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
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 §114: My believing servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §175: creatureskitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: of servitudeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: bondtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §10: servant of Thineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: and in thy adoration of Him
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “hast” (27 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: WillgleaningsGWB §300: pleased to decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: attachedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: through the force of Thy willthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: dost wish forwill-and-testamentW&T §17: purposethepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: decidedgleaningsGWB §498: what God hath willed
This form usually rendered as “wishes”, “willing” (2 occurrences)
SE expanded to “good-pleasure of God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §28: pleasurefire-tabletFire §48: Thy pleasuregleaningsGWB §614: Will ye be content withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: preferredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: and to fulfill Thy pleasurethe-hidden-wordsHW §39: My pleasurewill-and-testamentW&T §8: submitted to His Willepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §229: refuse
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: unto Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: God.”kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §212: of His graceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: I swear by Theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: desirefire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §220: His loved oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: His beloved Oneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: for Thy servantstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §5: “My foolish loved ones
This form usually rendered as “broken”, “broke” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: ornament togleaningsGWB §128: the Beautykitab-i-ahdAhd §14: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §6: briefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §608: my Beingtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §28: her beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §97: the beauty of His countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §40: to the Ever-Blest Beauty
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: interpretethfire-tabletFire §31: the peoplegleaningsGWB §629: in this present worldkitab-i-ahdAhd §15: memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: first, theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §763: all in this world andthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §58: falsely interpret
SE expanded to “endued with insight”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: were ye to perceive itgleaningsGWB §520: Examine Ourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §237: whose sightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: do thou seeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §17: visiongleaningsGWB §466: them who have discerned the truth
shall 26% reward 22% recompense 22% tribute 4% retribution 4% judgment 4% punishment 4% thanks 4% own 4% rewardest 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: the retributiongleaningsGWB §712: his own punishmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: and rewardestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: as a punishmentgleaningsGWB §239: shall be repaidepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: their rewardgleaningsGWB §246: shall recompenseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: Judgment
grace 63% bounty 10% token 7% favor 6% through 3% favors 3% excellence 3% mercy 3% knowledge 1% concerning 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy gracegleaningsGWB §683: My gracekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: the most distinguishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy tender merciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §12: All-Bountiful
This form usually rendered as “goodly”, “kindly”, “pleasing” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: the most excellent titlesgleaningsGWB §665: the righteouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §455: Thy bountywill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: MuhsingleaningsGWB §621: the emblems of His generositykitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: favour
This form usually rendered as “everlasting”, “immortal”, “eternal” (82 occurrences)
everlasting 27% immortal 20% eternal 10% incorruptible 8% imperishable 8% endure 6% eternity 6% abiding 6% last 4% yet 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: hath persistedfire-tabletFire §36: is lonelygleaningsGWB §285: livekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: yetprayers-and-meditationsP&M §368: the continuance of lifetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: life eternaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §8: deathlessthe-hidden-wordsHW §8: eternally live
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §2: EverlastinggleaningsGWB §385: unchangeablekitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: this everlastingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §238: so long asthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perisheth notwill-and-testamentW&T §22: continuallyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: enduregleaningsGWB §311: as long as
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “have”, “what” (28 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §66: they listgleaningsGWB §636: He hath refused to reservekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: seekprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: I hold my peacethe-hidden-wordsHW §8: seekestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: desirethgleaningsGWB §275: him that seekethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: divine Purpose
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: this daygleaningsGWB §347: Laterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: the “Dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: His last daytablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §10: day passeth but thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: The day when
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §72: perceivethfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §493: fix their gaze uponkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: to turnkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: the expectationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §258: his eyes turned in the direction oftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §2: Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §20: OF
SE rendered يوم (yúm), عمت (ʿmt), الأنظار (an-nẓár), اعلم (iʿlm), بأنّا (bʾanná), لو (lú), نلقي (nlqí), عليك (ʿlík), رشحًا (rshḥan) as “Day, blinded, eyes were, if, reveal, thee, sprinkling”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: throughout the worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §235: the Knowerkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: distinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §322: any of Thy creaturestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: meetethfire-tabletFire §33: to the Divine PresencegleaningsGWB §463: We have revealed unto theekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: We impartedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: faced withtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: of His Presencethe-hidden-wordsHW §4: have engraved on theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: sowed
sprinkle 60% sprinkling 40%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: a sprinklingfire-tabletFire §19: surginggleaningsGWB §117: outpouringskitab-i-iqanKIQ §141: dropprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: with the drops sprinkledgleaningsGWB §627: taking their portionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: glimmerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §263: sprinkle
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 “sprinkling, have rained, Us, decree, envious, and”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: oceansgleaningsGWB §233: through the outpouringkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and the ocean ofwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: on the oceangleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
decree 36% irrevocable 18% god’s 9% what 9% destiny 5% divine 5% decreed 5% ruling 5% tribulations 5% judgment 5%
This form usually rendered as “envy”, “malice”, “ill-will” (11 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: chainedgleaningsGWB §40: is chained upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: fettered.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §211: of envyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: fetteredgleaningsGWB §163: my treacherous enemieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: malevolentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §807: and fetters
This form usually rendered as “hate”, “hatred”, “cruelty” (15 occurrences)
SE expanded to “and the malicious”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: hatergleaningsGWB §475: maliciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §106: of hatethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: Him whom I abhorwill-and-testamentW&T §54: a haterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: for theegleaningsGWB §67: and the maliciousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: Thine enemies
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: weepinggleaningsGWB §463: thou wouldst surely weep soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §723: her own anguishtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: shed tearswill-and-testamentW&T §35: have shed tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: weepeth soregleaningsGWB §247: wept soreprayers-and-meditationsP&M §422: to weep
This form usually rendered as “mourn”, “wouldst” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “first-fruits”, “dawn”, “day” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: at dawngleaningsGWB §633: the night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: into lightwill-and-testamentW&T §16: first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: at morngleaningsGWB §67: daywill-and-testamentW&T §16: the first-bornepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: first-fruits of
This form usually rendered as “perceive”, “inhale”, “could” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: standethfire-tabletFire §49: thou canst breathegleaningsGWB §668: to be recreated by His Spiritkitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: come to existprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the universetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §36: Shouldst thou inhalethe-hidden-wordsHW §150: thingswill-and-testamentW&T §40: spread abroad
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, found, discerning, a, recognize, Revelation”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: this landfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §435: in every landkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: “The whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thy landtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: the same landepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: Judge thou equitablygleaningsGWB §300: Be fair in your judgmentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §754: will judge equitablythe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Judge thou arightwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this iniquitous personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: with them that judge fairlygleaningsGWB §412: unjust in his judgment
SE rendered فيا (fíá), ليت (lít), نجد (njd), الأرض (ar-rḍ), منصف (mnṣf), ذي (dhí), بصر (bṣr), ليعرف (líʿrf), ظهر (ẓhr) as “Oh, would, found, discerning, a, recognize, Revelation”
can 24% recognize 19% know 14% known 10% comprehend 10% recognizeth 5% maketh 5% discover 5% perceive 5% apprehendeth 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: that thou mayest be acquainted withgleaningsGWB §135: discover His glorykitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: Make knowntablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of thine own knowledgeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: Wisdom
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “appeared”, “manifested” (106 occurrences)
hath 44% appeared 16% manifested 11% revealed 8% made 5% have 5% uncovered 5% come 3% defender 2% perpetrated 2%
SE rendered ظهر (ẓhr), الظّهور (aẓ-ẓhúr), سلطنة (slṭnh), اللّه (al-lh), وإقتداره (wʾiqtdárh), ويذكر (wídhkr), النّاس (an-nás) as “Revelation, God, power, admonish, people”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: kingsgleaningsGWB §449: from exercising His sovereigntykitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: rulethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §736: from His sovereigntytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §1: is the Kingthe-hidden-wordsHW §103: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §8: unto a just kingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: Sháh
power 62% might 10% divine 5% mighty 5% dominion 5% potency 5% potentialities 2% hands 2% all-subduing 2% soul 2%
This form usually rendered as “describe”, “remembered”, “remember” (25 occurrences)
describe 29% remembered 14% remember 7% others 7% reveal 7% commemorated 7% numbered 7% admonish 7% vaunted 7% recounted 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §57: learnedgleaningsGWB §1: Thy namekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: recountethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy remembrancetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §123: amongst menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §4: of the people around Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §252: any soulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peoples of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: deliver themfire-tabletFire §1: the sinceregleaningsGWB §233: the sincere lovers of Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: with the sincere in heartprayers-and-meditationsP&M §801: as are wholly devoted to Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §146: absolutewill-and-testamentW&T §34: Thy devotedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: sincere ones
SE rendered وإقتداره (wʾiqtdárh), ويذكر (wídhkr), النّاس (an-nás), خالصًا (khálṣan), لوجه (lújh), اللّه (al-lh), بالسّرّ (bálssrr), والاجهار (wálájhár), لعلّ (lʿll) as “power, admonish, people, wholly, of, God, privately, openly, haply”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: Turning Our facefire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §29: and hast directed towards me Thy stepskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §858: our facestablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
This form usually rendered as “mystery”, “secret”, “privily” (57 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: MysterygleaningsGWB §470: takest delightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: of the mysteriesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §503: delighttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: inmostthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §18: the secret essenceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: Rejoicest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: is the Self-Subsistingfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §689: standeth firm and steadfastkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: proclaimedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: mightiest structurestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §68: for the purpose of helpingfire-tabletFire §29: ChampiongleaningsGWB §169: triumphkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: of assistingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thine ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: by reason of thine iniquityfire-tabletFire §33: through the tyrannygleaningsGWB §523: unjustkitab-i-iqanKIQ §116: wronged and oppressedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: his unfairnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: gloomwill-and-testamentW&T §4: sorely wrongedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: act unjustly
This form usually rendered as “have”, “sorely”, “hath” (5 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: tribulationfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §184: the tribulation I sufferkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: hath been sorely afflictedthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §3: fell a victim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the tribulations I suffer
SE rendered المظلوم (al-mẓlúm), ابتلي (ibtlí), يدي (ydí), هؤلاء (hʾláʾ), الفجّار (al-fjjár) as “wronged, afflicted, the, workers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: at the mercy ofgleaningsGWB §636: to the carekitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: between His handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §49: O Thou in Whose handwill-and-testamentW&T §16: the Hands (pillars)epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: handgleaningsGWB §448: thine own handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: impiousgleaningsGWB §27: morningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: wicked,—theyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §661: of the Dayspringepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: Dayspring ofgleaningsGWB §67: the workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: breakprayers-and-meditationsP&M §521: the dawning-place
