Gleanings — §67
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 67 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
يا أيّها العبد الّذي أردت رضاء اللّه وحبّه بعد الّذي كلّ انفضّوا عن جماله إلّا عدّة من أولي الأبصار فجزاك اللّه من فضله جزاء حسنًا باقيًا دائمًا بما أردته في يوم عمت فيه الأنظار ثمّ اعلم بأنّا لو نلقي عليك رشحًا عمّا رشّ علينا من رشحات أبحر القضاء من أولي الغلّ والبغضاء لتبكي وتنوح في العشيّ والأبكار فيا ليت نجد في الأرض من منصف ذي بصر ليعرف ما ظهر في هذا الظّهور من سلطنة اللّه وإقتداره ويذكر النّاس خالصًا لوجه اللّه بالسّرّ والاجهار لعلّ النّاس يقومنّ وينصرنّ هذا المظلوم الّذي ابتلي بين يدي هؤلاء الفجّار إذًا روح القدس ينطق عن
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O My servant, who hast sought the good-pleasure of God and clung to His love on the Day when all except a few who were endued with insight have broken away from Him! May God, through His grace, recompense thee with a generous, an incorruptible and everlasting reward, inasmuch as thou hast sought Him on the Day when eyes were blinded. Know thou that if We reveal to thee but a sprinkling of the showers which, through God’s decree, and at the hands of the envious and the malicious, have rained upon Us, thou wouldst weep with a great weeping, and wouldst bewail day and night Our plight. Oh, would that a discerning and fair-minded soul could be found who would recognize the wonders of this Revelation — wonders that proclaim the sovereignty of God and the greatness of its power. Would that such a man might arise and, wholly for the sake of God, admonish, privately and openly, the people, that haply they may bestir themselves and aid this wronged One Whom the workers of iniquity have so sorely afflicted.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servantsfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §173: children of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: worshippedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §113: Thy servants’tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §56: Our servantswill-and-testamentW&T §23: of the servants
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: desiregleaningsGWB §188: intent onkitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: Prophetsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §247: of Thy Desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: They have desiredthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §36: that hath conspiredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: decided
This form usually rendered as “wishes” (1 occurrences)
good-pleasure 36% divine 7% pleased 7% pleasing 7% “they 7% name 7% refuse 7% countenanced 7% pleasure 7% praiseworthy 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: Our loved onesfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §451: His Well-Beloved Onekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: faithfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §218: for love oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I longtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: loving Me
This form usually rendered as “broken”, “broke” (2 occurrences)
beauty 83% ancient 5% countenance 2% ornament 2% promised 2% everlasting 2% divine 2% immortal 2% abhá 2% fairest 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: by the BeautygleaningsGWB §67: Himkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: the adored Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: revelation of Thy countenancetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §76: of the rosewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the most holy Abhá Beauty
This form usually rendered as “primal”, “especially”, “one” (26 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the beginninggleaningsGWB §327: have attained in the pastkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the former sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Through His Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpretepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: FirstlygleaningsGWB §364: First Leader
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: a rewardgleaningsGWB §246: shall recompenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: as a punishmentgleaningsGWB §472: recompenseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §757: as a recompenseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: JudgmentgleaningsGWB §239: and shall be repaid
SE rendered أولي (ʾawlí), الأبصار (al-ʾabṣár), فجزاك (fjzák), اللّه (al-lh), فضله (fḍlh), جزاء (jzáʾ), حسنًا (ḥsnan), باقيًا (báqyan), دائمًا (dáʾman) as “endued, insight, God, recompense thee, generous, incorruptible, everlasting”
This form usually rendered as “good”, “goodly”, “kindly” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: preferablegleaningsGWB §579: kindly mannerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: providencethe-hidden-wordsHW §2: kindlywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §284: good works
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “immortal”, “imperishable” (53 occurrences)
everlasting 25% immortal 17% imperishable 13% incorruptible 8% eternal 8% eternity 8% abiding 8% endure 4% live 4% last 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: Eternalfire-tabletFire §30: hiddengleaningsGWB §344: nowkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: of everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: as long astablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §51: hath remainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: immortal Beingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: liveth in God
everlasting 83% continually 17%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §144: secondkitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: eternalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §326: so long aswill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §189: throughout the eternitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlasting
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: desiregleaningsGWB §608: pleaseth.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: givenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: my desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §46: she did desirethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: He pleasethgleaningsGWB §275: attain
This form usually rendered as “when”, “dimmed” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: \‘BlindedgleaningsGWB §163: of Thy Kingdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: Blind isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §175: hath kept back fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §24: OF THE SUPREMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: blindgleaningsGWB §155: ignorancekitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: folly
eyes 60% discernment 40%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: Regardfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §34: yearningly awaitedkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: regardfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: seat of Thine effulgent glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: resplendent Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §93: recall
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: in the worldfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §665: their attainmentskitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: justly called learnedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: the ensigns of Thy guidancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §69: Either thou or someone elsekitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: thesethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: momentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: tokitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: We have heardkitab-i-iqanKIQ §153: Althoughepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: the
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “send”, “entrusted”, “reveal” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: deliveredfire-tabletFire §1: of Thy CountenancegleaningsGWB §37: beholdingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: “attainment unto the Presenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: to look upontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: the Kingdom of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: engravedwill-and-testamentW&T §41: sowing the seeds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: upon theegleaningsGWB §256: that wronged Uskitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §125: roundthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §260: be upongleaningsGWB §51: His sovereignty upon thee
SE expanded to “but a sprinkling”
sprinkling 50% sprinkle 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a sprinklingfire-tabletFire §19: surginggleaningsGWB §665: the woeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: glimmerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: the dropsgleaningsGWB §117: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: emanationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: the drops which are sprinkled
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered رشحًا (rshḥan), رشّ (rshsh), علينا (ʿlíná), رشحات (rshḥát), أبحر (ʾabḥr), القضاء (al-qḍáʾ), أولي (ʾawlí), الغلّ (al-ghll), والبغضاء (wálbghḍáʾ) as “but a sprinkling, showers, upon Us, decree, envious, and the malicious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: oceanfire-tabletFire §3: WheregleaningsGWB §357: how vast the oceanskitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: Thy most great Oceantablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: the oceans
decree 52% irrevocable 14% destiny 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% meet 5% irrevocably 5% fate 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: fetteredgleaningsGWB §164: enviouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §147: chained up.’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: of envyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: through his malicegleaningsGWB §163: my treacherous enemieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §264: maliceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: and fetters
SE expanded to “and the malicious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepethgleaningsGWB §154: weptprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weeptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: weepgleaningsGWB §292: weepeth soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: didst weepgleaningsGWB §67: wouldst weep
first-fruits 50% night 50%
SE rendered العشيّ (al-ʿshíh), والأبكار (wálʾabkár), فيا (fíá), ليت (lít), نجد (njd), الأرض (ar-rḍ), منصف (mnṣf), ذي (dhí), بصر (bṣr), ليعرف (líʿrf) as “day, night, Oh, would that, could be found, discerning and fair-minded, man, recognize”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: is extantfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §441: are apparentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: have their beingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §796: that they may inhaletablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: they foundthe-hidden-wordsHW §11: that thou mayest find Mewill-and-testamentW&T §4: the firm
SE rendered العشيّ (al-ʿshíh), والأبكار (wálʾabkár), فيا (fíá), ليت (lít), نجد (njd), الأرض (ar-rḍ), منصف (mnṣf), ذي (dhí), بصر (bṣr), ليعرف (líʿrf), ظهر (ẓhr) as “day, night, Oh, would that, could be found, discerning and fair-minded, man, recognize, proclaim”
SE expanded to “discerning and fair-minded”
every 50% discerning 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: Judge ye fairlygleaningsGWB §412: unjust in his judgmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: unfairthe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Judge thou fairlygleaningsGWB §180: injusticekitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: is it fairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: might judge equitably
recognize 21% can 16% comprehend 16% know 11% known 11% recognizeth 5% discover 5% perceive 5% acknowledge 5% reveal 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: breathgleaningsGWB §352: them that recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §524: sweet smelltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §6: Know thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §80: know Him
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (105 occurrences)
hath 42% appeared 17% manifested 9% revealed 9% made 8% have 4% fulfilled 4% uncovered 4% perpetrated 2% back 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: revealfire-tabletFire §8: the signsgleaningsGWB §135: nonekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: renderedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §598: and the Revealertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: authoritygleaningsGWB §109: sovereign Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §25: of its ancient sovereigntyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §649: through Thy sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §98: chiefwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: His sovereignty
power 65% might 11% potency 5% divine 3% sovereignty 3% greatness 3% mighty 3% almighty 3% omnipotence 3% strength 3%
This form usually rendered as “remember”, “remembered”, “describe” (25 occurrences)
remember 15% remembered 15% describe 15% commemorated 8% numbered 8% admonish 8% vaunted 8% recounted 8% mention 8% claim 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiationgleaningsGWB §473: the interests of thy peoplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: manwill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §417: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: those whoepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: men
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: such as are devotedfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §233: the sincere loverskitab-i-iqanKIQ §254: trueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §395: entirely devotedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: sincere onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absoluteepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: souls of the sincere among Thy servants
SE expanded to “for the sake”
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “secret”, “secretly” (57 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: satisfactiongleaningsGWB §67: privatelykitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: mystery.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: the Hidden Mysterytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: of their heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: the gladnesswill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: secrets
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §21: glory and sublimityfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §318: rebelledkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: figureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §819: Self-Subsisting,”tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: extended such aidfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §532: the victorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §91: Christiansprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: to assistwill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistanceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: He had helped
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: victims of oppressionfire-tabletFire §49: meeknessgleaningsGWB §477: oppress themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of tyranny.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §555: transgressorsthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: malevolenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: a pitch-black corridor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: trialsfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: afflictionskitab-i-iqanKIQ §63: persecutionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §335: Whose calamitythe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §3: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: the tribulations
SE rendered المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), ابتلي (ibtlí), يدي (ydí), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), الفجّار (al-fjjár) as “wronged One, afflicted, the workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §19: HandgleaningsGWB §581: With the handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: his doortablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: hand of Thy loving-kindnessgleaningsGWB §184: at the hands
SE rendered المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), ابتلي (ibtlí), يدي (ydí), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), الفجّار (al-fjjár) as “wronged One, afflicted, the workers of iniquity”
2 occurrences in corpus
SE expanded to “the workers of iniquity”
SE rendered الفجّار (al-fjjár), روح (rúḥ) as “the workers of iniquity”
SE rendered الفجّار (al-fjjár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds) as “the workers of iniquity”
holiness 45% holy 34% most 6% sanctified 5% eternal 3% sacred 2% hallowed 2% divine 2% sanctity 2% unknowable 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §153: sanctifygleaningsGWB §645: untaintedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: holy and immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §317: Divine sweetnesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: Celestial Concoursethe-hidden-wordsHW §120: pureepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: the Kitáb-i-AqdasgleaningsGWB §6: Unsearchable and high above
SE rendered الفجّار (al-fjjár), روح (rúḥ), القدس (al-qds), ينطق (ynṭq) as “the workers of iniquity”
speaketh 26% speak 16% proclaimeth 11% proclaiming 11% crieth 11% uttereth 5% voiceth 5% utter 5% proclaim 5% exclaimeth 5%
