Gleanings — §695
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 695 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
لا تحسبنّ أنّا نزّلنا لكم الأحكام بل فتحنا ختم الرّحيق المختوم بأصابع القدرة والاقتدار يشهد بذلك ما نزّل من قلم الوحي تفكّروا يا أولي الأفكار...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Think not that We have revealed unto you a mere code of laws. Nay, rather, We have unsealed the choice Wine with the fingers of might and power. To this beareth witness that which the Pen of Revelation hath revealed. Meditate upon this, O men of insight!…
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “think” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: through whose hands it had passedgleaningsGWB §78: mistakekitab-i-iqanKIQ §187: judgedthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: countedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: ReckoninggleaningsGWB §695: Think notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: the Day of Reckoningthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: summoned to a reckoning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: descendgleaningsGWB §591: have We revealedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: showers ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §359: Rain down, then,tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: for My descent
SE expanded to “code of laws”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: GovernorgleaningsGWB §492: His commandmentkitab-i-ahdAhd §6: rulershipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: pronounce theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §443: the Supreme Rulertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §13: My commandwill-and-testamentW&T §25: regulations
SE rendered نزّلنا (nzzlná), لكم (lkm), الأحكام (al-ʾaḥkám), فتحنا (ftḥná), ختم (khtm), الرّحيق (ar-rḥíq), المختوم (al-mkhtúm), بأصابع (bʾaṣábʿ), القدرة (al-qdrh) as “have revealed, unto you, code of laws, have unsealed, choice Wine, with the fingers, might”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: SealgleaningsGWB §65: He concludethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §180: endprayers-and-meditationsP&M §552: Thou hast affixed Thy seal uponthe-hidden-wordsHW §141: with My sealwill-and-testamentW&T §10: my endepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: the SealgleaningsGWB §552: his own end
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: sealed WinegleaningsGWB §200: Chalice of Immortalityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §155: the choiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §142: WinegleaningsGWB §25: the choice Wineprayers-and-meditationsP&M §176: unto the choice wineepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §31: Choice WinegleaningsGWB §233: the wine
SE expanded to “with the fingers”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §244: fingerfire-tabletFire §14: fingersgleaningsGWB §193: His directing Fingerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: Whose fingerthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: pengleaningsGWB §695: with the fingersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: of Thy fingersgleaningsGWB §283: as the fingers
This form usually rendered as “hath”, “ordain”, “power” (181 occurrences)
beareth 25% testifieth 23% testify 19% bear 13% unto 4% will 4% confesseth 4% would 4% witnesseth 2% witness 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: beareth nowfire-tabletFire §48: the placegleaningsGWB §247: observedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: appearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: it is evidentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §800: Thou didst beholdtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: have We found themthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thou mayest testify
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: pensgleaningsGWB §281: of Whose Penkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: by the Penprayers-and-meditationsP&M §655: through Thy most exalted Penwill-and-testamentW&T §13: every climeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My PengleaningsGWB §66: exclaimethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §753: any pen
الوحي
literal: revelation; revelation/inspiration; revelation, inspiration
revelation 92% divine 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: shall be revealedgleaningsGWB §583: Divine inspirationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §123: the Voice of Inspirationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: inspirationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of His RevelationgleaningsGWB §290: is being sent down unto theeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: of Thyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: is revealed
SE expanded to “Meditate upon this”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: reflect upongleaningsGWB §503: scankitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: reflectionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §745: and were he to musethe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §222: “PondergleaningsGWB §240: Would that ye might ponder
