Gleanings — §632
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 632 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن یا نبیل الأعظم اسمع ما ینادیک به لسان القِدم عن جبروت إسمه الأکرم وإنّه ینطق حینئذ في ملکوت الأعلی ویغنّ في قلب کلّ الأشیآء بأنّي أنا الله لا إله إلّا أنا لم یزل کنت سلطانًا مقتدرًا ولا یزال أکون ملیکًا مهیمنًا وإنّ برهاني قدرتي ثمّ سلطاني بین العالمین جمیعًا...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Let thine ear be attentive, O Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, to the Voice of the Ancient of Days, crying to thee from the Kingdom of His all-glorious Name. He it is Who is now proclaiming from the realms above, and within the inmost essence of all created things: “I truly am God, there is none other God but Me. I am He Who, from everlasting, hath been the Source of all sovereignty and power, He Who shall continue, throughout eternity, to exercise His kingship and to extend His protection unto all created things. My proof is the greatness of My might and My sovereignty that embraceth the whole of creation.”…
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: all-surpassinggleaningsGWB §51: of His mighty throne.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Testimonyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: All-Bountifulthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: of My greatnesswill-and-testamentW&T §40: more glaringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: RevelationgleaningsGWB §508: will be your
SE expanded to “Let thine ear be attentive”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §109: hearestfire-tabletFire §37: Give Thou eargleaningsGWB §506: Heard ye notkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §283: makeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the earstablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: aloudfire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §27: declarekitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §250: to cry outtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: cry out
SE rendered نبیل (nbíl), الأعظم (al-ʾaʿẓm), اسمع (ismʿ), ینادیک (ynádík), لسان (lsán), القِدم (al-qidm), جبروت (jbrút), إسمه (ʾismh), الأکرم (al-ʾakrm) as “Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam, Let thine ear be attentive, crying, the Ancient of Days, the Kingdom, Name, all-glorious”
SE expanded to “the Ancient of Days”
ancient 47% eternity 13% step 9% feet 7% everlasting 7% eternal 5% ever-abiding 4% steps 4% who 2% stepped 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: Who isfire-tabletFire §1: the Most AncientgleaningsGWB §59: of everlasting dayskitab-i-iqanKIQ §106: His imperishable Essenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: of eternitytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: by His presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: immemorialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted
This form usually rendered as “heaven”, “realm”, “dominion” (56 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: a tyrantfire-tabletFire §37: the eternal realmgleaningsGWB §537: all the power and glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: oppressionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Bindtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §16: the realmthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: fromwill-and-testamentW&T §8: exhorted
This form usually rendered as “most”, “all-glorious”, “exalted” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy bountyfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §43: glorifykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: exaltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §662: All-Bountiful Onewill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bounty
This form usually rendered as “speaketh”, “speak”, “proclaimeth” (27 occurrences)
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
This form usually rendered as “kingdom”, “kingdoms”, “heaven” (133 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the KinggleaningsGWB §636: of the kingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: angelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Thou Who art thetablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: the worldsthe-hidden-wordsHW §116: this worldwill-and-testamentW&T §48: of the
This form usually rendered as “most”, “high”, “glory” (286 occurrences)
SE rendered ینطق (ynṭq), حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), ملکوت (mlkút), الأعلی (al-ʾaʿlí), ویغنّ (wíghnn), قلب (qlb), الأشیآء (ash-shíáʾ), بأنّي (bʾanní) as “proclaiming, now, the realms, above, created things”
riches 27% rich 22% wealth 20% all-possessing 12% independent 7% enrich 3% enriched 2% all 2% wealthy 2% dispense 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy richesgleaningsGWB §387: rich enough to dispensekitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: richprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: and this poortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: singethtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: eternal wealththe-hidden-wordsHW §130: being richepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: sung
SE rendered حینئذ (ḥínʾdh), ملکوت (mlkút), الأعلی (al-ʾaʿlí), ویغنّ (wíghnn), قلب (qlb), الأشیآء (ash-shíáʾ), بأنّي (bʾanní), الله (al-lh) as “now, the realms, above, created things, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with a soundgleaningsGWB §165: Mine heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: upheavalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §630: have inclined methe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: with a heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: transformed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: to do what pleaseth TheegleaningsGWB §484: beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: and every description of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §69: substanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: through His will
SE rendered قلب (qlb), الأشیآء (ash-shíáʾ), بأنّي (bʾanní), الله (al-lh), إله (ʾilh) as “created things, God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: GodheadgleaningsGWB §10: Hiskitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: mysticprayers-and-meditationsP&M §205: and the Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §23: is of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §266: eventidegleaningsGWB §93: can never fade.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §281: incorruptibleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §779: wilt continue unto everlastingthe-hidden-wordsHW §85: eternal wealthwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: hath, at all timesgleaningsGWB §649: time
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: with manifest dominiongleaningsGWB §40: King in truthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: power of Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §41: warrantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: King
This form usually rendered as “almighty”, “powerful”, “potent” (212 occurrences)
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
This form usually rendered as “may”, “am”, “shall” (19 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: will befire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §544: Such a thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: “Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: I would still have failedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
help 61% potent 7% protector 7% overshadoweth 4% omnipotent 4% peril 4% guardian 4% who 4% transcendent 4% supreme 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: Help in PerilgleaningsGWB §328: Who exerciseth undisputed sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: awful majestyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: to overshadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: overshadowethgleaningsGWB §300: Guardianprayers-and-meditationsP&M §641: Potent artepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Omnipotent Protector
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: aboutgleaningsGWB §140: nakednesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: evidenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: Thy testimonywill-and-testamentW&T §53: by conclusive proofsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: tokensgleaningsGWB §293: His proofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: incontrovertible proof
This form usually rendered as “worlds”, “all”, “world” (214 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: but comprehendfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §246: yekitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: is knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §144: peoples
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: collectgleaningsGWB §316: no wisekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: have arrayed themselvestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: They all gatheredthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: ye will allwill-and-testamentW&T §22: body
