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 §81: burnethfire-tabletFire §50: that shall set aflamegleaningsGWB §118: flamekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: intensify the burningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: hath littablet-of-ahmadAhmad §10: as a flamethe-hidden-wordsHW §110: torchepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: burned with such a hot flame
gleaningsGWB §71: undyingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §268: or abate the consuming flamegleaningsGWB §118: consumingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: hotter and hotterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §208: ragethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §498: glowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §558: the consuming power of its flame
SE expanded to “of the world”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: imperturbabilityfire-tabletFire §20: every creaturegleaningsGWB §180: habitationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: of every soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §588: entire creationthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: abodewill-and-testamentW&T §23: earthlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §52: its peoples
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”
such 41% station 18% state 8% glory 8% honor 8% through 5% excellence 5% distinction 3% neither 3% people 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: that neitherfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §716: changeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §267: understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §91: exaltationthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §94: the state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: to quenchgleaningsGWB §71: shall be powerless to cool down its ardorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: chilled heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: quenchedgleaningsGWB §40: quenchprayers-and-meditationsP&M §475: extinguishgleaningsGWB §36: to extinguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: can never go out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: on the oceangleaningsGWB §563: waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §674: beneath the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: a seagleaningsGWB §51: the rushing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: the ocean of true understanding
This form usually rendered as “all”, “creation”, “earth” (22 occurrences)
SE expanded to “of the universe”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: wastgleaningsGWB §352: should indeed be likenedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: I would still have failed to repaytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: in the remembrancegleaningsGWB §127: bear witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: mentioningkitab-i-iqanKIQ §109: tongueprayers-and-meditationsP&M §316: laudtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
SE expanded to “of thy Lord”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: Our LordgleaningsGWB §107: Lordshipkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §855: Thine overruling providencetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §10: O Lord my Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Divinity
SE expanded to “among Our servants”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servantsfire-tabletFire §49: AdoredgleaningsGWB §553: Object of all adorationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Usprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: Thou Whom I adoretablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §12: trusted servantsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §152: His servants
heedless 28% heedlessness 15% waywardness 12% wayward 11% oblivious 8% have 8% unaware 7% negligence 5% forgetful 4% who 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: who art gone astraygleaningsGWB §8: hath strayed from its pathkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: failed to apprehendthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: negligentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: waywardgleaningsGWB §655: of them that trespass against Thee
This form usually rendered as “gladdened” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: announcegleaningsGWB §667: joyouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §215: blessingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: bring me joytablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: rejoice at this announcementthe-hidden-wordsHW §34: hailwill-and-testamentW&T §35: rejoicedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: These glad-tidings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: UnconstrainedgleaningsGWB §697: thornskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: what is goodkitab-i-iqanKIQ §41: godlyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §626: only that which will profit themwill-and-testamentW&T §27: benevolentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: blessinggleaningsGWB §183: He hath drained to its dregs
