Gleanings — §80
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 80 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل إنّ البلآء أفق لهذا الأمر ومنه أشرقت شمس الفضل بضيآء لا تمنعه سبحات الأوهام ولا ظنون المعتدين
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: Tribulation is a horizon unto My Revelation. The daystar of grace shineth above it, and sheddeth a light which neither the clouds of men’s idle fancy nor the vain imaginations of the aggressor can obscure.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wordsgleaningsGWB §53: is it thatkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: speakethkitab-i-iqanKIQ §169: in wordsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: their calumniestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: We made replytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: And thus proclaimedthe-hidden-wordsHW §153: by words
tribulation 37% adversity 13% tribulations 13% affliction 10% woe 10% woes 7% troubles 3% trials 3% afflictions 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: afflictedfire-tabletFire §48: of tribulationgleaningsGWB §410: a fresh tribulationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: anguishprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: woesthe-hidden-wordsHW §49: under My trialswill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: of My sorrows
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: the Most Sublime Horizonfire-tabletFire §19: mengleaningsGWB §285: mansionskitab-i-ahdAhd §3: dawning-placekitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: realmsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: and recognize this most luminous Horizontablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: abovewill-and-testamentW&T §34: this world
SE rendered قل (ql), البلآء (al-bláʾ), أفق (ʾafq), لهذا (lhdhá), الأمر (al-ʾamr), ومنه (wmnh), أشرقت (ʾashrqt), شمس (shms), الفضل (al-fḍl), بضيآء (bḍíáʾ) as “Say, Tribulation, horizon, unto My Revelation, shineth, daystar, grace, light”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: have We commandedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §452: His biddingkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: of divine Revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §472: commandment to declare Thy Causetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: to Whose commandsthe-hidden-wordsHW §17: of My command
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §206: arosefire-tabletFire §18: the emblemsgleaningsGWB §666: an examplekitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §132: to shinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §42: shine upon theewill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: Sun-likegleaningsGWB §34: the lightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §81: the Manifestation of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §824: and the Daystarepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: Day-StargleaningsGWB §378: light of Mykitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the Manifestationsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §408: of Thy
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §203: All-BounteousgleaningsGWB §234: of immense bounteousnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: all these exponents of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: and the virtuetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a bountythe-hidden-wordsHW §1: as a token of gracewill-and-testamentW&T §23: virtues
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: chased awayfire-tabletFire §9: of Thy splendorgleaningsGWB §210: hath irradiatedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §113: shiningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §574: irradiatedthe-hidden-wordsHW §33: to shed on thee its splendorepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: illumined
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: was withheldgleaningsGWB §194: Withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: repelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: were hinderedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: prevented
This form usually rendered as “veils”, “veil”, ““veils” (21 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: “Glory tofire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §152: of the All-Glorious Godkitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: kindnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §364: the veils of the imaginationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: Glorified be He thatthe-hidden-wordsHW §89: from on highwill-and-testamentW&T §42: Gracious God
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: idle fancyfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §611: of vain imaginingskitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: and idle imaginingstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §83: doubtwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: vain imaginingsfire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §610: idle fancykitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: bear in mindprayers-and-meditationsP&M §66: my belieftablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §235: imaginings
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: at the hands of His enemiesfire-tabletFire §33: Thy foesgleaningsGWB §567: of His enemieskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: enmitykitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: capacityprayers-and-meditationsP&M §120: Thine adversariesthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: Transgresswill-and-testamentW&T §49: foemen
