Gleanings — §81
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 81 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
اتّبع موليك ثمّ ذكر العباد كما إنّه يذكرك تحت السّيف وما منعه نعاق الغافلين ...
انشر نفحات ربّك في الأطراف ولا توقّف في أمره أقلّ من آنٍ سوف يأتي نصرة ربّك الغفور الكريم ...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Follow thou the footsteps of thy Lord, and remember His servants even as He doth remember thee, undeterred by either the clamor of the heedless ones or the sword of the enemy.… Spread abroad the sweet savors of thy Lord, and hesitate not, though it be for less than a moment, in the service of His Cause. The day is approaching when the victory of thy Lord, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful, will be proclaimed.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: follow notgleaningsGWB §226: walked in the way ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §176: “Followprayers-and-meditationsP&M §808: and whotablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: be obedientwill-and-testamentW&T §42: pay allegianceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: wert thou to followgleaningsGWB §476: Observe
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: ye who are men ofgleaningsGWB §575: his Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §175: mastersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §846: and the incessantthe-hidden-wordsHW §157: menwill-and-testamentW&T §35: mercyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the holy onesgleaningsGWB §412: ye men of
This form usually rendered as “mention”, “remembrance”, “mentioned” (404 occurrences)
mention 23% remembrance 18% mentioned 16% praise 14% recorded 6% words 6% recount 5% referred 5% make 4% references 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: commented upongleaningsGWB §574: bring them tokitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §131: utterprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: didst Thou glorifytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: of the servants of Godfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §519: those beneath youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §226: peoples of the worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §804: of the Adored Onetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicewill-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servantepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: servants
SE expanded to “the sword of the”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: the swordsgleaningsGWB §636: of the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §99: the swords that are drawn against Himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: a swordgleaningsGWB §620: with the swordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: the assaultsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §54: swordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thy sword
SE rendered يذكرك (ydhkrk), السّيف (as-síf), منعه (mnʿh), نعاق (nʿáq), الغافلين (al-gháflín), انشر (inshr), نفحات (nfḥát) as “remember thee, the sword of the, the clamor, the heedless ones, Spread abroad, sweet savors of”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §6: hath deterred megleaningsGWB §682: hath been deterredkitab-i-iqanKIQ §27: prevent them from attaining untoprayers-and-meditationsP&M §426: neithertablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §89: no longerwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: was powerless to deter Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §44: prattlergleaningsGWB §619: loud clamorprayers-and-meditationsP&M §112: clamorous impostorwill-and-testamentW&T §35: foreboders of evilepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §214: such as shout aloudgleaningsGWB §605: enemyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §733: clamor of mengleaningsGWB §605: clamor
SE expanded to “the heedless ones”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: wholly unawaregleaningsGWB §463: be not carelesskitab-i-ahdAhd §5: remained heedlesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §245: perditionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: have failed to recognizethe-hidden-wordsHW §90: OF NEGLIGENCEepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the waywardgleaningsGWB §33: the erring
spread 26% spreading 11% diffuse 11% resurrection 7% may 7% have 7% noised 7% promotion 7% scattering 7% shed 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §184: spreadgleaningsGWB §618: shall scatter abroadkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: Revivalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: be shed abroadwill-and-testamentW&T §55: diffusing widelyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §70: resurrectiongleaningsGWB §16: promoteprayers-and-meditationsP&M §345: been noised abroad
SE expanded to “sweet savors of”
sweet 28% breezes 20% fragrances 16% breaths 13% breath 9% fragrance 9% ecstasy 1% vitalizing 1% assail 1% breeze 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: breathsgleaningsGWB §151: the ecstasy ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: the perfumeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: the Divine fragrancewill-and-testamentW&T §27: the Fragrances of Godepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: breezesgleaningsGWB §28: fragranceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savours
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: its LordgleaningsGWB §549: His holykitab-i-iqanKIQ §118: “O God our Lordprayers-and-meditationsP&M §167: and the Enlightener oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: be my Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §47: O my God!epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: Godhead
SE rendered انشر (inshr), نفحات (nfḥát), ربّك (rbbk), الأطراف (aṭ-ṭráf), توقّف (túqqf), أمره (ʾamrh), أقلّ (ʾaqll) as “Spread abroad, sweet savors of, thy Lord, hesitate, the service of His, for less than”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: in these regionsgleaningsGWB §40: From every sidekitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: both theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: gazetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §26: with her browwill-and-testamentW&T §38: those partsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: Mine adversariesgleaningsGWB §70: in the daytime
This form usually rendered as “cause”, “revelation”, “faith” (602 occurrences)
SE expanded to “service of His”
SE expanded to “for less than”
less 45% one 14% infinitesimal 9% exceedeth 5% fraction 5% even 5% short 5% little 5% though 5% unceasingly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: but littlefire-tabletFire §47: fewnessgleaningsGWB §160: How feeblekitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: extremely limited numberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: to an imperceptible degreethe-hidden-wordsHW §91: smallestepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: onefire-tabletFire §42: independence
SE rendered توقّف (túqqf), أمره (ʾamrh), أقلّ (ʾaqll), سوف (súf), يأتي (yʾatí), نصرة (nṣrh), ربّك (rbbk), الغفور (al-ghfúr), الكريم (al-krím) as “hesitate, the service of His, for less than, the victory of, thy Lord, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Bountiful”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: will I obeygleaningsGWB §692: whom God hath endued withkitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: should come down to themprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: come to passthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: shall comeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: BringgleaningsGWB §82: hath come upon themkitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: present us
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: aidestfire-tabletFire §29: of Thy succorgleaningsGWB §478: would surely aid theekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: can renderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: render Us any assistanceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: and to establish Thine ascendancythe-hidden-wordsHW §43: obtain the victorywill-and-testamentW&T §5: triumphant assistance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: \‘I beg forgivenessfire-tabletFire §35: forgivenessgleaningsGWB §569: ask forgivenesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: forgivenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: O Thou Who forgivestwill-and-testamentW&T §13: vastepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: to forgive Himfire-tabletFire §35: Forgiver
SE expanded to “the Most Bountiful”
most 53% all-bountiful 25% generous 6% all-bounteous 3% noble 3% god 3% blessed 2% bountiful 2% sublime 2% goodness 2%
