Gleanings — §70
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 70 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
وإنّك أنت يا أيّها السّاير في حبّ اللّه قم على أمر اللّه وقل يا قوم لا تشتروا هذا الغلام بزخرف الدّنيا 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
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: journeyinggleaningsGWB §485: pathkitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: concerning the characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: make me able to roamwill-and-testamentW&T §24: otherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: the othergleaningsGWB §633: speedingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §111: have languished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: lovethfire-tabletFire §7: of Thy lovegleaningsGWB §640: them that love Him,”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §139: more dearly cherishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §491: I still cherish the desiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §47: Is it thy wishwill-and-testamentW&T §48: Beloved One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §15: “O Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §549: divinely appointedkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §229: Thy Divinitytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: thou arisestfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §295: people!”kitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: have risenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §538: and hast endued me with Thy gracetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: her own station
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: following the command offire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §182: the Cause We have proclaimedkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: of Thy Faithtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: in no wise
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: calledgleaningsGWB §305: maintainkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §275: I answeredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §223: were any one to saytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: And commanded herthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: counsel
SE expanded to “vanities of this”
vanities 33% riches 21% treasures 13% foolish 8% embellishments 4% wealth 4% corruptible 4% things 4% ornaments 4% all 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the treasuresgleaningsGWB §406: thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: absurd and foolishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: treasuresgleaningsGWB §486: and all its vanitieskitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: absurditiesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your treasuresgleaningsGWB §572: and the vanities thereof
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: Thou hast showed me this gracegleaningsGWB §389: favorskitab-i-iqanKIQ §219: blessingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and giftsthe-hidden-wordsHW §160: the divine favorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: prosperitygleaningsGWB §552: a precious benefitkitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: Ni’matu
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §138: againgleaningsGWB §615: subsequentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: end.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: latter generationsthe-hidden-wordsHW §96: While there is yetwill-and-testamentW&T §42: of lateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: declininggleaningsGWB §257: or of the future
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: innergleaningsGWB §33: promisedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: Him Who is the one true Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §344: meritthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §34: forepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: God the True One
SE expanded to “One hair of Him”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: indicatinggleaningsGWB §456: failed to realizekitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: indicative ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Fanewill-and-testamentW&T §5: a hair’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: hairgleaningsGWB §568: failed to perceive itkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: indicate
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: any namefire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §279: their nameskitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: empty nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: all-glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: worldfire-tabletFire §3: sandsgleaningsGWB §254: and of the earthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §51: “The whole earthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §117: all the dwellers of the earthtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §43: the landsthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: in the realmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §219: upon earth
SE rendered والأرض (wálʾarḍ), إيّاكم (ʾiyyákm), قوم (qúm), تبدّلوه (tbddlúh), عندكم (ʿndkm), الدّرهم (ad-drhm), والدّينار (wálddínár) as “earth, Beware, men, ye, the gold and silver”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: were convertedgleaningsGWB §264: repealkitab-i-iqanKIQ §48: unchangedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §618: Thou changesttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: forgotwill-and-testamentW&T §36: wash awayepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §97: barter awaygleaningsGWB §683: Corrupt
This form usually rendered as “things”, “possess”, “current” (23 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: with their own concernsgleaningsGWB §374: when brought face to face withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §242: of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §430: in the daystablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: on Our partthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §54: inimicalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §91: than that which thou possessest
1 occurrence in corpus
SE expanded to “Let His love be”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: chosen thee to befire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §51: thou hast been madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §202: fashionedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §780: ordained themtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: ordainedthe-hidden-wordsHW §3: Set it thenwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant that
This form usually rendered as “storehouse” (1 occurrences)
remnant 50% storehouse 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §263: on the DaygleaningsGWB §463: all the days of thy lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: todayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: in the Judgment 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 §245: in those days
SE expanded to “shall profit you”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: profitgleaningsGWB §179: will be profitable unto themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §158: profiteth me notthe-hidden-wordsHW §19: profiteth theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: wealgleaningsGWB §279: What advantage is thereprayers-and-meditationsP&M §161: shall profit meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: profit thee
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §99: whom He willethgleaningsGWB §484: beingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: pleaseth,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §69: alltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: desirethtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: created things.’the-hidden-wordsHW §49: everythingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: this one, unworthy though he be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §217: agitationgleaningsGWB §483: be made to tremblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: troubledprayers-and-meditationsP&M §23: feel perturbedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: be not thou troubledtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: smotethe-hidden-wordsHW §15: dost thou dreadwill-and-testamentW&T §5: blow
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §186: our limbsgleaningsGWB §70: every pillarkitab-i-iqanKIQ §77: Pillarprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: My very limbsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: the foundationsgleaningsGWB §283: the memberskitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: whole characterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §828: and members
2 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “flesh”, “skins” (2 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “personality”, “when” (3 occurrences)
personality 67% when 33%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: an eyegleaningsGWB §111: with a penetrating visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: all vision.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §599: mine eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §143: betterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: of insightgleaningsGWB §666: of true understanding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: I feargleaningsGWB §532: Walk ye in the fear ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §76: that they may remain unmovedthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: Fear notwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fear fell uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: afraidgleaningsGWB §246: shall be afraid
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “treat”, “swell” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §188: most weightygleaningsGWB §82: in proud disdainkitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: philosopher’s stoneprayers-and-meditationsP&M §805: waxed proudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entirethe-hidden-wordsHW §123: haughtinesswill-and-testamentW&T §7: gravest
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: unmistakably clearfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §65: Him Who is the Revealerkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: accompaniedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §248: for the Manifestationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §158: yield
This form usually rendered as “fall” (1 occurrences)
SE expanded to “on your faces”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: wouldst turn awayfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §490: action in approaching theekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §156: beforeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: on His facetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: prostrated themselvesgleaningsGWB §668: bow the knee before Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: Mosque.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §338: prostrated themselves in adorationthe-hidden-wordsHW §121: Ye bow the kneeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: The MosquegleaningsGWB §135: fell down in adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: to worship
SE expanded to “celebrate His praise”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: recordedgleaningsGWB §247: testimonykitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §179: recountethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §605: Am I to recitetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §67: as they make mention of Me
3 occurrences in corpus
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: the night seasongleaningsGWB §320: dreamkitab-i-iqanKIQ §162: night seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: the nightsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §114: nightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: Many a nightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §116: the night-seasonkitab-i-iqanKIQ §40: night-season
SE rendered اذكروه (idhkrúh), آناءِ (ánáʾ), اللّيل (al-líl), وأطراف (wʾaṭráf) as “celebrate His praise, daytime, night”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §36: to various partsgleaningsGWB §70: in the daytimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §138: uttermost cornersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §79: My gazetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her browwill-and-testamentW&T §38: those partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in these regionsgleaningsGWB §135: with thine inward eye
SE rendered اذكروه (idhkrúh), آناءِ (ánáʾ), اللّيل (al-líl), وأطراف (wʾaṭráf), النّهار (an-nhár) as “celebrate His praise, daytime, night”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: DaygleaningsGWB §70: daytimekitab-i-iqanKIQ §22: watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: with its riversepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: its streamsgleaningsGWB §281: streamskitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the streaming riverprayers-and-meditationsP&M §149: and the crystal streams
