Gleanings — §623

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 623 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بگو ای مدّعیان محبّت از جمال قدم شرم نمائید و از زحمات و مشقّاتی که در سبیل الهی حمل نموده پند گیرید و متنبّه شوید اگر مقصود این اعمال سخیفه و افعال باطله بوده حمل این زحمات بچه جهت شده هر سارق و فاسقی باین اعمال و اقوال شما قبل از ظهور عامل بوده

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Say: Be ashamed, O ye that call yourselves the lovers of the Ancient Beauty! Be ye admonished by the tribulation He hath suffered, by the burden of anguish He hath carried for the sake of God. Let your eyes be opened. To what purpose hath He labored, if the manifold trials He hath endured are, in the end, to result in such contemptible professions, and such wretched conduct? Every robber, every worker of iniquity, hath, in the days prior to My Revelation, uttered these same words, and performed these same deeds.

Translation Notes

بگو

bgú gftn → “say”

literal: say; to say

say 83% “say 6% tongue 6% cry 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: hath been said of Him gleaningsGWB §39: Were it to say kitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: thou sayest the-hidden-wordsHW §83: exclaim will-and-testamentW&T §17: will not openly declare epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: they have said gleaningsGWB §40: voicing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §19: said.”

مدّعیان

mddʿíán d-ʿ-y → “claim” Distinctive

literal: claim; claimant; claim, assert

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

claim 24% layeth 18% laid 12% claims 12% thou 6% hath 6% idle 6% call 6% professed 6% pretension 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: thou didst profess gleaningsGWB §623: call yourselves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: pretension prayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: that presumeth the-hidden-wordsHW §25: claim will-and-testamentW&T §6: of his claim epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: laid claim gleaningsGWB §729: layeth claim

محبّت

mḥbbt ḥ-b-b → “lovers”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

love 72% loving-kindness 6% affection 4% exultation 4% kindness 2% utmost 2% hearts 2% kindliness 2% lovers 2% loving 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: loved ones fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §67: and clung to His love kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherished prayers-and-meditationsP&M §95: such as loved tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §5: do thou love Me will-and-testamentW&T §6: their

شرم

shrm shrm

literal: shame

SE rendered مدّعیان (mddʿíán), محبّت (mḥbbt), از (iz), جمال (jmál), قدم (qdm), شرم (shrm), نمائید (nmáʾíd), از (iz), زحمات (zḥmát), مشقّاتی (mshqqátí) as “that call yourselves, lovers, Ancient, Beauty, Be, tribulation, burden of anguish”

abashed 50% ashamed 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: abashed gleaningsGWB §623: ashamed

نمائید

nmáʾíd nmúdn → “be ashamed, o ye”

literal: show

SE expanded to “Be ashamed, O ye”

ye 37% yourselves 13% show 10% may 10% ponder 7% thou 7% have 7% confer 3% set 3% meditate 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: to protect gleaningsGWB §552: pray kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Give kitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: We shall prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: can cause the-hidden-wordsHW §75: seekest to attain will-and-testamentW&T §40: peruse epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: I

زحمات

zḥmát z-ḥ-m → “labor”

literal: effort

labors 20% tribulation 20% manifold 20% toil 20% efforts 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: striven gleaningsGWB §623: manifold trials kitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: toil and labour will-and-testamentW&T §40: efforts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: galling weight gleaningsGWB §623: tribulation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: hardships epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: labor

مشقّاتی

mshqqátí sh-q-q → “hath” Distinctive

literal: split; discord; hardship

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

hath 19% cleft 19% rent 14% blossoms 10% discord 10% mischief 10% contention 5% exertion 5% torn 5% burden 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: hath torn gleaningsGWB §425: hath been cleft kitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: blossoms prayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: Tear asunder tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rent the-hidden-wordsHW §51: trials will-and-testamentW&T §5: of mischief epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: torn away

سبیل

sbíl s-b-l

literal: path; way; path/way

SE rendered زحمات (zḥmát), مشقّاتی (mshqqátí), سبیل (sbíl), الهی (al-hí), حمل (ḥml), نموده (nmúdh), پند (pnd) as “tribulation, burden of anguish, God, He hath suffered, admonished”

path 68% way 12% sake 11% ways 2% straight 1% road 1% means 1% cause 1% door 1% path!” 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: way gleaningsGWB §9: for its sake kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: path!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: Thy path!”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: in My path the-hidden-wordsHW §46: My path will-and-testamentW&T §3: shed streams epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the ways

حمل

ḥml ḥ-m-l → “he hath suffered”

literal: carry; bearing; burden

SE expanded to “He hath suffered”

hath 23% endured 15% borne 8% bear 8% sustain 8% endure 8% bearing 8% denounced 8% carried 8% sustained 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: bear gleaningsGWB §252: would not wish to be laid upon kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sustaining kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: Bearers of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: willing to bear will-and-testamentW&T §52: forbearance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: endure gleaningsGWB §252: Lay not

پند

pnd pnd → “admonished”

literal: advice

admonished 25% counsel 25% warned 25% take 25%

gleaningsGWB §623: admonished kitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: warned the-hidden-wordsHW §152: take heed gleaningsGWB §674: counsel

گیرید

gíríd grftn

literal: take; to take; taken

SE rendered الهی (al-hí), حمل (ḥml), نموده (nmúdh), پند (pnd), گیرید (gíríd), متنبّه (mtnbbh), شوید (shúyd), مقصود (mqṣúd) as “God, He hath suffered, admonished, your eyes be opened, purpose”

ye 50% take 50%

gleaningsGWB §559: be so attached and wedded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: have come to regard the-hidden-wordsHW §148: have taken will-and-testamentW&T §13: It behoveth them not to gleaningsGWB §382: encompassed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: shall cover the-hidden-wordsHW §152: take heed will-and-testamentW&T §38: towards none doth he entertain

متنبّه

mtnbbh n-b-h → “might” Distinctive

literal: awaken; attentive; attentive, aware, alerted

This form usually rendered as “eyes”, “give”, “heed” (4 occurrences)

eyes 25% give 25% heed 25% do 25%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: awakening gleaningsGWB §643: might be roused from their slumber kitab-i-iqanKIQ §241: give heed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: stirred me up epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: awakened gleaningsGWB §279: they will awake kitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: do so prayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: been wakened

شوید

shúyd shdn

literal: become; to become; became

SE rendered حمل (ḥml), نموده (nmúdh), پند (pnd), گیرید (gíríd), متنبّه (mtnbbh), شوید (shúyd), مقصود (mqṣúd), اعمال (iʿmál), سخیفه (skhífh) as “He hath suffered, admonished, your eyes be opened, purpose, professions, contemptible”

thou 23% must 15% wash 8% souls 8% gather 8% can 8% could 8% wert 8% enable 8% will 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bringeth gleaningsGWB §548: to be brought kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been kitab-i-iqanKIQ §238: clinging unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever reveal the-hidden-wordsHW §111: until he will-and-testamentW&T §53: arose epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: have I declared

مقصود

mqṣúd q-ṣ-d → “purpose”

literal: intended; purpose; desired

purpose 28% desire 26% meant 20% goal 5% meaning 4% desired 3% who 3% object 3% intended 3% thou 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §172: meant the gleaningsGWB §563: No man that seeketh Us kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: The aim kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: the divine Purpose prayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: ardent desire the-hidden-wordsHW §76: seeketh will-and-testamentW&T §9: Reference he doth make epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: direct their steps towards

اعمال

iʿmál ʿ-m-l → “deeds”

literal: deed; deeds; work

deeds 41% all 13% doings 13% works 9% acts 7% deed 4% behavior 4% goodly 4% words 4% men’s 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: behavior gleaningsGWB §238: they have done kitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to enforce prayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: such an adoration tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: conforming the-hidden-wordsHW §69: by your deeds will-and-testamentW&T §15: that are men of action epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: committed

سخیفه

skhífh s-kh-f → “contemptible”

literal: base, trivial; contemptible

contemptible 50% base 50%

gleaningsGWB §623: contemptible kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: base

افعال

ifʿál f-ʿ-l → “conduct” Distinctive

literal: do; deed

This form usually rendered as “deeds”, “works”, “acts” (30 occurrences)

deeds 41% works 15% acts 11% such 7% doings 7% activities 4% activity 4% attributes 4% conduct 4% behaviour 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath dealt gleaningsGWB §157: doings.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: deeds—from prayers-and-meditationsP&M §752: His acts the-hidden-wordsHW §153: by deeds epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: act gleaningsGWB §456: performed kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: What a deed

باطله

báṭlh b-ṭ-l

literal: falsehood; vain; false, vain

SE rendered مقصود (mqṣúd), اعمال (iʿmál), سخیفه (skhífh), افعال (ifʿál), باطله (báṭlh), حمل (ḥml), زحمات (zḥmát) as “purpose, professions, contemptible, conduct, He hath endured, manifold trials”

falsehood 43% idle 13% false 13% come 4% wretched 4% dissipated 4% vain 4% superseded 4% wrong 4% error 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: wrongfully gleaningsGWB §675: dissipated and lost kitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: vain words prayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: vain and empty tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: error the-hidden-wordsHW §98: How vain are epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: falsehood gleaningsGWB §623: wretched

جهت

jht j-h-t

literal: direction; directions; reason

SE rendered حمل (ḥml), زحمات (zḥmát), بچه (bchh), جهت (jht), هر (hr), سارق (sárq), فاسقی (fásqí), باین (báyn), اعمال (iʿmál) as “He hath endured, manifold trials, Every, robber, worker of iniquity, uttered these same words”