Gleanings — §704
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 704 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
إنّ الحرّيّة تنتهي عواقبها إلى الفتنة الّتي لا تخمد نارها كذلك يخبركم المحصي العليم فاعلموا أنّ مطالع الحرّيّة ومظاهرها هي الحيوان وللإنسان ينبغي أن يكون تحت سنن تحفظه عن جهل نفسه وضرّ الماكرين إنّ الحرّيّة تُخرج الإنسان عن شئون الأدب والوقار وتجعله من الأرذلين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Liberty must, in the end, lead to sedition, whose flames none can quench. Thus warneth you He Who is the Reckoner, the All-Knowing. Know ye that the embodiment of liberty and its symbol is the animal. That which beseemeth man is submission unto such restraints as will protect him from his own ignorance, and guard him against the harm of the mischief-maker. Liberty causeth man to overstep the bounds of propriety, and to infringe on the dignity of his station. It debaseth him to the level of extreme depravity and wickedness.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “must, in the end, lead”
end 16% forbidden 12% ended 12% infinite 12% highest 12% forbiddeth 8% most 8% utmost 8% last 8% unnumbered 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: endfire-tabletFire §29: of thegleaningsGWB §704: must, in the end, leadkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categorically forbiddenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §10: that which is forbiddenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: highest stationtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §24: them that comprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §39: deny
This form usually rendered as “must” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: to cool downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §394: dispiritedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguishedgleaningsGWB §458: quenchingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: Unto thisgleaningsGWB §721: other thingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: “Suchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §384: Therebythe-hidden-wordsHW §3: By its aidwill-and-testamentW&T §34: with thisepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: Thus hath He decreedgleaningsGWB §161: In like manner
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §261: bring you tidingsgleaningsGWB §74: He Who is the All-Informedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §229: peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §102: Thou didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §126: Tellepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: informedgleaningsGWB §96: All-Wise.”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: recorded
reckon 25% number 19% can 13% stone 6% count 6% have 6% canst 6% search 6% innumerable 6% concentrate 6%
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: of the worldfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §183: the whole worldkitab-i-iqanKIQ §76: motive-forceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §42: by Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
daysprings 43% dawning-places 13% exponents 13% revealers 11% day-springs 7% manifestations 4% embodiments 2% wellsprings 2% instigators 2% incarnations 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: dawning-places of Thy gracefire-tabletFire §16: embodimentsgleaningsGWB §555: shine forthkitab-i-iqanKIQ §33: resplendentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §547: Exponents of Thy majestytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understand and hearkenthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenancewill-and-testamentW&T §5: the angelic company
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: made Mefire-tabletFire §23: springgleaningsGWB §127: outward seemingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: transformationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: proclaimedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Revelation—a Revelation
SE rendered الحيوان (al-ḥíwán), وللإنسان (wllʾinsán), ينبغي (ynbghí), يكون (ykún), سنن (snn), تحفظه (tḥfẓh), جهل (jhl), نفسه (nfsh) as “animal, man, beseemeth, restraints, protect, ignorance, his own”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: dweltfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §484: be askitab-i-iqanKIQ §107: like thoseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §153: Thoutablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “laws”, “precepts”, “alter” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §90: Watch ye, therefore, overgleaningsGWB §475: strict guardkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: safeguardingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §220: shieldedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: in which account istablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: Learn wellwill-and-testamentW&T §38: protect His Lawepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: regard
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: manifest ignorancegleaningsGWB §155: ignorancekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: foolish oneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: who, likeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: his own ignorancethe-hidden-wordsHW §85: empty thyselfepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §237: former timesgleaningsGWB §703: depths of ignorance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: its own selfgleaningsGWB §712: every onekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: a soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: swear by Thy Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §71: for My Selfwill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincere
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: to harm them that Thou didst trustgleaningsGWB §619: the troublekitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: in no wise damageprayers-and-meditationsP&M §791: needytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: difficultieswill-and-testamentW&T §35: troublesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: harmgleaningsGWB §501: affliction
This form usually rendered as “mischief-maker” (1 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “following”, “derogating” (6 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: describegleaningsGWB §153: far abovekitab-i-iqanKIQ §137: forsakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §476: Unsealtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: drawn forththe-hidden-wordsHW §104: issuewill-and-testamentW&T §43: out fromepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: depart
SE rendered الماكرين (al-mákrín), الحرّيّة (al-ḥrrírh), تُخرج (tukhrj), الإنسان (an-nsán), شئون (shʾún), الأدب (ad-db), والوقار (wálúqár), وتجعله (wtjʿlh) as “mischief-maker, Liberty, causeth man to overstep, bounds of propriety, dignity, debaseth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: mangleaningsGWB §337: communeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §90: enjoyed intimate communionthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: joyful tidings of reunionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: been My companiongleaningsGWB §594: Be unjust to no manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §415: is my companionthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: OF MEN
This form usually rendered as “bounds” (4 occurrences)
state 15% manifold 15% changes 10% station 10% rank 10% tokens 10% glory 10% excellence 10% distinction 5% worldly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §200: stationgleaningsGWB §129: separation and distinctionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: wayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: and such tokenswill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: distinctiongleaningsGWB §704: bounds of proprietykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: concerning Him
SE rendered الحرّيّة (al-ḥrrírh), تُخرج (tukhrj), الإنسان (an-nsán), شئون (shʾún), الأدب (ad-db), والوقار (wálúqár), وتجعله (wtjʿlh), الأرذلين (ar-rdhlín) as “Liberty, causeth man to overstep, bounds of propriety, dignity, debaseth, extreme depravity and wickedness”
This form usually rendered as “may”, “suffer”, “allow” (16 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: We made itfire-tabletFire §44: We have madegleaningsGWB §486: givenkitab-i-iqanKIQ §17: handiworkprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: may be assignedthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: thou hastwill-and-testamentW&T §36: and grant thatepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §209: suffer
This form usually rendered as “extreme” (1 occurrences)
