Gleanings — §70

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 70 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

ولا بنعيم الآخرة تاللّه الحقّ لن يعادل بشعر منه كلّ من في السّموات والأرض إيّاكم يا قوم لا تبدّلوه بما عندكم من الدّرهم والدّينار فاجعلوا حبّه بضاعة لأرواحكم في يوم الّذي لن ينفعكم شيء ويضطرب الأركان ويقشعرّ جُلود النّاس وتشخص فيه الأبصار قل يا قوم خافوا عن اللّه ولا تستكبروا عند ظهوره خرّوا بوجوهكم سجّدًا للّه ثمّ اذكروه في آناءِ اللّيل وأطراف النّهار

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Arise, O wayfarer in the path of the Love of God, and aid thou His Cause. Say: Barter not away this Youth, O people, for the vanities of this world or the delights of heaven. By the righteousness of the one true God! One hair of Him excelleth all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. Beware, O men, lest ye be tempted to part with Him in exchange for the gold and silver ye possess. Let His love be a storehouse of treasure for your souls, on the Day when naught else but Him shall profit you, the Day when every pillar shall tremble, when the very skins of men shall creep, when all eyes shall stare up with terror. Say: O people! Fear ye God, and turn not away disdainfully from His Revelation. Fall prostrate on your faces before God, and celebrate His praise in the daytime and in the night season.

Translation Notes

بنعيم

bnʿím n-ʿ-m → “delights”

literal: blessing

blessed 33% well 22% delights 22% happy 11% blessedness 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: prosperity gleaningsGWB §70: the delights kitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: Spirit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and gifts epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the favor gleaningsGWB §253: favor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §273: brutes prayers-and-meditationsP&M §480: the temporal benefits

تاللّه

tálllh ʾ-l-h → “god”

literal: God; god

god 67% divine 18% god’s 4% lord 4% divinity 3% holy 1% other 1% mystic 1% heavenly 1% godhead 0%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: grace gleaningsGWB §386: other God kitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: God but their own desire prayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my God the-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial will-and-testamentW&T §18: of the Lord epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: God is gleaningsGWB §191: God’s

الحقّ

al-ḥqq ḥ-q-q → “god”

literal: truth; true; right

truth 50% god 14% true 10% one 9% eternal 7% through 3% right 2% righteousness 2% unto 1% who 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: true facts gleaningsGWB §176: true liberty kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: a reality prayers-and-meditationsP&M §696: Thy truth the-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deserving will-and-testamentW&T §27: It epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: the trust

يعادل

yʿádl ʿ-d-l → “one hair of him excelleth”

literal: justice; just; equal

SE expanded to “One hair of Him excelleth”

excelleth 38% can 13% compared 13% one 13% any 13% failed 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: just gleaningsGWB §422: compared prayers-and-meditationsP&M §145: man of equity tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: rival the-hidden-wordsHW §29: be just will-and-testamentW&T §28: that are just epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: before the throne of Thy justice gleaningsGWB §70: One hair of Him excelleth

بشعر

bshʿr sh-ʿ-r

literal: hair

SE rendered الآخرة (al-ákhrh), تاللّه (tálllh), الحقّ (al-ḥqq), يعادل (yʿádl), بشعر (bshʿr), السّموات (as-smúát), والأرض (wálʾarḍ) as “of heaven, God, One hair of Him excelleth, heavens, earth”

consciousness 16% perceive 16% comprehend 11% expressive 11% indicate 11% indicative 11% hair 11% understand 5% indicating 5% mental 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand not gleaningsGWB §413: perceive kitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: doth indicate prayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: hair epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicating gleaningsGWB §618: remain unaware kitab-i-iqanKIQ §149: bear prayers-and-meditationsP&M §790: wisdom

السّموات

as-smúát s-m-w → “heavens”

literal: heaven

heaven 48% heavens 46% heaven!” 2% earth 1% into 1% exalted 1% denizens 1% realms 1% guidance 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: of fire-tabletFire §36: heavenly gleaningsGWB §60: and the heavens kitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: the invisible prayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: these names tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: my Lord the-hidden-wordsHW §121: call

والأرض

wálʾarḍ ʾ-r-ḍ → “earth”

literal: earth; earth/land; land

earth 72% land 12% world 6% whole 2% men 2% all 2% heaven 2% upon 1% desolate 1% plain 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: earth fire-tabletFire §36: a desolate land gleaningsGWB §250: world prayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: Thy realm the-hidden-wordsHW §1: obtain the gem epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: the earth fire-tabletFire §3: on gleaningsGWB §202: this world

إيّاكم

ʾiyyákm w-q-y → “fear” Distinctive

literal: fear; to fear

This form usually rendered as “beware” (1 occurrences)

fear 63% let 8% lay 5% righteousness 5% virtue 5% god-fearing 3% integrity 3% beware 3% most 3% purity 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: Beware that fire-tabletFire §21: of purity gleaningsGWB §699: virtue kitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: about prayers-and-meditationsP&M §718: Look, then the-hidden-wordsHW §1: of spirit will-and-testamentW&T §1: protected epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Fear ye

قوم

qúm q-w-m → “o people”

literal: people

people 91% men 3% others 2% people!” 1% old 1% unto 1% blind 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the constancy fire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen up gleaningsGWB §518: Know ye kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: promulgated prayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: shake my constancy tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spot tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place

تبدّلوه

tbddlúh b-d-l → “barter”

literal: change; transformation; exchange

barter 19% change 12% turned 12% changed 12% converted 8% hath 8% transformation 8% alter 8% turn 8% turneth 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: barter away gleaningsGWB §264: repeal kitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: “changing prayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: hath been turned tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgot the-hidden-wordsHW §115: Barter not will-and-testamentW&T §34: fraudulently alter epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: change

عندكم

ʿndkm ʿ-n-d → “ye possess”

literal: at

ye 25% possess 20% things 15% current 10% all 10% possession 10% which 5% what 5%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §32: possessions gleaningsGWB §293: the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: with prayers-and-meditationsP&M §293: the things Thou dost possess the-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sight will-and-testamentW&T §54: inimical to the government epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: thou possessest gleaningsGWB §585: that ye possess

الدّرهم

ad-drhm d-r-h → “vanities”

literal: dirham

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §70: the vanities of this world

والدّينار

wálddínár d-n-r

literal: dinar

SE rendered تبدّلوه (tbddlúh), عندكم (ʿndkm), الدّرهم (ad-drhm), والدّينار (wálddínár), فاجعلوا (fájʿlúá), حبّه (ḥbbh), بضاعة (bḍáʿh), لأرواحكم (lʾarúáḥkm) as “Barter, ye possess, the vanities of this world, Let His love be a, Love, storehouse of treasure, for your souls”

1 occurrence in corpus

فاجعلوا

fájʿlúá j-ʿ-l → “let his love be a”

literal: make; made; to make

SE expanded to “Let His love be a”

fasten 50% let 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: ordained fire-tabletFire §44: We have made gleaningsGWB §466: Imagine thyself kitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: to prayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst cause the-hidden-wordsHW §33: I made will-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: Make

حبّه

ḥbbh ḥ-b-b → “love”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

love 83% loving 5% grain 2% “love 2% love!” 2% devotion 2% fervid 2% token 2% beauty’s 2% lust 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishest fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §477: thou lovest kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: of love prayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: the one alone Beloved tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I long tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §20: a beloved

بضاعة

bḍáʿh b-ḍ-ʿ → “remnant” Distinctive

literal: merchandise; piece

This form usually rendered as “storehouse” (2 occurrences)

remnant 50% storehouse 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: remnant gleaningsGWB §70: storehouse of treasure

لأرواحكم

lʾarúáḥkm r-w-ḥ → “for your souls”

literal: soul

SE expanded to “for your souls”

spirit 50% souls 12% soul 8% winds 6% fragrance 6% holy 4% life 4% breath 4% spiritual 3% sweet 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: tranquillity fire-tabletFire §30: the breezes gleaningsGWB §655: the breath kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: happiness kitab-i-iqanKIQ §201: concerning prayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: that it may assure tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: honeyed the-hidden-wordsHW §135: Holy

يوم

yúm y-w-m → “on the day”

literal: day; days; today

SE expanded to “on the Day”

day 89% whereon 3% days 1% judgment 1% wondrous 1% today 1% which 1% great 1% day?” 1% blessed 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: great day gleaningsGWB §417: blessed Day kitab-i-iqanKIQ §199: today prayers-and-meditationsP&M §216: Judgment Day will-and-testamentW&T §10: no day passeth epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §105: day gleaningsGWB §462: now kitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: His

ينفعكم

ynfʿkm n-f-ʿ → “shall profit you”

literal: benefit; beneficial; benefited

SE expanded to “shall profit you”

shall 25% can 13% unprofitable 13% which 13% profit 13% profiteth 13% indeed 13%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: is unprofitable unto you gleaningsGWB §719: indeed, profit prayers-and-meditationsP&M §675: what will help the-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth thee will-and-testamentW&T §27: for the common weal epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: benefit gleaningsGWB §629: shall profit them prayers-and-meditationsP&M §854: enable

شيء

shíʾ sh-y-ʾ → “naught else but him” Distinctive

literal: thing; things

This form usually rendered as “things”, “nothing”, “all” (188 occurrences)

SE expanded to “naught else but Him”

things 47% nothing 12% all 8% whatsoever 7% anything 7% created 5% else 4% creation 3% thing 3% none 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: willing gleaningsGWB §300: certain event kitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: the potency prayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: that nothing whatsoever tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desireth tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §9: that is epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the will

ويضطرب

wíḍṭrb ḍ-r-b → “shall tremble”

literal: disturbed; be disturbed; agitation

shall 33% would 33% affright 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §248: tremble gleaningsGWB §610: hath made kitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: dismay prayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: unto my perplexity tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: rain blows upon thee tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smote the-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dread will-and-testamentW&T §5: heavy blow

الأركان

ar-rkán r-k-n → “limbs”

literal: pillar; pillars; pillar/foundation

foundations 50% limbs 17% member 8% pillars 8% members 8% every 8%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: pillars gleaningsGWB §476: with thy whole being prayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: limbs epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our limbs gleaningsGWB §571: your entire being prayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: foundations epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §236: member gleaningsGWB §163: My limbs

ويقشعرّ

wíqshʿrr q-sh-ʿ-r → “creep” Distinctive

literal: shudder

This form usually rendered as “shall” (1 occurrences)

creep 50% shall 50%

gleaningsGWB §244: to creep gleaningsGWB §70: shall creep

جُلود

julúd j-l-d → “volumes” Distinctive

literal: volume; skin; skins

This form usually rendered as “flesh”, “skins” (2 occurrences)

flesh 50% skins 50%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: books gleaningsGWB §70: the very skins epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §170: volumes gleaningsGWB §244: the flesh

النّاس

an-nás n-ʾ-s → “of men”

literal: people; people, mankind; people/mankind

men 38% people 34% others 8% mankind 5% all 4% peoples 3% fellowmen 2% neighbor 2% men’s 1% wayward 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: others gleaningsGWB §625: all mankind kitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: men in their quest will-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of men epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: men gleaningsGWB §466: the people kitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the people epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankind

وتشخص

wtshkhṣ sh-kh-ṣ → “man” Distinctive

literal: person; personality/identity

This form usually rendered as “personality”, “shall” (3 occurrences)

personality 67% shall 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: highly-esteemed man gleaningsGWB §41: generation kitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: his person will-and-testamentW&T §42: man (Muḥammad-‘Alí)gleaningsGWB §306: personality kitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: instances will-and-testamentW&T §43: him gleaningsGWB §44: Man

الأبصار

al-ʾabṣár b-ṣ-r → “all eyes”

literal: sight; insight; eyes

eyes 49% insight 14% sight 11% all 11% vision 9% seeing 3% observer 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: the men of insight gleaningsGWB §111: penetrating vision kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearing kitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: heart prayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyes the-hidden-wordsHW §107: thy very sight epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: outward eyes gleaningsGWB §666: of true understanding

خافوا

kháfúá kh-w-f → “fear ye”

literal: fear; fearful; to fear

fear 67% walk 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: to them that are gleaningsGWB §246: feareth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidity prayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: unmoved the-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thou epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: terrible gleaningsGWB §532: Walk ye in the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: their fear

تستكبروا

tstkbrúá k-b-r

literal: greatest; greater; grandeur

SE rendered قل (ql), قوم (qúm), خافوا (kháfúá), اللّه (al-lh), تستكبروا (tstkbrúá), ظهوره (ẓhúrh), خرّوا (khrrúá), بوجوهكم (bújúhkm) as “Say, O people, Fear ye, God, His Revelation, Fall, on your faces”

grandeur 33% most 19% great 10% glory 8% greater 8% mighty 6% transcendent 6% conceit 4% arrogance 4% swell 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: of glory gleaningsGWB §35: arrogance kitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greater kitab-i-iqanKIQ §259: mightiest prayers-and-meditationsP&M §8: turned away disdainfully tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pride tablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entire tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be

ظهوره

ẓhúrh ẓ-h-r → “his revelation”

literal: manifestation; manifest; appear

revelation 63% manifestation 15% dispensation 8% advent 3% appearance 3% coming 2% manifestations 2% most 1% hath 1% manifest 1%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the revelation thereof fire-tabletFire §8: the signs gleaningsGWB §295: of the promised Revelation kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: streamed forth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: the advent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: Thy manifold tests assail them tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assist tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation

خرّوا

khrrúá kh-r-r → “murmur” Distinctive

literal: fall down; murmur; murmuring

This form usually rendered as “fall” (1 occurrences)

murmur 40% wouldst 20% fall 20% murmuring 20%

gleaningsGWB §499: wouldst fall down prayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: murmuring gleaningsGWB §70: Fall gleaningsGWB §56: murmur

بوجوهكم

bújúhkm w-j-h → “on your faces”

literal: face

SE expanded to “on your faces”

face 35% faces 12% countenance 10% set 10% sake 9% turn 8% turning 7% turned 4% setting 3% have 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: face fire-tabletFire §30: This Face gleaningsGWB §667: faces kitab-i-ahdAhd §10: turn your faces kitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meanings prayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: them tablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: the light of the the-hidden-wordsHW §9: thyself

سجّدًا

sjjdan s-j-d → “prostrate”

literal: prostrate; prostrated

bowed 33% bow 33% prostrate 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: The Mosque gleaningsGWB §668: bow the knee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worship prayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: worship the-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye bow the knee epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: prostrated themselves, before Him gleaningsGWB §272: bowed down kitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”

اذكروه

idhkrúh dh-k-r → “celebrate his praise”

literal: mention; remembrance; mentioned

SE expanded to “celebrate His praise”

remembrance 28% praise 20% mention 16% remember 10% mentioned 7% remembering 5% make 4% name 4% recorded 3% call 3%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: revealed gleaningsGWB §168: He made reply kitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckoned kitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: whispering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §280: the Beloved tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His call tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeth the-hidden-wordsHW §67: mention of Me

آناءِ

ánáʾ ʾ-n-w

literal: vessel; hours; time/period

SE rendered سجّدًا (sjjdan), للّه (lllh), اذكروه (idhkrúh), آناءِ (ánáʾ), اللّيل (al-líl), وأطراف (wʾaṭráf), النّهار (an-nhár) as “prostrate, before God, celebrate His praise, in the night season, in the daytime, Day”