Gleanings — §126
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 126 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
هیکل ظهور قائم مقام حقّ بوده و هست اوست مطلع اسماء حسنی و مشرق صفات علیا اگر از برای او شبهی و مثلی باشد کیف یثبت تقدیس ذاته تعالی عن الشّبه و تنزیه کینونته عن المثل فکّر فیما أنزلناه بالحقّ و کن من العارفین
Shoghi Effendi Translation
The Person of the Manifestation hath ever been the representative and mouthpiece of God. He, in truth, is the Dayspring of God’s most excellent Titles, and the Dawning-Place of His exalted Attributes. If any be set up by His side as peers, if they be regarded as identical with His Person, how can it, then, be maintained that the Divine Being is One and Incomparable, that His Essence is indivisible and peerless? Meditate on that which We have, through the power of truth, revealed unto thee, and be thou of them that comprehend its meaning.
Translation Notes
This form usually rendered as “temple”, “form”, “embodiment” (39 occurrences)
temple 29% form 17% embodiment 8% idol 8% body 8% one 8% person 8% súratu’l-haykal 4% incarnation 4% breast 4%
revelation 59% manifestation 16% dispensation 8% advent 4% appearance 3% made 3% through 2% divine 2% every 2% unveiled 2%
This form usually rendered as “qá’im”, “standing”, “have” (47 occurrences)
qá’im 50% standing 11% have 11% arise 7% agitated 4% “the 4% who 4% viceregent 4% self-subsisting 4% representative 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §169: shall standfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §320: stageskitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: this peopleprayers-and-meditationsP&M §707: waitingtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §44: that place
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §92: unjustlygleaningsGWB §264: Sovereignkitab-i-ahdAhd §16: hearingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §224: embodiment of truthprayers-and-meditationsP&M §172: and befitthe-hidden-wordsHW §137: of your deservingwill-and-testamentW&T §5: clearly establishedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: God the True One
This form usually rendered as “source” (10 occurrences)
dayspring 42% dawning-place 20% source 10% who 10% manifestation 6% revealer 5% fountain 3% apprehend 2% fountainhead 2% fountain-head 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: ignorantfire-tabletFire §24: exponentsgleaningsGWB §40: countenancekitab-i-ahdAhd §8: sourceskitab-i-iqanKIQ §47: Revealers of the divine Beautyprayers-and-meditationsP&M §141: may shine brightlytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §37: may understandthe-hidden-wordsHW §25: before the countenance
This form usually rendered as “names”, “all”, “name” (141 occurrences)
SE expanded to “God’s most excellent Titles”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §149: in the heavenfire-tabletFire §36: heavenlygleaningsGWB §115: the heightskitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: every nameprayers-and-meditationsP&M §845: of Thy names.”tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §11: My saketablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: Names.’tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: divine attributes
SE rendered هست (hst), اوست (iwst), مطلع (mṭlʿ), اسماء (ismáʾ), حسنی (ḥsní), مشرق (mshrq), صفات (ṣfát), علیا (ʿlíá) as “He, Dayspring, God’s most excellent Titles, Dawning-Place, exalted Attributes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: the beauty thereofgleaningsGWB §477: with whichkitab-i-iqanKIQ §39: which of you excelprayers-and-meditationsP&M §535: of Thy gracious providencewill-and-testamentW&T §21: improveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §103: or womangleaningsGWB §579: kindlykitab-i-iqanKIQ §120: righteousness
dayspring 37% dawning-place 17% shining 13% shineth 10% east 8% who 4% resplendent 3% source 3% shone 2% rays 2%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §173: shinethfire-tabletFire §22: radiancegleaningsGWB §289: resplendentkitab-i-iqanKIQ §45: risingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §833: Him Who is the Dayspring oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §41: even as the light that shineththe-hidden-wordsHW §103: At many a dawnwill-and-testamentW&T §4: of the world
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: DescribinggleaningsGWB §91: praisekitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: be magnifiedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §730: to expressepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §8: describegleaningsGWB §91: human tonguekitab-i-iqanKIQ §104: recount His praiseprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: of Thy most exalted attributes
SE rendered مطلع (mṭlʿ), اسماء (ismáʾ), حسنی (ḥsní), مشرق (mshrq), صفات (ṣfát), علیا (ʿlíá) as “Dayspring, God’s most excellent Titles, Dawning-Place, exalted Attributes”
most 62% exalted 20% inaccessible 5% sublime 2% báb 2% all-highest 2% transcendent 2% high 2% glory 2% heavens 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: the Most Highfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §14: superiorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §214: celestialprayers-and-meditationsP&M §283: and for the sake of the glorification oftablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §20: THE WONDROUSwill-and-testamentW&T §4: Exalted One
SE rendered مشرق (mshrq), صفات (ṣfát), علیا (ʿlíá), از (iz), برای (bráy), شبهی (shbhí), مثلی (mthlí), باشد (báshd), کیف (kíf), یثبت (ythbt), تقدیس (tqdís) as “Dawning-Place, exalted Attributes, how, maintained, One”
This form usually rendered as “instance”, “like”, “even” (105 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §230: even asgleaningsGWB §556: Ifkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: like untokitab-i-iqanKIQ §249: othersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §287: similitudesthe-hidden-wordsHW §139: matchlesswill-and-testamentW&T §17: the daysepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §240: they that resemble thee
This form usually rendered as “revealed”, “demonstrated”, “canst” (17 occurrences)
revealed 17% demonstrated 17% canst 8% maintained 8% establish 8% might 8% confirm 8% order 8% will 8% would 8%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §33: indisputably establishedgleaningsGWB §247: and which We have chosen to note downkitab-i-ahdAhd §7: of His confirmationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §66: divinely-establishedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §840: Thou hast demonstratedthe-hidden-wordsHW §5: fill thy soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: stood fast and firmepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §192: affirmation
This form usually rendered as “sanctity”, “holiness”, “exalted” (41 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §111: unsulliedgleaningsGWB §290: eternal holinesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §155: of eternal holinessprayers-and-meditationsP&M §856: of Thy Divinetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §15: hath exaltedthe-hidden-wordsHW §151: purgingwill-and-testamentW&T §18: detachment from all worldly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the sanctity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: Thy selfgleaningsGWB §387: His Essencekitab-i-iqanKIQ §174: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §611: of Thine Essencewill-and-testamentW&T §25: in personepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: His Exalted BeinggleaningsGWB §463: with all thine heartkitab-i-iqanKIQ §32: their own Selves
SE rendered تقدیس (tqdís), ذاته (dháth), تعالی (tʿálí), الشّبه (ash-shbh), تنزیه (tnzíh), کینونته (kínúnth), المثل (al-mthl), فکّر (fkkr) as “One, Essence, peerless, Meditate”
purity 29% detached 14% exalted 7% sanctified 7% indivisible 7% shall 7% detachment 7% holy 7% singleness 7% essence 7%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §59: purityfire-tabletFire §31: Thy holinessgleaningsGWB §708: immeasurably exaltedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §257: freeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §602: Thy sanctitythe-hidden-wordsHW §57: thy freedomwill-and-testamentW&T §21: detached from earthly thingsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: the purity
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §163: it weregleaningsGWB §298: Meditatekitab-i-iqanKIQ §59: norprayers-and-meditationsP&M §103: and will be reckonedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §43: thyself
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: to meditategleaningsGWB §305: to ponder it in their heartskitab-i-iqanKIQ §258: thoughtprayers-and-meditationsP&M §755: and ponder in his heartthe-hidden-wordsHW §119: insightwill-and-testamentW&T §9: purposedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: RemembergleaningsGWB §195: and meditate thereon
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §55: abasethgleaningsGWB §655: rain downkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: that which We have revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §119: spokenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §331: unrestrained effusionstablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: Haste theetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §34: “Descendthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: for that which perisheth
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 §97: the breezegleaningsGWB §22: The allusions made to itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: perform praiseworthy deedskitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: knowledge and understandingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §744: visualizetablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: to seethe-hidden-wordsHW §52: do thou observe itepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §112: recognizeth
