʿlíkm), تسمعون (tsmʿún) as “atone, Him, This, commandment, unto you, incline your ears”

world 22% who 11% such 11% verily 11% things 11% wherein 11% land 11% troubled 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Him Who is gleaningsGWB §468: the tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: these tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Wherein will-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled times epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: This gleaningsGWB §86: This is tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this

أمري

ʾamrí ʾ-m-r → “commandment”

literal: command; cause

cause 45% command 25% mission 5% word 5% thing 5% meaning 5% revelation 5% triumph 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: His all-compelling summons fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §125: Ordainer kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominion prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: to Thy Cause tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §33: summoned the-hidden-wordsHW §157: results

علیکم

ʿlíkm ʿ-l-y → “unto you”

literal: upon; on

unto 83% upon 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: upon us gleaningsGWB §684: in proportion kitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is He prayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: aloud the-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §59: upon you epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: high gleaningsGWB §466: against Us

تسمعون

tsmʿún s-m-ʿ → “incline your ears”

literal: hear; hearing; heard

SE expanded to “incline your ears”

hearken 50% incline 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: inner ears fire-tabletFire §48: I have heard gleaningsGWB §700: hath heard kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sight kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: ear prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: as shall incline their ears tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard

فوعمري

fúʿmrí ʿ-m-r → “life” Distinctive

literal: life; by my life; by the life

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

life 43% righteousness 19% swear 13% god 8% build 6% lives 5% flourish 2% declining 2% edifices 2% reared 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: I swear by God gleaningsGWB §511: advancement kitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: had been built up the-hidden-wordsHW §97: their lives epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: thy life gleaningsGWB §350: age prayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: build up

فعل

fʿl f-ʿ-l → “have committed”

literal: do; deed

hath 33% done 17% have 17% achievement 17% deeds 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: thine acts gleaningsGWB §455: committed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: and deeds prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: His acts the-hidden-wordsHW §28: transgress epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou hast done gleaningsGWB §499: outward works and doings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: He accomplisheth

أُمَّة

ʾummah ʾ-m-m → “people”

literal: nations; before; nation

mother 50% one 13% people 13% source 13% faith 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justice gleaningsGWB §128: one kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Imáms prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: all the peoples epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: the mother gleaningsGWB §312: mankind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: adherents epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §16: nations

الفرقان

al-frqán f-r-q → “qur’án”

literal: separation; criterion; difference

qur’án 67% bayán 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §25: immeasurable is the difference fire-tabletFire §1: of separation gleaningsGWB §38: passing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: difference prayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: its separation tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: and the wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §6: the people of salvation epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: of parting arrived

کما

kmá k-m

literal: decrease; less; as

SE rendered فوعمري (fúʿmrí), فعل (fʿl), أُمَّة (ʾummah), الفرقان (al-frqán), کما (kmá), فعلتم (fʿltm), ملأ (mlʾ), التّورَیة (at-túrayh), والإنجیل (wálʾinjíl) as “By Mine own Self, have committed, people, Qur’án, have wrought, followers, Torah, Evangel”

3 occurrences in corpus

gleaningsGWB §147: loss kitab-i-iqanKIQ §262: as

ملأ

mlʾ m-l-ʾ → “followers” Distinctive

literal: assembly/people; concourse

This form usually rendered as “concourse”, “people”, “ye” (65 occurrences)

concourse 37% people 25% ye 12% celestial 6% inmates 4% believers 4% followers 4% chiefs 4% ones 2% peoples 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Concourse gleaningsGWB §198: people kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: his people prayers-and-meditationsP&M §184: may be filled tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §49: Celestial Concourse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: inmates gleaningsGWB §452: ye kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: the chiefs

التّورَیة

at-túrayh t-w-r → “second”

literal: Torah; time; Torah, Pentateuch

second 50% again 50%

gleaningsGWB §471: a second prayers-and-meditationsP&M §135: Again

والإنجیل

wálʾinjíl n-j-l → “gospel”

literal: Gospel; gospel

gospel 50% gospels 50%

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: Gospel kitab-i-iqanKIQ §21: Gospels kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: in

والزّبور

wálzzbúr z-b-r → “scriptures”

literal: scripture; scriptures

scriptures 50% books 25% scrolls 8% hidden 8% strong 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §257: Scrolls gleaningsGWB §612: hidden prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: strong as brass epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Books prayers-and-meditationsP&M §835: Thy Scriptures epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: the Scriptures prayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: in Thy Scriptures epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: Scriptures

وإنّي

wʾinní ʾ-n-n → “thee” Distinctive

literal: that; indeed/verily; indeed

This form usually rendered as “call” (6 occurrences)

thee 21% verily 14% thou 14% now 7% moment 7% admit 7% recognize 7% “there 7% “verily 7% such 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §216: now gleaningsGWB §82: We prayers-and-meditationsP&M §837: Since Thou hast will-and-testamentW&T §36: for they are gleaningsGWB §2: And if prayers-and-meditationsP&M §126: Thou will-and-testamentW&T §36: I call upon Thee gleaningsGWB §11: Verily

بذلت

bdhlt dh-l-l → “abasement”

literal: humiliation; abasement; abasement, humiliation

abasement 50% shame 13% humiliation 8% disgrace 4% dishonor 4% such 4% misery 4% outward 4% wretchedness 4% abased 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: shame gleaningsGWB §171: the misery kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: abased and prayers-and-meditationsP&M §490: Misery the-hidden-wordsHW §125: of abasement will-and-testamentW&T §47: humbled himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the abased gleaningsGWB §471: or low

نفسي

nfsí n-f-s → “my whole life” Distinctive

literal: self; soul; souls

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

SE expanded to “My whole life”

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 §8: my own wish gleaningsGWB §677: unseemly motives kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: those kitab-i-iqanKIQ §247: the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §230: of His Godhood tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herself the-hidden-wordsHW §69: even as one soul will-and-testamentW&T §58: To none

لإثبات

lʾithbát th-b-t → “established” Distinctive

literal: established; establish; affirmation

This form usually rendered as “demonstrate”, “affirmation”, “may” (24 occurrences)

demonstrate 19% affirmation 19% may 13% acceptance 13% establish 6% made 6% purpose 6% vindication 6% confirmation 6% confirmeth 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: canst thou vindicate gleaningsGWB §100: firmly kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: acceptance prayers-and-meditationsP&M §445: will enable me to the-hidden-wordsHW §72: may endure will-and-testamentW&T §40: proven epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: establish

وبشّرناکم

wbshshrnákm b-sh-r → “have announced”

literal: human; glad-tidings; herald

announce 23% man 16% human 12% announced 9% forerunner 9% rejoice 9% mankind 7% herald 5% hath 5% tidings 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: Herald gleaningsGWB §176: heralded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: heralding prayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joy the-hidden-wordsHW §33: a messenger of joy will-and-testamentW&T §9: foretelling good tidings epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Forerunner gleaningsGWB §464: announce unto you tidings

الألواح

al-lúáḥ l-w-ḥ → “tablets”

literal: tablet; tablets

tablets 63% scriptures 13% tablet 8% prophets 4% except 4% page 4% scroll 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: is uttered gleaningsGWB §286: No kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: “Tablet prayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: demonstrated tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Books will-and-testamentW&T §1: in the Preserved Tablet epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: a perspicuous Tablet gleaningsGWB §347: prominent

بظهوره

bẓhúrh ẓ-h-r → “advent of his revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE expanded to “advent of His Revelation”

revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: “Outwardly fire-tabletFire §23: spring gleaningsGWB §135: none kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstrating kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: resplendent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §624: were marked out tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation

فلمّا

flmmá l-m-m → “sooner”

literal: when

sooner 33% found 33% when 33%

gleaningsGWB §247: We found kitab-i-iqanKIQ §159: when gleaningsGWB §182: No sooner

بردآء

brdáʾ r-d-y → “robe”

literal: garment; mantle/cloak

mantle 30% robe 20% garment 20% honored 10% raiment 10% robes 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: death gleaningsGWB §99: honored with the mantle kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: mantle prayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of the garment the-hidden-wordsHW §65: garment gleaningsGWB §717: arrayed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the mantle prayers-and-meditationsP&M §128: the robe

الکبریآء

al-kbríáʾ k-b-r → “grandeur”

literal: grandeur

grandeur 70% glory 20% glorified 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: supreme gleaningsGWB §715: “greater kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greater kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: disdainful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §405: the All-Compelling tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be

هیکل

híkl h-y-k-l

literal: temple; form; temples

SE rendered فلمّا (flmmá), ظهر (ẓhr), بردآء (brdáʾ), الکبریآء (al-kbríáʾ), هیکل (híkl), البهآء (al-bháʾ), بتجلّي (btjllí), أُخری (ʾukhrí) as “no sooner, He manifest, robe, grandeur, glory of Bahá, His subsequent Revelation, other”

temple 29% form 24% embodiment 6% immortal 6% incarnation 6% glory 6% state 6% idol 6% one 6% age 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: as the human body fire-tabletFire §44: Thy temple gleaningsGWB §534: person kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: all created prayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: the bodies tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §9: the embodiments the-hidden-wordsHW §65: of thy temple will-and-testamentW&T §1: the Temple

البهآء

al-bháʾ b-h-w → “glory of bahá”

literal: glory

SE expanded to “glory of Bahá”

glory 82% faith 9% splendor 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: of the All-Glorious gleaningsGWB §208: its splendor prayers-and-meditationsP&M §237: of Thy great glory the-hidden-wordsHW §22: effulgent glory will-and-testamentW&T §56: Glory of Glories epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: (bloodmoney)gleaningsGWB §30: the All-Glorious prayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: Thine all-glorious

بتجلّي

btjllí j-l-y → “his subsequent revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifestations; manifester

SE expanded to “His subsequent Revelation”

revelation 33% splendor 11% splendour 11% “revelation” 11% tajallí 6% shine 6% sign 6% subsequent 6% splendours 6% gleam 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: Tajallí gleaningsGWB §129: shine kitab-i-iqanKIQ §124: splendour prayers-and-meditationsP&M §665: gleam tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: appeared epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: splendors gleaningsGWB §421: open characters kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “Revelation”

أُخری

ʾukhrí ʾ-kh-r → “other”

literal: other

other 22% another 22% again 22% ensuing 11% subsequent 11% latter 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §251: end gleaningsGWB §463: latter part kitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: respite them.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §767: O my will-and-testamentW&T §42: of late epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: another gleaningsGWB §247: unto the rest of mankind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “End

المحاربة

al-mḥárbh ḥ-r-b

literal: war; warfare

SE rendered بتجلّي (btjllí), أُخری (ʾukhrí), قمتم (qmtm), المحاربة (al-mḥárbh), بنفسه (bnfsh), المهیمن (al-mhímn), القیّوم (al-qíqúm), إیّاکم (ʾiyyákm) as “His subsequent Revelation, other, ye rebelled, Protector, Self-Subsisting, Beware”

conflicts 17% war 17% conflict 17% convulsed 17% contended 17% against 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: war gleaningsGWB §441: ravaged by war prayers-and-meditationsP&M §427: have assailed them epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: conflicts gleaningsGWB §579: contend prayers-and-meditationsP&M §431: against epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: conflict gleaningsGWB §584: rise up and war

المهیمن

al-mhímn h-m-n → “help”

literal: guardian; guardian/protector; guardian, protector

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: transcendent gleaningsGWB §230: Help in Peril kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: so prayers-and-meditationsP&M §244: the All-Subduing gleaningsGWB §531: Sovereign Protector kitab-i-iqanKIQ §85: these two prayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: overshadoweth gleaningsGWB §579: Supreme Protector

إیّاکم

ʾiyyákm w-q-y → “fear” Distinctive

literal: fear; to fear

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

fear 63% let 8% lay 5% righteousness 5% virtue 5% god-fearing 3% integrity 3% beware 3% most 3% purity 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the fear of God fire-tabletFire §21: of purity gleaningsGWB §474: hinder him kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: about prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, then the-hidden-wordsHW §110: purest virtue will-and-testamentW&T §1: protected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: integrity and uprightness

فاستحیوا

fástḥíwá ḥ-y-y → “be ye ashamed”

literal: shame

SE expanded to “Be ye ashamed”

life 52% living 8% shame 8% quickened 6% quicken 4% hath 4% may 4% everlasting 4% quickener 4% new 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of life fire-tabletFire §19: eternal life gleaningsGWB §286: mouth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: “life,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: that is life indeed tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: quickened my soul tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: of love will-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation

عنّي

ʿnní ʿ-n

literal: from; from, about; about

SE rendered القیّوم (al-qíqúm), إیّاکم (ʾiyyákm), قوم (qúm), فاستحیوا (fástḥíwá), عنّي (ʿnní), وعمّا (wʿmmá), ورد (wrd), سبیل (sbíl), الله (al-lh) as “Self-Subsisting, Beware, people, Be ye ashamed, hath befallen, path, God”