Gleanings — §678

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 678 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

بی‌طلب عنایت فرمودم و بی‌سؤال اجابت فرمودم و بی‌استعداد منتهای فضل و جود را مبذول داشتم...

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Unpetitioned, I have fulfilled thy wish.

Translation Notes

بی‌طلب

bí‌ṭlb ṭ-l-b → “seeker”

literal: seeking; seek; seeker

seek 20% presupposeth 20% asketh 20% unpetitioned 20% yearning 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: ask gleaningsGWB §362: pursue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: Object of his quest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my goal the-hidden-wordsHW §16: seekest epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: desirest gleaningsGWB §641: sought and are still seeking kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: ask for

عنایت

ʿnáyt ʿ-n-y

literal: care

SE rendered بی‌طلب (bí‌ṭlb), عنایت (ʿnáyt), فرمودم (frmúdm) as “Unpetitioned, I have fulfilled”

grace 32% loving-kindness 26% loving 10% through 6% gracious 6% bounty 6% care 3% bestowal 3% favors 3% favor 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: meaning fire-tabletFire §15: Thy bounty gleaningsGWB §555: the Mystic Herald kitab-i-ahdAhd §6: invested kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of divine knowledge prayers-and-meditationsP&M §171: Thy grace the-hidden-wordsHW §146: mystery will-and-testamentW&T §6: in the aforementioned manner

فرمودم

frmúdm f-r-m → “i have fulfilled”

literal: say; command; says

SE expanded to “I have fulfilled”

have 80% gave 20%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: establish gleaningsGWB §107: be their utterance kitab-i-iqanKIQ §203: sayeth prayers-and-meditationsP&M §646: is able to the-hidden-wordsHW §156: have I given will-and-testamentW&T §25: must epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: are turned gleaningsGWB §333: disobedience

بی‌سؤال

bí‌sʾál s-ʾ-l

literal: ask; question; to ask

SE rendered بی‌طلب (bí‌ṭlb), عنایت (ʿnáyt), فرمودم (frmúdm), بی‌سؤال (bí‌sʾál) as “Unpetitioned, I have fulfilled”

beseech 29% implore 17% entreat 12% question 7% asked 7% questioned 7% god 5% seeker 5% questions 5% sought 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: We entreat gleaningsGWB §300: question kitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: questions prayers-and-meditationsP&M §188: I beseech epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: “I gleaningsGWB §322: Me kitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: they will ask Thee prayers-and-meditationsP&M §321: I entreat

اجابت

ijábt j-w-b

literal: answer; answerer; answer, reply

SE rendered بی‌طلب (bí‌ṭlb), عنایت (ʿnáyt), فرمودم (frmúdm), بی‌سؤال (bí‌sʾál), اجابت (ijábt) as “Unpetitioned, I have fulfilled”

heeded 50% hearkened 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: replied fire-tabletFire §4: Answerer gleaningsGWB §700: and answered kitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: What answer prayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: responded tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkened epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: is ready to answer gleaningsGWB §39: the answer

بی‌استعداد

bí‌ástʿdád ʿ-d-w

literal: enemy; enemies; enmity

enemies 64% adversaries 13% enemy 5% foes 4% enmity 4% mine 3% transgressor 2% all 2% common 1% excesses 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: transgressor fire-tabletFire §33: Thy foes gleaningsGWB §318: incapable of apprehending kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §261: prepared prayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: them that are against Thee the-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgress will-and-testamentW&T §58: whatsoever else

منتهای

mntháy n-h-y

literal: utmost

learning 33% utterly 33% utmost 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: unnumbered fire-tabletFire §29: of the gleaningsGWB §458: cease kitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbidden kitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: most kindly prayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: utmost limit tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehend the-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny

فضل

fḍl f-ḍ-l

literal: grace; grace/favor; grace, favor

grace 70% bounty 11% token 5% gracious 4% essence 2% concerning 2% merit 2% divine 2% favors 2% great 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mercy gleaningsGWB §14: superior kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Gracious kitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: exponents prayers-and-meditationsP&M §340: of mercy tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bounty the-hidden-wordsHW §1: the garment will-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues

جود

júd j-w-d

literal: generosity; bounty; generosity, bounty

bounty 42% bountiful 15% through 8% favors 8% favor 8% grace 8% manifold 4% munificence 4% generous 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: billowing ocean of Thy favor fire-tabletFire §33: Thy bestowal gleaningsGWB §547: favor and bounty kitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: wisdom prayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: by Thy bountiful favor the-hidden-wordsHW §126: to be generous epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: of Thy bounteousness fire-tabletFire §34: Giver

مبذول

mbdhúl b-dh-l

literal: bestowed; expended; granted

confer 33% exert 11% bend 11% have 11% conferring 11% breathed 11% fall 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exert gleaningsGWB §615: dedicated kitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: breathed prayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: expended will-and-testamentW&T §23: fall upon gleaningsGWB §686: have wafted kitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: conferring prayers-and-meditationsP&M §451: the All-Bountiful

داشتم

dáshtm d-ʾ-sh-t

literal: have; had; to have

hath 35% have 18% exert 6% contemplated 6% beyond 6% fortunes 6% cherished 6% impede 6% will 6% manifested 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: have no gleaningsGWB §116: hath kitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: did not will-and-testamentW&T §25: hath at his own epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: is beyond gleaningsGWB §649: have I been able kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: entertained will-and-testamentW&T §38: doth he bear

Gleanings — §678

Source (Arabic)

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Translation Notes

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Fire Tablet

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Prayers and Meditations

Tablet of Aḥmad

Tablet of Carmel

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

The Hidden Words

Will and Testament