Gleanings — §76
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 76 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
الأرض بما فيها والمجرمون أثقالها لو كنتم من العارفين وانشقّ قمر الوهم وأتت السّمآء بِدُخَانٍ مُبِيْنٍ نرى النّاس صَرْعَى من خشية ربّك المقتدر القدير نادى المناد وانقعرت أعجاز النّفوس ذلك قهرٌ شديد إنّ اصحاب الشّمال في زفرة وشهيق وأصحاب اليمين في مقام كريم يشربون خمر الحيوان من أيادي
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This is the Day whereon the earth shall tell out her tidings. The workers of iniquity are her burdens, could ye but perceive it. The moon of idle fancy hath been cleft, and the heaven hath given out a palpable smoke. We see the people laid low, awed with the dread of thy Lord, the Almighty, the Most Powerful. The Crier hath cried out, and men have been torn away, so great hath been the fury of His wrath. The people of the left hand sigh and bemoan. The people of the right abide in noble habitations: they quaff the Wine that is life indeed, from the hands of the All-Merciful, and are, verily, the blissful.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “workers of iniquity”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: My crimegleaningsGWB §76: workers of iniquitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: the sinnersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: crimegleaningsGWB §256: a tittle of evidencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: transgressorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: of the wickedgleaningsGWB §78: the corrupt doers
8 occurrences in corpus
This form usually rendered as “ye”, “have”, “persisted” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: thou hastfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §385: occupykitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: ancient eternityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §788: have spenttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “have”, “comprehend”, “all” (76 occurrences)
have 17% comprehend 15% all 15% know 12% such 10% understanding 7% understand 7% perceive 7% who 5% every 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: insightgleaningsGWB §200: that comprehend this truthkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: knowledge of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §143: who hath recognizedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §99: HAVE A NAMEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: recognition
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §202: exertiongleaningsGWB §425: hath been cleftkitab-i-iqanKIQ §65: blossomsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §261: Tear asundertablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: rentthe-hidden-wordsHW §92: wind-flowerswill-and-testamentW&T §10: discordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: contention
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §175: superstitiousfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §148: idle imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: people of doubtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: all vain imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
SE expanded to “hath given out”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §98: is comegleaningsGWB §101: We gavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: givethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §496: descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: comethgleaningsGWB §506: and come again untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: didst come
This form usually rendered as “resplendent”, “expounder”, “luminous” (65 occurrences)
resplendent 17% expounder 11% luminous 11% most 11% manifest 11% perspicuous 11% undoubted 11% evident 6% distinct 6% conspicuous 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Wert thou to lookfire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §359: judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: art hidden from all thingsthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: seethgleaningsGWB §77: have appeared
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: mankindgleaningsGWB §417: of menkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: the peopleswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: othersgleaningsGWB §622: theirkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: of the peopleepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: ofgleaningsGWB §76: dread ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: fear of Theewill-and-testamentW&T §34: alarmedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §51: fear ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thy fearprayers-and-meditationsP&M §550: dreadprayers-and-meditationsP&M §315: dreadful might
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §272: the Lord, thy Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: by the Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §10: the vassaltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §26: O Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: by My Lord
almighty 31% powerful 20% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 9% omnipotent 4% god 4% lord 3% power 2% strength 1%
This form usually rendered as “crier”, “hath” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §151: voice ofgleaningsGWB §76: hath cried outkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of Judgmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: our voiceswill-and-testamentW&T §32: invokeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: unto the voicegleaningsGWB §415: the Callprayers-and-meditationsP&M §766: ringing
This form usually rendered as “tree-stumps” (2 occurrences)
powerlessness 24% powerless 14% can 14% frustrate 10% helplessness 8% impotent 8% impotence 8% unable 6% failed 4% none 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: thy soulgleaningsGWB §305: thy proper selfkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: thosekitab-i-iqanKIQ §154: the most unletteredprayers-and-meditationsP&M §109: to this Thine own Selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: within herselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: of selfwill-and-testamentW&T §25: believers
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §226: the All-ConqueringgleaningsGWB §458: supremekitab-i-iqanKIQ §103: all-compelling powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: through His wrathwill-and-testamentW&T §17: fierce indignationgleaningsGWB §76: fury ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: wrathfullyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: Thy wrath
SE rendered وانقعرت (wánqʿrt), أعجاز (ʾaʿjáz), النّفوس (an-nfús), قهرٌ (qhrun), شديد (shdíd), اصحاب (iṣḥáb), الشّمال (ash-shmál), زفرة (zfrh) as “been torn away, have, men, fury of, people, left hand, sigh”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §146: been madegleaningsGWB §183: have suffered manifold afflictionskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: woeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: they haveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §259: its tribulationstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: afflictionthe-hidden-wordsHW §122: ye arewill-and-testamentW&T §49: fiercely raging
This form usually rendered as “companions”, “followers”, “disciples” (56 occurrences)
companions 65% followers 8% disciples 8% people 8% members 2% associates 2% elected 2% hearts 2% small 2% god’s 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sinceregleaningsGWB §407: the followerskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: men of insightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: the companionsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §839: the Beholderthe-hidden-wordsHW §133: companyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: them who are endowedgleaningsGWB §563: Every discerning
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: sighsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: The sighstablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: tearsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: the criesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: by the sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: the sighs which my heedlessness have led me to utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §166: my sighsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §174: cries
This form usually rendered as “bemoan” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: rightgleaningsGWB §128: to draw nighprayers-and-meditationsP&M §412: Whose right handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §67: the right-handgleaningsGWB §537: on his right handprayers-and-meditationsP&M §678: handepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §220: Thy right handgleaningsGWB §485: right hand
This form usually rendered as “station”, “connection”, “place” (338 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §262: have stood upfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §615: ye rebelledkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: rise ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §850: that shouldtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: own station
This form usually rendered as “most”, “all-bountiful”, “generous” (54 occurrences)
most 41% all-bountiful 23% generous 13% bountiful 5% god 5% goodness 3% noble 3% all-powerful 3% bounteousness 3% wisdom 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: All-Bountifulfire-tabletFire §4: bestowalgleaningsGWB §428: blessingskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §117: praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: the God of bounteousnesswill-and-testamentW&T §50: Graciousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: generosity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: with the winegleaningsGWB §528: with prideprayers-and-meditationsP&M §673: to partake of the winethe-hidden-wordsHW §139: from the celestial winegleaningsGWB §65: of the words ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §298: the wine ofgleaningsGWB §552: draughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: Thy manifold wisdom
gleaningsGWB §244: in this, your vain lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: everlasting lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §89: Thy living watersgleaningsGWB §727: that is life indeedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §128: animalsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §513: indeedgleaningsGWB §239: lifeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §137: is Life indeed
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §482: assaultskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §795: in my handstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: in Whose hand istablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: with their handsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §163: allowed Pharaoh’s rod
