Gleanings — §82
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 82 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
قل إنّا أنزلنا من جهة العرش مآء البيان لينبت به من قلوبكم نبتات الحكمة والتبيان أفلا تشكرون إنّ الّذين استنكفوا عن عبادة ربّهم أولئك قوم مدحضون وإذا تتلى عليهم الآيات يصرّون مستكبرين وَيُصِرُّونَ عَلَى الحِنْثِ ولا يشعرون والّذين كفروا اُولئك في ظِلٍّ مِنْ يَحْمُومٍ قد أتت السّاعة وهم يلعبون قد أُخِذُوا بناصيتهم
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth from the soil of your hearts. Will ye not be thankful? They who disdain to worship their Lord shall be of those who are cast off. And oft as Our verses are rehearsed unto them, they persist in proud disdain, and in their gross violation of His law, and know it not. As for them who have disbelieved in Him, they shall be in the shadow of a black smoke. “The Hour” hath come upon them, while they are disporting themselves. They have been seized by their forelock, and yet know it not.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §210: descendedgleaningsGWB §583: shall also descendkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: the revelationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: to send down upon ustablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §42: then descendedthe-hidden-wordsHW §97: thy goal
This form usually rendered as “throne”, “seat”, “have” (9 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §36: such waterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §573: by reason of whatthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §231: watergleaningsGWB §292: for the thingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by water
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
SE expanded to “may spring forth”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: your heartsgleaningsGWB §636: of the human heartkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: a pure heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: turningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §827: Whomthe-hidden-wordsHW §102: human heartwill-and-testamentW&T §23: the spirit of loveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: souls of men
wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%
SE usually renders this root as “eyes”, “insight”, “eye”
SE expanded to “Will ye not”
eyes 31% insight 17% eye 14% sight 13% discerning 8% discernment 4% vision 4% all 4% all-seeing 3% power 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: All-SeeinggleaningsGWB §36: with the eyekitab-i-ahdAhd §3: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: eye of insightprayers-and-meditationsP&M §492: with the eyesthe-hidden-wordsHW §45: My sightepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §242: carefully scrutinizegleaningsGWB §111: penetrating vision
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §73: thanks befire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §477: Thou canst best praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §312: render thanksgiving unto Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §61: be thankful
This form usually rendered as “doubters”, “dependents”, “generations” (13 occurrences)
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “servants”, “men”, “people” (293 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: mankindfire-tabletFire §50: all the servantsgleaningsGWB §71: among Our servantskitab-i-iqanKIQ §1: No manprayers-and-meditationsP&M §374: the comprehension of Thy servantstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a servicethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: of otherswill-and-testamentW&T §10: wronged servant
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: of DivinitygleaningsGWB §451: my Lordkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: ancientprayers-and-meditationsP&M §165: O my Lordtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: the All-Gloriousthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: of thy Godwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Holyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: thy Lord
This form usually rendered as “god”, “shall” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §124: firstgleaningsGWB §364: First Leaderkitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the former sunprayers-and-meditationsP&M §774: Thine own Firstnessthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: ye that havewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the oneepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §245: earlygleaningsGWB §427: this world
SE rendered استنكفوا (istnkfúá), عبادة (ʿbádh), ربّهم (rbbhm), أولئك (ʾawlʾk), قوم (qúm), مدحضون (mdḥḍún), وإذا (wʾidhá), تتلى (ttlى), عليهم (ʿlíhm), الآيات (al-áyát) as “disdain, worship, their Lord, those who, are cast off, And oft as, are rehearsed, unto them, Our verses”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: dignityfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §296: rose up againstkitab-i-ahdAhd §11: to be beneath thatkitab-i-iqanKIQ §194: station—the stationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §542: any one of themtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: most exalted Spottablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §19: that state
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: permissiongleaningsGWB §564: by the leavekitab-i-iqanKIQ §190: His permissionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: by Thy leavewill-and-testamentW&T §28: leaveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §215: a hearing eargleaningsGWB §622: fixedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: by the permission
This form usually rendered as “rest”, “wronged”, “upon” (8 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: isgleaningsGWB §395: so highkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: glorified is Heprayers-and-meditationsP&M §758: exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto theewill-and-testamentW&T §59: upon youepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: hath power overgleaningsGWB §234: thee in His name
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: versesfire-tabletFire §26: utterancegleaningsGWB §661: My wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: How, We wonderprayers-and-meditationsP&M §844: to reveal the signstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: by whatwill-and-testamentW&T §6: by the holy verseepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: signs
This form usually rendered as “persist”, “gross” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: voicegleaningsGWB §502: he persisteth in his errorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: He urgedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §13: and persistently striventablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: shrilling voiceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §148: shrill voicegleaningsGWB §82: persist in proud disdaingleaningsGWB §82: in their gross violation
SE rendered وإذا (wʾidhá), تتلى (ttlى), عليهم (ʿlíhm), الآيات (al-áyát), يصرّون (yṣrrún), مستكبرين (mstkbrín), وَيُصِرُّونَ (wayuṣirrún), الحِنْثِ (al-ḥinth) as “And oft as, are rehearsed, unto them, Our verses, persist in proud disdain, in their gross violation, of His law”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: swelleth with pridegleaningsGWB §551: vainglorykitab-i-ahdAhd §11: Greaterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §160: surestprayers-and-meditationsP&M §421: measurelesstablet-of-ahmadAhmad §14: showeth pridetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: entiretablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Glorified be
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered وَيُصِرُّونَ (wayuṣirrún), الحِنْثِ (al-ḥinth), يشعرون (yshʿrún), والّذين (wálldhín), كفروا (kfrúá), اُولئك (úlʾk), ظِلٍّ (ẓillin) as “in their gross violation, of His law, them who, have disbelieved, they shall be, the shadow”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: understand notgleaningsGWB §397: apprehendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §97: indicateprayers-and-meditationsP&M §559: hairepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §89: ofgleaningsGWB §261: comprehendkitab-i-iqanKIQ §181: ye understand notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: every hair
have 40% disbelieved 21% repudiated 17% believe 4% denied 4% believed 4% rejected 2% refused 2% openly 2% had 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: unbelieversgleaningsGWB §614: have rejectedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: of unbeliefprayers-and-meditationsP&M §529: and repudiatetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: denywill-and-testamentW&T §34: denied Thy wondrous Signsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: deniedgleaningsGWB §272: betray not
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: shadowgleaningsGWB §43: the shelterkitab-i-iqanKIQ §92: to overshadowprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: as a shadowthe-hidden-wordsHW §104: shadewill-and-testamentW&T §5: under the shadowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: shadow of the court of Thy bountygleaningsGWB §188: shadows of the clouds
This form usually rendered as “black” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: DovesgleaningsGWB §240: or helpkitab-i-iqanKIQ §23: the Bird of Eternityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §87: the hourgleaningsGWB §82: a black smokekitab-i-iqanKIQ §233: the Birds of Heavenepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: DovegleaningsGWB §168: certain doves
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: to hourgleaningsGWB §425: the Last Hourkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: Hourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §511: momentwill-and-testamentW&T §38: of even an hour’sepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: comeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §192: the Hourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §365: every other hour
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: vain fanciesfire-tabletFire §24: idle imaginingsgleaningsGWB §170: vain and worthless people.…kitab-i-iqanKIQ §30: conceiveprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: of their fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: of delusionthe-hidden-wordsHW §144: FANCYwill-and-testamentW&T §34: suspicion
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: disportestgleaningsGWB §612: as a play andprayers-and-meditationsP&M §308: have jestedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: playinggleaningsGWB §506: disportinggleaningsGWB §78: are disporting themselvesgleaningsGWB §247: and disporting themselvesgleaningsGWB §506: with your pastimes and
3 occurrences in corpus
