Gleanings — §726
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 726 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
اذن واعیهٴ طاهرهٴ مقدّسه در جمیع احیان از کلّ اشطار کلمهٴ مبارکهٴ: ﴿إِنَّا للّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَیْهِ رَاجِعُونَ﴾، اصغا می نماید. اسرار موت و رجوع مستور بوده و هست، لعمر الله اگر ظاهر شود بعضی از خوف و حزن هلاک شوند و بعضی بشأنی مسرور گردند که در هر آنی از حقّ جلّ جلاله موت را طلب نمایند.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Know thou that every hearing ear, if kept pure and undefiled, must, at all times and from every direction, hearken to the voice that uttereth these holy words: “Verily, we are God’s, and to Him shall we return.” The mysteries of man’s physical death and of his return have not been divulged, and still remain unread. By the righteousness of God! Were they to be revealed, they would evoke such fear and sorrow that some would perish, while others would be so filled with gladness as to wish for death, and beseech, with unceasing longing, the one true God — exalted be His glory — to hasten their end.
Translation Notes
leave 31% ear 24% permission 21% attentive 3% ordained 3% will 3% acceptance 3% bounds 3% sanction 3% any 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: with attentive earsgleaningsGWB §661: purge thine earkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: into their earsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: by anytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own earswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the mindsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §76: as ordainedgleaningsGWB §622: the bounds which
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the gobletsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: vehicleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: hearingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §146: claim toepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §10: retentiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: within the receptacleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §53: attentive
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: His most holygleaningsGWB §165: men!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: Purgeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: didst sanctifythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: cleanse itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: be sanctifiedgleaningsGWB §192: sulliedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §275: to purify
This form usually rendered as “sanctified”, “holy”, “exalted” (158 occurrences)
sanctified 25% holy 17% exalted 17% immeasurably 10% sacred 9% sanctify 7% immensely 5% most 3% transcendeth 3% purged 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: to the sanctitygleaningsGWB §13: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §170: were deliveredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §406: Thy holinesstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: pure and holywill-and-testamentW&T §38: Mostepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: the Holy City
all 80% every 9% whole 4% each 2% one 2% whatsoever 1% concourse 1% divers 1% entire 1% throughout 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §181: severalgleaningsGWB §473: Gather around theekitab-i-ahdAhd §2: layeth upkitab-i-iqanKIQ §38: of His dispensationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §639: compass me aboutthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: ye will allwill-and-testamentW&T §32: flockepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: many
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: very momentgleaningsGWB §483: moment of thy lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §56: seasonprayers-and-meditationsP&M §810: atepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: at the timegleaningsGWB §160: the momentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: at every momentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §98: one moment
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §239: to their CapitalgleaningsGWB §405: proceeding out of the throne ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: landprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the direction ofepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §137: fromgleaningsGWB §416: towards My courtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §265: over Thy realmsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §130: the direction
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: glorified be HegleaningsGWB §378: most blessedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §144: Hisprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: Sanctifytablet-of-carmelCarmel §5: Sanctified bethe-hidden-wordsHW §83: Hallowed bewill-and-testamentW&T §40: Ever-Blestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: \‘Blessed, therefore, be
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: By the righteousness of Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §105: Call of God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: our godsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §50: By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: return unto HimgleaningsGWB §686: Who else but yourselveskitab-i-iqanKIQ §20: come againprayers-and-meditationsP&M §497: passthe-hidden-wordsHW §22: Return thenwill-and-testamentW&T §38: Unto the Most Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: Our returngleaningsGWB §168: hath repaired
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: hath given eargleaningsGWB §563: recognizekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §527: hearkeningthe-hidden-wordsHW §129: that ye may hearkenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: enduregleaningsGWB §493: hearkened unto His Voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: hearkened
SE rendered إِلَیْهِ (ʾilayh), رَاجِعُونَ﴾، (rájiʿúna﴾،), اصغا (iṣghá), می (mí), نماید (nmáyd), اسرار (isrár), موت (mút), رجوع (rjúʿ), مستور (mstúr) as “to Him, return.”, hearken, mysteries, death, return, divulged”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: cleanse thyselfgleaningsGWB §679: that ye maykitab-i-ahdAhd §16: Givekitab-i-iqanKIQ §225: failing to doprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: Thou didstthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: didstwill-and-testamentW&T §19: must giveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: should never be allowed to
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: secretlygleaningsGWB §64: hidden secretskitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the mysteries of truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: and the manifestation of Thy well-guarded secrettablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §35: that which they have concealedthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: thine inmost soulwill-and-testamentW&T §42: darklyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: My mysteries
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: deathgleaningsGWB §530: confoundkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: diedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: doomed metablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: gave up the spiritthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: lifelessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: deadgleaningsGWB §306: his death
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: hiddenfire-tabletFire §45: Concealer of the sinsgleaningsGWB §203: the Unseenkitab-i-ahdAhd §9: lieth concealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §277: seek refuge from himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: and concealestthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: meaningepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §93: the Concealer
SE expanded to “By the righteousness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: flourishgleaningsGWB §712: inhabitedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §146: “As Thou livestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §19: Frequentedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: their livesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: the edificesgleaningsGWB §504: By the righteousness of Mine own Self!prayers-and-meditationsP&M §100: so that He may build up
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §208: terriblegleaningsGWB §246: fearethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §164: timidityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §714: whom the hosts of tyranny have been powerless to affrightthe-hidden-wordsHW §15: fearest thouwill-and-testamentW&T §34: fear fell uponepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: full of feargleaningsGWB §70: Fear ye
sorrow 25% grief 15% sadden 10% sadness 10% sorrows 10% anguish 10% saddened 5% tribulation 5% despondency 5% affliction 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §35: Grieve Thoufire-tabletFire §12: SorrowsgleaningsGWB §47: filled thee with griefkitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: despondencyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §173: treasuredtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §54: be not sadwill-and-testamentW&T §34: as they bewailed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: perishethfire-tabletFire §10: DestroyergleaningsGWB §381: perishkitab-i-iqanKIQ §42: perilousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §80: hath well-nigh consumed metablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: consumedthe-hidden-wordsHW §142: that lead unto destructionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: Deadly
SE rendered بعضی (bʿḍí), از (iz), خوف (khúf), حزن (ḥzn), هلاک (hlák), شوند (shúnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), بشأنی (bshʾaní), مسرور (msrúr) as “others, fear, sorrow, perish, gladness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: bringethgleaningsGWB §541: shall be regardedkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: willkitab-i-iqanKIQ §145: to be dismayedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: ever revealthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: hastwill-and-testamentW&T §13: must achieveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: may become
SE rendered خوف (khúf), حزن (ḥzn), هلاک (hlák), شوند (shúnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), بشأنی (bshʾaní), مسرور (msrúr) as “fear, sorrow, perish, others, gladness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: The changes and chancesfire-tabletFire §27: the signsgleaningsGWB §629: assaults ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §260: attentionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §465: so sure thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §68: My statewill-and-testamentW&T §15: all earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: the rank
SE rendered هلاک (hlák), شوند (shúnd), بعضی (bʿḍí), بشأنی (bshʾaní), مسرور (msrúr), گردند (grdnd), هر (hr), آنی (ání), از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh) as “perish, others, gladness, one true God, exalted, glory”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: have causedgleaningsGWB §123: will advance and developkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: enterthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: thou wouldst bewill-and-testamentW&T §5: can be everepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §249: beengleaningsGWB §361: were madekitab-i-iqanKIQ §9: resulted in
SE rendered بعضی (bʿḍí), بشأنی (bshʾaní), مسرور (msrúr), گردند (grdnd), هر (hr), آنی (ání), از (iz), حقّ (ḥqq), جلّ (jll), جلاله (jlálh), موت (mút) as “others, gladness, one true God, exalted, glory, death”
SE expanded to “one true God”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: for a serious endgleaningsGWB §122: reality of mankitab-i-ahdAhd §3: righteousnesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: definitely establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §274: against methe-hidden-wordsHW §92: mysterieswill-and-testamentW&T §27: He, the True Oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: with God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: His glorygleaningsGWB §27: exalted characterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §250: of the All-Gloriousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §234: Thy gloryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: distinguishedgleaningsGWB §288: of Grandeurkitab-i-iqanKIQ §24: majestic powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thy glory
This form usually rendered as “search”, “eagerness”, “seeking” (53 occurrences)
