Gleanings — §108
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 108 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
در قرون اولی تفکّر نما هر هنگام که آفتاب عنايت الهی از افق ظهور طالع شد ناس بر اعراض و اعتراض قيام نمودند و نفوسی که پيشوای خلق بودند لم يزل و لايزال ناس را از توجّه ببحر اعظم منع مينمودند
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Consider the former generations. Witness how every time the Daystar of Divine bounty hath shed the light of His Revelation upon the world, the people of His Day have arisen against Him, and repudiated His truth. They who were regarded as the leaders of men have invariably striven to hinder their followers from turning unto Him Who is the Ocean of God’s limitless bounty.
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §18: the agesgleaningsGWB §311: the revolution of ageskitab-i-iqanKIQ §287: fast companionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §831: have been joined and knit togetherthe-hidden-wordsHW §84: likewill-and-testamentW&T §16: unionepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §197: centuriesgleaningsGWB §108: generations
This form usually rendered as “world”, “primal”, “first” (74 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “ponder”, “reflect”, “meditate” (98 occurrences)
ponder 40% reflect 24% meditate 20% consider 6% attentively 2% pondereth 2% meditating 2% remember 1% “ponder 1% meditated 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: reflectgleaningsGWB §305: to ponder it in their heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §172: Why shouldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and ponder in his heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §212: what is his thoughtgleaningsGWB §240: Would that ye might ponder
This form usually rendered as “strive”, “thou”, “endeavour” (38 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “loving-kindness”, “grace”, “loving” (74 occurrences)
loving-kindness 29% grace 27% loving 10% through 10% bounty 4% gracious 4% divine 4% providence 4% unfailing 4% consideration 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §161: O Thou Who art the Lordfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §135: the Lordkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: ‘Godprayers-and-meditationsP&M §122: to Thee, O my Godtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestial
SE rendered هنگام (hngám), آفتاب (áftáb), عنايت (ʿnáyt), الهی (al-hí), از (iz), افق (ifq), ظهور (ẓhúr), طالع (ṭálʿ), ناس (nás), بر (br), اعراض (iʿráḍ) as “time, Daystar, bounty, Divine, Revelation, hath shed, people, upon, repudiated”
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §167: the exponentsfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §589: may be reflectedkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: demonstratingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §73: Manifestation appearethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §645: shown forthtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assistthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: may be made manifest
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §143: dayspringsfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §311: Maids ofkitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §171: the “first,”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §466: of Thy facetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: mengleaningsGWB §139: They that heard Himkitab-i-iqanKIQ §192: most of the peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §207: Somewill-and-testamentW&T §34: the souls of menepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §177: peoplegleaningsGWB §474: neighborkitab-i-iqanKIQ §200: unto men.”
This form usually rendered as “turn”, “turned”, “denial” (70 occurrences)
turn 15% turned 13% denial 13% opposition 13% repudiation 10% rejected 10% denials 8% faithlessness 8% hath 5% turning 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §155: turn asidegleaningsGWB §658: and withdrawn fromkitab-i-iqanKIQ §148: pronouncing their censureprayers-and-meditationsP&M §487: have turned backtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §6: let him turn aside fromthe-hidden-wordsHW §9: by renouncingwill-and-testamentW&T §17: opposeth himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §7: my protests against Thee
arise 52% resurrection 18% arose 8% arisen 5% rise 5% have 3% proclaim 3% purpose 2% obtain 2% opposition 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: attainmentfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §256: a peoplekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §208: undertakeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §231: and standeth overtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: rose
This form usually rendered as “deluded”, “what”, “sought” (6 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “men”, “who”, “one” (22 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §171: within themselvesgleaningsGWB §532: by My lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: of any soulprayers-and-meditationsP&M §190: His selftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: within thyselfthe-hidden-wordsHW §32: thy deedswill-and-testamentW&T §44: of the insincereepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: thy life
1 occurrence in corpus
This form usually rendered as “creation”, “creatures”, “hath” (213 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thou hast createdfire-tabletFire §9: the peoplesgleaningsGWB §604: Man’skitab-i-iqanKIQ §121: the first creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: hadst createdtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §69: We created you allepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §156: creatures
This form usually rendered as “have”, “had”, “regarded” (49 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §122: nothinggleaningsGWB §191: is neitherkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: laykitab-i-iqanKIQ §178: knoweth neitherprayers-and-meditationsP&M §704: I wasthe-hidden-wordsHW §93: ye werewill-and-testamentW&T §27: have been at all timesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: We were in no wise
SE rendered نفوسی (nfúsí), پيشوای (píshúáy), خلق (khlq), بودند (búdnd), يزل (yzl), لايزال (láyzál), ناس (nás), از (iz), توجّه (tújjh), ببحر (bbḥr) as “They, leaders, men, were, turning, Ocean”
time 20% all 20% hath 16% everlasting 12% throughout 8% ever 8% invariably 4% never 4% will 4% eternity 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §160: glorygleaningsGWB §130: everlastingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §142: immortalprayers-and-meditationsP&M §635: from eternity beenthe-hidden-wordsHW §16: perishethwill-and-testamentW&T §24: may vanishepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: From time immemorialgleaningsGWB §546: the Ever-Abiding
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §159: hath directed his stepsfire-tabletFire §30: This FacegleaningsGWB §275: With faceskitab-i-ahdAhd §4: set his facekitab-i-iqanKIQ §284: meaningsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §517: their faces are settablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hast directed towards me Thy stepsthe-hidden-wordsHW §41: before Our Face
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §144: of the oceangleaningsGWB §108: unto Him Who is the Oceankitab-i-iqanKIQ §31: billowsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §162: and the oceanwill-and-testamentW&T §2: the Twin surging seasepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §121: seagleaningsGWB §629: the oceans ofkitab-i-iqanKIQ §83: billowing
This form usually rendered as “most”, “greater”, “supreme” (225 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: most perfectgleaningsGWB §606: the Most Powerfulkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: categoricallykitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: so grievousprayers-and-meditationsP&M §809: infinitethe-hidden-wordsHW §93: all-gloriouswill-and-testamentW&T §7: atrociousepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: the Great
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: may withholdgleaningsGWB §35: strayed farkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: turn awayprayers-and-meditationsP&M §386: can never stilltablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: arise against theethe-hidden-wordsHW §157: goodlywill-and-testamentW&T §23: are in no wise permittedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §82: the Most High
