Gleanings — §671
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 671 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل إذا جآء النّصر کلّ یدّعون الإیمان ویدخلون في أمر الله طوبی للّذینهم استقاموا علی الأمر في تلک الأیّام الّتي فیها ظهرت الفتنة من کلّ الجهات...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
When the victory arriveth, every man shall profess himself as believer and shall hasten to the shelter of God’s Faith. Happy are they who in the days of world-encompassing trials have stood fast in the Cause and refused to swerve from its truth.
Translation Notes
SE rendered قل (ql), جآء (jáʾ), النّصر (an-nṣr), یدّعون (yddʿún), الإیمان (al-ʾiymán) as “arriveth, victory, profess, believer”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: calledgleaningsGWB §174: We have erewhile declaredkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: idle talkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: Thou didst say—andtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
This form usually rendered as “come”, “hath”, “reached” (18 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: render Thy Cause victoriousfire-tabletFire §28: championedgleaningsGWB §419: whosoeverkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: single-handedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and triumphthe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
This form usually rendered as “faith”, “belief”, “true” (55 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: FaithfulgleaningsGWB §473: that which hath been committed into their handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: believingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: who have believed on Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: have ye believedthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: abide thereinwill-and-testamentW&T §42: to return to the True Faithepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: believeth not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: the Royal commandfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §35: acts.…kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §57: take counselprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: for the sake of Thy Revelationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thine
SE rendered یدّعون (yddʿún), الإیمان (al-ʾiymán), ویدخلون (wídkhlún), أمر (ʾamr), الله (al-lh), طوبی (ṭúbí), للّذینهم (llldhínhm), استقاموا (istqámúá) as “profess, believer, hasten, God’s Faith, Happy, are they who, stood fast”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §78: for the sake of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §64: Bahákitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: but God aloneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: O God!tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: HappygleaningsGWB §30: Rejoicekitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: of Blessednessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: Great is his blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: “BlessedgleaningsGWB §610: Blessed art thouprayers-and-meditationsP&M §138: “Great is the blessednessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Blessedness
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Pathfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §126: representativekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: instanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §615: overtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: remaineth motionless
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: their timegleaningsGWB §219: timekitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: on a certain dayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: of Thy daystablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: a Daythe-hidden-wordsHW §115: a passing daywill-and-testamentW&T §47: daytimeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: In these days
SE rendered الأیّام (al-ʾayyám), ظهرت (ẓhrt), الفتنة (al-ftnh) as “days, trials”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: seditiongleaningsGWB §671: trialskitab-i-iqanKIQ §8: not be put to proofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §777: The forces of dissensiongleaningsGWB §718: dissensionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: violent commotionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §32: the forces of mischiefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: turmoil
SE rendered ظهرت (ẓhrt), الفتنة (al-ftnh), الجهات (al-jhát) as “trials”
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epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: the reasongleaningsGWB §636: by virtue ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: upon its unifying influencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §112: reasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: attachment towill-and-testamentW&T §32: sidesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: fromgleaningsGWB §411: subject
