Gleanings — §659

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 659 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

لواح شقیًّا أن استقم علی حبّ الله وأمره ثمّ انصره بالبیان کذلک یأمرک الرّحمن حین الّذي کان بأیدي الظّالمین مسجونًا

Shoghi Effendi Translation

If tribulation touch thee for My sake, call thou to mind My ills and troubles, and remember My banishment and imprisonment. Thus do We devolve on thee what hath descended upon Us from Him Who is the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.

Translation Notes

شقیًّا

shqyyan sh-q-y → “wicked” Distinctive

literal: wretched; wretchedness; hardships

This form usually rendered as “evil”, “tribulation”, “miserable” (3 occurrences)

evil 33% tribulation 33% miserable 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my remoteness gleaningsGWB §374: evil kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: miserable prayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: wicked doers tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: wicked will-and-testamentW&T §47: ungodly gleaningsGWB §659: tribulation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: of wickedness

استقم

istqm q-w-m

literal: station; people; place

SE rendered لواح (lúáḥ), شقیًّا (shqyyan), استقم (istqm), حبّ (ḥbb), الله (al-lh), وأمره (wʾamrh) as “If, tribulation”

persevere 50% may 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: the people fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §687: With firm determination kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your station kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: glorious and supreme prayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: to stand tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: she rose

حبّ

ḥbb ḥ-b-b

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

SE rendered لواح (lúáḥ), شقیًّا (shqyyan), استقم (istqm), حبّ (ḥbb), الله (al-lh), وأمره (wʾamrh) as “If, tribulation”

love 83% loving 5% grain 2% “love 2% love!” 2% devotion 2% fervid 2% token 2% beauty’s 2% lust 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: prized and greatly cherished fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §552: loving kitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: of them that love tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Day tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me

الله

al-lh ʾ-l-h

literal: God; divine; god

SE rendered لواح (lúáḥ), شقیًّا (shqyyan), استقم (istqm), حبّ (ḥbb), الله (al-lh), وأمره (wʾamrh) as “If, tribulation”

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity gleaningsGWB §148: this God-given kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: Cause of God prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: God gleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed

وأمره

wʾamrh ʾ-m-r

literal: command; cause

SE rendered شقیًّا (shqyyan), استقم (istqm), حبّ (ḥbb), الله (al-lh), وأمره (wʾamrh), انصره (inṣrh), بالبیان (bálbíán), کذلک (kdhlk), یأمرک (yʾamrk) as “tribulation, do We devolve”

cause 53% revelation 22% command 5% bidding 4% faith 4% decree 4% ordainer 3% message 2% behest 2% all 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: things fire-tabletFire §17: Command gleaningsGWB §575: give kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decree kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: to proclaim prayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy commandments tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellers the-hidden-wordsHW §157: results

انصره

inṣrh n-ṣ-r

literal: help; helper

SE rendered انصره (inṣrh), بالبیان (bálbíán), کذلک (kdhlk), یأمرک (yʾamrk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn) as “do We devolve, the All-Glorious”

help 50% assist 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: will aid fire-tabletFire §47: champions gleaningsGWB §629: Help Thou kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can render kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assisting prayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thou wilt aid will-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §196: trustworthiness

بالبیان

bálbíán b-y-n

literal: utterance

SE rendered انصره (inṣrh), بالبیان (bálbíán), کذلک (kdhlk), یأمرک (yʾamrk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), حین (ḥín) as “do We devolve, the All-Glorious”

utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: amongst you fire-tabletFire §41: the Covenant gleaningsGWB §724: in a nest kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: amidst My kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: these words prayers-and-meditationsP&M §110: one from another the-hidden-wordsHW §155: of wisdom will-and-testamentW&T §45: set forth clearly

کذلک

kdhlk dh-l-k

literal: thus

SE rendered انصره (inṣrh), بالبیان (bálbíán), کذلک (kdhlk), یأمرک (yʾamrk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), حین (ḥín) as “do We devolve, the All-Glorious”

thus 72% such 16% like 4% other 4% wise 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: for this purpose gleaningsGWB §182: To this kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: Lám prayers-and-meditationsP&M §384: Thereby the-hidden-wordsHW §160: In this wise will-and-testamentW&T §34: as epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: So gleaningsGWB §161: In like manner

یأمرک

yʾamrk ʾ-m-r → “cause” Distinctive

literal: command; cause

This form usually rendered as “commandeth”, “do” (2 occurrences)

commandeth 50% do 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: things such as gleaningsGWB §493: recorded kitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: to proclaim prayers-and-meditationsP&M §794: at Thy bidding tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: commands will-and-testamentW&T §22: absolute command epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: a Cause gleaningsGWB §702: this duty

الرّحمن

ar-rḥmn r-ḥ-m → “mercy”

literal: mercy; merciful; the Merciful

merciful 40% mercy 20% compassionate 20% all-merciful 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: canopy of Thy mercy fire-tabletFire §30: Thy compassion gleaningsGWB §273: My mercy kitab-i-ahdAhd §8: blessings kitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: mercy of the All-Bountiful prayers-and-meditationsP&M §562: of tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a mercy the-hidden-wordsHW §89: celestial

حین

ḥín ḥ-y-n

literal: time; time/moment

SE rendered یأمرک (yʾamrk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), حین (ḥín), بأیدي (bʾaydí), الظّالمین (aẓ-ẓálmín), مسجونًا (msjúnan) as “do We devolve, the All-Glorious, imprisonment”