Gleanings — §167
Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 167 of 729.
Source (Arabic)
فوالله یا قوم إنّي قد کنت راقدًا علی بساطي ولکن نسمة الله أیقظتني وروح الله أحیتني ولسان الله تکلّم علی لساني لست أنا بمذنب أنتم لا تنظروني بعیونکم بل بعیني وبذلك أمرتم من لدن عزیز علیم ویا قوم هل تظنّون بأنّ الأمر بیدي لا فونفس الله المقتدر المتعالي العلیم الحکیم فوالله لو کان الأمر بیدي ما أظهرت نفسي علیکم في أقلّ من آنٍ وما تکلّمت بکلمة وکان الله علی ذلك شهید وعلیم...
Shoghi Effendi Translation
God is My witness, O people! I was asleep on My couch, when lo, the Breeze of God wafting over Me roused Me from My slumber. His quickening Spirit revived Me, and My tongue was unloosed to voice His Call. Accuse Me not of having transgressed against God. Behold Me, not with your eyes but with Mine. Thus admonisheth you He Who is the Gracious, the All-Knowing. Think ye, O people, that I hold within My grasp the control of God’s ultimate Will and Purpose? Far be it from Me to advance such claim. To this I testify before God, the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Had the ultimate destiny of God’s Faith been in Mine hands, I would have never consented, even though for one moment, to manifest Myself unto you, nor would I have allowed one word to fall from My lips. Of this God Himself is, verily, a witness.
Translation Notes
SE expanded to “God is My witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: By Godfire-tabletFire §41: after GodgleaningsGWB §391: and pertaineth to God Himselfkitab-i-ahdAhd §10: the divine Testatorkitab-i-iqanKIQ §58: which God stirreth upprayers-and-meditationsP&M §747: and the God oftablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: “By the Lordthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: heaven
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the constancyfire-tabletFire §48: He hath risen upgleaningsGWB §540: to recognize the Sourcekitab-i-ahdAhd §13: your stationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §182: “Resurrection” isprayers-and-meditationsP&M §607: have stood fasttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §9: so steadfasttablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §11: Wherein
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: the slumbergleaningsGWB §86: will ye sleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §18: bedsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §617: suffer me to sleepepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: those that are fast asleepkitab-i-iqanKIQ §255: slumberprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: the bedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: asleep
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: a single breathgleaningsGWB §692: breath of the breezekitab-i-iqanKIQ §206: one breathprayers-and-meditationsP&M §311: and the gentle windsepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §11: the breezesgleaningsGWB §674: sweetkitab-i-iqanKIQ §217: sweet savoursprayers-and-meditationsP&M §852: the fragrances
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §254: “MustayqizgleaningsGWB §167: roused Me from My slumberkitab-i-iqanKIQ §79: wakingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §829: hath awakened meepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §85: wakenedgleaningsGWB §257: may shake offprayers-and-meditationsP&M §55: didst wakenprayers-and-meditationsP&M §564: hast wakened
SE expanded to “His quickening Spirit”
This form usually rendered as “revived” (1 occurrences)
life 58% living 6% everlasting 6% thou 6% may 4% ashamed 4% lifetime 4% regeneration 4% “life” 4% shame 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §147: is ashamedfire-tabletFire §19: eternal lifegleaningsGWB §651: filled with shamekitab-i-ahdAhd §16: the regenerationkitab-i-iqanKIQ §129: whom We have quickenedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §214: the true lifetablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: for having quickened my soulwill-and-testamentW&T §2: Salutation
SE expanded to “and My tongue”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: languagegleaningsGWB §40: the words uttered bykitab-i-iqanKIQ §64: speechprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: by the tonguetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: her honeyed tonguethe-hidden-wordsHW §101: IN WORDepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: its tonguegleaningsGWB §174: said
This form usually rendered as “utter”, “breathe”, “speak” (30 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy Wordfire-tabletFire §48: Thy shining wordgleaningsGWB §48: through Thy most exalted Wordkitab-i-ahdAhd §14: by the blessed wordskitab-i-iqanKIQ §207: fallaciesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §379: this wish of minetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §48: gave utterancethe-hidden-wordsHW §95: faith
This form usually rendered as “am”, “thou”, “accuse” (7 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: is given the rightgleaningsGWB §85: cannot be regarded to beprayers-and-meditationsP&M §792: nor cantablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: bereftepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §84: consisted notgleaningsGWB §513: It is notprayers-and-meditationsP&M §63: onlyepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §193: No
This form usually rendered as “having”, “sinful” (2 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §265: his transgressionsgleaningsGWB §650: transgressionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §186: his sin?’prayers-and-meditationsP&M §682: the sins of menthe-hidden-wordsHW §50: sinfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: My singleaningsGWB §256: for their sinskitab-i-iqanKIQ §68: mistake
SE expanded to “with your eyes”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §140: the eyegleaningsGWB §609: His eyeskitab-i-iqanKIQ §279: From Our eyesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §701: when the eyestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §12: with their own eyestablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: thosetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §57: tearsthe-hidden-wordsHW §113: well-spring
This form usually rendered as “commanded”, “admonisheth”, “duty” (4 occurrences)
This form usually rendered as “all-glorious”, “almighty”, “mighty” (241 occurrences)
all-glorious 44% almighty 23% mighty 13% gracious 8% all-powerful 3% glorious 2% glory 2% god 2% most 1% exalted 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: manifest glorygleaningsGWB §32: the All-Powerfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §130: of powerprayers-and-meditationsP&M §458: will exalttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §4: Incomparablethe-hidden-wordsHW §125: in your glorywill-and-testamentW&T §38: dearly belovedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §225: pride Myself
all-knowing 73% omniscient 9% all-wise 5% knower 4% god 3% knowing 2% knoweth 2% aware 1% understanding 1% who 1%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §201: acquiringfire-tabletFire §13: ensignsgleaningsGWB §691: the Kingdomkitab-i-ahdAhd §2: recognizedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §204: these sciencesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §442: world and all thattablet-of-ahmadAhmad §17: of all the worldstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §13: which we have taught
This form usually rendered as “think”, “ye”, “still” (4 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: Thinkest thoufire-tabletFire §24: fancygleaningsGWB §644: imaginationskitab-i-iqanKIQ §2: from vain imaginingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §671: of my fanciestablet-of-ahmadAhmad §13: superstitionsthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: thy fanciesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §133: hast deemed thyself
SE expanded to “hold within My grasp”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §30: thine handsgleaningsGWB §167: in Mine handskitab-i-iqanKIQ §95: with their own handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §25: the hands ofwill-and-testamentW&T §10: by themepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §13: The handgleaningsGWB §585: mine handkitab-i-iqanKIQ §244: with their hands
This form usually rendered as “testify”, “righteousness”, “one” (3 occurrences)
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §183: My truegleaningsGWB §385: unto Himselfkitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: handsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §285: their heartstablet-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 §125: one person
almighty 34% powerful 16% potent 16% most 10% all-powerful 10% lord 5% god 3% omnipotent 3% power 3% strength 2%
most 26% far 19% exalted 15% transcendent 7% glorious 7% inaccessible 7% immeasurably 7% all-highest 4% sublime 4% will 4%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §113: exaltfire-tabletFire §42: highestgleaningsGWB §547: From the exalted sourcekitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §775: How exaltedtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: raising highthe-hidden-wordsHW §23: Noblewill-and-testamentW&T §17: the Exalted One
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §107: have they pronounced judgmentgleaningsGWB §98: are regarded askitab-i-ahdAhd §8: of authoritykitab-i-iqanKIQ §101: the sagesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §676: ordainedtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §5: the Wise Onethe-hidden-wordsHW §117: the onewill-and-testamentW&T §8: of the governments
This form usually rendered as “thou”, “revealed”, “manifested” (33 occurrences)
SE expanded to “to manifest Myself”
SE expanded to “even though for one moment”
less 45% one 14% infinitesimal 9% exceedeth 5% fraction 5% even 5% short 5% little 5% though 5% unceasingly 5%
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §37: the summitfire-tabletFire §42: independencegleaningsGWB §365: No more than a mere handfulkitab-i-iqanKIQ §236: independentprayers-and-meditationsP&M §289: the leastthe-hidden-wordsHW §91: handfulepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: exceedethfire-tabletFire §47: fewness
SE rendered أقلّ (ʾaqll), تکلّمت (tkllmt), بکلمة (bklmh), وکان (wkán), الله (al-lh), شهید (shhíd) as “even though for one moment, word, God, witness”
epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §75: beengleaningsGWB §462: those whokitab-i-iqanKIQ §74: Beingsprayers-and-meditationsP&M §239: that controllethtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: they combinetablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: lest thoutablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §31: whose heart haththe-hidden-wordsHW §8: and I may
