Gleanings — §658

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 658 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

أن يا عبد طوبى لک بما عرف ت الح ق وأعرض ت عن ال ذي کفر بال رحمن أن یا عبد طوبی لک بما عرفتَ الحقّ وأعرضتَ عن الّذي کفر بالرّحمن وکان في أُمّ الأ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Blessed art thou, O My servant, inasmuch as thou hast recognized the Truth, and withdrawn from him who repudiated the All-Merciful, and was condemned as wicked in the Mother Tablet. Walk thou steadfastly in the love of God, and keep straight on in His Faith, and aid Him through the power of thine utterance. Thus biddeth thee the All-Merciful Who is suffering imprisonment at the hands of His oppressors.

Translation Notes

عبد

ʿbd ʿ-b-d → “servant”

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

servant 82% one 8% god 3% man’s 3% servant” 3% servant’s 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: men fire-tabletFire §49: Adored gleaningsGWB §520: among men kitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: No man prayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: to adore tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service the-hidden-wordsHW §3: of others will-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants

طوبى

ṭúbى ṭ-w-b → “blessed”

literal: blessedness; blessed; blessedness, happiness

blessed 39% happy 29% well 14% great 7% how 4% “blessed 2% rejoice 2% “great 2% “great 1% blessedness 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: Well is it with gleaningsGWB §408: Great is the blessedness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessedness prayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: “Great is the blessedness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: Well gleaningsGWB §30: Rejoice prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: How great is the blessedness epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Blessed are the fair-minded

لک

lk l → “art thou”

literal: for; for you; for him

5 occurrences in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His is

الحقّ

al-ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “god”

literal: truth; true; right

truth 50% god 14% true 10% one 9% eternal 7% through 3% right 2% righteousness 2% unto 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: true facts gleaningsGWB §587: truth, the very truth kitab-i-ahdAhd §12: right kitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: recognized prayers-and-meditationsP&M §642: befittingly the-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysteries will-and-testamentW&T §27: a fixed money offering epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: to that

وأعرض

wʾaʿrḍ ʿ-r-ḍ → “withdrawn” Distinctive

literal: turn away; turning away

This form usually rendered as “turned”, “turneth”, “turn” (35 occurrences)

turned 39% turneth 23% turn 13% renounce 6% withdraw 3% withdrawn 3% have 3% standeth 3% turns 3% hath 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: protest gleaningsGWB §99: and the exigencies kitab-i-iqanKIQ §231: perversity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §670: and the froward tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: turns away the-hidden-wordsHW §24: thee turn away will-and-testamentW&T §17: oppose and protest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: turning away from Thee

ال

al- ʾ-w-l

literal: family

SE rendered لک (lk), عرف (ʿrf), الح (al-ḥ), وأعرض (wʾaʿrḍ), ال (al-), ذي (dhí), کفر (kfr), بال (bál), رحمن (rḥmn) as “art thou, recognized, the, withdrawn, him, repudiated, All-Merciful”

first 37% world 31% beginning 6% life 6% former 6% family 3% fitting 3% people 3% early 3% past 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: fitting fire-tabletFire §31: the people gleaningsGWB §279: those gone before you kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: the interpretation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §454: earliest the-hidden-wordsHW §97: Ye that have epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the first gleaningsGWB §125: early days

ذي

dhí dh-w-y → “man”

literal: possessor; possessor of; possessor/owner

man 17% beings 17% word 17% discerning 17% any 17% one 17%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: man gleaningsGWB §484: its prayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: one will-and-testamentW&T §32: my kinsmen gleaningsGWB §286: word prayers-and-meditationsP&M §279: and my gleaningsGWB §302: discerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their

کفر

kfr k-f-r → “repudiated”

literal: disbelieve; disbelieved; disbeliever

unbelief 25% repudiated 19% misbelief 13% rejected 6% infidel 6% blasphemy 6% act 6% disowned 6% infidels 6% perverse 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: forgive gleaningsGWB §221: have repudiated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: infidel?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §273: disowned tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: deny will-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelievers gleaningsGWB §84: openly refused

بال

bál b-ʾ-l → “the”

literal: wing

SE rendered الح (al-ḥ), وأعرض (wʾaʿrḍ), ال (al-), ذي (dhí), کفر (kfr), بال (bál), رحمن (rḥmn), عبد (ʿbd), طوبی (ṭúbí), لک (lk) as “the, withdrawn, him, repudiated, All-Merciful, thou”