Gleanings — §1
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 1 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
سبحانك اللّهم يا إلهي كيف أذكرك بعد الّذي أيقنت بأنّ ألسن العارفين كلّت عن ذكرك وثنائك ومنعت طيور أفئدة المشتاقين عن الصّعود إلى سمآءِ عزّك وعرفانك
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom, can befittingly magnify Thy name, nor can the bird of the human heart, however great its longing, ever hope to ascend into the heaven of Thy majesty and knowledge.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “Lauded and glorified”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the mistsfire-tabletFire §14: veiledgleaningsGWB §212: of the All-Gloriouskitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: veilprayers-and-meditationsP&M §428: from immersing ourselvestablet-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 §212: thy Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §197: to this God is My witnesskitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: God!”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §815: are God’stablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §29: writtengleaningsGWB §607: communingkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: call to mindkitab-i-iqanKIQ §143: fade into utter nothingnessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §778: praisestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: utter His calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: all mentionthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: name thy name
SE rendered إلهي (ʾilhí), كيف (kíf), أذكرك (ʾadhkrk), أيقنت (ʾayqnt), ألسن (ʾalsn), العارفين (al-ʿárfín), كلّت (kllt) as “my God, How, make mention, tongue, deep its wisdom, can befittingly magnify”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: of a certaintyfire-tabletFire §24: Thy certitudegleaningsGWB §286: such powerkitab-i-iqanKIQ §75: Certitude,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §583: assuredthe-hidden-wordsHW §29: Know thou of a truthepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: be persuadedgleaningsGWB §113: them that apprehend and believe this truth
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: through the tonguegleaningsGWB §603: in a languagekitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §83: His voicetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: My tonguegleaningsGWB §636: the sword
This form usually rendered as “all”, “have”, “comprehend” (75 occurrences)
SE expanded to “deep its wisdom”
all 22% have 17% comprehend 13% every 10% such 8% who 8% know 8% understand 5% perceive 5% initiated 3%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: understandinggleaningsGWB §666: the perfumekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §152: man of learningprayers-and-meditationsP&M §228: have acknowledgedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: shalt knowepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognized
SE expanded to “can befittingly magnify”
all 62% every 24% each 3% whole 3% whatsoever 2% entire 1% everyone 1% one 1% continually 1% whatever 1%
praise 45% extol 16% celebrate 8% glorify 6% virtues 6% celebrating 6% extolling 5% magnifying 3% glory 3% praises 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: secondgleaningsGWB §321: createdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §54: In the midst ofprayers-and-meditationsP&M §105: for Whose greater glorywill-and-testamentW&T §39: anotherepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §46: to celebrate His praisegleaningsGWB §3: glorykitab-i-iqanKIQ §151: “Secondary
This form usually rendered as “have”, “hath”, “thou” (12 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: the Most HighgleaningsGWB §194: Withhold notkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: have been the cause of the deprivationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: keeping them backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §67: shall be hinderedwill-and-testamentW&T §56: hindranceepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §247: shut you out
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §191: to soarfire-tabletFire §46: flygleaningsGWB §685: that birdkitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: reachprayers-and-meditationsP&M §303: and make them able to soartablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §23: have never attainedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §135: soaredgleaningsGWB §387: The birds
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: men’s heartsgleaningsGWB §1: the human heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §5: true understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §732: Thy loved Onesthe-hidden-wordsHW §60: Thy heartwill-and-testamentW&T §48: They haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: in the hearts of mengleaningsGWB §537: the minds
SE expanded to “great its longing”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: such as yearn for Theefire-tabletFire §41: Thy yearninggleaningsGWB §57: vehement desire!”kitab-i-iqanKIQ §263: fervourprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: them that long to behold Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §51: thy longingwill-and-testamentW&T §14: urgingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: fervor
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §48: his ascentgleaningsGWB §312: attainethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §41: Suffer me to ascendtablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: shedtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §32: ascend unto thethe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Rise thenwill-and-testamentW&T §18: his passingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §187: are raised
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §221: under divers namesfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §349: stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §46: skiesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §217: all-glorious Nametablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: gloriousgleaningsGWB §640: honorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §28: magnificenceprayers-and-meditationsP&M §419: the God of glorytablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §10: my prideepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §102: Almighty
