Gleanings — §71
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 71 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
وإنّك فاشتعل من هذه النّار الملتهبة المشتعلة في قطب الإمكان على شأن لن يخمدها بحور الأكوان ثمّ اذكر ربّك لعلّ يتذكرنّ بذكرك عبادنا الغفلاء ويستبشرنّ به الأخيار ...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Let thy soul glow with the flame of this undying Fire that burneth in the midmost heart of the world, in such wise that the waters of the universe shall be powerless to cool down its ardor. Make, then, mention of thy Lord, that haply the heedless among Our servants may be admonished through thy words, and the hearts of the righteous be gladdened.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §250: firesgleaningsGWB §175: the flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: So fierce isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: the flaming firethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: the fire ofwill-and-testamentW&T §53: mischief-kindlingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: thine own firegleaningsGWB §689: inflammatory
الإمكان
literal: possibility; possible; possible things
This form usually rendered as “all”, “creation”, “entire” (49 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: the world of beingfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §55: creationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: placesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §570: haththe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §17: subordinationepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: all creation
SE rendered المشتعلة (al-mshtʿlh), قطب (qṭb), الإمكان (al-ʾimkán), شأن (shʾan), يخمدها (ykhmdhá), بحور (bḥúr), الأكوان (al-ʾakúán) as “burneth, the midmost heart, of the world, to cool down, the waters, of the universe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: My rankgleaningsGWB §567: low estatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: concerningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §264: Thy glorythe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My stateepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: the peoplegleaningsGWB §435: dignityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: of Thine exaltation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §704: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilledepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: to cool downprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: would instantly be extinguishedgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: extinguished
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: sea of despair and of hopelessnessfire-tabletFire §25: a seagleaningsGWB §684: an oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: the seas to surgetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §6: the crimson seaswill-and-testamentW&T §2: Twinepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: the Most Great Ocean
SE expanded to “of the universe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: be notfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §634: is the Embodimentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §196: nonetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: make mentiongleaningsGWB §720: vauntedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: hath been recountedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §242: memoriestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: I may remember thee
SE expanded to “of thy Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §380: created thingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §694: overshadowed with Thy Lordshiptablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: Oepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: of
SE expanded to “among Our servants”
heedless 26% heedlessness 16% waywardness 12% wayward 11% oblivious 10% unaware 7% have 6% negligence 5% forgetful 4% strayed 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: who art gone astraygleaningsGWB §655: from Thy pathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §484: will forgetthe-hidden-wordsHW §152: unwaryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §134: who hast gone astraygleaningsGWB §683: evil
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §141: HeraldgleaningsGWB §672: rejoice, and letkitab-i-iqanKIQ §70: announcethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: didst announcethe-hidden-wordsHW §22: OF MANwill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: ForerunnergleaningsGWB §555: the Mystic Herald
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Better isgleaningsGWB §594: virtuekitab-i-iqanKIQ §270: hath the authorityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §546: have chosenthe-hidden-wordsHW §101: Ponderwill-and-testamentW&T §36: Thy goodly giftsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §267: bettergleaningsGWB §488: the best
