Gleanings — §141
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 141 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
این پوشش تن و جان مردمانرا بزرگترین مایهٴ آسایش و پرورش است خوشا روز آنکه بیاری خداوند یکتا از آلایش گیتی و آنچه در او است رهائی یافت و در سایهٴ درخت دانائی بیاسود
Shoghi Effendi Translation
This robe with which the body and soul of man hath been adorned is the very foundation of his well-being and development. Oh, how blessed the day when, aided by the grace and might of the one true God, man will have freed himself from the bondage and corruption of the world and all that is therein, and will have attained unto true and abiding rest beneath the shadow of the Tree of Knowledge!
Translation Notes
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §120: his spiritgleaningsGWB §687: lifelesskitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: human heartsthe-hidden-wordsHW §111: from the depths of his heartepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §123: lifegleaningsGWB §376: your own lifekitab-i-iqanKIQ §184: with all their soulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §118: their lives
1 occurrence in corpus
SE rendered تن (tn), جان (ján), مردمانرا (mrdmánrá), بزرگترین (bzrgtrín), مایهٴ (máyhٴ), آسایش (ásáysh), پرورش (prúrsh), خوشا (khúshá), روز (rúz) as “body, soul, man, very foundation, well-being, development, Oh, how blessed, day”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: in the watersgleaningsGWB §634: the watersprayers-and-meditationsP&M §481: waters ofthe-hidden-wordsHW §108: with the waterepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: their watersgleaningsGWB §82: riversprayers-and-meditationsP&M §377: by waterthe-hidden-wordsHW §138: dregs
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §56: well-beinggleaningsGWB §697: well-being and tranquillitykitab-i-ahdAhd §5: welfarewill-and-testamentW&T §56: restepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: the well-beinggleaningsGWB §144: peace and tranquillityepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §60: tranquillitygleaningsGWB §287: taste ye the sweetness of rest
one 67% incomparable 33%
This form usually rendered as “bondage” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §71: can fathomgleaningsGWB §549: hath graspedkitab-i-ahdAhd §4: inhaledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §252: was brought to a closeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §666: they may find Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §128: securewill-and-testamentW&T §42: realizedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §27: found
beneath 50% overshadowed 50%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §12: ignorancegleaningsGWB §429: in His unerring wisdomkitab-i-iqanKIQ §183: perversitythe-hidden-wordsHW §95: ye haveepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §22: understandinggleaningsGWB §336: All-Knowingkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: follyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §125: true understanding
2 occurrences in corpus
