Gleanings — §166

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 166 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

نوبت جواب باین عبد رسید لوح تمام شد و مطلب ناگفته و در ناسفته ماند

Shoghi Effendi Translation

I was preparing to make reply, when lo, the Tablet was suddenly ended, leaving My theme unfinished, and the pearl of Mine utterance unstrung.

Translation Notes

نوبت

núbt n-w-b → “repent” Distinctive

literal: repentance; turn

This form usually rendered as “preparing”, “consider”, “turn” (4 occurrences)

preparing 33% consider 33% turn 33%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: director gleaningsGWB §166: I was preparing to kitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: the turn will-and-testamentW&T §25: one epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: to repent gleaningsGWB §36: Consider epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §162: repent gleaningsGWB §121: of the sun

جواب

júáb j-w-b → “reply”

literal: answer; answerer; answer, reply

answer 46% reply 17% replied 8% answered 4% make 4% replies 4% answering 4% made 4% answers 4% what 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §77: reply fire-tabletFire §4: Answerer gleaningsGWB §594: an answerer kitab-i-iqanKIQ §157: answering prayers-and-meditationsP&M §669: whose prayer hath remained unanswered tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §53: hearkened will-and-testamentW&T §53: refuted epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: In reply

عبد

ʿbd ʿ-b-d → “i” Distinctive

literal: servants; servant; servant/slave

This form usually rendered as “servant”, “one”, “man” (60 occurrences)

servant 76% one 6% man 6% guardian 2% abdu’-salam 2% man’s 2% servant” 2% ‘abdu 2% servant’s 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: man fire-tabletFire §50: all the servants gleaningsGWB §519: unto them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §88: His people?”prayers-and-meditationsP&M §222: Thy sincere servants tablet-of-ahmadAhmad §15: a service will-and-testamentW&T §36: this Thy servant epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §115: Thy servants

رسید

rsíd rsídn

literal: reach; to reach

SE rendered نوبت (núbt), جواب (júáb), باین (báyn), عبد (ʿbd), رسید (rsíd), لوح (lúḥ), تمام (tmám), مطلب (mṭlb), ناگفته (nágfth) as “was, reply, utterance, I, Tablet, was suddenly, theme, unfinished”

reached 19% come 13% hath 13% there 13% now 13% inflicted 6% waxed 6% have 6% attained 6% armed 6%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: attaineth gleaningsGWB §336: inflict no kitab-i-iqanKIQ §161: attribute the-hidden-wordsHW §154: was pronounced will-and-testamentW&T §5: received epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §101: might have remained undelivered gleaningsGWB §25: is now come kitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: endearments

تمام

tmám t-m-m → “all”

literal: complete; all; completed

all 39% utmost 13% complete 9% whole 9% every 9% exterminated 4% energetically 4% assiduously 4% ended 4% completed 4%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §58: fully gleaningsGWB §552: with all kitab-i-iqanKIQ §256: such prayers-and-meditationsP&M §841: be perfected the-hidden-wordsHW §131: only will-and-testamentW&T §45: I have declared conclusively epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §243: completed gleaningsGWB §539: hath been filled up

ناگفته

nágfth nágfth → “unfinished”

literal: unsaid

1 occurrence in corpus

gleaningsGWB §166: unfinished

ناسفته

násfth s-w-f → “unpierced”

literal: to pierce, to drill

1 occurrence in corpus

kitab-i-iqanKIQ §78: unpierced

ماند

mánd mándn

literal: remain; remained; to remain

SE rendered مطلب (mṭlb), ناگفته (nágfth), ناسفته (násfth), ماند (mánd) as “theme, unfinished, unstrung”

have 18% left 9% leaving 9% strayed 9% endureth 9% still 9% would 9% may 9% knowledge 9% shall 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §165: are gleaningsGWB §166: leaving kitab-i-iqanKIQ §135: they would have the-hidden-wordsHW §149: knowledge will-and-testamentW&T §17: shall remain epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §199: leaveth no gleaningsGWB §168: I waited kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: lost

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