Gleanings — §640

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 640 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ناظر باین مباش که احبّای الهی در این ایّام بذلّت ظاهره مبتلا شده‌اند این ذلّت فخر عزّتها است کدام عزّت است اعظم از آنکه لسان قدم در سجن اعظم بذکر احبّای خود مشغول شود زود است که سحاب مانعه خرق شود و شمس کلمهٴ مشرقهٴ العزّة للّه و لأحبّائه از افق سماء مشیّت مشرق و طالع گردد

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Pay thou no heed to the humiliation to which the loved ones of God have in this Day been subjected. This humiliation is the pride and glory of all temporal honor and worldly elevation. What greater honor can be imagined than the honor conferred by the Tongue of the Ancient of Days when He calleth to remembrance His loved ones in His Most Great Prison? The day is approaching when the intervening clouds will have been completely dissipated, when the light of the words, “All honor belongeth unto God and unto them that love Him,” will have appeared, as manifest as the sun, above the horizon of the Will of the Almighty.

Translation Notes

ناظر

náẓr n-ẓ-r → “pay thou no heed”

literal: look; looking

SE expanded to “Pay thou no heed”

fix 25% fixed 19% thou 8% turned 8% keep 8% turn 8% eyes 6% gaze 6% consider 6% guided 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: gaze upon Him fire-tabletFire §48: looking toward gleaningsGWB §712: fix his gaze upon kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turn kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by reason of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §424: Look not on tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beauty the-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye turn your eyes towards

مباش

mbásh b-w-d

literal: be; are; is

SE rendered ناظر (náẓr), باین (báyn), مباش (mbásh), احبّای (iḥbbáy), الهی (al-hí), ایّام (iyyám) as “Pay thou no heed, to, loved ones, God, Day”

refuse 50% let 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: hath come gleaningsGWB §97: to be kitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: in His hand the-hidden-wordsHW §120: Live epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §145: are gleaningsGWB §333: the fierce winds of kitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: have the-hidden-wordsHW §107: with the

احبّای

iḥbbáy ḥ-b-b → “loved ones”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

loved 39% beloved 25% ye 17% love 6% disdainfully 3% followers 3% friends 3% such 3% steadfast 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishest fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §656: I cherish kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherished prayers-and-meditationsP&M §189: the love He beareth to Thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §6: that I may love thee will-and-testamentW&T §38: for His steadfast friends)

الهی

al-hí ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: god; divine; o god

god 82% divine 10% lord 3% god’s 2% holy 1% heavenly 1% god’s 0% sacred 0% divinely 0% thou 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: Him fire-tabletFire §41: after God gleaningsGWB §197: to this God is My witness kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testator kitab-i-iqanKIQ §89: sent by God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven

ایّام

iyyám y-w-m → “day”

literal: day; days; today

days 60% day 21% daytime 5% time 5% many 2% day-time 2% all 2% life 2% past 2% long 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: each day gleaningsGWB §39: of time kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: the day of His Revelation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy days tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day the-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing day will-and-testamentW&T §54: days’ time epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the daytime

بذلّت

bdhllt dh-l-l → “humiliation to”

literal: humiliation; abasement; abased

abasement 48% humiliation 15% shame 11% disgrace 4% dishonor 4% misery 4% wretchedness 4% abased 4% loneliness 4% utter 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: dishonor gleaningsGWB §481: contemptible and worthless kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: shall be abased prayers-and-meditationsP&M §385: their wretchedness the-hidden-wordsHW §120: abase will-and-testamentW&T §36: Lowly epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my baseness gleaningsGWB §672: of wretchedness and misery

ظاهره

ẓáhrh ẓ-h-r

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

SE rendered احبّای (iḥbbáy), الهی (al-hí), ایّام (iyyám), بذلّت (bdhllt), ظاهره (ẓáhrh), مبتلا (mbtlá), شده‌اند (shdh‌ánd), ذلّت (dhllt), فخر (fkhr) as “loved ones, God, Day, humiliation to, been subjected, have, humiliation, pride”

manifest 19% revealed 15% made 13% outward 11% appeared 10% appear 8% outwardly 6% visible 6% earthly 6% manifested 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: evinced fire-tabletFire §8: the signs gleaningsGWB §114: unclouded kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: Manifestations of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §834: My back tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist the-hidden-wordsHW §158: yield

مبتلا

mbtlá b-l-w → “tribulations” Distinctive

literal: tribulation; affliction

This form usually rendered as “afflicted”, “have”, “sore-tried” (15 occurrences)

afflicted 29% have 14% sore-tried 7% sore 7% subjected 7% condemned 7% victims 7% become 7% subject 7% fell 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: tested fire-tabletFire §48: of tribulation gleaningsGWB §640: been subjected kitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: the indignities heaped upon prayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: was cast the-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trials will-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woes epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: the afflictions

شده‌اند

shdh‌ánd shdn → “have”

literal: become; to become

have 30% had 20% become 10% created 10% has 10% proceeded 10% hath 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: will attend gleaningsGWB §673: be not kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: will kitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: have been laid down prayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: forth the-hidden-wordsHW §120: thou mayest will-and-testamentW&T §53: arose epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: be

فخر

fkhr f-kh-r → “pride”

literal: pride

pride 67% distinction 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: pride gleaningsGWB §520: ye pride yourselves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: adorn prayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: and have been vaunting themselves the-hidden-wordsHW §69: should exalt himself epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: We glory therein gleaningsGWB §244: ye boast yourselves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §168: array thyself

عزّتها

ʿzzthá ʿ-z-z → “and glory” Distinctive

literal: glory

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

glory 30% all-glorious 20% almighty 11% swear 10% mighty 7% transcendent 6% might 5% most 4% exalted 4% gracious 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy might gleaningsGWB §199: all-compelling kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: and power prayers-and-meditationsP&M §438: of Thy transcendent tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparable the-hidden-wordsHW §58: splendor will-and-testamentW&T §10: my pride epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: precious in my estimation

اعظم

iʿẓm ʿ-ẓ-m → “most great”

literal: greatest; great; greatness

most 70% greater 8% supreme 5% greatest 4% more 4% mightier 3% how 2% transcendeth 2% mightiest 2% sovereign 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: greatness gleaningsGWB §37: most weighty kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: lofty prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: Tongue of Grandeur the-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-glorious will-and-testamentW&T §38: very great epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thy grandeur

لسان

lsán l-s-n → “tongue”

literal: tongue; tongue, language; tongues

tongue 78% language 5% languages 3% voice 3% words 3% tongues 3% mouth 3% said 1% own 1% through 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the voice gleaningsGWB §167: and My tongue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speech prayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: His tongue tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tongue the-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORD epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a tongue gleaningsGWB §464: mouths

قدم

qdm q-d-m → “ancient of days”

literal: ancient; eternity; step

SE expanded to “Ancient of Days”

ancient 50% eternity 11% everlasting 9% who 7% step 6% eternal 5% feet 5% steps 2% entered 2% advance 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: prefer fire-tabletFire §1: the Most Ancient gleaningsGWB §550: step kitab-i-iqanKIQ §239: immortality prayers-and-meditationsP&M §499: of the Uncreated tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: with Thy footsteps the-hidden-wordsHW §81: one step will-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted

بذکر

bdhkr dh-k-r → “remembrance his”

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: stated gleaningsGWB §309: regarded kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckoned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: have been made prayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: the thought of Thee tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mention the-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me

مشغول

mshghúl sh-gh-l → “busied”

literal: occupied; busy; occupy

busied 31% occupied 24% engaged 7% busy 7% immersed 7% have 5% busying 5% hath 5% strive 5% commune 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §232: are occupied gleaningsGWB §697: “Address yourselves kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: offering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §81: and be occupied the-hidden-wordsHW §63: whilst thou hast busied thyself will-and-testamentW&T §14: hath spent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: engaged gleaningsGWB §471: engross

زود

zúd z-w-d → “best” Distinctive

literal: soon; increase; provision, supply

This form usually rendered as “premature”, “day” (3 occurrences)

premature 50% day 50%

gleaningsGWB §640: The day is approaching kitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: shall only increase will-and-testamentW&T §9: ere long gleaningsGWB §405: the best provision for their journey gleaningsGWB §699: as the best provision for his journey gleaningsGWB §191: premature

سحاب

sḥáb s-ḥ-b → “intervening clouds”

literal: cloud; clouds; cloud, clouds

clouds 83% showers 5% outpourings 3% cloud 2% which 2% clouded 2% showering 2% veil 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: the clouds gleaningsGWB §627: from the clouds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the showers prayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: veil epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: clouds gleaningsGWB §308: by the clouds kitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: showering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: of the clouds

مانعه

mánʿh m-n-ʿ

literal: prevent; prevented; prevention

SE rendered مشغول (mshghúl), زود (zúd), سحاب (sḥáb), مانعه (mánʿh), خرق (khrq), شمس (shms), کلمهٴ (klmhٴ), مشرقهٴ (mshrqhٴ) as “calleth, approaching, intervening clouds, completely dissipated, sun, words, have appeared”

obstacle 11% veil 11% interfere 11% intervening 11% naught 11% none 11% withholder 11% can 11% hindrance 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: deter gleaningsGWB §247: wondrous kitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: prevent them from attaining unto prayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: Deny not tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against thee the-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodly will-and-testamentW&T §56: hindrance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: was he deterred

خرق

khrq kh-r-q → “rend”

literal: tear; tear/rend

rend 40% tear 20% rent 20% completely 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: rent the veils asunder gleaningsGWB §341: rent asunder kitab-i-iqanKIQ §177: to rend them asunder prayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: so vehemently rent epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Rend thou asunder gleaningsGWB §640: completely dissipated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §769: to be rent asunder epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: the whole creation

کلمهٴ

klmhٴ k-l-m → “words”

literal: word; words

word 54% words 23% one 8% yet 8% bidding 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: these most sublime words fire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining word gleaningsGWB §292: the words kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: This exalted utterance kitab-i-iqanKIQ §122: those verses of the Book prayers-and-meditationsP&M §346: through a word uttered tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: one mystic word the-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith

مشرقهٴ

mshrqhٴ sh-r-q → “have appeared” Distinctive

literal: shining; east; shine

SE usually renders this root as “dayspring”, “hath”, “shining”

dayspring 21% hath 12% shining 12% shineth 11% dawning-place 10% east 8% shone 8% shed 6% shine 6% daysprings 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: He Who is the Dawning-Place fire-tabletFire §41: Thy dawning gleaningsGWB §556: East kitab-i-iqanKIQ §191: arising prayers-and-meditationsP&M §195: be illumined tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: beamed the-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon thee will-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world

افق

ifq ʾ-f-q → “horizon”

literal: horizon; horizons; horizons/regions

horizon 67% dayspring 10% above 8% heaven 3% realm 3% towards 3% orient 2% fountain 1% source 1% dawning-place 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: Horizon fire-tabletFire §19: men gleaningsGWB §601: Daystar kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: dawning-place kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: summit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §613: the whole world tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: above will-and-testamentW&T §5: regions

سماء

smáʾ s-m-w → “the”

literal: heaven

SE rendered العزّة (al-ʿzzh), للّه (lllh), لأحبّائه (lʾaḥbbáʾh), از (iz), افق (ifq), سماء (smáʾ), مشیّت (mshíht) as ““All honor, God, them that, above, horizon, the, Will”

heaven 74% heavens 16% “heaven 3% “heaven” 2% all 2% heavenly 1% into 1% out 1% towards 0% who 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §213: exalted fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §115: the heights kitab-i-iqanKIQ §87: designated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: Thy names tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My sake tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes

طالع

ṭálʿ ṭ-l-ʿ

literal: dawning-place

SE rendered لأحبّائه (lʾaḥbbáʾh), از (iz), افق (ifq), سماء (smáʾ), مشیّت (mshíht), مشرق (mshrq), طالع (ṭálʿ) as “them that, above, horizon, the, Will”