Gleanings — §90
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 90 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
أن يا عبد النّاظر أن اشكر اللّه بما نزّل لك في السّجن هذا اللّوح لتذكّر النّاس بأيّام ربّك العزيز العليم كذلك أسّسنا لك بنيان الإيمان من ماء الحكمة والبيان وهذا مآء الّذي كان مستوي على عرش ربّك الرّحمن وكان عرشه على المآء فكّر لتعرف وقل الحمد للّه ربّ العالمين.
Shoghi Effendi Translation
O My servant that hath turned thy face towards Me! Render thanks unto God for having sent down unto thee this Tablet in this Prison, that thou mayest remind the people of the days of thy Lord, the All-Glorious, the All-Knowing. Thus have We established for thee, through the waters of Our wisdom and utterance, the foundations of thy belief. This, verily, is the water whereon the Throne of thy Lord hath been raised. “His Throne had stood upon the waters.” Ponder this in thine heart, that thou mayest comprehend its meaning. Say: Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “hath turned thy face towards Me”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: turnedfire-tabletFire §48: looking towardgleaningsGWB §200: what eyekitab-i-ahdAhd §5: Most Sublime Visionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: owing to lack ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §36: from gazingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: Most Great Beautythe-hidden-wordsHW §60: My place of revelation
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: render thanksfire-tabletFire §49: thankgleaningsGWB §573: truly thankfulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §688: give praisetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: those who are gratefultablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: give thanksthe-hidden-wordsHW §46: and thankfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §129: thankful
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: descendgleaningsGWB §234: hath made mentionkitab-i-ahdAhd §5: have already been revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: have rainedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §45: be afflictedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: ‘Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: Abandon not
5 occurrences in corpus
prison 53% most 19% prison-city 7% dungeon 5% imprisonment 5% prison-house 5% prisoner 2% prison-cell 2% afflictive 2% shut 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: the dungeongleaningsGWB §221: this Prison Houseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §94: into prisonwill-and-testamentW&T §51: this prisonerepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §34: dungeongleaningsGWB §448: My imprisonmentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: of Thy prison-citywill-and-testamentW&T §6: incarceration
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §131: the Lawh-i-Burhan (TabletgleaningsGWB §424: Writkitab-i-iqanKIQ §274: “Tabletprayers-and-meditationsP&M §748: and Thy Tablettablet-of-ahmadAhmad §3: the Bookswill-and-testamentW&T §7: a documentepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: the TabletgleaningsGWB §300: Scriptures
SE expanded to “that thou mayest remind”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: for Thy mentiongleaningsGWB §663: celebrating His praisekitab-i-ahdAhd §4: reckonedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §132: attribute unto Himprayers-and-meditationsP&M §531: the remembrance of Theetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: proclaimeththe-hidden-wordsHW §44: Make mention of Me
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §218: men’s repudiationgleaningsGWB §153: peopleskitab-i-iqanKIQ §26: the adherentswill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: mengleaningsGWB §181: commonerskitab-i-iqanKIQ §13: men in their questepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: of others
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: your LordgleaningsGWB §98: Faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §196: Voiceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §221: mytablet-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 §184: by thy Lord
all-glorious 39% almighty 23% mighty 16% gracious 7% glorious 4% all-powerful 2% exalted 2% god 2% hard 2% most 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §223: exalted andfire-tabletFire §43: by Thy banishmentgleaningsGWB §50: the Graciouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §447: sources of authoritythe-hidden-wordsHW §107: cherishwill-and-testamentW&T §4: endearedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: your glory
all-knowing 73% omniscient 8% knower 5% knoweth 3% god 3% aware 2% understanding 2% discerning 2% himself 2% all-wise 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: the most learnedfire-tabletFire §49: all the worldsgleaningsGWB §232: His standardskitab-i-iqanKIQ §14: the leaders of their faithprayers-and-meditationsP&M §313: world of Thinetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: we have taught theethe-hidden-wordsHW §104: existence
أسّسنا
literal: foundation; foundation, base; foundation, basis
This form usually rendered as “established” (1 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §194: foundationsgleaningsGWB §453: Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §278: foundationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: their childrenthe-hidden-wordsHW §123: CHILDRENwill-and-testamentW&T §1: His Divine Edificeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: the childrengleaningsGWB §424: ye proud ones
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §104: trustworthygleaningsGWB §567: their faithkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the trustprayers-and-meditationsP&M §750: Thy trusted onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §1: may fulfillepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: TrustworthinessgleaningsGWB §621: with the ornament of honestykitab-i-iqanKIQ §246: believed in
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: what He willethgleaningsGWB §395: the soft-flowing waterskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §453: inasmuch asthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: foul and mortalepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §82: riversprayers-and-meditationsP&M §468: what the water
wisdom 46% law 20% hath 6% divine 6% all 4% commandment 4% commandments 4% authority 4% judgment 4% injunction 4%
utterance 53% bayán 17% eloquence 6% glorification 6% utterances 6% ornament 3% articulate 3% time 3% speak 3% give 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §106: ThisgleaningsGWB §468: thetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §7: thesetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: Whereinwill-and-testamentW&T §36: in these troubled timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: For thisgleaningsGWB §305: this worldtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: and this
SE rendered والبيان (wálbíán), وهذا (whdhá), مآء (máʾ), مستوي (mstúy), عرش (ʿrsh), ربّك (rbbk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), وكان (wkán) as “utterance, This, water, Throne, Lord, had stood”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: besides ThyselfgleaningsGWB §616: and fashionedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: but Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §306: aught else except Thyselftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: full heightthe-hidden-wordsHW §128: all saveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: stablishedgleaningsGWB §662: Him
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: of the Mighty ThronegleaningsGWB §612: of the thronekitab-i-iqanKIQ §86: “behind the Throne.”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: throne ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §120: OF MYepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: thronegleaningsGWB §118: realities ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: the Celestial Throne
SE rendered مستوي (mstúy), عرش (ʿrsh), ربّك (rbbk), الرّحمن (ar-rḥmn), وكان (wkán), عرشه (ʿrshh), المآء (al-máʾ), فكّر (fkkr) as “Throne, Lord, had stood, waters.”, Ponder”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: thou hastfire-tabletFire §35: universegleaningsGWB §385: are rememberedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §37: that ye mayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §339: Thy verdict would betablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: withhold not thyselftablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: thou hesitatetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart hath
This form usually rendered as “meditate”, “thought”, “reflect” (9 occurrences)
SE expanded to “that thou mayest comprehend”
thou 31% know 13% discover 13% understand 6% recognition 6% may 6% unacquainted 6% appreciate 6% make 6% reveal 6%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §233: breathgleaningsGWB §179: enable them to discoverkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §29: knowledge of Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §236: confessingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §143: knoweth othersepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: Divine knowledge
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: praisedgleaningsGWB §717: All praise bekitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: Praise be to Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §181: “Glorytablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: ‘Render thankswill-and-testamentW&T §5: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §204: All-PraisedgleaningsGWB §343: All glory
